Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

Born: October 3, 1886
Died: December 23, 1962
in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor in American films.

Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain. He majored in acting while attending the University of Madrid. In order to pursue his acting career further, he determined to emigrate to the United States and, in April 1912, he sailed to New York City as a steerage passenger aboard the S/S Nieuw Amsterdam. In New York, he acted on both stage and screen. His first motion picture performance was in the 1915 Jewish drama, Children of the Ghetto. On the stage, he appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays between 1915 and 1928, including 39 East, Dreams for Sale and the original production of What Price Glory? in 1924–1925. In the sound film era, he had notable roles as Jacopo in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), as Mr. Louie Louie in Easy Living (1937), and as the mayor in A Bell for Adano (1945). He died at the motion picture actors' home in Woodland Hills, California in 1962. His remains are interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

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The Ten Commandments
Title: The Ten Commandments
Character: Old Hebrew at Moses' House
Released: October 5, 1956
Type: Movie
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
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Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Title: Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Character: Sandro
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey, the mission causes the deaths of many bystanders -- among them, Carey believes, his Italian girlfriend, Giulia de Graffi. Back home, Carey stumbles across evidence that might uncover the identity of the informant. But, when he returns to Italy to get even, Carey is stunned by what he finds.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
Title: When Willie Comes Marching Home
Character: Barman (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1950
Type: Movie
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
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Road to Hollywood
Title: Road to Hollywood
Character: The Marquis
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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Hit the Hay
Title: Hit the Hay
Character: Language Professor
Released: November 29, 1945
Type: Movie
An unsophisticated farm girl pursues a career as an opera singer.
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A Bell for Adano
Title: A Bell for Adano
Character: Cacopardo
Released: June 21, 1945
Type: Movie
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
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When the Lights Go On Again
Title: When the Lights Go On Again
Character: Joe
Released: October 22, 1944
Type: Movie
The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.
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Machine Gun Mama
Title: Machine Gun Mama
Character: Ignacio
Released: August 18, 1944
Type: Movie
Two Americans stranded in Mexico with an elephant try to sell their animal to a traveling carnival. Low-budget comedy with songs and a misleading title.
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In Society
Title: In Society
Character: Luigi - Pottery Dealer (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Title: Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Character: Tony
Released: April 1, 1944
Type: Movie
High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarried teacher.
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It Happened Tomorrow
Title: It Happened Tomorrow
Released: March 31, 1944
Type: Movie
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
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Voice in the Wind
Title: Voice in the Wind
Character: Bartender
Released: March 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.
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Men on Her Mind
Title: Men on Her Mind
Character: Alberti Verdi
Released: February 12, 1944
Type: Movie
A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.
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Harvest Melody
Title: Harvest Melody
Character: Cafe Manager
Released: November 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Farmer Tommy and his girl Jane come in from the country for a night at the Hollywood Trocadero. There, they meet Chuck, Hollywood's Number One press agent, and his Girl Friday, Daisie. Hearing of the hardships imposed down on the farm by the war-related labor shortage, Chuck offers the help of his clients, movie star Gilda Parker, heavyweight boxer Canvas, and Eddie Le Baron and his whole orchestra, to help harvest the crops.
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Here Comes Elmer
Title: Here Comes Elmer
Character: Dr. Zichy
Released: November 15, 1943
Type: Movie
This musical comedy stars radio star Al Pearce has a double role playing himself and Elmer Blurt, the leader of a small-town band that struggles toward stardom in the big city. Their journey begins when Elmer decides to eject their female singer because she isn't really right. Unfortunately, her angry father is their sponsor and when he finds out, he withdraws all support.
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Nearly Eighteen
Title: Nearly Eighteen
Character: Gus
Released: November 12, 1943
Type: Movie
A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school.
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You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Title: You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Character: Goreni
Released: October 22, 1943
Type: Movie
A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to keep him.
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Here Comes Kelly
Title: Here Comes Kelly
Character: Nick
Released: September 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Cocky Kelly's girlfriend helps him straighten up enough to get a job as a process server.
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The Man from Down Under
Title: The Man from Down Under
Character: Dino Piza
Released: August 4, 1943
Type: Movie
An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
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Submarine Base
Title: Submarine Base
Character: Mr. Styx
Released: July 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an out-of-the-way island off of the coast of South America. Morgan makes his headquarters at the Halfway House run by the parents of Maria Styx as a bar and dance resort catering to the planters and traders of the island. Taggert finds himself practically a prisoner along with a group of American girls acting as entertainers at the resort. Taggert shadows Morgan in his activities in a remote cove and finds that Morgan is supplying German U-boat commanders with torpedoes, but does not know that Morgan has rigged the torpedoes with clock devices that explode when at sea and sinks the U-boats.
