Acting
Ole Olsen
Born November 6, 1892
Died January 26, 1963 · aged 70
No biography available.
Known For
Hellzapoppin' · 1941Hellzapoppin'
★ 7.21941
MovieMusicComedy
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Going Hollywood: The '30s · 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s
★ 9.01984
MovieDocumentary
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
See My Lawyer · 1945See My Lawyer
★ 7.31945
MovieComedyMusic
Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.
Gold Dust Gertie · 1931Gold Dust Gertie
★ 6.01931
MovieComedy
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Oh, Sailor, Behave! · 1930Oh, Sailor, Behave!
★ 6.01930
MovieMusicComedy
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), "the general's favorite."
50 Million Frenchmen · 193150 Million Frenchmen
★ 6.31931
MovieComedyRomance
Wealthy Jack bets friend Michael he can woo Lu Lu without money within 2 weeks. Michael hires inept detectives to stop Jack, leading to comedic misadventures as Jack pursues Lu Lu while hiding his penniless state.
Paroled from the Big House · 1938Paroled from the Big House
★ 9.01938
MovieCrimeAction
A federal agent poses as a criminal to infiltrate a gang of parolees seeking vengeance on the lawmen who jailed them.
Country Gentlemen · 1936Country Gentlemen
★ 5.51936
MovieComedy
After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride. When that misunderstanding is cleared up, the two conmen hatch a plot to unload all their worthless paper on the gullible citizens of Chesterville.
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