Paul Porcasi

Paul Porcasi

Born: January 1, 1879
Died: August 8, 1946
in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
From Wikipedia.

Paul Porcasi (1 January 1879 – 8 August 1946) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 142 films between 1917 and 1945. He was born in Palermo, Sicily. Porcasi was memorable as "Nick the Greek" in Universal's Broadway (1929). Porcasi performed infrequently on Broadway from 1916 to 1928. He ended his theatrical career in the smash hit "Broadway" as Nick Verdis that ran from 16 September 1926 to 11 February 1928 (603 performances) at the Broadhurst Theatre. French actress Yola d'Avril portrayed his daughter, Madame Feronde in MGM's adventure film Tarzan and His Mate.

Porcasi died on 8 August 1946 in Hollywood, California.

Movies for Paul Porcasi...

I'll Remember April
Title: I'll Remember April
Character: Popolopolis
Released: April 1, 1945
Type: Movie
The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.
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Swing Hostess
Title: Swing Hostess
Character: Spumoni
Released: September 8, 1944
Type: Movie
An out-of-work band singer gets a job at a jukebox company and makes a hit.
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The Unknown Guest
Title: The Unknown Guest
Character: Town Barber (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Residents get suspicious when a shady character takes over the local hunting lodge right after the two old-timers who own it disappear.
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Melody Parade
Title: Melody Parade
Character: Bartender
Released: August 27, 1943
Type: Movie
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
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Hi Diddle Diddle
Title: Hi Diddle Diddle
Character: Impressario
Released: August 2, 1943
Type: Movie
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
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Background to Danger
Title: Background to Danger
Character: Customs Official with Joe
Released: July 3, 1943
Type: Movie
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
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Quiet Please, Murder
Title: Quiet Please, Murder
Character: Rebescu
Released: March 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
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Casablanca
Title: Casablanca
Character: Native Introducing Ferrari (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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Star Spangled Rhythm
Title: Star Spangled Rhythm
Character: Benito Mussolini (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
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Road to Happiness
Title: Road to Happiness
Character: Pietro Pacelli
Released: December 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but wealthy mother will gain custody of the boy.
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It Started with Eve
Title: It Started with Eve
Character: Armand (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
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Doctors Don't Tell
Title: Doctors Don't Tell
Character: Montez
Released: September 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.
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Rags to Riches
Title: Rags to Riches
Character: Professor Del Rio
Released: July 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
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The Border Legion
Title: The Border Legion
Character: Tony
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the Border Legion. When the gang's boss is wounded, they kidnap Kells and force him to remove the bullet. Not allowed to leave and being a wanted man, he joins the gang. Now wanted as a gang member also, he nevertheless plans a raid that will lead the entire gang into a trap.
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Argentine Nights
Title: Argentine Nights
Character: Papa Viejos
Released: September 6, 1940
Type: Movie
An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs.
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Brother Orchid
Title: Brother Orchid
Character: Warehouse Manager (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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Torrid Zone
Title: Torrid Zone
Character: Garcia
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
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I Was an Adventuress
Title: I Was an Adventuress
Character: Fisherman
Released: May 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Title: Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Character: Antonio 'Tony', the Hospital Chef
Released: April 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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Everything Happens at Night
Title: Everything Happens at Night
Character: Bartender
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
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Lady of the Tropics
Title: Lady of the Tropics
Character: Lamartine
Released: August 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
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Juarez
Title: Juarez
Character: Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1939
Type: Movie
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
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Vacation from Love
Title: Vacation from Love
Character: French Judge
Released: September 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Title: Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Character: Hotel Manager
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
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I'll Give a Million
Title: I'll Give a Million
Character: Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: July 27, 1938
Type: Movie
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
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Crime School
Title: Crime School
Character: Nick Papadopolos
Released: May 10, 1938
Type: Movie
In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards. New deputy commissioner Mark Braden arrives determined to change things, but despite the help of Frankie's sister, Mark's reform plans -- and Frankie's future -- may be sabotaged from within.
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Big Town Girl
Title: Big Town Girl
Character: Nightclub Manager
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
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The Bride Wore Red
Title: The Bride Wore Red
Character: Signor Nobili
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
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Madame X
Title: Madame X
Character: Hotel Gran Via Proprietor
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
Title: The Emperor's Candlesticks
Character: Santuzzi
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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Café Metropole
Title: Café Metropole
Character: Police Official
Released: April 28, 1937
Type: Movie
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
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Maytime
Title: Maytime
Character: Trentini
Released: March 26, 1937
Type: Movie
An opera star's manager tries to stop her romance with a penniless singer.