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My Son, The Hero
Title: My Son, The Hero
Character: Tony
Released: April 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Learning that his long-unseen son is soon to arrive for a visit, a small-time con-man enlists the help of his cronies to help him pretend to be a wealthy and important businessman. Comedy.
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Northwest Rangers
Title: Northwest Rangers
Character: Jacques
Released: October 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Title: Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Character: Luigi
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
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Obliging Young Lady
Title: Obliging Young Lady
Character: Riccardi
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
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Babes on Broadway
Title: Babes on Broadway
Character: Nick
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
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World Premiere
Title: World Premiere
Character: Signor Scaletti
Released: August 21, 1941
Type: Movie
A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three men pose as spies, disrupting the opening, but things don't go quite as planned...there are actual spies also present!
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They Met in Bombay
Title: They Met in Bombay
Character: Maitre d'hotel
Released: June 27, 1941
Type: Movie
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
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San Antonio Rose
Title: San Antonio Rose
Character: Nick Ferris
Released: June 20, 1941
Type: Movie
San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The Merry Macs, and a strong cast of supporting clowns. Robert Paige plays roadhouse operator Con Conway, whose establishment is in danger of being squeezed out by its competition. Stranded entertainers Hope Holloway (Jane Frazee) and Gabby Trent (Eve Arden) decide to revivify Conway's establishment by staging an energetic floor show built around the talented Merry Macs. A rival club owner dispatches his two top hooligans Jigsaw Kennedy (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Benny the Bounce (Shemp Howard) to wreck Conway's club by posing as waiters, but the two stupes are easily cowed into submission--by the leading ladies!
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She Knew All the Answers
Title: She Knew All the Answers
Character: Inventor
Released: May 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side but complications ensue.
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Road to Zanzibar
Title: Road to Zanzibar
Character: Proprietor - Native Booth
Released: April 11, 1941
Type: Movie
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
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That Hamilton Woman
Title: That Hamilton Woman
Character: King of Naples
Released: April 3, 1941
Type: Movie
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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The Lady Eve
Title: The Lady Eve
Character: Emile, Pike's chef
Released: February 25, 1941
Type: Movie
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Public Deb No. 1
Title: Public Deb No. 1
Character: Frontenac
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
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Scatterbrain
Title: Scatterbrain
Character: Prof. DeLemma
Released: July 20, 1940
Type: Movie
A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Title: The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Character: N. Pappakontous
Released: May 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.
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Enemy Agent
Title: Enemy Agent
Character: A. Calteroni
Released: April 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.
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High School
Title: High School
Character: Signor Cicero
Released: January 26, 1940
Type: Movie
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she's sent to a San Antonio high-school.
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
Title: The Housekeeper's Daughter
Character: Veroni
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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Naughty But Nice
Title: Naughty But Nice
Character: Stanislaus Pysinski
Released: June 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.
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Let Freedom Ring
Title: Let Freedom Ring
Character: Tony (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
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The Great Man Votes
Title: The Great Man Votes
Character: Manos
Released: January 13, 1939
Type: Movie
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
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I'll Give a Million
Title: I'll Give a Million
Character: Reporter
Released: July 27, 1938
Type: Movie
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
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Hitting a New High
Title: Hitting a New High
Character: Luis Marlo
Released: December 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.
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Love on Toast
Title: Love on Toast
Character: Joe Piso
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr. Manhattan chosen is a singing soda jerk, who doesn't want to play along until he is given the honor of choosing his own Miss Brooklyn.
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Title: Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Character: Martinetti
Released: November 26, 1937
Type: Movie
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."
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Under Suspicion
Title: Under Suspicion
Character: Luigi
Released: November 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his millions away to various charitable causes. Naturally, this arouses hostility amongst Bailey's friends, relatives and associates, some of whom have murder on their minds.
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The Great Garrick
Title: The Great Garrick
Character: Luis Basset
Released: October 30, 1937
Type: Movie
A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.
