Conrad Nagel — Actor (19)
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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.
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Pretty Ladies (1925) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pretty Ladies
director: Monta Bell actor: Zasu Pitts / Tom Moore …
other title: Die Revue schöner Frauen / El jazz-Band del Follies …
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.
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The Marines Are Coming (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Marines Are Coming
director: David Howard actor: William Haines / Conrad Nagel …
other title: 風流戰將
Expelled from his lieutenancy in the Marine Corps, Bill Traylor reenlists as a private. His unit is sent to a Latin American country where a rebel leader called The Torch promotes insurrection. There Traylor encounters again Captain Benton, the man responsible for his disgrace and his rival for the love of a girl.
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The Right of Way (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Right of Way
director: Frank Lloyd actor: Conrad Nagel / Loretta Young …
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.
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Quality Street (1927) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Quality Street
director: Sidney Franklin actor: Marion Davies / Conrad Nagel …
other title: La Galante Méprise / Im stillen Gässchen
A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguises herself as her own niece in order to test his loyalty.
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Wedding Present (1936) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wedding Present
director: Richard Wallace actor: Joan Bennett / Cary Grant …
other title: Cadeau de mariage / Cásate conmigo... si puedes …
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
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Kongo (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kongo
director: William J. Cowen actor: 沃尔特·休斯顿 / Lupe Vélez …
other title: 非洲孔果园 / Congo …
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.
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The Mad Empress (1939) [Movie] IMDb Douban
The Mad Empress
director: Miguel Contreras Torres actor: Medea de Novara / Conrad Nagel …
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.
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Dynamite (1929) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dynamite
director: Cecil B. DeMille actor: Conrad Nagel / Kay Johnson …
other title: Dynamit / Dinamita …
Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.
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The Bad Sister (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Bad Sister
director: Hobart Henley actor: Conrad Nagel / Sidney Fox …
other title: 坏姐妹 / Mala hermana …
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.