Ray Mayer

Ray Mayer

Born: April 24, 1901
Died: November 22, 1948
in Lexington, Nebraska, USA

Movies for Ray Mayer...

Tied Hands
Title: Tied Hands
Released: July 12, 2006
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of a sensitive and complex relationship between a mother and her ailing son. Like in Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale "The Loveliest Rose in the World" where a prince must search for a rose to save his mother, who is dying in bed, "Tied Hands" sees a reversal of roles as a desperate mother goes out to find marijuana, to ease her son's pain. In her, turbulent journey in the streets of Tel-Aviv, old truths from her past come back to life and threaten to break down a wall of denials behind which, she's been hiding all her life.
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Mr. Soft Touch
Title: Mr. Soft Touch
Character: Victor Christopher (Uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1949
Type: Movie
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
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High Wall
Title: High Wall
Character: Tom Delaney
Released: December 17, 1947
Type: Movie
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
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Snafu
Title: Snafu
Character: Detective
Released: November 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
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Broadway Serenade
Title: Broadway Serenade
Character: Mr. Woods (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
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King of Chinatown
Title: King of Chinatown
Character: Potatoes
Released: March 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
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The Oklahoma Kid
Title: The Oklahoma Kid
Character: Piano Player (uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1939
Type: Movie
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
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Comet Over Broadway
Title: Comet Over Broadway
Character: Brogan
Released: December 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
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Garden of the Moon
Title: Garden of the Moon
Character: Musician
Released: September 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
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Merrily We Live
Title: Merrily We Live
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: March 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
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Prison Nurse
Title: Prison Nurse
Character: Jackpot
Released: March 2, 1938
Type: Movie
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.
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Swing It, Sailor!
Title: Swing It, Sailor!
Character: Husky Stone
Released: February 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.
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Hideaway
Title: Hideaway
Character: Eddie Baxter
Released: August 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
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Meet the Missus
Title: Meet the Missus
Character: John White
Released: June 4, 1937
Type: Movie
A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the Happy Noodle Company's Mrs. America Contest.
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Make Way for Tomorrow
Title: Make Way for Tomorrow
Character: Robert Cooper
Released: May 9, 1937
Type: Movie
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?
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Top of the Town
Title: Top of the Town
Character: Roger
Released: April 17, 1937
Type: Movie
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
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Racing Lady
Title: Racing Lady
Character: Warbler
Released: January 12, 1937
Type: Movie
A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in order to get the trainer.
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We Who Are About to Die
Title: We Who Are About to Die
Character: Bright Boy Schultz
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
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M'Liss
Title: M'Liss
Character: Whitey
Released: July 27, 1936
Type: Movie
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.
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The Last Outlaw
Title: The Last Outlaw
Character: Henchman Joe
Released: June 19, 1936
Type: Movie
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now semi-retired assistant sheriff who originally caught him, and Chuck Wilson, a young rancher who has eyes for Sally. Wanted criminal Al Goss holds up the local bank and makes his getaway, taking Sally hostage. Showing he still has what it takes, Payton, along with Yates and Wilson, take off into the hills on horseback to try to track Goss down. - Written by Doug Sederberg
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Special Investigator
Title: Special Investigator
Character: Dutch
Released: May 8, 1936
Type: Movie
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
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I Married a Doctor
Title: I Married a Doctor
Character: Miles Bjornstam
Released: April 25, 1936
Type: Movie
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
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The Farmer in the Dell
Title: The Farmer in the Dell
Character: Spike
Released: March 27, 1936
Type: Movie
An Iowa farmer's wife makes him move to Hollywood so their daughter can become a star.
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Follow the Fleet
Title: Follow the Fleet
Character: Dopey Williams
Released: February 20, 1936
Type: Movie
When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her and, despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Title: Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character: Mr. Bland
Released: December 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
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To Beat the Band
Title: To Beat the Band
Character: McCrory
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.
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His Family Tree
Title: His Family Tree
Character: Bat Gilligan
Released: September 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
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Powdersmoke Range
Title: Powdersmoke Range
Character: Chan Bell
Released: September 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
Title: The Return Of Peter Grimm
Character: Circus Clown
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
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Hot Tip
Title: Hot Tip
Character: Tyler
Released: August 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
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The Arizonian
Title: The Arizonian
Character: Henchman Frank McClosky
Released: June 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position of town marshal and, with his brother and a reformed outlaw , Tex Randolph, who comes over to his side, sets out to bring law-and-order where none exists. He also wins the hand of the singer appearing at the Opera House.
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Village Tale
Title: Village Tale
Character: Gabby
Released: June 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
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Break of Hearts
Title: Break of Hearts
Character: Song Promoter at Music Publisher (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
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The Gay Bride
Title: The Gay Bride
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
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Jealousy
Title: Jealousy
Character: Hook
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during his big fight distracts Larry and he is knocked out. He then promises never to be jealous again and marries Jo. When she realizes that they're broke she asks Lambert for a job (she had quit on marrying Larry.) One thing leads to another and Larry, enraged with jealousy, end up killing Lambert. He then wanders off in a daze, and Jo takes the rap for the murder. Larry descends from his amnesiac fog just in time to interrupt the announcement of the jury's verdict in Jo's trial. then it's off to the chair for Larry. Or is it?
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Call It Luck
Title: Call It Luck
Character: 'Brainwave' Flynn
Released: July 9, 1934
Type: Movie
A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the claim that it is a brother to a current Derby winner.
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The Hell Cat
Title: The Hell Cat
Character: Evans
Released: June 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw his crusade against the gamblers into disarray.
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When East Meets West
Title: When East Meets West
Character: Himself
Released: August 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Comic cowboy piano player Ray Mayer and blonde singer Edith Evans perform "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie," "It All Belongs to Me," "Sleep, Little One, Sleep" and "Side by Side."
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The Cowboy and the Girl
Title: The Cowboy and the Girl
Character: Himself - Pianist and Singer
Released: April 20, 1928
Type: Movie
The scene is a parlor out West, with Ray Mayer sitting at the piano in is cowboy duds - hat, scarf, and chaps. He plays a little barrel-house music and then introduces Edith Evans, who enters wearing fur. She sings - her voice a light-opera soprano - while Mayer plays.