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Madame X
Title: Madame X
Character: Scipio
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Title: Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: August 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
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Easy Living
Title: Easy Living
Character: Mr. Louis Louis
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
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Sing and Be Happy
Title: Sing and Be Happy
Character: Posini
Released: June 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
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The King and the Chorus Girl
Title: The King and the Chorus Girl
Character: Gaston
Released: March 27, 1937
Type: Movie
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
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Two Wise Maids
Title: Two Wise Maids
Character: Guili
Released: February 15, 1937
Type: Movie
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry.
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When You're in Love
Title: When You're in Love
Character: Luis Perugini
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.
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Hats Off
Title: Hats Off
Character: Caesar Rosero
Released: December 5, 1936
Type: Movie
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.
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Anthony Adverse
Title: Anthony Adverse
Character: Tony Guisseppi
Released: August 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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Follow Your Heart
Title: Follow Your Heart
Character: Tony Masetti
Released: August 10, 1936
Type: Movie
An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.
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Ticket to Paradise
Title: Ticket to Paradise
Character: Dr. Munson aka Monte
Released: June 24, 1936
Type: Movie
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
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Dancing Pirate
Title: Dancing Pirate
Character: Pamfilo (the Jailer)
Released: May 22, 1936
Type: Movie
Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
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Colleen
Title: Colleen
Character: Carlo
Released: March 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
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Music Is Magic
Title: Music Is Magic
Character: Señor Castellano - Cafe Proprietor
Released: November 1, 1935
Type: Movie
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.
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Bad Boy
Title: Bad Boy
Character: Tony
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for their marriage.
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Metropolitan
Title: Metropolitan
Character: Ugo Pizzi
Released: October 17, 1935
Type: Movie
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
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The Gay Deception
Title: The Gay Deception
Character: Ernest
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.
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Manhattan Moon
Title: Manhattan Moon
Character: Luigi
Released: July 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of social connections. In lieu of the cash, Dan gets Reggie to introduce him to the swells of high society. They go to the opera and, after hearing Yvonne Malloy sing, Dan falls in love with her. Reggie introduces them, but the introduction is to Yvonne's double and stand-in, Toots. This leads to many complications for all concerned.
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Love Me Forever
Title: Love Me Forever
Character: Luigi
Released: June 28, 1935
Type: Movie
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
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In Caliente
Title: In Caliente
Character: The Magistrate
Released: May 25, 1935
Type: Movie
At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
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Goin' to Town
Title: Goin' to Town
Character: Sr. Vitola
Released: April 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
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Let's Live Tonight
Title: Let's Live Tonight
Released: March 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Nick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mainly because he is rich and has his own yacht. At Monte Carlo one evening he romances Kay Routledge (Lilian Harvey), a romantic young and gullible American girl. She takes the dilettante seriously and when he sails away on his yacht, she is heartbroken. But the memory of her haunts him, and brings him back from India and the arms of another woman,Countess Margot de Legere (Tala Birell),only to find Kay now engaged to his friend. Oh, what's a rich guy to do?
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Public Opinion
Title: Public Opinion
Character: Caparini
Released: March 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A scientist's obsessive jealousy about his wife, a professional opera singer, endangers their marriage.
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Roberta
Title: Roberta
Character: Voyda
Released: March 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
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The Good Fairy
Title: The Good Fairy
Character: The Barber
Released: February 18, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining her purity. Luisa's well-meaning lies get her caught between a lecherous businessman, Konrad, and a decent but confused doctor, Max Sporum. When Luisa convinces Konrad that she's married to Max, Konrad tries everything he can to get rid of the baffled doctor.
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Rendezvous at Midnight
Title: Rendezvous at Midnight
Character: Janitor
Released: February 11, 1935
Type: Movie
There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who actually confessed to the killing before it was committed.
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The Winning Ticket
Title: The Winning Ticket
Character: Tony
Released: February 8, 1935
Type: Movie
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
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The Gilded Lily
Title: The Gilded Lily
Character: Nate Porcopolis
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.
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The Captain Hates the Sea
Title: The Captain Hates the Sea
Character: Juan Gilboa
Released: November 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
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Caravane
Title: Caravane
Character: Gypsy Chieftain
Released: October 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Princess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent. Swallowing his pride, Latzi agrees to the marriage, but soon the coy Countess falls in love with young Lieutenant de Tokay, who is himself in love with Latzi's gypsy sweetheart Tinka.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Character: Jacopo
Released: September 6, 1934
Type: Movie
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
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One Night of Love
Title: One Night of Love
Character: Giovanni
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.
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Stingaree
Title: Stingaree
Character: Italian Celebrant (uncredited)
Released: May 24, 1934
Type: Movie
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.
