John Halliday

John Halliday

Born: September 13, 1884
Died: October 17, 1947
in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Movies for John Halliday...

Lydia
Title: Lydia
Character: Fitzpatrick
Released: September 18, 1941
Type: Movie
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.
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The Philadelphia Story
Title: The Philadelphia Story
Character: Seth Lord
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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Escape to Glory
Title: Escape to Glory
Character: John Morgan
Released: May 20, 1940
Type: Movie
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
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Intermezzo: A Love Story
Title: Intermezzo: A Love Story
Character: Thomas Stenborg
Released: October 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together.
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Hotel for Women
Title: Hotel for Women
Character: John Craig
Released: August 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
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That Certain Age
Title: That Certain Age
Character: Gilbert Fullerton
Released: October 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton invites Bullit to the peace and quiet of his own home to write a series of European affair articles. When Fullerton's adolescent daughter Alice develops a crush on Bullit, her suitor, boyscout Ken Warren, doesn't seem to stand a chance. Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, Ken Warren, and even Vincent Bullit himself do their best to sway young Alice's feelings away from the older man. It's a difficult task though, as she is at 'that certain age.'
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Blockade
Title: Blockade
Character: Andre Gallinet
Released: June 17, 1938
Type: Movie
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.
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Arsène Lupin Returns
Title: Arsène Lupin Returns
Character: Count de Grissac
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
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Hollywood Boulevard
Title: Hollywood Boulevard
Character: John Wellington Blakeford
Released: August 20, 1936
Type: Movie
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
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Fatal Lady
Title: Fatal Lady
Character: Martan Fontes
Released: May 15, 1936
Type: Movie
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
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Desire
Title: Desire
Character: Carlos Margoli
Released: April 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
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Peter Ibbetson
Title: Peter Ibbetson
Character: The Duke of Towers
Released: November 7, 1935
Type: Movie
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
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The Dark Angel
Title: The Dark Angel
Character: Sir George Barton
Released: September 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
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Mystery Woman
Title: Mystery Woman
Character: Dr. Theodore Van Wyke
Released: January 8, 1935
Type: Movie
A French military officer is convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island. His wife takes it upon herself to obtain the stolen document and prove his innocence.
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Happiness Ahead
Title: Happiness Ahead
Character: Henry Bradford
Released: October 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.
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Desirable
Title: Desirable
Character: Austin
Released: September 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Housewife
Title: Housewife
Character: Paul Duprey
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife and girlfriend struggle over Bill.
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Return of the Terror
Title: Return of the Terror
Character: Dr. John Redmayne
Released: July 7, 1934
Type: Movie
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
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Finishing School
Title: Finishing School
Character: Mr. Frank Radcliffe
Released: May 4, 1934
Type: Movie
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
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The Witching Hour
Title: The Witching Hour
Character: Jack Brookfield
Released: April 26, 1934
Type: Movie
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, Thorne kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under a trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
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Registered Nurse
Title: Registered Nurse
Character: Dr. Hedwig
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.
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A Woman's Man
Title: A Woman's Man
Character: Tom Cleary - Director
Released: February 6, 1934
Type: Movie
A temperamental movie star storms off the set of her latest picture in order to carry on a fling with an ambitious, publicity-hungry prizefighter.
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The House on 56th Street
Title: The House on 56th Street
Character: Lyndon Fiske
Released: December 23, 1933
Type: Movie
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
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Bed of Roses
Title: Bed of Roses
Character: Stephen Paige
Released: June 29, 1933
Type: Movie
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
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Terror Aboard
Title: Terror Aboard
Character: Maximilian Kreig
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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The Woman Accused
Title: The Woman Accused
Character: Stephen Bessemer
Released: February 17, 1933
Type: Movie
Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship's captain. As Glenda is packing to leave, she receives a threatening phone call from her obsessed, former lover Leo. Glenda confronts Leo and tells him that it's over. Leo, a high-powered attorney calls a hit man to have Jeffrey eliminated. Glenda knocks Leo over the head before he can give the hit man a name. Leo is dead. Glenda sneaks back into her apartment, goes off on the cruise with Jeffrey and pretends that all is swell. Leo's partner, Stephen Bessemer, suspects Glenda and follows her to the ship. Bessemer stages a mock trial aboard the ship and cleverly draws a confession from Glenda. Jeffrey, also an attorney, represents Glenda when she is arrested upon arriving on shore. A skeptical district attorney, and the fact that Jeffrey horsewhips the star witness (the hit man), combine to get Glenda completely off the hook.
