Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

Born: November 17, 1905
Died: March 5, 1967
in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1928.

Movies for Mischa Auer...

Legends of the West
Title: Legends of the West
Character: Boris Callahan in 'Destry Rides Again'
Released: September 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Title: Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Title: Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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Per amore... per magia...
Title: Per amore... per magia...
Character: il Granduca di Forilarì
Released: April 3, 1967
Type: Movie
There was once upon a time the Grand Duchy of Forilalì where Aladdin lived. After taking part in many robberies, he decided to turn honest for the love of the beautiful Princess Esmeralda. But his intention lasted only a few days. Afterward he found himself in jail with his old companions. They were freed by the magician Magrebì and in a night of lunar eclipse, Aladdin found a magic lamp. He succeeded in cleaning his sister Adalgisa's house with the help of the genie and then, with no help at all, to marry Esmeralda. But evil powers were in action.
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Arrivederci, Baby!
Title: Arrivederci, Baby!
Character: Romeo
Released: December 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
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The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
Title: The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
Character: Jonathan, the Elf Foreman
Released: November 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Sam Whipple, an attorney in once-upon-a-time-land, is startled to receive a visit from Santa Claus shortly before Christmas. It seems that when he was a child, Sam wrote a letter thanking Santa for the presents he'd received, and offering to return the favor someday. That day is now - a mean old soul named Phineas Prune, who holds the deed to the North Pole, is demanding back rent. Otherwise, he's going to evict Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves and take all the Christmas toys. It's up to Sam and Santa to find a way to pay off Prune and prevent Christmas from being canceled.
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What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
Title: What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
Character: Barone Miscia
Released: August 21, 1964
Type: Movie
A pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at the Termini Station in Rome. After a theft, they discover that the stolen suitcase they got from an apparent sweet old lady actually contains a corpse.
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Queste pazze, pazze donne
Title: Queste pazze, pazze donne
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: May 22, 1964
Type: Movie
Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.
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I due mafiosi
Title: I due mafiosi
Character: Mischa
Released: January 15, 1964
Type: Movie
Two clumsy mobsters on a mission in Paris.
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Tarzan the Fearless
Title: Tarzan the Fearless
Character: High Priest
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Re-edited, feature film version of the 1933 serial, Tarzan the Fearless, sold to television in the mid-1960's.
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We Joined the Navy
Title: We Joined the Navy
Character: Colonel & President
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
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Ladies First
Title: Ladies First
Character: Le baron Lionel de Balconi
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
An FBI agent works to arrest David Griffin, a murderous drug trafficker, and protect Juliette, the beautiful widow of Griffin's late partner.
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The King's Breakfast
Title: The King's Breakfast
Character: The Master of the King's Music
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A king misses the butter on his slice of bread.
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Title: The Dennis O'Keefe Show
Character: Count Hager
Released: September 22, 1959
Type: TV
The Dennis O'Keefe Show is a 1959-1960 sitcom produced by United Artists Television which aired on CBS for sponsor General Motors' Oldsmobile division. It was not a ratings success during its original run, and was largely forgotten until a "Best Of" DVD release by Alpha Video during 2004. Certain episodes of the show can also be seen at the Internet Archive. It appears the series has entered the public domain.
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Title: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Released: October 6, 1958
Type: TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
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A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
Title: A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
Character: Papov
Released: September 9, 1958
Type: Movie
A French animal lover protects a dog and a mouse wanted by Soviet scientists for their space program.
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Sacred Youth
Title: Sacred Youth
Character: Le professeur Koranoff
Released: August 5, 1958
Type: Movie
Mr. Longué, aged 79, is offered a life annuity on his provincial estate by his nephew. He receives the same, but more advantageous, offer from his insurer, but Mr. Longué has decided to undergo a rejuvenation treatment in Switzerland, at Dr. Koranoff's establishment. The effect was striking, and he was given a new lease on life, leaving his heirs and insurer in complete disarray. His wife, witnessing her husband's metamorphosis, also undergoes the treatment, and off they go on a second honeymoon to Italy.
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Le Tombeur !!!
Title: Le Tombeur !!!
