Acting

J. Edward Bromberg

Born December 25, 1903 · Temesvár, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis, Romania]

Died December 6, 1951 · aged 47

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Edward Bromberg (born Josef Bromberger, December 25, 1903 – December 6, 1951) was a Romanian-born American character actor in motion picture and stage productions dating mostly from the 1930s and 1940s. By virtue of his physique, the short, somewhat rotund actor was destined to play secondary roles. Bromberg made his stage debut at the Greenwich Villa…

Known For

The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler · 1938

The Baroness and the Butler

MovieComedyDrama

A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.

Dracula in the Movies

Dracula in the Movies · 1992

Dracula in the Movies

MovieDocumentaryHorror

A retrospective of Dracula's appearances in film. It includes trailers and scenes from many Dracula-related films. There is an emphasis on films which feature the actors Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, as they portrayed the most popular versions of Dracula. Also covered are films depicting sons and daughters of Dracula, and Dracula-like vampires. Many of the trailers focus on the beauty of Dracula's victims, or the beauty of female vampires.

Jesse James

Jesse James · 1939

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro · 1940

The Mark of Zorro

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.

Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque · 1943

Lady of Burlesque

MovieMysteryComedy

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · 1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

MovieDramaFamily

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.

Reunion in France

Reunion in France · 1942

Reunion in France

MovieDramaRomance

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph · 1948

Arch of Triumph

MovieDramaRomance

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgment, they become involved in a doomed affair.

Movies

The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler · 1938

The Baroness and the Butler

MovieComedyDrama

A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.

Dracula in the Movies

Dracula in the Movies · 1992

Dracula in the Movies

MovieDocumentaryHorror

A retrospective of Dracula's appearances in film. It includes trailers and scenes from many Dracula-related films. There is an emphasis on films which feature the actors Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, as they portrayed the most popular versions of Dracula. Also covered are films depicting sons and daughters of Dracula, and Dracula-like vampires. Many of the trailers focus on the beauty of Dracula's victims, or the beauty of female vampires.

Jesse James

Jesse James · 1939

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro · 1940

The Mark of Zorro

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.

Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque · 1943

Lady of Burlesque

MovieMysteryComedy

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · 1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

MovieDramaFamily

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.

Reunion in France

Reunion in France · 1942

Reunion in France

MovieDramaRomance

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph · 1948

Arch of Triumph

MovieDramaRomance

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgment, they become involved in a doomed affair.

Son of Dracula

Son of Dracula · 1943

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary · 1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

MovieComedyRomance

Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James · 1940

The Return of Frank James

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera · 1943

Phantom of the Opera

MovieHorrorRomance

Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.

Wife, Husband and Friend

Wife, Husband and Friend · 1939

Wife, Husband and Friend

Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.

Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo · 1940

MovieDramaRomance

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

The Crime of Dr. Forbes

The Crime of Dr. Forbes · 1936

The Crime of Dr. Forbes

MovieDramaCrime

Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.

Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger · 1946

Cloak and Dagger

MovieDramaThriller

Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.

A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born · 1948

MovieComedyMusic

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.

Girls' Dormitory

Girls' Dormitory · 1936

Girls' Dormitory

MovieDramaRomance

When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven · 1937

MovieDramaRomance

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

Pillow of Death

Pillow of Death · 1945

Pillow of Death

MovieHorrorMystery

Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. Soon, Wayne begins seeing visions of his dead wife, and other people involved with the case begin to be killed, one by one.

Easy to Look At

Easy to Look At · 1945

Easy to Look At

In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in the Big Apple. The girl, who is also a singer, soon begins establishing herself in the fashion industry, but when a rival accuses her of stealing a pattern, her career is nearly destroyed. Fortunately, a handsome, romantic hero is around to help her clear her name. Songs include: "Come Along My Heart", "That does It", "Swing Low Sweet Lariat" and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?".

Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson · 1942

Tennessee Johnson

MovieHistoryDrama

The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.

Pacific Blackout

Pacific Blackout · 1941

Pacific Blackout

MovieMysteryRomance

Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.