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Acting
Adrian Rosley
Born October 28, 1887 · Iasi, Romania
Died March 5, 1937 · aged 49
No biography available.
Known For
Front Page Woman · 1935Front Page Woman
★ 5.91935
MovieComedyRomance
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
★ 7.51936
MovieComedyDrama
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Go-Getter · 1937The Go-Getter
★ 6.21937
MovieComedyRomance
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Flying Down to Rio · 1933Flying Down to Rio
★ 6.31933
MovieComedyRomance
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
If You Could Only Cook · 1935If You Could Only Cook
★ 7.51935
MovieComedyRomance
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Great Flirtation · 1934The Great Flirtation
★ 3.51934
MovieDrama
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
The Gay Desperado · 1936The Gay Desperado
★ 3.71936
MovieMusicComedy
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
I Live My Life · 1935I Live My Life
★ 6.71935
MovieComedyDrama
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Movies
Front Page Woman · 1935Front Page Woman
★ 5.91935
MovieComedyRomance
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
★ 7.51936
MovieComedyDrama
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Go-Getter · 1937The Go-Getter
★ 6.21937
MovieComedyRomance
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Flying Down to Rio · 1933Flying Down to Rio
★ 6.31933
MovieComedyRomance
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
If You Could Only Cook · 1935If You Could Only Cook
★ 7.51935
MovieComedyRomance
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Great Flirtation · 1934The Great Flirtation
★ 3.51934
MovieDrama
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
The Gay Desperado · 1936The Gay Desperado
★ 3.71936
MovieMusicComedy
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
I Live My Life · 1935I Live My Life
★ 6.71935
MovieComedyDrama
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Of Human Bondage · 1934Of Human Bondage
★ 6.51934
MovieDramaRomance
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Roberta · 1935Roberta
★ 7.11935
MovieComedyMusic
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Chained · 1934Chained
★ 7.01934
MovieRomanceDrama
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
The Florentine Dagger · 1935The Florentine Dagger
★ 6.81935
MovieMysteryCrime
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
Fashions of 1934 · 1934Fashions of 1934
★ 6.51934
MovieComedyMusic
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
Ready, Willing and Able · 1937Ready, Willing and Able
★ 5.41937
MovieRomanceComedy
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Enter Madame · 1935Enter Madame
★ 5.81935
MovieActionComedy
Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
Break of Hearts · 1935Break of Hearts
★ 5.51935
MovieDramaRomance
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
Stranded · 1935Stranded
★ 6.01935
MovieRomanceDrama
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
The Girl from 10th Avenue · 1935The Girl from 10th Avenue
★ 6.81935
MovieDrama
When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decide to give their marriage a chance. Their landlady, a one-time Floradora girl, offers to help Miriam become refined. Successful again, Geoffrey is approached ("if only we were free") by Valentine. Miriam tells Valentine off in no uncertain terms. Geoffrey moves into his club where Valentine's husband tells him he is a fool to leave Miriam
Here's to Romance · 1935Here's to Romance
★ 7.01935
MovieComedyMusic
Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
The Notorious Sophie Lang · 1934The Notorious Sophie Lang
★ 6.71934
MovieComedyCrime
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
The Great O'Malley · 1937The Great O'Malley
★ 7.01937
MovieDrama
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).
Death Flies East · 1935Death Flies East
★ 7.01935
MovieDrama
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.
Sins of Man · 1936Sins of Man
★ 9.01936
MovieDrama
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
Handy Andy · 1934Handy Andy
★ 5.51934
MovieComedy
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.