Character: Pedro
Released: July 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Yes, Doudou (or, more respectfully, Edouard Doucin) is both heir to a big sugar refinery and its managing director but he is also an incorrigibly bashful bachelor, which just exasperates his aunt Agatha. Summoned to marry as soon as possible, Doudou is fortunate enough to meet Babette , an elegant young lady who wishes to introduce him to her parents. When he comes to visit them, he mistakes the floor out of nervousness. In fact,he finds himself at the Lautiers' not the Olivaros'. Now, chance has it that this couple of shopkeepers also have a marriageable daughter. And as Poupette is romantic, passionate and adorable, Doudou can't find the nerve to disappoint her. As a result the young man gets engaged...twice ! How the devil will he cope ?
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Tabarin
Title: Tabarin
Character: Boris
Released: May 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.
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Nathalie
Title: Nathalie
Character: Cyril Boran
Released: December 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Haute Couture model in Paris becomes involved in the activities of two rival jewel thief gangs.
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La Polka des menottes
Title: La Polka des menottes
Character: Charles Magne
Released: September 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Elisabeth is persuaded to have killed her noisy upstairs neighbor, scientist Charles Magne. To save her, Mr. Matheu, Elisabeth's father, accuses himself while Pierrot, Elisabeth's fiancé gets rid of the body in order to save father and daughter. For his part, a gangster also believes he has killed the scientist but he gets shot down by a taxidermist, who runs for life. The girl, her daddy and her boyfriend also run away. But Magne is not dead. A bum is mistaken for him and a police inspector makes everyone believe that he is the one who shot the gangster. At the end of this crazy chain of events all the protagonists are reunited at the station house and everybody dances to express their relief.
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The Monte Carlo Story
Title: The Monte Carlo Story
Character: Hector, the Maitre D'
Released: December 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.
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Mannequins of Paris
Title: Mannequins of Paris
Character: Yaschlik
Released: September 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promising artist career to design the styles which make their firm a success. The trouble is that Véronique lives only for her job and does not allow herself -and her husband for that matter - a moment's respite. In Cannes, Pierre meets Wanda, a young singer with strange, fascinating eyes. The frustrated husband falls for her but gradually realizes that the light mercurial creature cannot possibly fulfill him. Véronique, feeling miserable, understands she is on the wrong track. She promises Pierre that she will make efforts to reconcile work and married life. Véronique and Pierre will live and work together again, each one forgiving the other for their faults.
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That Naughty Girl
Title: That Naughty Girl
Character: Igor
Released: April 10, 1956
Type: Movie
Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.
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Three of the Canebière
Title: Three of the Canebière
Character: Garopoulos
Released: December 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible fish for sardines in Marseille. To dazzle their conquests, they present themselves as rich can manufacturers, while the little flower girls play movie stars. A ridiculous suitor wants to discuss a business deal, a potential sponsor appears and the whole tohu-bohu reclaims the songs of Vincent Scotto.
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The Miller's Saucy Wife
Title: The Miller's Saucy Wife
Character: Pascual
Released: December 5, 1955
Type: Movie
In a region of Andalusia, all the men lust after the miller's young wife.
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Mr. Arkadin
Title: Mr. Arkadin
Character: The Professor
Released: August 9, 1955
Type: Movie
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Title: The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Character: l'écrivain médiocre et alcoolique
Released: June 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A story about a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter. She falls in love with a doctor's son and he don't understand why...
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Frou-Frou
Title: Frou-Frou
Character: Grand-Duc Alexis
Released: June 19, 1955
Type: Movie
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
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School for Love
Title: School for Love
Character: Berger
Released: April 25, 1955
Type: Movie
At the Conservatory of Vienna the students only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor Eric Walter.
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Song of Paris
Title: Song of Paris
Character: Comte Marcel de Sarliac
Released: February 10, 1952
Type: Movie
An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a screwball duel for the hand of a beautiful mademoiselle.
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Vivere A Sbafo
Title: Vivere A Sbafo
Character: Pippo Berlocco
Released: April 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Italian comedy starring Peppino De Filippo, Mischa Auer, Dolores Palumbo and Virginia Belmont. Rosa Auricchio (Dolores Palumbo) and her daughter (Virginia Belmont) inherit a large fortune which they use to purchase a luxury hotel, then learning the hotel has never been successful. They meet a knight (Mischa Auer) who specializes in relaunching businesses. He fills the hotel with fake guests in order to attract real ones, and hires a broke baron (Peppino De Filippo) to relaunch the hotel.
