Archie Mayo — Director (15)
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.
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
other title: La Vie de Jimmy Dolan / Su última pelea
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) [Movie] IMDb Douban
The Adventures of Marco Polo
other title: 马可·波罗东游记 / 马可孛罗东游记(港/台)
Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of Kublai Khan so he can be emperor, and to get rid of Marco Polo so he can marry the princess. Ahmed sends Marco Polo to the West to fight barbarians, but he returns just in time to save the day.
Night After Night (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Night After Night
director: 阿奇·梅奥 actor: 乔治·拉夫特 / 康斯坦茨·卡明斯
other title: 夜以继夜 / 나이트 애프터 나이트
A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.
A Night in Casablanca (1949) [Movie]
A Night in Casablanca
director: Archie Mayo actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx
other title: 卡萨布兰卡之夜 / Una notte a Casablanca
In post-war Casablanca, Ronald Kornblow is hired to run a hotel whose previous managers have all wound up being murdered. French soldier Pierre suspects the involvement of ex-Nazis, specifically Count Pfefferman (in reality, the notorious Heinrich Stubel). Pierre is accused of collaborating with the enemy and attempts to clear his name with the help of his girlfriend Annette and cagey buddy Corbaccio. They enlist the aid of Pfefferman's beleaguered mute valet, Rusty, and discover a hoard of war booty the Nazis have stashed in the hotel.
Black Legion (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Black Legion
director: Archie Mayo actor: 亨弗莱·鲍嘉 / 安·谢里登
other title: 黑暗军团 / Geheimbund Schwarze Legion
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
It's Love I'm After (1937) [Movie] Douban
It's Love I'm After
8.1 (9 ratings) director: Archie Mayo actor: Leslie Howard / Bette Davis
other title: 我所追逐的是爱情
Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant's fiancée Marcia is infatuated with Basil. At Henry's request Basil acts boorishly so as to kill the infatuation, but it doesn't work and Marcia breaks her engagement with Henry. With Marcia about to announce her intentions vis-a-vis Basil, Joyce shows her pictures of children, apparently Basil's. Marcia goes back to Henry and Joyce decides she'd better tie Basil down soon.