Acting
Harry Parke
Born May 6, 1904 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died November 24, 1958 · aged 54
Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 23, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus (or a close variant) was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne).
Known For
The Life of the Party · 1937The Life of the Party
★ 6.21937
MovieComedyRomance
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
She's Got Everything · 1937She's Got Everything
★ 5.81937
MovieComedyRomance
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
Strike Me Pink · 1936Strike Me Pink
★ 6.61936
MovieComedy
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
Out of This World · 1945Out of This World
★ 8.01945
MovieRomanceComedy
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
New Faces of 1937 · 1937New Faces of 1937
★ 5.31937
MovieComedyMusic
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
Earl Carroll Vanities · 1945Earl Carroll Vanities
★ 5.41945
MovieRomanceMusic
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.
Night Spot · 1938Night Spot
★ 4.61938
MovieComedyRomance
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
Movie Pests · 1944Movie Pests
★ 6.11944
MovieComedy
This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
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