Wallace Lupino

Wallace Lupino

Born: January 23, 1898
Died: October 11, 1961
in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Movies for Wallace Lupino...

Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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21 Days Together
Title: 21 Days Together
Character: Bert
Released: January 7, 1940
Type: Movie
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
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The Lambeth Walk
Title: The Lambeth Walk
Character: Parchester
Released: April 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Title: The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Character: Constable Winch
Released: July 23, 1936
Type: Movie
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
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Shipmates o' Mine
Title: Shipmates o' Mine
Character: Bill Webb
Released: March 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command when his ship is rammed and the vessel is abandoned to save passengers. For years he lives in the countryside. Then his son, now grown, contacts his father's old shipmates and eventually their ship is put back into commission with its old skipper in command.
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The Deputy Drummer
Title: The Deputy Drummer
Character: Robbins
Released: September 26, 1935
Type: Movie
Posing as an aristocrat to crash a party, a composer stumbles upon a gang of jewel thieves working unnoticed upstairs.
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The Student's Romance
Title: The Student's Romance
Character: Sportsman
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed a lot to that old chestnut The Student Prince. In 1825, impoverished composer Max (Patric Knowles) enrolls at Heidelburg University. Local girl Veronika (Carol Goodner) falls in love with Max, helping him to finance his education and clear his debts. Alas, Veronika is left out in the cold when Max becomes enamored with gorgeous tourist Helene (Grete Natzler). Little does he know that Helene is the daughter of the Grand Duke (Ivan Simpson), meaning of course that their romance is doomed to disappointment. Leading lady Grete Natzler later changed her screen name to Della Lynd, and under that cognomen co-starred with Laurel & Hardy in Swiss Miss (1938).
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Old Spanish Customers
Title: Old Spanish Customers
Character: Pedro
Released: September 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A henpecked husband is mistaken for a famous toreador while holidaying in Spain!
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The Bad Companions
Title: The Bad Companions
Character: Blinks
Released: April 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by J. O. C. Orton.
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The Innocents of Chicago
Title: The Innocents of Chicago
Character: Gangster
Released: March 20, 1932
Type: Movie
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
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The Maid of the Mountains
Title: The Maid of the Mountains
Character: Crumpet
Released: March 6, 1932
Type: Movie
A British musical film directed by Lupino Lane
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The Love Race
Title: The Love Race
Character: Ferdinand Fish
Released: December 26, 1931
Type: Movie
The Love Race is a delightful musical comedy film based around the fierce rivalry between two motor manufacturers – and the romance that develops between the daughter of one and the son of the other...
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Love Lies
Title: Love Lies
Character: Lord Lletgoe
Released: August 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Love Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was based on Stanley Lupino's own hit 1929 stage musical.
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Never Trouble Trouble
Title: Never Trouble Trouble
Character: Mr. Tweet
Released: June 5, 1931
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.
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No Lady
Title: No Lady
Character: Ptomanian Ptough
Released: May 5, 1931
Type: Movie
A henpecked husband takes his wife and her children to Blackpool, where confusion reigns.
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Bull Rushes
Title: Bull Rushes
Released: February 11, 1931
Type: Movie
'Spain. English tourist gets drunk and fights bull.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Aroma of the South Seas
Title: Aroma of the South Seas
Character: The Valet
Released: February 5, 1931
Type: Movie
'Shipwrecked valet saves affianced master from native girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Children of Chance
Title: Children of Chance
Character: O.K. Johnson
Released: November 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
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The Yellow Mask
Title: The Yellow Mask
Character: Steward
Released: June 30, 1930
Type: Movie
A musical crime film directed by Harry Lachman.
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Fire Proof
Title: Fire Proof
Released: September 8, 1929
Type: Movie
After losing his job as a firefighter, Lupino decides to start his own station.
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Joyland
Title: Joyland
Released: July 21, 1929
Type: Movie
At a toy hospital, an apprentice deals with a trouble-making boy and his clueless mother. After they leave, he is forced to work late, falls asleep and dreams of a castle where the toys in the shop come to life.
