Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell

Born: February 24, 1885
Died: September 28, 1954
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Bert Lytell...

Title: Tales of Tomorrow
Released: August 3, 1951
Type: TV
Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.
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Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
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Stage Door Canteen
Title: Stage Door Canteen
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
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The Stolen Jools
Title: The Stolen Jools
Character: Bert Lytell (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
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The Single Sin
Title: The Single Sin
Character: Joe Strickland
Released: February 23, 1931
Type: Movie
A lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a prominent millionaire. The magnate falls madly in love with his new secretary and they marry. Unfortunately, she has not revealed her shady past to him, and when friends from her smuggling days suddenly show up as employees, mayhem ensues.
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The Last of the Lone Wolf
Title: The Last of the Lone Wolf
Character: Michael Lanyard
Released: August 26, 1930
Type: Movie
In this entry in the Lone Wolf series, the first to have a soundtrack, the jealousies of the King and the coquettish Queen are chronicled. When His Majesty learns that his wife has given the ring he gave to her to her lover, the King plans a large ball and demands the she wear the token. As her lover is a military attache, he is not in the palace, and the queen must send her lady-in-waiting to bring it back. En route, the lady meets a thief and they team up. She does not know that he has been dispatched by the King to steal ring from the attache.
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The Lone Wolf's Daughter
Title: The Lone Wolf's Daughter
Character: Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Released: February 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Michael Lanyard, a reformed cracks-man, adopts Adrienne, the daughter of an old friend, and goes to Southampton to attend a party celebrating her engagement to Bobby Crenshaw, the son of a wealthy society couple. The Count and Countess Polinac, international jewel thieves, also attend the party, and Count Polinac forces Lanyard to open the safe containing the jewelry of the guests by threatening to expose Lanyard's criminal past. Lanyard forestalls the count, however, and protects the valuables. The count and countess are arrested, and Michael's secret is kept safe.
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On Trial
Title: On Trial
Character: Robert Strickland
Released: December 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced.
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Women's Wares
Title: Women's Wares
Released: October 1, 1927
Type: Movie
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Alias the Lone Wolf
Title: Alias the Lone Wolf
Character: Michael Lanyard
Released: August 22, 1927
Type: Movie
Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf, is sailing to America when he meets pretty Eve de Montalais. Eve wants to sneak her valuable necklace through U.S. customs so that she can use the money from its sale to help straighten out her brother. The only problem is that there is a gang of jewel thieves on board who are just as determined to steal the necklace.
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Obey the Law
Title: Obey the Law
Character: Phil Schuyler
Released: November 5, 1926
Type: Movie
When his old prison-friend's daughter is about to wed a wealthy man, the friend steals a valuable pendant and gives it to the girl's father. The father, in turn and not realizing it is stolen goods, gives it to his daughter as a wedding present. But the law shows up looking for the pendant.
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That Model from Paris
Title: That Model from Paris
Character: Bob
Released: October 15, 1926
Type: Movie
A light hearted comedy romance involving a fake French woman and lots of 1920's fashions
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The Lone Wolf Returns
Title: The Lone Wolf Returns
Character: Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Released: August 15, 1926
Type: Movie
The Lone Wolf Returns
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The Gilded Butterfly
Title: The Gilded Butterfly
Released: January 3, 1926
Type: Movie
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Lady Windermere's Fan
Title: Lady Windermere's Fan
Character: Lord Windermere
Released: December 26, 1925
Type: Movie
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
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Sporting Life
Title: Sporting Life
Character: Lord Woodstock
Released: November 29, 1925
Type: Movie
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
Title: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Character: Dan Pritchard
Released: September 13, 1925
Type: Movie
Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.
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Eve's Lover
Title: Eve's Lover
Character: Baron Geraldo Maddox
Released: July 6, 1925
Type: Movie
Austin Starfield has his greedy eye on a steel mill belonging to Eve Burnside. He persuades an impoverished count, Leon Molnar to marry Eve so he can then gain control of her fortune.
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Born Rich
Title: Born Rich
Character: Jimmy Fairfax
Released: December 7, 1924
Type: Movie
When a wealthy young lady leaves the US to visit her aunt in France, her husband falls in love with a "flapper". When the wife returns home, she finds out about her husband's affair. In order to make him jealous, she leads him to believe she has fallen for a jazz musician. However, instead of making him jealous it drives him into depression and he takes refuge in booze and even more affairs.
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Sandra
Title: Sandra
Character: David Waring
Released: September 1, 1924
Type: Movie
BY DAY a beautiful wife-accepting a husband's humble love, his humble home, his humble pleasures. BY NIGHT a glittering butterfly yearning for the wine of life and tossing all to the winds when the glamour of romance calls.
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A Son of the Sahara
Title: A Son of the Sahara
Character: Raoul Le Breton
Released: April 13, 1924
Type: Movie
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The Eternal City
Title: The Eternal City
Character: David Rossi
Released: December 17, 1923
Type: Movie
War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Italian troops.
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Rupert of Hentzau
Title: Rupert of Hentzau
Character: King of Ruritania / Rudolph Rassendyll
Released: July 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Rudolf Rassendyll returns to Ruritania, to play the King once more. Lost Adaptation of the eponymous Anthony Hope nove, the sequel of the Prisoner of Zenda.
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Kick In
Title: Kick In
Character: Chick Hewes
Released: December 17, 1922
Type: Movie
After serving time in Sing Sing, Chic Hewes wants to go straight, but when he refuses to be a stool pigeon for the cops, they hound him mercilessly. Hewes witnesses a car accident in which Jerry Brandon, the son of the district attorney, runs over a child. He also meets Molly, the D.A.'s daughter. Because he feels the child's mother was treated unfairly, Hewes decides to pull one last heist to square things.
