Stuart Erwin — Actor (25)
I'll Take Romance (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
I'll Take Romance
other title: 歌台艷史 / La vuelta del ruiseñor
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Small Town Boy (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Small Town Boy
director: Glenn Tryon actor: Stuart Erwin / Joyce Compton
Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "honesty is the best policy", but lack of money keeps him from marrying Molly and buying a little home, and his is threatened with the loss of the petty job he has had for four years with old Curtis French, Molly's uncle, because he can not sell enough insurance policies. And, then, he finds a thousand dollar bill. His honesty makes him advertise the find, but no one claims the money. When he is convinced that the owner will not turn up and that the money is his to keep, he becomes a changed, more aggressive and self-confident person. He begins to make sales as fast as he can make the pitch and he insists that he and Molly be married at once. While getting dressed for the ceremony, he places the $1000 bill in one of his father's old suits, and Pa Armstrong, trying to raise money to buy his son a wedding present, sells the suit to a passing junk man.
Heaven Only Knows (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Heaven Only Knows
other title: Michael schafft Ordnung / Misión terrenal
Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his frontier community with brawn and bullets. To his dismay, Donlevy discovers that he has a guardian angel (Robert Cummings), who shows up in the guise of an Eastern tenderfoot. The angel has been sent from Above to save Donlevy's soul, and to that end encourages the one-time villain to squire a minister's daughter (Jorja Curtwright) rather than his usual dance-hall girls. Donlevy is also given tips on winning against his enemies without resorting to gunplay. The gambler finally redeems himself with Heaven by rescuing the angel from a lynch mob (how can you lynch an angel?) Heaven Only Knows deserves an "E" for Effort for bringing a fresh twist to the venerable western genre.
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hollywood Cavalcade
director: Irving Cummings actor: Alice Faye / Don Ameche
other title: Hollywood em Desfile / Damals in Hollywood
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Day of Reckoning (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Day of Reckoning
director: Charles Brabin actor: Richard Dix / Madge Evans
other title: El desquite
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering, constantly nagging wife who, as soon as he is put away, takes up with a more successful businessman. This causes her new lover's ex-lover to get insanely jealous and kill the conniving wife.
Palooka (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Palooka
director: Benjamin Stoloff actor: Jimmy Durante / Lupe Vélez
other title: 頓間パルーカ
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Before Dawn (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Before Dawn
director: Irving Pichel actor: Stuart Erwin / Dorothy Wilson
other title: Antes del amanecer
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
The Stolen Jools (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Eggplant.place
The Stolen Jools
director: William C. McGann / Thomas Atkins actor: Norma Shearer / Richard Barthelmess
other title: I gioielli rubati / Juwelenraub in Hollywood
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
director: Gordon Wiles actor: Stuart Erwin / Helen Chandler
other title: 博格斯先生
A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.
The Playboy of Paris (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Playboy of Paris
director: 路德维希·贝格尔 actor: 莫里斯·舍瓦利耶 / 弗朗西丝·迪伊
other title: 快活侍者 / Playboy of Paris
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.