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Battling Sisters
Title: Battling Sisters
Released: June 2, 1929
Type: Movie
Battling Sisters (1929) is a bizarre, futuristic gender-bending semi-spoof of ‘The Big Parade, with men and women’s roles reversed.Offering the spectacle of Wallace Lupino, in drag, vamping the helpless house husband Lane!
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Good Night Nurse
Title: Good Night Nurse
Released: April 27, 1929
Type: Movie
A woman commits her hard-drinking husband to a sanitarium that would drive any man to drink.
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Summer Saps
Title: Summer Saps
Character: Piano-playing neighbor
Released: March 16, 1929
Type: Movie
How the Lupino's spent their summer. Slapstick comedy.
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Only Me
Title: Only Me
Released: January 21, 1929
Type: Movie
A well-dressed but inebriated man decides to attend a variety show at the Palace Theatre. During the show, both he and the performers are continually harassed by a practical joke-loving boy who is sitting in a box seat near the stage. Soon the inebriated man himself begins to cause disruptions, with his overly emphatic opinions of the various acts.
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Be My King
Title: Be My King
Character: The Bo'sun
Released: December 9, 1928
Type: Movie
Comedy star Lupino Lane is shipwrecked on a desert island.
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Fisticuffs
Title: Fisticuffs
Released: October 28, 1928
Type: Movie
Lupino Lane, an apprentice blacksmith, must fight an imported boxing champion, lest the vile squire call in the mortgage and repossess the village smithy.
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Hard Work
Title: Hard Work
Character: The Husband
Released: July 29, 1928
Type: Movie
A couple and their young son move into a fixer-upper - which they try to fix up with mostly disastrous results.
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Roaming Romeo
Title: Roaming Romeo
Character: Horatio Babaorum
Released: July 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Belle-Hure and Horatio Babaorum escape from a Roman galley only to land in a Roman palace where they indulge in their antique antics!
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The Lost Laugh
Title: The Lost Laugh
Character: The Husband
Released: July 15, 1928
Type: Movie
THE LOST LAUGH - starring Wallace Lupino, with Lucille Hutton and Monte Collins. After a rough start with their rise and shine, a couple's breakfast is interrupted by a washing machine salesman's visit. Purchased and installed, the washer proves troublesome and after several attempts at laundering, the salesman returns only to be ejected...along with his appliance.
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Fandango
Title: Fandango
Character: A Tough Egg
Released: May 5, 1928
Type: Movie
Fandango, a short Lane made for Educational Pictures in 1928. It's pleasant enough, and amusing at times, as long as you don't require a plot or expect dimensional characters. If you want basic silent comedy chuckles, you'll get them. Our setting is Bullonia, "the land of romance, castanets, onions and sweet zephyrs of garlic." Actually, it looks rather like a back-lot version of Spain or Latin America. More to the point, the atmosphere suggests the Doug Fairbanks vehicle The Gaucho, which was in general release when this short was made.
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No Fare
Title: No Fare
Character: Train Conductor
Released: April 8, 1928
Type: Movie
When Big Boy's mother leaves town for work, her son is left with a friend as she hasn't the money for his fare as well. Upset, he follows her and causes havoc on the train.
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Sword Points
Title: Sword Points
Character: Viscount de Brey
Released: February 12, 1928
Type: Movie
A wandering swordsman in the reign of Louis XIII stumbles into a nest of conspirators against the King when his horse throws him and he is forced to seek refuge in a nearby inn. Without money or rank, he is treated ignominiously by patron and customers, but when a captured messenger from the King arrives, accompanied by a lovely lady, he swings into action to save the day. Or try to...
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Off Again
Title: Off Again
Character: The Belligerent Rival
Released: September 24, 1927
Type: Movie
Jack Lloyd and his girl get chased around the amusement park.
