Arthur Stone

Arthur Stone

Born: November 28, 1883
Died: September 4, 1940
in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Movies for Arthur Stone...

The Sickle or the Cross
Title: The Sickle or the Cross
Character: Tommy Deems
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a spy who is his double, but who is instructed to come out for Communism. The spy is accepted in Burnside's home town, and he reports to local Communist headquarters, where James John, prominent local businessman but in reality a Red agent, has instructions to assist him in all details of his mission. He does a series of personal appearances and radio interviews and talk shows, using an anti-Communist approach.
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Road to Hollywood
Title: Road to Hollywood
Character: Ethel's Uncle Joe
Released: July 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography.
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Go Chase Yourself
Title: Go Chase Yourself
Character: Warden
Released: April 22, 1938
Type: Movie
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
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Back to Nature
Title: Back to Nature
Character: Boathouse Owner
Released: August 14, 1936
Type: Movie
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
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Fury
Title: Fury
Character: Durkin
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Title: The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Character: Horace Munn - City Editor
Released: January 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
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Hot Tip
Title: Hot Tip
Character: Harvey Hooper
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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Charlie Chan in Egypt
Title: Charlie Chan in Egypt
Character: Dragoman
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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Bordertown
Title: Bordertown
Character: Manuel Diego
Released: January 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
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Million Dollar Baby
Title: Million Dollar Baby
Character: Jim
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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She Had to Choose
Title: She Had to Choose
Character: Pop
Released: October 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way.
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I'll Tell the World
Title: I'll Tell the World
Released: April 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
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Sing, Bing, Sing
Title: Sing, Bing, Sing
Character: Holmes
Released: March 23, 1933
Type: Movie
After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, tries again.
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The Wrestler's Bride
Title: The Wrestler's Bride
Character: Buzz McGrath
Released: January 20, 1933
Type: Movie
Joyce Compton tries to help her new husband, Eddie Gribbon (as Scissors Jackson), win a wrestling match which he incorrectly thinks is framed in his favor. Wrestlers Hans Steinke plays the wrestling champion and Bull Heffner his opponent.
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That's My Boy
Title: That's My Boy
Character: Pop Scott
Released: November 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.
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Roar of the Dragon
Title: Roar of the Dragon
Character: Sholem
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
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While Paris Sleeps
Title: While Paris Sleeps
Character: Mouche
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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Lighthouse Love
Title: Lighthouse Love
Character: Pvt. Tom Smith
Released: May 6, 1932
Type: Movie
Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.
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Listening In
Title: Listening In
Character: Arthur Wendell
Released: April 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Arthur Stone gets into trouble due to a crossed phone line in this Mack Sennett comedy.
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The Broken Wing
Title: The Broken Wing
Character: Justin Bailey
Released: March 25, 1932
Type: Movie
In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-time rancher. Lolita expects better than this awkward unprepossessing showoff! Besides the fortune-teller she consults tells her her true love will get into her life after a terrible storm. This very night a violent storm does break out and an American pilot, whose plane is caught in it, is forced to make an emergency landing next to where she lives. The gringo - by the name of Phil Marvin - is both dashing and good-looking. Good news for Lolita but bad news for Innocencio who is not ready to bow that easily...
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Shopping with Wifie
Title: Shopping with Wifie
Character: Arthur
Released: February 7, 1932
Type: Movie
A comedy short.
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The Girl in the Tonneau
Title: The Girl in the Tonneau
Character: George Brown
Released: January 31, 1932
Type: Movie
When the story begins, Dad insists that his daughter not marry some reporter but instead marry Luis. The problem is that Luis is a playboy and he's got Dad fooled. But when the three of them go on a hunting trip, the lady Luis jilted shows up and things get crazy. And, after this 'lady' burns up all of their clothes, Dad and his daughter are forced to try to drive home in the PJs...when they are stopped by a cop.
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The Big Shot
Title: The Big Shot
Character: Old Timer
Released: December 31, 1931
Type: Movie
A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
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One More Chance
Title: One More Chance
Character: Uncle Joe
Released: November 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Bing Bangs (Crosby) is a salesman for "Magic" washing machines and his demonstration of the machine at the beginning of the film results in disaster. Crosby later gains a transfer from Hoboken to California and he drives his wife Ethel and her Uncle Joe (who dislikes Bing) in an open car on the journey having many adventures en route. Uncle Joe presses Ethel to divorce Bing and marry a more desirable suitor called Percy Howard. Ethel, Joe and Percy are dining in a California night club when the announcer refers to the sponsor, the Magic Washing Machine Company and introduces their singer. It is Crosby and he sings "Just One More Chance" and he and Ethel reunite.
