Maurice Black

Actor · 1891 – 1938 · Queens, New York, USA

Maurice Black (January 14, 1891 – January 18, 1938) was an American character actor known for his portrayal of mobsters. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1928 to 1938, when he died of pneumonia, four days after his 47th birthday. He was married to Edythe Raynore. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movie7.5
HorrorScience Fiction
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · 1.1K votes
Movie6.3
ComedyRomance
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · 75 votes
Movie7.4
CrimeAction
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Scarface
1932 · 717 votes
Movie6.9
DramaCrime
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Little Caesar
1931 · 313 votes
Movie5.9
CrimeDrama
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Blondie Johnson
1933 · 18 votes
Movie6.6
Comedy
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Bonnie Scotland
1935 · 74 votes
Movie5.8
ComedyDrama
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930 · 10 votes
Movie10.0
Comedy
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
The Daring Young Man
1935 · 1 votes
Movie5.5
HistoryDrama
An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.
Abraham Lincoln
1930 · 42 votes
Movie6.9
ComedyCrime
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
Picture Snatcher
1933 · 27 votes
Movie7.0
Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
Captain Swagger
1928 · 1 votes
Movie5.2
MysteryThriller
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building's residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation.
A Shriek in the Night
1933 · 20 votes
Movie6.5
RomanceComedy
Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.
Down to Their Last Yacht
1934 · 8 votes
Movie7.0
Western
Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.
West of the Pecos
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.9
CrimeDrama
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
Smart Money
1931 · 31 votes
Movie10.0
Comedy
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.8
Comedy
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 · 4 votes
Movie8.0
Drama
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
Half a Sinner
1934 · 1 votes
Movie8.0
Comedy
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
Let's Do Things
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.5
Mystery
A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and and sets out to prove her innocence and catch the real killer.
Murder on the Campus
1933 · 6 votes
Movie5.1
DramaRomance
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
I Cover the Waterfront
1933 · 15 votes
Movie6.2
Drama
It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison for ten years but the money is not recovered. Flash forward to 1936 when all three men have been released from prison and are about to be deported back to where they came from via the Deportation department at Ellis Island. They arrive by the ferry boat and already on hand to bid them adieu, and possibly learn where they stashed the missing money, is gang leader Dude and his three henchmen, Nails, Moxie and Bugs, and also Kendrich's niece Betty Parker there to bid old Uncle Ted a fond goodbye. Also on Ellis Island is a crook called Solo, who has an upper hand as he has stolen the credentials of a Treasury Agent named Peter James and has access to the prisoners, and has cut a deal with Kendrichs to get him off of Ellis Island.
Ellis Island
1936 · 4 votes
Movie5.7
Drama
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
Dancers in the Dark
1932 · 6 votes
Movie3.8
DramaAdventure
A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws. The island is a magnet for the scum of the earth, as well as a few honest guys who were framed. Into this den of iniquity swims socialite Dorothy Sebastian, who jumped off a yacht after apparently murdering her lecherous host. To remain on the Island, Sebastian is told that she must pay $5,000 to head honcho Fred Kohler -- and if she hasn't got the money, it is implied, there are other methods of collection.
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 · 4 votes