Mona Maris — Actor (10)
The Man Called Back (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Man Called Back
director: Robert Florey actor: Conrad Nagel / Doris Kenyon
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.
The Arizona Kid (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Arizona Kid
other title: Bandido por excelencia / Le Tigre de l'Arizona
The Arizona Kid carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt, accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt, actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
Underground (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Underground
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Jeffrey Lynn / Philip Dorn
other title: Lucha en la sombra / 地下 (1941年電影)
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
Secrets (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Secrets
director: Frank Borzage actor: Mary Pickford / Leslie Howard
other title: 兒女私情 / 秘密
In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary's help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.
A Date with the Falcon (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Date with the Falcon
other title: Los diamantes del Halcón / Los diamantes del halcón
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
The Death Kiss (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Death Kiss
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: David Manners / Adrienne Ames
other title: El beso de la muerte / 死亡之吻
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
White Heat (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
White Heat
other title: 白热杀机 / 歼匪喋血战
In this melodrama filmed on location in Hawaii, a sugar plantation manager finds himself falling in love with a native girl, but instead of committing to her, he marries a socially prominent young woman from San Francisco. The spoiled girl does not easily adapt to the rigors of plantation life and she gets terribly bored. She is just about to give in to the romantic overtures of a persistent native when her former lover shows up. The husband gets jealous and is about to attack him when the wife sets fire to the cane field. The husband's native lover saves him from death. Afterward, his wife leaves to be with her old flame, and the manager is free to be with the woman he's loved all along.