Acting
Morton Downey
Born November 14, 1901 · Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
Died October 25, 1985 · aged 83
John Morton Downey was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale". Downey began his singing career as a member of the choir of Most Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford. Downey's signature sound was a very creamy and very high-tim…
Known For
Ghost Catchers · 1944Ghost Catchers
★ 6.11944
MovieComedyHorror
Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
The Devil's Holiday · 1930The Devil's Holiday
★ 6.31930
MovieDramaRomance
Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat farmer Ezra Stone. Professing to hate men, Hallie is only interested in luring David in for a lucrative business deal. David easily falls in love, but older brother Mark brands Hallie a gold-digger. To get even with the straight-laced Stone family, Hallie accepts David's marriage proposal.
Syncopation · 1929Syncopation
★ 6.51929
MovieMusicComedy
Benny and Flo are a husband-and-wife dance team starring in a new Broadway revue. When the show quickly flops, the two are forced to look for other employment and eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous in the process. But their relationship is tested when Flo attracts the attentions of a sophisticated millionaire playboy...
Mother's Boy · 1929Mother's Boy
★ 7.01929
MovieDramaMusic
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
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