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Strictly Dynamite
Title: Strictly Dynamite
Character: Jake (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1934
Type: Movie
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
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I Believed in You
Title: I Believed in You
Character: Giacomo
Released: April 9, 1934
Type: Movie
an aspiring writer and her boyfriend, a professional agitator head off to the Big Apple in search of good fortune. Unfortunately, the agitator soon finds himself in trouble with the cops. Meanwhile the writer attempts to become a Greenwich Village Bohemian type. She and her new friends are all starving for their art until a kindly gent offers them financial assistant. They refuse on principle. Tragedy pays a call when the writer learns that her boyfriend has been untrue.
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Glamour
Title: Glamour
Character: Monsieur Paul
Released: April 9, 1934
Type: Movie
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Flying Down to Rio
Title: Flying Down to Rio
Character: Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Released: December 9, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.
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Havana Widows
Title: Havana Widows
Character: Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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The Chief
Title: The Chief
Character: Man at Alderman Meeting (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter
Released: September 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
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Menu
Title: Menu
Character: The Master Chef (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1933
Type: Movie
A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.
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Sherman Said It
Title: Sherman Said It
Character: Frenchman
Released: September 2, 1933
Type: Movie
Although the war is over, Charley still can't seem to find his way out of France.
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The Last Trail
Title: The Last Trail
Character: Pedro Gonzales
Released: August 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.
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The Man from Monterey
Title: The Man from Monterey
Character: Felipe
Released: July 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers
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I Love That Man
Title: I Love That Man
Character: Angelo - Janitor
Released: July 7, 1933
Type: Movie
Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a small town and give up their life of crime. He goes into business and all seems to be going well until some ex-partners he double crossed show up in town demanding the money he cheated them out of.
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When Ladies Meet
Title: When Ladies Meet
Character: Pierre
Released: June 23, 1933
Type: Movie
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.
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The Sphinx
Title: The Sphinx
Character: Luigi Baccigalupi
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must determine if he is the actual killer or if he is being framed.
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Trick for Trick
Title: Trick for Trick
Character: Metzger
Released: April 20, 1933
Type: Movie
A magician is accused of killing his female assistant.
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The California Trail
Title: The California Trail
Character: Commandant Emilio Quierra
Released: March 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be hung, he escapes and joins the peasants in their fight against the brothers and their troops...
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Topaze
Title: Topaze
Character: Dr. Bomb
Released: February 24, 1933
Type: Movie
An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.
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Men Must Fight
Title: Men Must Fight
Character: Soto
Released: February 17, 1933
Type: Movie
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
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Child of Manhattan
Title: Child of Manhattan
Character: Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
Released: February 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
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Artist's Muddles
Title: Artist's Muddles
Character: Pietro Cellini
Released: January 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Andy "Sunshine" Wilson, a happy-go-lucky vagabond, catches a ride with motorist Luckenbach who is on a suicide mission, and nearly succeeds in his mission. Luckenbach is a great portrait artist suffering under the slight handicap of being unable to "do ears." The artist has painted a beautiful portrait of the wife of Pietro Cellini with the exception that her left ear is several times larger than it should be and not painted very well at that. Cellini also holds the keys to the city and Luckenbach getting the job of painting the city hall rides on Cellini's satisfaction with his wife's portrait. Andy accompanies the artist back to his studio, and this short being made in the pre-code days ensures the studio is filled with models wearing a little less than somewhat and less than that in a couple of cases.
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Hypnotized
Title: Hypnotized
Released: December 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A Gypsy violinist searches for her missing fiance, a circus worker who recently won a sweepstakes prize and was kidnapped by a hypnotist.
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Guilty or Not Guilty
Title: Guilty or Not Guilty
Character: Pete
Released: November 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Ruth Payne, innocent to begin with, is trying to extradite herself from the clutches of a gang-mob who obtained her release from prison on a falsified confession because they thought she knew something they didn't want known.
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Trouble in Paradise
Title: Trouble in Paradise
Character: Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
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A Parisian Romance
Title: A Parisian Romance
Character: Luis Alberni
Released: October 1, 1932
Type: Movie
The Baron is an aging, cynical lady's man. He has a key-chain with about 50 keys to different women' apartments in Paris. He selects one at random to see who he will sleep with at night. His adversary is a young Parisian artist (the next Picasso), Victor. Victor believes in love and he's going to marry his girlfriend Claudette as soon as he sells his first painting. The Baron seduces Claudette, seemingly to teach Victor a lesson. However, as might be predicted, he soon falls in love with Claudette himself.
