Acting

Albert Conti

Born January 28, 1887 · Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]

Died January 18, 1967 · aged 79

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert De Conti Cadassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), professionally billed as Albert Conti, was an Austrian-Hungarian-born Italian-American film actor. Born in the village Gorizia (now part of Italy), Conti achieved moderate fame as an actor in American films, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural scien…

Known For

Show People

Show People · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

Freaks

MovieDramaHorror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Morocco

Morocco · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

State's Attorney

State's Attorney · 1932

State's Attorney

Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.

Careless Lady

Careless Lady · 1932

MovieComedyRomance

Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.

Shopworn

Shopworn · 1932

MovieDramaRomance

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

Lady with a Past

Lady with a Past · 1932

Lady with a Past

MovieComedyDrama

A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat · 1934

MovieHorrorThriller

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Movies

Show People

Show People · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

Freaks

MovieDramaHorror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Morocco

Morocco · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

State's Attorney

State's Attorney · 1932

State's Attorney

Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.

Careless Lady

Careless Lady · 1932

MovieComedyRomance

Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.

Shopworn

Shopworn · 1932

MovieDramaRomance

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

Lady with a Past

Lady with a Past · 1932

Lady with a Past

MovieComedyDrama

A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat · 1934

MovieHorrorThriller

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Honeymoon Hate

Honeymoon Hate · 1927

MovieComedyRomance

Gail Grant, the impetuous daughter of a Pittsburgh steel magnate, arrives at a hotel in Venice and demands the Imperial Suite; in London, George Banning-Green, a persistent admirer, believes that she has gone to Berlin. Searching for "imperial" furnishings, the hotel manager goes to the palace of Prince Dantarini, who is selling the contents of his villa as an aftermath of the war. Dantarini agrees to be her guide in Venice, and when he proposes in his garden, Gail accepts.

The Chinese Parrot

The Chinese Parrot · 1927

The Chinese Parrot

MovieMysteryCrime

The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective Charlie Chan.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

MovieRomanceDrama

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Merry-Go-Round

Merry-Go-Round · 1923

MovieDramaRomance

A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, although he's already wed to the daughter of his country's war minister.

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman · 1932

Red-Headed Woman

MovieComedyRomance

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.

I'll Take Romance

I'll Take Romance · 1937

I'll Take Romance

MovieMusicRomance

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.

Our Blushing Brides

Our Blushing Brides · 1930

Our Blushing Brides

Gerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marrying a scoundrel — Gerry is determined to remain practical. As she mothers her wounded, heartbroken friends, she stalwartly but foolishly resists the advances of the good-hearted and affluent Tony Jardine.

The Night Club Lady

The Night Club Lady · 1932

The Night Club Lady

A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

Slipping Wives

Slipping Wives · 1927

Neglected by her husband, our heroine decides to make him jealous by getting the handyman to play a literary genius at a party and flirt with her.

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools · 1932

Men Are Such Fools

An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a local lowlife; when he turns up dead, the husband is jailed for his murder, even though he protests his innocence.

Oh, for a Man!

Oh, for a Man! · 1930

MovieMusicRomance

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her career to marry him. But Barney grows disenchanted himself at being known as the husband of a diva and itches to get back to his life of crime and manliness.

The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young · 1935

The Night Is Young

MovieRomanceDrama

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.

South Sea Love

South Sea Love · 1927

MovieDramaAdventure

White men grown brutish from jungle life---a beautiful girl at their mercy---risking all for love!

The Crusades

The Crusades · 1935

MovieDramaHistory

King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow · 1926

The Merry Widow

MovieDramaRomance

Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. However, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids the marriage due to her being a commoner. Thinking she's been jilted by her prince, Sally marries lecherous old Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he suddenly dies, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

The Eagle

The Eagle · 1925

MovieAdventureRomance

Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.