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Fame and the Devil
Title: Fame and the Devil
Character: Bernard Stork
Released: November 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Three men consider selling their souls to Satan in order to possess a beautiful woman.
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Snow White and the Seven Thieves
Title: Snow White and the Seven Thieves
Character: Danilo Biruski
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A bizarre mechanic tells a traveler the story of a bank employee, Peppino Biancaneve, who with the help of a disc is trying to put together the words he would like to use to ask for the hand of the daughter of the jeweler Carlo Casertoni, but while he mulls over the sentences he should pronounce to his future father-in-law he comes across a strange individual who could be a bringer of bad luck: a jettatore.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Cosmo
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: Studio One
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Sofia
Title: Sofia
Character: Ali Imagu
Released: September 3, 1948
Type: Movie
A former OSS agent is assigned to rescue two atomic scientists from the dastardly Russians and spirit them away from behind the Iron Curtain.
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For You I Die
Title: For You I Die
Character: Alec Shaw
Released: December 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A convict is forced to participate in a prison break even though he only has a year left on his sentence.
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She Wrote the Book
Title: She Wrote the Book
Character: Joe
Released: May 31, 1946
Type: Movie
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.
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Sentimental Journey
Title: Sentimental Journey
Character: Gregory Petrovich Rogozhin
Released: March 6, 1946
Type: Movie
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
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And Then There Were None
Title: And Then There Were None
Character: Nikita "Nikki" Starloff
Released: October 31, 1945
Type: Movie
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.
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Brewster's Millions
Title: Brewster's Millions
Character: Mikhail Mikhailovich
Released: April 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
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A Royal Scandal
Title: A Royal Scandal
Character: Captain Sukov
Released: March 26, 1945
Type: Movie
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
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Up in Mabel's Room
Title: Up in Mabel's Room
Character: Boris
Released: September 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth (Dennis O'Keefe) once gave his former sweetheart Mabel (Gail Patrick) a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room before his wife Geraldine (Marjorie Reynolds) gets wise.
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Lady in the Dark
Title: Lady in the Dark
Character: Russell Paxton
Released: February 10, 1944
Type: Movie
A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.
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Around the World
Title: Around the World
Character: Mischa Auer
Released: November 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
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Twin Beds
Title: Twin Beds
Character: Nicolai Cherupin
Released: April 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
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Don't Get Personal
Title: Don't Get Personal
Character: Stanislaus "Charlie" Noodnick
Released: January 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air quarreling is real. Two former associates, Jules Kinsey and J.M. Snow cross him up by substituting Susan Blair, an office secretary, for Mary and Elmer thinks the show's writer Paul Stevens is John.
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Hellzapoppin'
Title: Hellzapoppin'
Character: Pepi
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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Moonlight in Hawaii
Title: Moonlight in Hawaii
Character: Clipper Canovan
Released: October 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.
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Sing Another Chorus
Title: Sing Another Chorus
Character: Stanislaus
Released: September 19, 1941
Type: Movie
In this musical, an idealistic college graduate is bitten by the show business bug after he finds success writing and producing the campus variety show. Wanting to launch his career, he convinces his father to allow him to create a production using the workers at the old man's clothing factory. Unfortunately, the young man is naive and an unscrupulous producer bilks his father's advance money from him.
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Hold That Ghost
Title: Hold That Ghost
Character: Gregory
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
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The Flame of New Orleans
Title: The Flame of New Orleans
Character: Zolotov
Released: July 7, 1941
Type: Movie
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
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Cracked Nuts
Title: Cracked Nuts
Character: Boris Kabikoff
Released: July 2, 1941
Type: Movie
A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked attorney and two con men...
