Michael Vavitch

Michael Vavitch

Born: December 31, 1884
Died: October 5, 1930
in Odessa, Ukraine
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Mikhail Vavich (Russian: Михаил Иванович Вавич) was a Russian actor, operetta and singer. Born 1881 or 1885 in Odessa, Ukraine.

Mikhail first performed on stage at St. Petersburg in 1905 in a private operetta of P.V Tumpakov. He received recognition after performing the role of Viscount Cascade in the operetta The Merry Widow by Lehar.

In 1918, he emigrated to the United States. He lived and worked in Los Angeles. Periodically, he appeared in operetta. He died on October 5, 1930.

Movies for Michael Vavitch...

War Nurse
Title: War Nurse
Character: Doctor
Released: November 22, 1930
Type: Movie
Untrained, volunteer Nurses from America treat Allied soldiers behind and on the lines in France. They face the horrors of war, fight off the attentions of soldiers and face their own loneliness.
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A Devil with Women
Title: A Devil with Women
Character: Morloff
Released: October 17, 1930
Type: Movie
Soldier of fortune Maxton is stranded in a Central American country. He and Tom, the nephew of the country's richest man, try to end Morloff's banditry but just barely escape a firing squad. They become rivals for Rosita.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Title: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Character: Viceroy
Released: March 30, 1929
Type: Movie
This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.
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Wolf Song
Title: Wolf Song
Character: Don Solomon Salazar
Released: March 29, 1929
Type: Movie
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.
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The Divine Lady
Title: The Divine Lady
Character: King Ferdinand
Released: December 26, 1928
Type: Movie
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
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The Woman Disputed
Title: The Woman Disputed
Character: Father Roche
Released: September 1, 1928
Type: Movie
An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.
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Glorious Betsy
Title: Glorious Betsy
Character: Capt. St. Pierre
Released: April 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Singer and the second Tenderloin - to include talking sequences, along with the by now usual Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., but the sound disks are lost.
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The Dove
Title: The Dove
Character: Gómez
Released: December 31, 1927
Type: Movie
Norma Talmadge plays a Mexican saloon singer, known as 'The Dove.' She is romanced by a young caballero and menaced by a Villa-like brute of a dictator, played by Noah Beery.
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The Gaucho
Title: The Gaucho
Character: The Usurper's First Lieutenant
Released: November 21, 1927
Type: Movie
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho, the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.
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The Devil Dancer
Title: The Devil Dancer
Character: Hassim
Released: November 3, 1927
Type: Movie
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
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Two Arabian Knights
Title: Two Arabian Knights
Character: Emir
Released: September 23, 1927
Type: Movie
During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl.
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Venus of Venice
Title: Venus of Venice
Character: Marco
Released: March 20, 1927
Type: Movie
A slick caper movie about a petty thief falls for a wealthy American artist.
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Hotel Imperial
Title: Hotel Imperial
Character: Tabakowitsch
Released: January 1, 1927
Type: Movie
During World War I, an Austrian officer is trapped behind the Russian lines. He tries to sneak through to his own lines, but is forced to take refuge in a small hotel, where he is hidden by the establishment's chambermaid. The two fall in love, but a Russian general makes the hotel his headquarters and sets his sights on the maid. In addition, the Austrian must find out the identity of a spy who is feeding the Russians military information that could lead to the destruction of the Austrian army.
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Valencia
Title: Valencia
Character: Captain
Released: December 18, 1926
Type: Movie
"Felipe, a sailor falls madly in love with Valencia, a Spanish dancing girl, who is sought after by Don Fernando, the governor. When Felipe deserts his ship, the Don throws him in prison, but Valencia obtains his release and shares his disgrace and exile." Moving Picture World, 8 Jan 1927, p. 144.
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The Third Degree
Title: The Third Degree
Character: Clinton - Chief of Detectives
Released: December 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Annie Martin, Alicia's deserted daughter, is a trapeze performer in a sideshow at Coney Island, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man (Underwood) to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently, he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.
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My Official Wife
Title: My Official Wife
Character: Commandant
Released: October 16, 1926
Type: Movie
A glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the aristocracy in the days of the Czar, featuring gorgeous gowns, beautiful women and spectacular settings.
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Her Man o' War
Title: Her Man o' War
Character: Colonel Prittwitz
Released: August 25, 1926
Type: Movie
During World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However, instead of being placed in a prisoner-of-war camp, he is assigned to the small farm of a young woman and her son to help raise crops to help feed the German army and people.
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The Midnight Sun
Title: The Midnight Sun
Character: Duke's Adjutant
Released: April 23, 1926
Type: Movie
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The Crown of Lies
Title: The Crown of Lies
Character: Vorski
Released: March 27, 1926
Type: Movie
Romantic drama directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki.
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Graustark
Title: Graustark
Character: Capt. Quinnox
Released: August 30, 1925
Type: Movie
An American falls for the princess of the Kingdom of Graustark, and decides to her marriage to a dastardly prince.
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The Swan
Title: The Swan
Character: Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
Released: February 16, 1925
Type: Movie
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.