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Seventh Heaven
Title: Seventh Heaven
Character: Gendarme
Released: March 25, 1937
Type: Movie
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
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Crash Donovan
Title: Crash Donovan
Character: Cafe Owner
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
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Down to the Sea
Title: Down to the Sea
Character: Vasilios
Released: May 30, 1936
Type: Movie
Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl, and only one will survive.
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Trouble for Two
Title: Trouble for Two
Character: Cafe Proprietor (Uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1936
Type: Movie
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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The Leathernecks Have Landed
Title: The Leathernecks Have Landed
Character: Enrico 'Rico' Venetzi
Released: February 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherneck buddy "Tubby" Waters killed, hothead "Woody" Davis infiltrates a gang of Shanghai gunrunners to bring the culprit to justice.
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Muss 'em Up
Title: Muss 'em Up
Character: Luigi Turseniani, Head of the Mob
Released: February 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Famous private detective Tip O'Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding, but finds the telegram was sent by Paul's attractive secretary, Amy Hutchins. Paul admits his dog was shot by extortionists to show they mean business, and shows Tip some threatening notes they sent. That night, Paul's ward, Corinne, is kidnapped by two gangsters and her driver is found dead the next morning. The kidnappers contact Tip demanding $200,000, which is delivered according to instructions. Awaiting the return of Corrine, Tip learns her fiancé, Gene Leland, is an ex-convict, and he also investigates why a thug, Maratti, was found prowling around the grounds, and why Paul's brother-in-law, Jim Glenray, was seen leaving the estate late the night before. And when the chauffeur is murdered with Amy's gun as he was about to confess some complicity, Tip has to piece together various clues to pinpoint the culprits.
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The Lady Consents
Title: The Lady Consents
Character: Joe - Restaurant Proprietor
Released: February 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Title: La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Character: Self
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Color). It features a young, pre-stardom 13-year-old Judy Garland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters (billed as "The Garland Sisters"). In the film, Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador," engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by Buster Keaton, and musical numbers are provided by Joe Morrison and The Garland Sisters. Comedy bits and dance numbers are also featured.
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I Dream Too Much
Title: I Dream Too Much
Character: Uncle Tito
Released: November 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
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Stars Over Broadway
Title: Stars Over Broadway
Character: Luigi
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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Hi, Gaucho!
Title: Hi, Gaucho!
Character: Gen. Ortegas
Released: October 10, 1935
Type: Movie
The son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.
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Waterfront Lady
Title: Waterfront Lady
Character: Tony Spadaloni
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
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Broadway Gondolier
Title: Broadway Gondolier
Character: Señor Fuzzi
Released: July 27, 1935
Type: Movie
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
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Charlie Chan in Egypt
Title: Charlie Chan in Egypt
Character: Insp. Fouad Soueida
Released: June 4, 1935
Type: Movie
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: Show MC
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Baby Face Harrington
Title: Baby Face Harrington
Character: Headwaiter
Released: April 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.
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The Florentine Dagger
Title: The Florentine Dagger
Character: Antonio
Released: March 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
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A Night at the Ritz
Title: A Night at the Ritz
Character: Henri
Released: March 23, 1935
Type: Movie
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
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The Payoff
Title: The Payoff
Character: Nick
Released: January 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
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Enter Madame
Title: Enter Madame
Character: Archimede
Released: January 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
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Million Dollar Baby
Title: Million Dollar Baby
Character: Marvelo No.1
Released: December 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Jackson's Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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The Gay Divorcee
Title: The Gay Divorcee
Character: French Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.
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Wake Up and Dream
Title: Wake Up and Dream
Character: Polopolis
Released: October 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
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British Agent
Title: British Agent
Character: Count Romano
Released: September 15, 1934
Type: Movie
An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.
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La Cucaracha
Title: La Cucaracha
Character: Señor Martinez
Released: August 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Señor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local café in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there. Martinez tells the café owner that if the dancer is as good as he has heard, he will offer the dancer a contract to perform in his theater. The café's female singer hears about this and is determined that he won't leave the café without her.