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Trail of the Vigilantes
Title: Trail of the Vigilantes
Character: Bolo
Released: December 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Sasha
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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Spring Parade
Title: Spring Parade
Character: Gustav
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
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Public Deb No. 1
Title: Public Deb No. 1
Character: Grisha
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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Margie
Title: Margie
Character: Gomez
Released: September 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Bret (Tom Brown) and Margie (Nan Grey) both aspire to show-biz careers: he wants to be a songwriter, while she is desirous of becoming a radio scripter. Inevitably, Bret and Margie quarrel and break up, only to be reunited by their efforts to snag "banana king" Gomez (Mischa Auer) for a lucrative radio contract. The old 1920s tune "Margie" is heard throughout the proceedings, frequently fitted out with ludicrous new lyrics ("Bananas! We're Always Thikin' of Bananas!" etc.) by a zany songwriting team (Eddie Quillan and Wally Vernon).
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Sandy Is a Lady
Title: Sandy Is a Lady
Character: Felix Lobo Smith
Released: May 21, 1940
Type: Movie
Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endangered by the antics of their two-year-old, Sandy.
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Alias the Deacon
Title: Alias the Deacon
Character: Andre
Released: May 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
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Destry Rides Again
Title: Destry Rides Again
Character: Boris
Released: November 30, 1939
Type: Movie
When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.
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Unexpected Father
Title: Unexpected Father
Character: Boris Bebenko
Released: June 14, 1939
Type: Movie
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.
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East Side of Heaven
Title: East Side of Heaven
Character: Nicky
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
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Sweethearts
Title: Sweethearts
Character: Leo Kronk
Released: December 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes.
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Little Tough Guys in Society
Title: Little Tough Guys in Society
Character: Dr. Trenkle
Released: November 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
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Service de Luxe
Title: Service de Luxe
Character: Bibenko
Released: October 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
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You Can't Take It with You
Title: You Can't Take It with You
Character: Boris Kolenkhov
Released: September 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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The Rage of Paris
Title: The Rage of Paris
Character: Mike, Head Waiter
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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Prescription for Romance
Title: Prescription for Romance
Character: Count Sandor
Released: December 12, 1937
Type: Movie
In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.
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Merry Go Round of 1938
Title: Merry Go Round of 1938
Character: Mischa
Released: November 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
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One Hundred Men and a Girl
Title: One Hundred Men and a Girl
Character: Michael
Released: September 5, 1937
Type: Movie
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
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It's All Yours
Title: It's All Yours
Character: Baron Rene de Montigny
Released: September 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San Francisco. Linda Gray is a mouse-like secretary to the elder Barnes who has fallen in love with Jimmy, but he favors actress Constance "Connie" Marlowe. Mr. Barnes dies and leaves everything to Linda but he has urged his partner, Alexander Duncan, to plan things so that Jimmy and Linda will get married. Coached by Duncan, Linda accepts the inheritance and announces that she is departing for New York on a wild spending spree. He tells Jimmy that the will can be broken but only after many months and he suggests that Jimmy follow Linda and curb her spending or there won't be any money left. In New York, Linda hires Jimmy as her private secretary. Connie also arrives in New York, as does the ingenious Baron Rene de Montigny with the intention of marrying the wealthy Miss Gray.
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Vogues of 1938
Title: Vogues of 1938
Character: Prince Muratov
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
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Marry the Girl
Title: Marry the Girl
Character: Dimitri Ryeff
Released: July 13, 1937
Type: Movie
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.
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Pick a Star
Title: Pick a Star
Character: Rinaldo Lopez
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
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Top of the Town
Title: Top of the Town
Character: Hamlet
Released: April 17, 1937
Type: Movie
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
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We Have Our Moments
Title: We Have Our Moments
Character: Enrico Mussetti
Released: March 28, 1937
Type: Movie
A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.
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That Girl from Paris
Title: That Girl from Paris
Character: Butch
Released: December 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
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Three Smart Girls
Title: Three Smart Girls
Character: Count Arisztid
Released: December 20, 1936
Type: Movie
The three Craig sisters Penny, Kay, and Joan, go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother.