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The Big Stampede
Title: The Big Stampede
Character: Sonora Joe
Released: September 29, 1932
Type: Movie
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
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Week-End Marriage
Title: Week-End Marriage
Character: Luis the Bootlegger (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 1932
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
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First in War
Title: First in War
Character: President of the Revolutionary Party of Nicarania
Released: May 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Charley writes the national anthem for the country of Nicarania and winds up getting mixed up in a revolution there.
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The Woman in Room 13
Title: The Woman in Room 13
Character: Peppi Tonelli
Released: May 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a business trip during which a murder is committed and he is accused of the crime.
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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Title: The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Character: Bladimir Petrosky
Released: March 27, 1932
Type: Movie
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
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The men in my life
Title: The men in my life
Character: Gaston
Released: February 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Alternate-language version of Men in Her Life (1931)
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The Girl in the Tonneau
Title: The Girl in the Tonneau
Character: Luis Mazetti
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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Cock of the Air
Title: Cock of the Air
Character: Captain Tonnino
Released: January 23, 1932
Type: Movie
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
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Manhattan Parade
Title: Manhattan Parade
Character: Vassily Vassiloff
Released: December 24, 1931
Type: Movie
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
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Men in Her Life
Title: Men in Her Life
Character: Anton
Released: November 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
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The Tip-Off
Title: The Tip-Off
Character: Scarno
Released: October 16, 1931
Type: Movie
A young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he repairs their radio.
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The Mad Genius
Title: The Mad Genius
Character: Sergei Bankieff
Released: September 30, 1931
Type: Movie
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
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I Surrender Dear
Title: I Surrender Dear
Character: Marquis
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 Last Flight
Title: The Last Flight
Character: Spectator at Bullfight
Released: August 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
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Sweepstakes
Title: Sweepstakes
Character: Bartender
Released: July 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
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Monkey Business in Africa
Title: Monkey Business in Africa
Character: Julius Gonzola
Released: June 21, 1931
Type: Movie
When the story begins, an airplane flying over Africa runs out of gas and the filmmaker and his team are forced to bail out. Once on the ground, all sorts of hijinks occur...such as a fight with a crocodile and a guy in a gorilla suit.
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Svengali
Title: Svengali
Character: Gecko
Released: May 20, 1931
Type: Movie
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
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Strange Birds
Title: Strange Birds
Character: The Baron
Released: November 23, 1930
Type: Movie
"Strange Birds" is a documentary short made by Mack Sennett for Educational Pictures. It's unusual in that they used an early form of color, 'Sennett Color', a two-color process typical of the era (similar to Cinecolor and Two-Color Technicolor). As far as the film goes, it consists of three folks looking at birds at the newly opened California Aviaries Bird Park on Catalina Island.
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The Santa Fe Trail
Title: The Santa Fe Trail
Character: Juan Castinado
Released: September 27, 1930
Type: Movie
A sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses, the hero shows that a white crook is responsible.
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The Battle of Paris
Title: The Battle of Paris
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1929
Type: Movie
Gertrude Lawrence plays a singer in Paris during World War I. After stealing from Tony (Walter Petrie), an American artist, the two fall in love.
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The Cheerful Fraud
Title: The Cheerful Fraud
Character: Valet
Released: December 27, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
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The Man from Beyond
Title: The Man from Beyond
Character: Captain of the Barkentine
Released: April 2, 1922
Type: Movie
The Arctic, 1922. After being buried under the ice for a hundred years, Howard Hillary is thawed and revived. When he meets Felice Strange, he recognizes in her the same woman he once loved deeply. But is it really her?
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Little Italy
Title: Little Italy
Character: Ricci
Released: July 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Rosa is told by her father that she must marry a man from her own clan. She refuses, and vows to marry the first man she meets. That man is Antonio, who is from a hated clan. Antonio is in love with Rosa, although she hates him. Despite this, she keeps her vow and marries him.
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39 East
Title: 39 East
Character: Count Gionelli
Released: September 30, 1920
Type: Movie
The eldest daughter of a poor preacher, Penelope Penn leaves her country home to seek her fortune in the big city.
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The Madonna of the Slums
Title: The Madonna of the Slums
Released: November 5, 1919
Type: Movie
A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the face, sees the wife of a man in hard luck begging on the street so she can buy milk for her baby, and the artist secures just what he desired.