Charles D. Brown — Actor (13)
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Kid Nightingale (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kid Nightingale
director: George Amy actor: John Payne / Jane Wyman …
other title: 小夜鶯 / 小夜莺 …
A waiter who sings gets in a fight with rude customers and overpowers them. A boxing promoter sees this and transforms him into "Kid Nightingale," marketing him as a boxer who sings.
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Merton of the Movies (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Merton of the Movies
director: Robert Alton actor: Red Skelton / Virginia O'Brien …
other title: Buscame en Hollywood / L'As du cinéma …
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
director: Herbert I. Leeds actor: 彼得·洛尔 / Warren Hymer …
other title: Mr. Moto und die geheimnisvolle Insel / M. Moto en péril …
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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The Dance of Life (1929) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Dance of Life
director: John Cromwell / A. Edward Sutherland actor: Hal Skelly / Nancy Carroll …
other title: 生命之舞 / 艷舞情歌 …
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.