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College Holiday
Title: College Holiday
Character: Ticket Taker at Door
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
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Winterset
Title: Winterset
Character: Radical
Released: December 3, 1936
Type: Movie
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
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The Gay Desperado
Title: The Gay Desperado
Character: Diego
Released: October 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Carlo
Released: September 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
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The Princess Comes Across
Title: The Princess Comes Across
Character: Morevitch
Released: May 22, 1936
Type: Movie
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
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One Rainy Afternoon
Title: One Rainy Afternoon
Character: Stage Actor
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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Sons o' Guns
Title: Sons o' Guns
Character: German Spy
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
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The House of a Thousand Candles
Title: The House of a Thousand Candles
Character: Victor Demetrius
Released: April 2, 1936
Type: Movie
The story of diplomatic courier Tony Carleton, who's been entrusted with a secret message vital to the cause of International peace. En route to Geneva by train, Tony is drugged by sexy cabaret dancer Raquel, who promptly steals the message -- only to be murdered by sinister master spy Sebastian, owner of a posh gambling casino known as The House of a Thousand Candles.
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Here Comes Trouble
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Released: February 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.
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Tough Guy
Title: Tough Guy
Character: Chi
Released: January 24, 1936
Type: Movie
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
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We're Only Human
Title: We're Only Human
Character: Lefty Berger
Released: December 27, 1935
Type: Movie
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
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I Dream Too Much
Title: I Dream Too Much
Character: Darcy's Pianist
Released: November 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
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Condemned to Live
Title: Condemned to Live
Character: Zan
Released: September 15, 1935
Type: Movie
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Title: The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Character: Tanaga
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.S. to be trained as a polo pony. He escapes, meets Rinty and with the help of Frank Bradley is returned to Sujan. The natives have been persuaded to turn against their God-Horse, however he is rescued just in time before he is burned as a sacrifice.
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The Crusades
Title: The Crusades
Character: Monk
Released: August 21, 1935
Type: Movie
King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
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Murder in the Fleet
Title: Murder in the Fleet
Character: Kamchukan Consul (Uncredited)
Released: May 24, 1935
Type: Movie
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.
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Clive of India
Title: Clive of India
Character: Suraj Ud Dowlah
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Title: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Character: Captured Afridi (uncredited)
Released: January 11, 1935
Type: Movie
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, the arrogant Lieutenant Forsythe and the immature son of Colonel Stone, Lieutenant Donald Stone. With the intention to prove that he will not have any privilege in the troop, the reception of Colonel Stone to his son is absolutely cold, but he becomes the protégé of McGregor. When Lieutenant Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, McGregor and Forsythe disobey the direct order of their commander, disguise as Indian peddlers and go to Khan's fortress to attempt to rescue their friend.
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Mystery Woman
Title: Mystery Woman
Character: Dmitri
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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Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Title: Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Character: Mr. Rabinowitz (uncredited)
Released: January 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. One of Marion's old beaus, now running for U.S. Senator from their home state, also comes calling.
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My Grandfather's Clock
Title: My Grandfather's Clock
Character: Servant (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1934
Type: Movie
At Phwitterby-on-Thames, England, a murder has occurred and Philo Holmes and Dr. Watkins are out to investigate it. It seems as though there was a second will and changes have been made as to who will receive what. Philo is the ace detective, and he brings everyone from the nightclub to see him solve the case.
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Student Tour
Title: Student Tour
Character: Sikh Cop
Released: October 5, 1934
Type: Movie
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Title: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Character: Hassan
Released: August 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
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Beyond the Law
Title: Beyond the Law
Character: Tully
Released: July 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Beyond the Law is a 1934 American film of crime, directed by D. Ross Lederman, starring Tim McCoy.
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Stamboul Quest
Title: Stamboul Quest
Character: Ameel Roberts
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route, she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.
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Change of Heart
Title: Change of Heart
Character: Smith
Released: May 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
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Viva Villa!
Title: Viva Villa!
Character: Military Attaché (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1934
Type: Movie
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.
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The Woman Condemned
Title: The Woman Condemned
Character: Dr. Wagner
Released: April 3, 1934
Type: Movie
When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that is, but newspaper reporter Jerry Beall, who sets out to prove her innocence.
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Wharf Angel
Title: Wharf Angel
Character: Sadik
Released: March 15, 1934
Type: Movie
On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explains that after he spoke out about the rights of man to a crowd, a riot ensued, during which a policeman was killed. Como took the gun from the killer, but is thought to be guilty of the crime himself. Como, who reciprocates Mary's love, spends the night with her, but leaves to keep her out of danger. He joins the crew of a ship sailing to China after he is befriended by Turk, a big lumbering sailor who is also in love with Mary. Each man is unaware that they love the same woman.