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Perfect Understanding
Title: Perfect Understanding
Character: Ivan Ronnson
Released: January 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
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The Age of Consent
Title: The Age of Consent
Character: Prof. David Mathews
Released: August 19, 1932
Type: Movie
College co-eds struggle with the moral, societal and human aspects of romance.
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Bird of Paradise
Title: Bird of Paradise
Character: Mac
Released: August 12, 1932
Type: Movie
When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.
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The Man Called Back
Title: The Man Called Back
Character: Gordon St. Claire
Released: July 16, 1932
Type: Movie
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.
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Week Ends Only
Title: Week Ends Only
Character: Arthur Ladden
Released: June 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
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The Impatient Maiden
Title: The Impatient Maiden
Character: Albert Hartman
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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Men of Chance
Title: Men of Chance
Character: Dorval
Released: December 26, 1931
Type: Movie
A gambler falls for a fake countess.
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Consolation Marriage
Title: Consolation Marriage
Character: Jeff Hunter
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.
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Smart Woman
Title: Smart Woman
Character: Sir Guy Harrington
Released: September 12, 1931
Type: Movie
A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own. The woman's friends gladly assist in the deception.
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The Ruling Voice
Title: The Ruling Voice
Character: Dexter Burroughs
Released: September 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.
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Transatlantic
Title: Transatlantic
Character: Henry D. Graham
Released: August 19, 1931
Type: Movie
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
Title: How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
Character: Himself - Golfer
Released: April 26, 1931
Type: Movie
Bobby Jones teaches a group of truant businessman how to improve their chip shots.
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The Spy
Title: The Spy
Character: Sergei Krasnoff
Released: April 26, 1931
Type: Movie
1931 picture starring Kay Johnson.
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Father's Son
Title: Father's Son
Character: Dr. Franklin
Released: March 7, 1931
Type: Movie
Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
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50 Million Frenchmen
Title: 50 Million Frenchmen
Character: Michael Cummins
Released: February 14, 1931
Type: Movie
In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman without spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchmen to stop him.
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Millie
Title: Millie
Character: Jimmy Dammier
Released: February 6, 1931
Type: Movie
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
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Captain Applejack
Title: Captain Applejack
Character: Ambrose Applejohn
Released: January 31, 1931
Type: Movie
An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
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Once a Sinner
Title: Once a Sinner
Character: Richard Kent
Released: January 25, 1931
Type: Movie
As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial assistance from her ex-lover Dick Kent, who still has a thing for her. Refusing she heads to Sparta, where she informs Tommy of her affair with the older man. Tommy tells her that he doesn't want to know the man's name or any details and Diana is happy to forget the past and move on. This decision comes to bite them a year later though, when Kent returns into the picture.
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Scarlet Pages
Title: Scarlet Pages
Character: John Remington
Released: September 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
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Recaptured Love
Title: Recaptured Love
Character: Brentwood Parr
Released: July 7, 1930
Type: Movie
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man and becomes jealous.
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The Liberty Boys of '76
Title: The Liberty Boys of '76
Character: Skip Cornwall
Released: October 1, 1924
Type: Movie
The serialized story of a group of young Colonial patriots battling in the Revolutionary War against the hated British and their murderous American Indian allies. Based on the popular pulp publication of the same name. Surviving episodes include 'The Blue Riders', 'In the Hands of the Enemy' and 'The Night Raiders'.
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The Love Expert
Title: The Love Expert
Character: Jim Winthrop
Released: April 17, 1920
Type: Movie
In this comedy, Constance Talmadge plays Babs, a girl who is thrown out of boarding school because she's more interested in studying romance than she is in studying books. The object of her affections is Jim Winthrop, but before they can wed, he has to find suitable mates for his two plain sisters, Dorcas and Matilda -- and Winthrop's elderly aunt, too. To speed things up, Babs takes it upon herself to find them all men.
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The Woman Gives
Title: The Woman Gives
Character: Daniel Garford
Released: March 29, 1920
Type: Movie
A 1920 film directed by Roy William Neill.
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His Mistake
Title: His Mistake
Character: Jim Dempsey
Released: February 14, 1912
Type: Movie
Jim and Mary are a betrothed couple whose devotion to each other is tested when a famous actress comes to town.