William Ricciardi
Actor · 1871 – 1961 · Sorrento, Campania, Italy
Movies15
Movie6.6DramaRomanceA beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
San Francisco
1936 · 89 votes
Movie6.4DramaBar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
As You Desire Me
1932 · 14 votes
Movie5.7DramaHistoryBased on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Anthony Adverse
1936 · 37 votes
Movie6.3DramaA ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.
The Scoundrel
1935 · 15 votes
Movie6.4DramaRomanceA Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
Tiger Shark
1932 · 18 votes
Movie10.0DramaWhen a Broadway actress marries the son of a wealthy New York family, his father does everything he can to try and split the couple up. Eventually convinced of her worthiness, he changes his mind and gives them his blessing.
That Woman
1922 · 1 votes
Movie5.6DramaRomanceAn aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Stars Over Broadway
1935 · 5 votes
Movie8.0AdventureJeff Farnell, forced by circumstances to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits the settlement of his claim against a steel company. Job Hardcastle, the hardened city editor of the paper, sends Jeff to get a story on "Mops" Collins, a society divorcée who has been reduced to dancing in a cabaret. Jeff takes pity on Mops, who is dying of consumption, and takes her into his apartment, telling Hardcastle that he could not find her. Afraid of losing his job, Jeff hunts for a big story, finding it when he discovers that Clive Ross-Fayne, a friend he thought lost in the war, has been arraigned on charges of narcotics peddling. (Pamela Short)
A Man Must Live
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.3DramaHistoryDuring the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.
Scarlet Dawn
1932 · 3 votes
Movie5.4DramaRomanceA hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.
Strictly Dishonorable
1931 · 6 votes
Movie9.0DramaThis silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.
The Heart of a Siren
1925 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaAn English circus clown finds he's lost his touch after returning from war.
The Side Show of Life
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaA pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.
The Humming Bird
1924 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceBob Howard, a WWI wounded soldier in a army hospital, meets and falls in love with Princess Elena. When the Armistice is signed, he is quickly shipped back home to America. Returning to Europe, he is mistaken as a Crown Prince traveling to be married to a Princess from another country. The Princess-bride, intended for another man, is his Elena.
Say It Again
1926 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaGreater Than Marriage
1924 · 1 votes