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Girl without a Room
Title: Girl without a Room
Character: Walksky
Released: December 8, 1933
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a Tennessee art school student wins a scholarship to paint in Paris. He is thrilled until he arrives and discovers that his style is hopelessly passe and is considered trashy. The enterprising artist immediately changes style and begins painting highly-abstract moderns.
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Cradle Song
Title: Cradle Song
Character: Village Priest
Released: November 19, 1933
Type: Movie
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?
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After Tonight
Title: After Tonight
Character: Agent Lehan
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of the Austrian army. Meanwhile, Ritter is assigned to detect the identity of a spy.
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Tarzan the Fearless
Title: Tarzan the Fearless
Character: High Priest
Released: August 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers." Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar, and takes Mary to his cave.
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The Flaming Signal
Title: The Flaming Signal
Character: Manu--High Priest
Released: July 24, 1933
Type: Movie
A pilot and his dog crash-land on an island run by a psycho who owns a motel--and most of the locals.
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Corruption
Title: Corruption
Character: Volkov
Released: June 18, 1933
Type: Movie
A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.
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I Loved You Wednesday
Title: I Loved You Wednesday
Character: Piano Accompanist
Released: June 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Vicki Meredith, an American ballet student in Paris, falls in love with Randall Williams, another American studying architecture in Paree, and they set up some light housekeeping together until she learns that Randall has forgotten to mention that he has a wife back in the USA. This miffs Vicki to the point where she ups and heads for South America where she meets and falls in love with Philip Fletcher, a construction engineer from America. But he hustles off to build Boulder Dam. They meet again in New York City and discover their separation has made their love even stronger. Then, Randall and his wife show up and sophistication rears its ugly head.
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Storm at Daybreak
Title: Storm at Daybreak
Character: Gavrilo Princip (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1933
Type: Movie
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.
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Infernal Machine
Title: Infernal Machine
Character: Klein
Released: April 8, 1933
Type: Movie
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. After their first encounter, Holden's attempt to return Green's thought-to-be stolen purse ends up rendering him a stowaway on board a ship bound for America. Also aboard is a collection of characters, including Green's banker fiancé, a famed scientist, and an opera singer. Romance begins to blossom between Holden and Green, just as a radiogram claims that an “infernal machine,” or bomb, is aboard the ship. Quickly each passenger accuses the others of planting the bomb until eventually Holden, jealous of Green's attention to her undeserving fiancé, falsely admits to being the culprit. In his role as assumed perpetrator, Holden tests the group further.
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Gabriel Over the White House
Title: Gabriel Over the White House
Character: Mr. Thieson (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1933
Type: Movie
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Wild Man
Released: March 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors, including the killer, land on a mysterious jungle island.
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Sucker Money
Title: Sucker Money
Character: Swami Yomurda
Released: February 28, 1933
Type: Movie
A phony spiritualist hypnotizes the daughter of a wealthy banker in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his money. A reporter investigating the swami discovers the plot, determines to expose it.
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Dangerously Yours
Title: Dangerously Yours
Character: Kassim
Released: February 24, 1933
Type: Movie
A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.
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Clear All Wires!
Title: Clear All Wires!
Character: Arab leader (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.
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Rasputin and the Empress
Title: Rasputin and the Empress
Character: Butler Pouring Drinks at Party (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1932
Type: Movie
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
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The Unwritten Law
Title: The Unwritten Law
Character: Abu Eyd
Released: November 26, 1932
Type: Movie
A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother was mistreated by him and his recently fired electrician.
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Call Her Savage
Title: Call Her Savage
Character: Agitator in Restaurant (Uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage fails and she learns the errors of her ways.
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Scarlet Dawn
Title: Scarlet Dawn
Character: Sergei (Uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1932
Type: Movie
During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.
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The Western Code
Title: The Western Code
Character: Chapman
Released: September 15, 1932
Type: Movie
When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
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Drifting Souls
Title: Drifting Souls
Character: Skeets
Released: August 7, 1932
Type: Movie
A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation. She soon finds herself involved with a newspaperman looking for a story, a drunken playboy and a con artist and his girlfriend out to fleece the playboy.