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To Have and to Hold
Title: To Have and to Hold
Character: Captain Ralph Percy
Released: October 29, 1922
Type: Movie
King James I gives his consent to the marriage between Lord Carnal and Lady Jocelyn Leigh. Lady Jocelyn, however, does not want to wed the evil Lord Carnal, and makes her escape on a bridal ship headed for Jamestown, VA. When it lands, a ruffian tries to take Jocelyn as his bride, but Captain Ralph Percy rescues her by marrying her himself. The marriage, however, is in name only, as Jocelyn wants little to do with Percy.
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A Trip to Paramountown
Title: A Trip to Paramountown
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 1922
Type: Movie
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.
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Sherlock Brown
Title: Sherlock Brown
Character: William Brown
Released: June 26, 1922
Type: Movie
The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S. government. William Brown, a clerk who aspires to be a detective, has just received his badge from some anonymous Midwestern agency, and manages to get himself embroiled in the intrigue.
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The Face Between
Title: The Face Between
Character: Tommy Carteret Sr. / Tommy Carteret Jr
Released: April 16, 1922
Type: Movie
The Face Between
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The Right That Failed
Title: The Right That Failed
Character: Johnny Duffey
Released: February 20, 1922
Type: Movie
The Right That Failed
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Alias Ladyfingers
Title: Alias Ladyfingers
Character: Robert Ashe - Ladyfingers
Released: October 30, 1921
Type: Movie
When Rachel Stetherill's daughter marries a man of whom she disapproves, Rachel disowns her. Five years later her daughter, now widowed, is killed. Her young son comes under the influence of a professional safecracker and is soon on his way to becoming a hardened criminal. Twenty yeas later the Stetherill family lawyer learns that the infamous thief known as Ladyfingers bears a striking resemblance to Rachel's husband--and has fallen in love with Enid, Mrs. Stetherill's young ward. Complications ensue.
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A Message from Mars
Title: A Message from Mars
Released: April 10, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Misleading Lady
Title: The Misleading Lady
Character: Jack Craigen
Released: December 20, 1920
Type: Movie
Jack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to New York. There, at the home of his Uncle Cannell, he meets stage-struck society girl Helen Steele and her playwright fiancé Tracey. Scheming to win the lead in their new production, The Siren , Helen wagers Cannell and Tracey that she can vamp Jack--a notorious woman-hater--and have him propose to her in a week.
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
Title: Alias Jimmy Valentine
Character: Lee Randall / Jimmy Valentine
Released: February 29, 1920
Type: Movie
The saga of Alias Jimmy Valentine began with the O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation". This surprise-ending tale was adapted into a stage play by Paul Armstrong, which subsequently was adapted to film several times
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The Right of Way
Title: The Right of Way
Character: Charley Steele
Released: February 29, 1920
Type: Movie
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia.
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Lombardi, Ltd.
Title: Lombardi, Ltd.
Character: Tito Lambardi
Released: October 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Tito Lombardi a Fifth Avenue dress designer, causes his business to suffer by his generous dispensation of credit to clients, one of whom, Max Strohm, the manager of a musical review, has promised payment for his girls' lavish costumes as soon as the show makes money. To the dismay of Norah Blake, Lombardi's faithful assistant, who loves him, Lombardi proposes to Phyllis Manning, one of the showgirls, and presents her with his finest creations, while not even attempting to kiss her, as she puts off setting a wedding date and also accepts the attentions of wealthy bachelor Bob Tarrant.
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The Lion's Den
Title: The Lion's Den
Character: Reverend Sam Webster
Released: May 19, 1919
Type: Movie
A reverend attempts to raise the money necessary to open up a boys' club and clashes with a wealthy grocer in the process.
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Unexpected Places
Title: Unexpected Places
Character: Dick Holloway
Released: September 30, 1918
Type: Movie
The valet of Lord Harold Varden, on a secret mission to our Government, has been murdered. Dick Holloway, a reporter, detailed to the story, calls on Lord Varden just as the latter feels the effects of poison administered to him. He takes the place of the nobleman when his American cousins come for him, and not only saves his lordship's papers, but captures the spies detailed to get them.
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Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Title: Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Character: Boston Blackie
Released: August 26, 1918
Type: Movie
While burgling a mansion, Blackie is interrupted by little Joey, who has been awakened from his slumbers. Blackie gently orders the kid to return to bed, but Joey refuses to do so unless Blackie helps him say his prayers. Thus is formed a strong friendship between Blackie and his "little pal," inspiring our raffish hero to rescue Joey's mother Rosemary Theby from a scandalous situation.
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Character: Garrett Cope
Released: July 8, 1918
Type: Movie
Free and easy Garrett Cope loves Katherine Gresham, but his rival, Henry Miller, who is really Heinrich Mueller, a World War I German spy, gets rid of Garrett by having him arrested for the murder of Pembroke Van Tuyl. While Garrett is in prison, Katherine marries Mueller, but Sidney Dundas, knowing that the German actually committed the crime, finally confesses, and Garrett is freed. Meanwhile, Mueller takes Katherine to a remote island called No Man's Land, which he uses as a base for blowing up Allied ships.
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The Trail To Yesterday
Title: The Trail To Yesterday
Released: May 6, 1918
Type: Movie
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The Lone Wolf
Title: The Lone Wolf
Character: Michael Lanyard
Released: June 30, 1917
Type: Movie
Based on a character created by Louis Joseph Vance