Mariska Aldrich
Actor · 1881 – 1965 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mariska Aldrich was an American dramatic soprano singer and actress. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet and George Henschel. She debuted at the Manhattan Opera House in 1908, as the Page in Les Huguenots. She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from 1909 to 1913.
Movies21
Movie7.2ComedyDramaA happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
The Women
1939 · 184 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceAmerican multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · 113 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceLife in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
Camille
1936 · 157 votes
Movie6.3ComedyMusicAbigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · 6 votes
Movie7.4ComedyRomanceAn auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · 22 votes
Movie7.2DramaRomancePoor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Madame Curie
1943 · 52 votes
Movie5.9ComedyMysteryRadio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Whistling in the Dark
1941 · 15 votes
Movie7.0RomanceComedyAn elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
That Man's Here Again
1937 · 2 votes
Movie5.6ComedyRomanceA starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love at first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange roommate, and the best apartment poverty can buy.
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · 8 votes
Movie7.2ComedyDramaFour student nurses at a large urban hospital cope with life's problems and career issues.
Four Girls in White
1939 · 4 votes
Movie6.3ComedyDramaA young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Souls for Sale
1923 · 22 votes
Movie4.7100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character.
You're the One
1941 · 3 votes
Movie6.3MusicRomanceTheater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
I'll Take Romance
1937 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaCrimeTwo rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.
Exclusive
1937 · 2 votes
Movie6.7ComedyAndy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife.
Boobs in the Woods
1940 · 3 votes
Movie7.2DramaComedyJosephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Vagabond Lady
1935 · 6 votes
Movie7.5ComedyDramaAn unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for their marriage.
Bad Boy
1935 · 2 votes
Movie10.0MysteryOn her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
Fatal Lady
1936 · 1 votes
Movie6.9RomanceComedyTo improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Lady by Choice
1934 · 7 votes
Movie5.5DramaAn attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · 8 votes
Movie6.5ActionMusicA singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
The Cherokee Strip
1937 · 2 votes