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Almost Married
Title: Almost Married
Character: Russian Policeman (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Russian beauty Anita Mellikovna, traveling by train with a forged passport and carrying jewels, finds the police on her tail.
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Beauty Parlor
Title: Beauty Parlor
Character: Herman Bauer
Released: June 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd by a true gentleman of means, the other of whom lets herself become a pawn of operators of a call-girl ring.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Title: The Last of the Mohicans
Character: Montcalm
Released: May 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Natty Bumppo, known as Hawk-Eye, is a frontiersman in the American wilderness. Together with his Indian friends Chingachgook and Uncas, he fights battles against nefarious white soldiers as well as the vicious Indian Magua and his cohorts.
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The Midnight Patrol
Title: The Midnight Patrol
Character: Dummy Black
Released: April 10, 1932
Type: Movie
A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast.
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Arsène Lupin
Title: Arsène Lupin
Character: Louvre Tour Guide (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1932
Type: Movie
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
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Sinister Hands
Title: Sinister Hands
Character: Swami
Released: February 21, 1932
Type: Movie
During a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing the man.
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Murder at Dawn
Title: Murder at Dawn
Character: Henry
Released: February 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.
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The Monster Walks
Title: The Monster Walks
Character: Hanns Krug
Released: February 7, 1932
Type: Movie
Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it's her turn, as her deranged and relentless uncle targets her for death with the help of his wife and son, plus a very unhappy ape.
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Delicious
Title: Delicious
Character: Mischa
Released: December 27, 1931
Type: Movie
A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
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Mata Hari
Title: Mata Hari
Character: Firing Squad Victim (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1931
Type: Movie
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
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Working Girls
Title: Working Girls
Character: Elsie's Boyfriend
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
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The Yellow Ticket
Title: The Yellow Ticket
Character: Melchior
Released: October 30, 1931
Type: Movie
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
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The Unholy Garden
Title: The Unholy Garden
Character: Prince Nicolai Poliakoff
Released: October 6, 1931
Type: Movie
At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with his own plan to get the loot, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for the daughter.
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The Lady from Nowhere
Title: The Lady from Nowhere
Character: Rigo
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.
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Women of All Nations
Title: Women of All Nations
Character: Hassan's Aide
Released: May 31, 1931
Type: Movie
Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan's harem.
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The Spy
Title: The Spy
Character: Man in Cafe
Released: April 26, 1931
Type: Movie
1931 picture starring Kay Johnson.
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King of the Wild
Title: King of the Wild
Character: Prince Dakka
Released: March 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Richard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.
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The Drums of Jeopardy
Title: The Drums of Jeopardy
Character: Peter
Released: March 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.
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Command Performance
Title: Command Performance
Character: Duke Charles
Released: January 19, 1931
Type: Movie
Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor Peter Fedor conveniently bears a striking resemblance to the prince. The King and Queen hatch a plan to force the prince to do his duty.
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No Limit
Title: No Limit
Character: Romeo
Released: January 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.
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Just Imagine
Title: Just Imagine
Character: B-36
Released: November 23, 1930
Type: Movie
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.
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Shooting Straight
Title: Shooting Straight
Character: Frenchie
Released: July 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
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Inside the Lines
Title: Inside the Lines
Character: Amahdi
Released: July 5, 1930
Type: Movie
During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
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Paramount on Parade
Title: Paramount on Parade
Character: Thug (Murder Will Out) (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1930
Type: Movie
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
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The Benson Murder Case
Title: The Benson Murder Case
Character: Albert Brecker (uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1930
Type: Movie
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.
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The Mighty
Title: The Mighty
Character: Hood
Released: November 16, 1929
Type: Movie
In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.
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The Studio Murder Mystery
Title: The Studio Murder Mystery
Character: Grant's Secretary
Released: June 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
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Why Be Good?
Title: Why Be Good?
Character: Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1929
Type: Movie
A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
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Marquis Preferred
Title: Marquis Preferred
Character: Albert
Released: January 27, 1929
Type: Movie
Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.