Acting
Eugene Borden
Born March 21, 1897 · Paris, France
Died July 21, 1971 · aged 74
Eugene Borden (born Élysée Eugène Prieur-Bardin, March 21, 1897 – July 2, 1971) was an American character actor in silent and sound films. Born in France, he immigrated to the United States as a teenager, and entered the film industry a short time later. He appeared in over 150 films, as well as shorts, serials, and television shows.
Known For
Casablanca · 1943Casablanca
★ 8.11943
MovieDramaRomance
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Jewels of Brandenburg · 1947Jewels of Brandenburg
★ 6.01947
MovieActionCrime
A former secret agent is sent to retrieve a priceless collection of stolen jewels from a Lisbon nightclub owner who worked both sides during World War II.
All About Eve · 1950All About Eve
★ 8.11950
MovieDrama
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Gilda · 1946Gilda
★ 7.51946
MovieRomanceDrama
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
The Fly · 1958The Fly
★ 7.01958
MovieScience FictionHorror
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.
An American in Paris · 1951An American in Paris
★ 7.01951
MovieMusicRomance
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
Wife vs. Secretary · 1936Wife vs. Secretary
★ 6.71936
MovieDramaComedy
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
The Far Country · 1954The Far Country
★ 6.91954
MovieWestern
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.
Movies
Casablanca · 1943Casablanca
★ 8.11943
MovieDramaRomance
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Jewels of Brandenburg · 1947Jewels of Brandenburg
★ 6.01947
MovieActionCrime
A former secret agent is sent to retrieve a priceless collection of stolen jewels from a Lisbon nightclub owner who worked both sides during World War II.
All About Eve · 1950All About Eve
★ 8.11950
MovieDrama
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Gilda · 1946Gilda
★ 7.51946
MovieRomanceDrama
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
The Fly · 1958The Fly
★ 7.01958
MovieScience FictionHorror
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.
An American in Paris · 1951An American in Paris
★ 7.01951
MovieMusicRomance
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
Wife vs. Secretary · 1936Wife vs. Secretary
★ 6.71936
MovieDramaComedy
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
The Far Country · 1954The Far Country
★ 6.91954
MovieWestern
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.
On the Town · 1949On the Town
★ 7.01949
MovieComedyRomance
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Draft 258 · 1917Draft 258
1917
MovieDrama
Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.
Arise, My Love · 1940Arise, My Love
★ 6.31940
MovieComedyRomance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
What a Way to Go! · 1964What a Way to Go!
★ 7.11964
MovieComedyRomance
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Take Her, She's Mine · 1963Take Her, She's Mine
★ 5.61963
MovieComedy
After reluctantly packing up his daughter, Mollie, and sending her away to study art at a Paris college, Frank Michaelson gives new meaning to the term "concerned parent." Reading Mollie's letters describing her counter-culture experiences and beatnik friends, Frank eventually grows so paranoid that he boards a plane to Paris to see firsthand the kind of lessons his daughter is learning with her new artist amour.
My Man Godfrey · 1957My Man Godfrey
★ 6.51957
MovieComedy
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
To Have and Have Not · 1945To Have and Have Not
★ 7.51945
MovieAdventureRomance
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
The Mark of Zorro · 1940The Mark of Zorro
★ 7.11940
MovieAdventureRomance
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.
The Bishop's Wife · 1947The Bishop's Wife
★ 7.11947
MovieComedyFantasy
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
The Spirit of St. Louis · 1957The Spirit of St. Louis
★ 6.71957
MovieAdventureDrama
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
I'll Tell the World · 1934I'll Tell the World
★ 7.01934
MovieRomanceComedy
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
Bluebeard's 8th Wife · 1938Bluebeard's 8th Wife
★ 7.11938
MovieComedyRomance
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Midnight · 1939Midnight
★ 7.41939
MovieComedyRomance
An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.
A New Kind of Love · 1963A New Kind of Love
★ 6.21963
MovieComedyRomance
A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.
Hell and High Water · 1954Hell and High Water
★ 6.01954
MovieAdventureDrama
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
Mission to Moscow · 1943Mission to Moscow
★ 5.71943
MovieWarDrama
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