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Chained
Title: Chained
Character: Mr. Piazza (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
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His Greatest Gamble
Title: His Greatest Gamble
Character: Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1934
Type: Movie
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
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The Great Flirtation
Title: The Great Flirtation
Character: Herr Direktor
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
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Tarzan and His Mate
Title: Tarzan and His Mate
Character: Monsieur Feronde (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Coming Out Party
Title: Coming Out Party
Character: Manager
Released: March 9, 1934
Type: Movie
In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her debut. Her social adviser fills the debutante’s dance card with partners, which inflames the violinist.
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Flying Down to Rio
Title: Flying Down to Rio
Character: Mayor
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
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He Couldn't Take It
Title: He Couldn't Take It
Character: Nick
Released: December 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Jimmy Kelly, who can't hold on to a job because of his hot temper, finds his calling as a process server. He serves process on a gangster and exposes a criminal conspiracy while trying to stop his long-suffering girlfriend from taking a vacation with her lecherous boss.
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Havana Widows
Title: Havana Widows
Character: Fernando, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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Big Time Or Bust
Title: Big Time Or Bust
Character: Louie
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
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Footlight Parade
Title: Footlight Parade
Character: Apolinaris
Released: October 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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Gigolettes of Paris
Title: Gigolettes of Paris
Released: October 5, 1933
Type: Movie
Silent screen favorite Madge Bellamy starred in this low-budget melodrama written and directed by character actor Alphonse Martell. In love with a rich customer, Count Albert Valraine (Theodore Von Eltz), salesgirl Suzanne Ricord accepts his engagement ring, but when she fails to understand "the rules of the game," as he puts it, the caddish Valraine demands that she return the bauble.
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Saturday's Millions
Title: Saturday's Millions
Character: Felix
Released: September 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy is desperately trying to meet his girlfriend Thelma, who has just come for a visit. When the coach tells Chandler and Fowler that Jim is nervous and erratic, Chandler invites Jim to spend the night before the big game at his home.
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I Loved a Woman
Title: I Loved a Woman
Character: Apopoulis - Hotel Proprietor in Greece (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1933
Type: Movie
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
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The Devil's Mate
Title: The Devil's Mate
Character: Nick
Released: August 20, 1933
Type: Movie
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name of the man who hired him, but just before he does he's killed by a poison dart. A police detective and a pretty young newspaper reporter team up to find out the identity of the man behind the killings.
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The Devil's in Love
Title: The Devil's in Love
Character: Bartender
Released: July 21, 1933
Type: Movie
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
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When Strangers Marry
Title: When Strangers Marry
Character: Phillipe
Released: May 25, 1933
Type: Movie
In this action-drama, a railroad worker plys his trade at the straits of Malay. He begins a steamy affair with a spoiled rich girl. His romantic rival tries to break them and keep the railroad from being completed.
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Terror Aboard
Title: Terror Aboard
Character: Luigi - the Chef
Released: April 14, 1933
Type: Movie
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
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King Kong
Title: King Kong
Character: Apple Vendor (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
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Caliente Love
Title: Caliente Love
Character: Mexican Señorita's Husband
Released: March 9, 1933
Type: Movie
Poor Walter Catlett messes up the wedding of Joyce Compton and, after botching his suicide attempt, rides along on her honeymoon at Aguas Caliente. Can he get for himself some CALIENTE LOVE at the Casino, or will someone give him the sound thrashing he needs?
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
Title: The Secret of Madame Blanche
Character: French Doctor (Uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
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Cynara
Title: Cynara
Character: Joseph the Maitre D'
Released: December 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.
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The Death Kiss
Title: The Death Kiss
Character: Ellsmith
Released: December 5, 1932
Type: Movie
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
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Under-Cover Man
Title: Under-Cover Man
Character: Sam Dorse
Released: December 2, 1932
Type: Movie
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.
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Men Are Such Fools
Title: Men Are Such Fools
Character: Klepak
Released: November 18, 1932
Type: Movie
An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a local lowlife; when he turns up dead, the husband is jailed for his murder, even though he protests his innocence.
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The Kid from Spain
Title: The Kid from Spain
Character: Gonzales
Released: November 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
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Red Haired Alibi
Title: Red Haired Alibi
Character: Margoli
Released: October 21, 1932
Type: Movie
A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
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A Parisian Romance
Title: A Parisian Romance
Character: Deville
Released: October 1, 1932
Type: Movie
The Baron is an aging, cynical lady's man. He has a key-chain with about 50 keys to different women' apartments in Paris. He selects one at random to see who he will sleep with at night. His adversary is a young Parisian artist (the next Picasso), Victor. Victor believes in love and he's going to marry his girlfriend Claudette as soon as he sells his first painting. The Baron seduces Claudette, seemingly to teach Victor a lesson. However, as might be predicted, he soon falls in love with Claudette himself.
