Alfred Santell — Director (11)
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Beyond the Blue Horizon
other title: Horizontes salvajes / Mabok, l'éléphant du diable
A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. When she is found, as a grown woman, she is taken back to the United States to claim her inheritance. There are several people, with vested interests, who stand to gain something if she is shown not to be the missing heir.
The Arizona Kid (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Arizona Kid
other title: Bandido por excelencia / Le Tigre de l'Arizona
The Arizona Kid carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt, accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt, actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
A Feather in Her Hat (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Feather in Her Hat
director: Alfred Santell actor: Pauline Lord / Basil Rathbone
other title: La sublime mentira / Une plume à son chapeau
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Orchids and Ermine (1927) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Orchids and Ermine
director: Alfred Santell actor: Colleen Moore / Jack Mulhall
other title: Fräulein – Bitte Anschluss!
Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshiping colleagues.
That Brennan Girl (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
That Brennan Girl
director: Alfred Santell actor: James Dunn / Mona Freeman
other title: La inocente pecadora / Une fille perdue
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
Breakfast for Two (1937) [Movie] Douban
Breakfast for Two
other title: 饱餐秀色
Playboy Jonathan Blair wakes up after a night on the town to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Val is attracted to Jonathan but, finding that his life is aimless and his family shipping company almost bankrupt, she decides to reform him first and marry him later. Aiding her is Jonathan's unctuous butler, Butch; in her way is his fiancée, ditzy actress Carol.