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Poker Widows
Title: Poker Widows
Character: Professor Thomas Regan
Released: September 13, 1931
Type: Movie
Dance instructor Arthur Stone's wife, Gertrude Astor, is a jealous woman. Patsy O'Leary's husband, Wade Boteler, is a jealous man. Boteler goes out to play poker every night, so Miss O'Leary phones Stone for a private dance lesson at her apartment. When there's a knock at the door, Stone goes out the window and enters an apartment, where Boteler is playing poker.
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I Surrender Dear
Title: I Surrender Dear
Character: Jerry
Released: September 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A short musical comedic romance starring Bing Crosby as ... Bing Crosby. This 2 reel short was directed by Mack Sennett.
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The Conquering Horde
Title: The Conquering Horde
Character: Lumpy Lorrigan
Released: March 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Not long after the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers realize they have a problem--the Union Pacific railroad is bypassing their state and make it near impossible to get their cattle to market. Many ranchers are being forced to sell their land, and crooked state treasure Marvin Fletcher buys up the land at pennies on the dollar. However, Laguna del Sol Ranch owner Taisie Lockhart and her ranch hands are holding out. Cowboy Dan McMasters returns to the ranch and tries to rekindle his romance with Taisie, but she rejects him because he fought for the North during the war. But what she doesn't know is that Dan is on an undercover mission from the President to investigate Fletcher, and in order to do that he has to pretend to be sympathetic to Fletcher and goes to work for him, angering Taisie even more. Complications ensue.
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The Lash
Title: The Lash
Character: Juan
Released: December 14, 1930
Type: Movie
A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.
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The Girl of the Golden West
Title: The Girl of the Golden West
Character: Joe Castro
Released: October 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison.
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The Bad Man
Title: The Bad Man
Character: Pedro
Released: September 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Film version of a play about a Mexican bandit.
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On the Level
Title: On the Level
Character: Don Bradley
Released: May 18, 1930
Type: Movie
An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she becomes a nightclub performer.
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The Arizona Kid
Title: The Arizona Kid
Character: Snakebite Pete
Released: March 23, 1930
Type: Movie
The Arizona Kid (Warner Baxter) carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt (Carole Lombard), accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt (Theodore von Eltz), actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
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Mamba
Title: Mamba
Character: British soldier
Released: March 9, 1930
Type: Movie
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.
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Mamba
Title: Mamba
Released: March 9, 1930
Type: Movie
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.
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The Vagabond King
Title: The Vagabond King
Character: Oliver the barber
Released: February 17, 1930
Type: Movie
The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.
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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Title: Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Character: Al Leaton
Released: May 25, 1929
Type: Movie
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry.
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The Far Call
Title: The Far Call
Character: Schmidt
Released: April 28, 1929
Type: Movie
A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he falls for the governor's daughter who learns that the poacher is the estranged son of a prominent citizen.
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New Year's Eve
Title: New Year's Eve
Character: Steve
Released: February 24, 1929
Type: Movie
Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware, broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother languishes at home. She runs into rich gambler Larry Harmon and rejects his overtures. She later finds a wallet with 10 $100 bills belonging to Edward Warren.
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Fugitives
Title: Fugitives
Character: Jimmy
Released: January 27, 1929
Type: Movie
Nightclub singer Alice Carroll is found in the office of club owner Al Barrow, who is lying dead on the floor. Alice has been overheard threatening to kill Barrow rather than give in to his advances. She protests her innocence, but the District Attorney doesn't believe her and charges her with Barrow's murder. However, things aren't quite as cut-and-dried as the D.A. believes them to be.
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Captain Lash
Title: Captain Lash
Character: Gentleman Eddie
Released: January 6, 1929
Type: Movie
Lash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash somehow grabs the attention of society dame passenger Cora Nevins. Nevins is actually a jewel thief who's lifted diamonds from wealthy passenger Arthur Condrax. She needs Lash to aid in sneaking the "ice" ashore at Singapore. Cocky is Lash's concertina-playing buddy and uses it to signal Lash.
