Billy Gilbert — Actor (27)
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Made on Broadway (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Made on Broadway
director: Harry Beaumont actor: Robert Montgomery / Sally Eilers …
other title: 百老匯之尤物
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway press agent who has his own private club where he cultivates the rich and powerful. With the help of his selfless ex-wife (Madge Evans), Jeff molds an illiterate, suicidal young woman (Sally Eilers) into a celebrity socialite.
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China Passage (1937) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
China Passage
director: Edward Killy actor: Constance Worth / Vinton Hayworth …
other title: Misterio en el Barco / Travesía oriental …
Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on success or killed on failure. The diamond is stolen as they take possession of it.
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Another Wild Idea (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Another Wild Idea
director: Charley Chase / Eddie Dunn actor: Charley Chase / Betty Mack …
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
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Breaking the Ice (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Breaking the Ice
director: Edward F. Cline actor: Bobby Breen / Dolores Costello …
other title: 突破坚冰 / 突破堅冰 …
The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm, where Tommy and Martha stay with the William and Annie Decker, the Johnsons are headed back to their hometown of Goshen. The balance of the film is concerned with both trying to get the necessary train fare and with Tommy clearing his name over a misunderstanding.
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Mr. Wise Guy (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mr. Wise Guy
director: William Nigh actor: Leo Gorcey / Bobby Jordan …
The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby, a henchman of Luke Manning, knows something about the murder.
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Week-End in Havana (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Week-End in Havana
director: Walter Lang actor: Alice Faye / Carmen Miranda …
other title: Férias em Havana / A la Habana me voy …
A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waivers from all of the passengers with the exception of Nan Spencer, a department store salesgirl who wants her vacation now, not later. Jay is instructed to take Nan to Havana, set her up in the best hotel, and keep her entertained. She visits a nightclub where the star attraction is Rosita Rivas and meets Rosita's worthless manager, Monte Blanca, who makes a play for her. Trouble also comes in the form of Jay's fiancée, Terry McCracken, when a romance develops between Nan and Jay.
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Rio (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rio
director: John Brahm actor: Basil Rathbone / Victor McLaglen …
other title: Noches en Río / Supremo Castigo
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
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The Bride Walks Out (1936) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Bride Walks Out
director: Leigh Jason actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Gene Raymond …
other title: Cásate y verás / Carolyn veut divorcer
Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on Michael’s $35-per-week job.
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Pardon My Scotch (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pardon My Scotch
director: Del Lord actor: Moe Howard / Larry Fine …
The Stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch. The Stooges impersonate Scotsmen at a party to fool the prospective buyer. Their usual antics disrupt the party, ending when a barrel of their "scotch" explodes and floods the whole house.
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On the Loose (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
On the Loose
director: Hal Roach actor: Zasu Pitts / Thelma Todd …
other title: On The Loose
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
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Their First Mistake (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Their First Mistake
director: 乔治·E·马歇尔 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof adoptieren ein Kind / Laurel et Hardy - Bonnes d'enfants …
Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.
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Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mickey and the Beanstalk
director: 比尔·罗伯茨 / 汉密尔顿·卢斯科 actor: 沃尔特·迪斯尼 / 克拉伦斯·纳什 …
other title: ミッキーのジャックと豆の木 / Classicos de Encantar: Mickey e o Pé de Feijão …
A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky?
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Dance of the Cookoos (1982) [Movie] IMDb
Dance of the cookoos
director: Alan Douglas actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dance of the cookoos
Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works of Laurel & Hardy, into an original framework action
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Tin Pan Alley (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tin Pan Alley
director: 沃尔特·朗 actor: Alice Faye / Betty Grable …
other title: 仙樂舞 / 锡盘巷 …
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.