Lester Allen

Actor · 1891 – 1949 · Utica, New York, USA

Movies17

Movie6.5
MusicRomance
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
The Pirate
1948 · 109 votes
Movie7.0
ThrillerMystery
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
The Dark Mirror
1946 · 125 votes
Movie6.0
ComedyRomance
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...
That Lady in Ermine
1948 · 19 votes
Movie6.6
Comedy
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · 14 votes
Movie6.3
HorrorScience Fiction
A story about a scientist who is obsessed with communicating with the dead.
The Devil Commands
1941 · 34 votes
Movie5.8
DramaMusic
Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the eye of an underworld character.
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944 · 4 votes
Movie6.1
CrimeDrama
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
The Great Flamarion
1945 · 35 votes
Movie7.2
ComedyRomance
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · 5 votes
Movie6.2
Comedy
The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When they accidentally see a memo about the theft a famous diamond, the boys decide to go after the crooks. They find the crooks, but Shemp accidentally swallows the diamond which was hidden in a bowl of candy. The bad guys want to cut the diamond out, but the boys foil them with the help of a friendly gorilla.
Hot Ice
1955 · 6 votes
Movie5.7
RomanceDrama
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
The Dolly Sisters
1945 · 12 votes
Movie4.8
Comedy
Temperamental stage diva Fay Lawrence is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer to star in his latest production.
The Heat's On
1943 · 7 votes
Movie6.6
AdventureDrama
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.
Underground
1941 · 9 votes
Movie6.8
ComedyCrime
The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.
Love That Brute
1950 · 6 votes
Movie5.5
ActionDrama
A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.
Klondike Kate
1943 · 6 votes
Movie7.0
Comedy
"A comedy drama of New York life of a restaurant proprietor and it's a scream from start to finish." - Sheffield Observer, 03/28/1929
Pusher-in-the-Face
1929 · 1 votes
Movie10.0
ComedyMusic
Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the names of vegetables as code words for weapons and ammunition that they are smuggling! Albert saves not only his own skin, but also those of the Presidente and his attractive daughter.
Heat Wave
1935 · 1 votes
Movie9.0
Persuading his newlywed friends, Jerry and Marian Townsend, to take him along on their European honeymoon as guide, Lester Aloysius Sebastian Brown launches the threesome on a series of comic adventures, beginning in a Paris nightclub, where Lester is roughed up by two husbands who mistake his companions for their wives. Then on to Switzerland and a forced landing near a wedding festival; to Cairo, where Jerry is abducted and found by Marian in a harem; and back to New York.
Leave It to Lester
1930 · 1 votes