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The Devil and the Deep
Title: The Devil and the Deep
Character: Hassan
Released: August 12, 1932
Type: Movie
Naval commander Charles Storm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive behavior soon drives her to the arms of a handsome lieutenant. When Charles learns of their affair, he plots revenge.
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While Paris Sleeps
Title: While Paris Sleeps
Character: Kapas
Released: May 8, 1932
Type: Movie
To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity from the girl, who has been raised to believe that Jacques died a hero in WWI.
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Stowaway
Title: Stowaway
Character: Tony
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
On her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the advances of first mate Groder. On the street and being pursued by a Policeman who thinks she is a prostitute, Mary seeks shelter on an old freighter. She is soon discovered by second mate Tommy and they quickly fall in love, but with first mate Groder lurking around will their lives work out in the end?
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A Woman Commands
Title: A Woman Commands
Character: Cafe Proprietor
Released: February 12, 1932
Type: Movie
In order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts which threaten his military career. To save Alex's career, his superior officer, Colonel Strádimirovitsch has an idea of how to fix it.
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The Passionate Plumber
Title: The Passionate Plumber
Character: Paul Le Maire
Released: February 6, 1932
Type: Movie
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.
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Under Eighteen
Title: Under Eighteen
Character: François
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.
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Bought!
Title: Bought!
Character: Rapello
Released: August 22, 1931
Type: Movie
Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance to break into high society.
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Smart Money
Title: Smart Money
Character: Alexander Amenoppopolus
Released: June 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
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Party Husband
Title: Party Husband
Character: Henri Renard
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its premature end. Fellow Ziegfield alum Mary Doran plays the coquette whose intended conquest of the free-thinking hubby (James Rennie) starts to throw the couple’s “understanding” awry.
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The Good Bad Girl
Title: The Good Bad Girl
Character: Tony Pagano
Released: May 20, 1931
Type: Movie
A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.
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Svengali
Title: Svengali
Character: Bonelli
Released: May 20, 1931
Type: Movie
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
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Doctors' Wives
Title: Doctors' Wives
Character: Dr. Calucci
Released: March 14, 1931
Type: Movie
The trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the problematic marriage of one couple. Their troubles begin when the doctor makes a housecall to a seductive woman with designs upon him. His suspicious wife follows him and spies on him. She thinks they are getting romantic when he is actually trying to extricate himself from his predatory patient. She decides to get revenge with his best friend, but nothing happens.
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Gentleman's Fate
Title: Gentleman's Fate
Character: Papa Mario Giovanni
Released: March 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
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The Criminal Code
Title: The Criminal Code
Character: Tony Spelvin
Released: January 3, 1931
Type: Movie
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
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Derelict
Title: Derelict
Character: Masoni
Released: November 22, 1930
Type: Movie
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions of a Havana saloon singer. Sparks fly as they both try to out do each other in obtaining what they know their opposite is after. In the end they will need to work together in order to save the day.
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Morocco
Title: Morocco
Character: Lo Tinto
Released: November 14, 1930
Type: Movie
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two edge cautiously into a no-strings relationship while being pursued by others. But Tom must leave on a perilous mission: is it too late for them?
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Born Reckless
Title: Born Reckless
Character: Pa Beretti
Released: May 11, 1930
Type: Movie
In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
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The Three Sisters
Title: The Three Sisters
Character: Rinaldi
Released: April 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and Kenneth MacKenna. It was distributed by Fox Film Corporation five years before they would become Twentieth Century Fox. It is unknown whether a print of the film still exists.
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Such Men Are Dangerous
Title: Such Men Are Dangerous
Character: Monsieur Durand (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1930
Type: Movie
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
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Broadway
Title: Broadway
Character: Nick Verdis
Released: May 27, 1929
Type: Movie
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
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Say It Again
Title: Say It Again
Character: Count Tanza
Released: May 31, 1926
Type: Movie
Bob Howard, a WWI wounded soldier in a army hospital, meets and falls in love with Princess Elena. When the Armistice is signed, he is quickly shipped back home to America. Returning to Europe, he is mistaken as a Crown Prince traveling to be married to a Princess from another country. The Princess-bride, intended for another man, is his Elena.