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Me, Gangster
Title: Me, Gangster
Character: Dan the Dude
Released: October 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
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Chicken à la King
Title: Chicken à la King
Character: Oscar Barrows
Released: June 9, 1928
Type: Movie
A married tightwad learns to loosen up by living the life of a playboy.
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Burning Daylight
Title: Burning Daylight
Character: French Louie
Released: March 10, 1928
Type: Movie
Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. He journeys to San Francisco, makes three million dollars and loses it in San Francisco. He returns to Alaska and eventually finds his treasure.
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The Valley of the Giants
Title: The Valley of the Giants
Character: Buck Ogilvy
Released: December 4, 1927
Type: Movie
Bryce Cardigan struggles to protect his Redwood inheritance from a railroad-owner, who is also the guardian of the woman Bryce loves.
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The Patent Leather Kid
Title: The Patent Leather Kid
Character: Jimmy Kinch
Released: September 1, 1927
Type: Movie
The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 silent film which tells the story of a boxer who scoffs at fighting outside the ring... particularly for the United States once it enters World War I. Eventually, he is drafted, is shipped overseas, and performs a heroic act, which results in his being severely wounded.
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Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Title: Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Character: Klaxon
Released: August 21, 1927
Type: Movie
After bringing down yet another German pilot and escaping uninjured from his burning aircraft, Haggerty (Milton Sills) and his buddy, aircraft machinist Klaxon (Arthur Stone), head for Paris, albeit without an official leave of absence. In escaping from M.P.'s, Haggerty takes refuge in a room occupied by Germaine Benoit (Molly O'Day). Love soon springs up, and Haggerty decides to reform, returning to Major Cotton (Mitchell Lewis) with this resolution. He is unprepared, however, to be awarded a medal for his actions as a fighter pilot. - From Wikipedia
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Babe Comes Home
Title: Babe Comes Home
Character: Laundry-Truck Driver
Released: May 22, 1927
Type: Movie
A baseball-styled sports filmed centered on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. It is considered a lost film.
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The Sea Tiger
Title: The Sea Tiger
Character: Enos
Released: February 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent Film drama...now a lost film. Julian Ramos is a fisherman in the Canary Islands. As the guardian of his hotheaded younger brother Charles, Julian regards it as his duty to protect the boy from women -- and vice versa. When Charles begins pitching woo at aristocratic Amy, Julian runs interference by pretending to be in love with the girl himself. As time passes, of course, he stops pretending.
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An Affair of the Follies
Title: An Affair of the Follies
Character: Sam - the Waiter
Released: February 13, 1927
Type: Movie
Young husband Jerry, a clerk, loses his job, and in order to bring money into the house, his wife Tamara goes back to her old job as a dancer in the Follies. The husband doesn't like the idea at all, and they wind up separating. One night the clerk and his friend, an inventor, are dining at a restaurant, and the inventor is lamenting that he has a great invention but can't get in to see a millionaire named Hammersley in order get get financial backing. They don't know that Hammersley happens to be sitting at the next table. The three strike up a conversation and become friends. However, there's another thing Jerry also doesn't know--Hammersley is in love with Tamara and, in fact, she is going to his house that night to see him.
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It Must Be Love
Title: It Must Be Love
Character: Peter Halitovsky
Released: August 22, 1926
Type: Movie
Fernie Schmidt (Colleen Moore) lives with her parents in the rear of their delicatessen. The smells of the business - cheeses, sausages, garlic and pickled herrings - repulses Fernie, who dreams of leaving this environment and moving into a life that's more rarified. Her father, Pop Schmidt (Jean Hersholt) has plans for his daughter to marry Peter Halitovsky (Arthur Stone), a sausage salesman, but Fernie is repulsed by the idea. At a dance, Fernie meets Jack Dugan (Malcolm McGregor), who tells her that he is in stocks, a paper-counter, and she falls for him. Because of her rejection of her father's chosen candidate for matrimony, Pop puts Fernie out of the house.
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Miss Nobody
Title: Miss Nobody
Character: Happy
Released: June 27, 1926
Type: Movie
The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.
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Sherlock Sleuth
Title: Sherlock Sleuth
Character: Cyril Fromage
Released: July 12, 1925
Type: Movie
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Just a Good Guy
Title: Just a Good Guy
Character: Wilmot McBeezle
Released: December 24, 1924
Type: Movie
A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.