Sydney Jarvis

Sydney Jarvis

Born: January 11, 1878
Died: June 6, 1939
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Movies for Sydney Jarvis...

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Character: Museum Exhibit Attendee (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Zenobia
Title: Zenobia
Character: Townsman
Released: April 21, 1939
Type: Movie
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Broadway Serenade
Title: Broadway Serenade
Character: Santa Claus (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
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The Rage of Paris
Title: The Rage of Paris
Character: Mr. Smythe (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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Blossoms On Broadway
Title: Blossoms On Broadway
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1937
Type: Movie
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
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Wild and Woolly
Title: Wild and Woolly
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
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Big Business
Title: Big Business
Character: Townsman Investor
Released: June 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
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The Devil-Doll
Title: The Devil-Doll
Character: Gendarme (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
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Fury
Title: Fury
Character: Court Bailiff (uncredited)
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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Timber War
Title: Timber War
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1935
Type: Movie
The owners of a lumber mill hire an investigator to find out who is sabotaging their mill.
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Slightly Static
Title: Slightly Static
Character: Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
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Caravan
Title: Caravan
Character: Card Player (Uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1934
Type: Movie
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
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Bum Voyage
Title: Bum Voyage
Character: Ship's Passenger at Party (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1934
Type: Movie
The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.
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The Thin Man
Title: The Thin Man
Character: Witness (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1934
Type: Movie
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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Air Fright
Title: Air Fright
Character: Passenger (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1933
Type: Movie
The girls are stewardesses on an experimental flight.
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Signing 'em Up
Title: Signing 'em Up
Character: Movie director
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
An all-star short designed to promote the National Recovery Act.
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Maids a la Mode
Title: Maids a la Mode
Character: Furniture Man (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
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Mr. Bride
Title: Mr. Bride
Character: Ship Passenger
Released: December 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.
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Movie Crazy
Title: Movie Crazy
Character: The Director
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
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Scarface
Title: Scarface
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1932
Type: Movie
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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A Fool's Advice
Title: A Fool's Advice
Character: Obediah
Released: February 20, 1932
Type: Movie
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
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Sealskins
Title: Sealskins
Character: Mr. Jarvis - Lonely Hearts Advisor (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen and promptly set out to catch it -- a sea lion.
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The Pajama Party
Title: The Pajama Party
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 3, 1931
Type: Movie
After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.
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Young Donovan's Kid
Title: Young Donovan's Kid
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
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Loose Ankles
Title: Loose Ankles
Character: Circus Cafe Ringmaster
Released: February 2, 1930
Type: Movie
A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives, and without scandal. Otherwise, the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.
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Footlights and Fools
Title: Footlights and Fools
Character: Stage manager
Released: November 8, 1929
Type: Movie
Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
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The Unholy Night
Title: The Unholy Night
Character: The Butler
Released: September 13, 1929
Type: Movie
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
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Madame X
Title: Madame X
Character: Gendarme at Trial (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1929
Type: Movie
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
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Spite Marriage
Title: Spite Marriage
Character: Man in Audience Next to Elmer
Released: March 24, 1929
Type: Movie
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
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A Woman of Affairs
Title: A Woman of Affairs
Character: Gendarme (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?
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The Upland Rider
Title: The Upland Rider
Character: Ross Cheswick
Released: June 3, 1928
Type: Movie
The honest John Graham and the crooked Ross Cheswick battle for supremacy. Despite Cheswick's unscrupulous methods, Dan and his handsome bronco Tarzan win the Big Race for Graham. Dan's prize: Graham's lovely daughter Sally.
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The Wagon Show
Title: The Wagon Show
Character: Sayre
Released: February 19, 1928
Type: Movie
Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.
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Casey at the Bat
Title: Casey at the Bat
Character: McGraw
Released: March 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his equally dishonest manager go to the big leagues. Eventually, the scout and manager conspire to get him drunk and bet against him for a crucial game with the pennant at stake.