Hugh Herbert — Actor (22)
La Conga Nights (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La Conga Nights
director: Lew Landers actor: Hugh Herbert / Dennis O'Keefe
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has grown rich through real estate deals. Also figuring in the story are a cab driver/performer, and a down-on-her-luck, aspiring singer. They meet when she hails his cab as she skips out on her former boarding house because she cannot pay rent.
Don't Get Personal (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Don't Get Personal
director: Charles Lamont actor: Hugh Herbert / Mischa Auer
other title: No se propasen
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.
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gold Diggers in Paris
other title: 巴黎的淘金者 / Chercheuses d'or à Paris
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.
Diplomaniacs (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Diplomaniacs
other title: Diplomanías / Rumbo a Ginebra
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual barbershop banter about foreign debts, they force them to be ambassadors of their nation at the Peace conference in Geneva. Ammunition industry executive Winkelreid is scheming to prevent their mission becoming an success, but the vamp Dolores aboard the ship fails, falling in love with Nilly, and so does Fifi, the toughest person of the world in Paris, falling for Glub. Although Winkelreid is able to steal their secret papers, Nilly and Glub don't give up after being reminded by constant observation of their Indians and enter the Peace conference, which turns out to be a battlefield...
Blondie in the Dough (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blondie in the Dough
director: Abby Berlin actor: Penny Singleton / Arthur Lake
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
Sweet Adeline (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sweet Adeline
director: Mervyn LeRoy actor: Irene Dunne / Donald Woods
other title: Bella Adelina / 歌壇艷侶
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.
The Family Next Door (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Family Next Door
director: Joseph Santley actor: Hugh Herbert / Joy Hodges
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad line is to be built through town, she decides that the family can become rich by purchasing the lots along the right of way. Patriarch George Pierce laughs at the idea, but when Rose and Sammy learn that Cora Stewart, the wealthy town widow, has withdrawn her savings from the bank, they jump to the conclusion that she is interested in buying the lots, and mother and son secretly invest the family bank roll in the land.
Convention City (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Convention City
director: Archie Mayo actor: Joan Blondell / Adolphe Menjou
other title: ¡Que semana! / ¡Qué semana!
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. The position of sales manager is bestowed upon a drunken employee as a bribe after he catches J.B. about to visit "Daisy La Rue, Exterminator." Considered a lost film.
Kansas City Princess (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kansas City Princess
Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.
The Perfect Specimen (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Perfect Specimen
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Errol Flynn / Joan Blondell
other title: Un homme a disparu / El perfecto ejemplar
Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
director: Ralph Staub actor: William Ray / Arthur Aylesworth
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.
Men Are Such Fools (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Men Are Such Fools
director: Busby Berkeley actor: Wayne Morris / Priscilla Lane
other title: Les Hommes sont si bêtes / 男兒怪性
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.
Danger Lights (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Danger Lights
other title: 情海红灯 / 危险的灯
Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended but focuses instead on running the railroad.
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) [Movie]
Hook, Line and Sinker
director: Edward F. Cline actor: Bert Wheeler / Robert Woolsey
other title: 放长线,钓大鱼 / Un hotel de cuidado
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
Breakdowns of 1938 (2003) [Movie] Douban
Breakdowns of 1938
other title: 1938年华纳电影NG镜头荟萃
卡洛尔伦巴德、凯弗朗西斯、贝蒂戴维斯、克劳黛考尔伯等人的NG镜头,珍贵又有趣。大家NG以后都蛮严肃的,不像现在笑得一塌糊涂,看来胶片矜贵啊~~~