Alan Mowbray — Actor (27)
The Man Called Back (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Man Called Back
director: Robert Florey actor: Conrad Nagel / Doris Kenyon
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.
In Person (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
In Person
other title: Lerne lieben ohne zu weinen / En persona
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
The Prince of Thieves (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Prince of Thieves
other title: Robin Hoods große Liebe / Prince Des Voleurs
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England, Sir Allan Claire returns home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognizing a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is to be wed to another against her will in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
The Devil with Hitler (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Devil with Hitler
director: Gordon Douglas actor: Alan Mowbray / Bobby Watson
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
Merton of the Movies (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Merton of the Movies
director: Robert Alton actor: Red Skelton / Virginia O'Brien
other title: Buscame en Hollywood / L'As du cinéma
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
On the Avenue (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
On the Avenue
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Dick Powell / Madeleine Carroll
other title: Avenida dos Milhões / 林蔭道上
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Earl Carroll Vanities
other title: 卡罗尔伯爵的虚荣 / La pícara princesa
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.
Voltaire (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Voltaire
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire, but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the Count de Sarnac.
Peg o' My Heart (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Peg o' My Heart
other title: Peggy de mi corazón
Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.
Ice-Capades (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ice-Capades
director: Joseph Santley actor: James Ellison / Jerry Colonna
other title: 白雪溜冰團
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating on a different New York rink and pass her off as Karen. The scheme backfires when promoter Larry Herman takes a look at Bob's film and decides to make the skater a star. Unfortunately, it's actually amateur (and illegal immigrant) Marie Bergin in the newsreel footage, not the great figure skater from Switzerland. Chaos ensues as Bob tries to straighten everybody out.
The Boys from Syracuse (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Boys from Syracuse
other title: 雪城双兄弟 / 古城春色
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
Winner Take All (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Winner Take All
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: James Cagney / Marian Nixon
other title: 拳師艷遇 / O todo o nada
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves to return to the ring. Can their romance survive the distance?