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Monty of the Mounted
Title: Monty of the Mounted
Character: Black Joe
Released: July 24, 1927
Type: Movie
Lupino Lane as part of the Mounties catching crooks.
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The Movie Hound
Title: The Movie Hound
Released: July 3, 1927
Type: Movie
A comedy short all about finding the right type of dog for a Hollywood movie.
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Naughty Boy
Title: Naughty Boy
Character: Henry Sharp
Released: April 16, 1927
Type: Movie
This is a real corker. It starts off with a terrific routine with an erratic elevator. Lane's character, Johnny Jones, upon sight falls in love with Mary Craig (played by Kathryn McGuire who appears in a number of Lane comedies). The man who hopes to marry her is Henry Sharp played by Wallace Lupino; the title card introducing this character says" Henry Sharp – so mean he would steal a dead fly from a blind spider." Johnny agrees to do his father a favor by posing as his little boy of about 10 years old. The father had told the wealthy widow he hopes to marry that he was only 30 years old. Because of Lane's small stature this is more believable than most comedy routines that have an adult playing a child.
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The Draw-Back
Title: The Draw-Back
Character: College Football Captain
Released: April 10, 1927
Type: Movie
A dim witted, scrawny fellow from the country finds college full of bullies that trick him into various painful situations with the dean. His wife mistakes him for a prize athlete, and he's put on the football team. The big game includes unusual things like a mud hole on the field and a wasp nest substituting for the ball.
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Hello Sailor
Title: Hello Sailor
Character: The Sailor's Shipmate
Released: February 24, 1927
Type: Movie
Sailor Lupino Lane goes on shore leave with his messmate Wallace Lupino. Each has a girl in this port, but little do they suspect that the girls are twin sisters.
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Drama Deluxe
Title: Drama Deluxe
Character: Hal Swat, Manager
Released: February 20, 1927
Type: Movie
A well-dressed hobo gets a job as "utility man" with a theater company, and winds up starring in the show.
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Howdy Duke
Title: Howdy Duke
Character: Elmer Eclair
Released: January 15, 1927
Type: Movie
Lane plays two roles: Grand Duke Algy Horseradish De Ketchup of Worcestershire and Newsboy White. The newsboy is hired by Elmer Éclair (played by Lane's younger brother, Walter Lupino) to impersonate the Duke for unstated reasons, and to attend a house party at the Smalls (a last name that leads to several puns) in the Duke's stead. Éclair warns the newsboy to stay away from the girl, as she is his finance. The newsboy is somewhat at sea at the elaborate dinner being confused by the multitude of silverware. He begins to tell a story about lion hunting and there is further mayhem with flying food.
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Movieland
Title: Movieland
Character: Dumley
Released: November 28, 1926
Type: Movie
A wealthy man pretends to be a dummy on a movie set in order to meet to his favourite actress.
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His Private Life
Title: His Private Life
Character: An Army Cook
Released: May 16, 1926
Type: Movie
Reggie Hemingway is a rich broker who continually bullies his valet. World War I breaks out and the valet enlists immediately. Reggie goes to the army later and arrives at the training camp to find that his valet is now a tough sergeant in charge of the recruits.
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Time Flies
Title: Time Flies
Character: A Duellist
Released: February 7, 1926
Type: Movie
The short starts with a duel in the Old South wherein a man inadvertently saves one of the duelist's lives for which he is given a watch. Years pass and we next see the grandson, impoverished and heading to the big city for work (taking the watch with him). His ma gives him a pigeon in case he wants to send a message back home. The watch is the key to getting a fortune and a vamp and her cohort want it.
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The Fighting Dude
Title: The Fighting Dude
Character: The Dude's Rival
Released: December 6, 1925
Type: Movie
The Dude and his younger brother, The Rival are at it once again.
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Maid in Morocco
Title: Maid in Morocco
Character: The Caliph
Released: October 11, 1925
Type: Movie
Lupino and his wife Helen are honeymooning in Morocco and the local Caliph wants to add Helen to his harem. Lupino saves her, loses her again and saves her again.