Neely Edwards
Actor · 1883 – 1965 · Delphos, Ohio, USA
Neely Edwards (born Cornelius Limbach; September 16, 1883 – July 10, 1965) was an American vaudeville performer and film actor.
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Movie6.1DramaMusicA young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
The Jazz Singer
1927 · 260 votes
Movie6.3ComedyRomanceLaura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · 38 votes
Movie6.7CrimeMysteryIn Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · 23 votes
Movie7.2ComedyRomanceShy, 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
Movie8.0ComedyA lawyer devises a plan to fake a breach of contract suit against a wealthy womanizer.
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933 · 1 votes
Movie5.4ComedyRomanceA pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · 7 votes
Movie7.7MysteryThe sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
The Circus Show-Up
1932 · 3 votes
Movie8.0ComedyExcess Baggage is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. The film was based on the play of the same name by John McGowan. The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford.
Excess Baggage
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.7ComedyMusicThree Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929 · 3 votes
Movie5.3MysteryComedyWhen 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.
The Death Kiss
1932 · 36 votes
Movie10.0ComedyBritish comedian Reginald Denny plays a professor who is escorting three different women and needs to make a choice.
I'll Show You the Town
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie
A Warner Bros Vitaphone short that promoted "Girls...Songs....Laughs." No full print exists but the Library of Congress has acquired one musical sequence.
Pleasure Island
1933
Movie10.0ActionThe story of diplomatic courier Tony Carleton, who's been entrusted with a secret message vital to the cause of International peace. En route to Geneva by train, Tony is drugged by sexy cabaret dancer Raquel, who promptly steals the message -- only to be murdered by sinister master spy Sebastian, owner of a posh gambling casino known as The House of a Thousand Candles.
The House of a Thousand Candles
1936 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceBebe Daniels is charming in this light comedy, based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Grace Lovell Bryan.
You Never Can Tell
1920 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DramaWealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.
Dynamite
1929 · 15 votes
Movie8.0ComedyA variety of accidents and escapes culminates in a cyclone which produces some ludicrous effects on the buildings, persons and animals in a small Western town.
Flying Finance
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
This story deals with a man, who causes his wife great jealousy on account of his relation to other women, yet who regards himself as a man of destiny in settling others unhappy marital relations. He is named co-respondent in a suit - leaves town - takes a house in a smaller village - picks up a little girl on the street in his car and drives into the country.
Dangerous Pleasure
1925 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyDramaAfter losing her job as a waitress, Mary Ryan is hired to work in a traveling show's chorus line by theatrical agent Leon O'Day and his partner. The agents convince a young, wealthy socialite named Seymour to finance a brand-new show. To secure the gig and the funding, they lie to Seymour and tell him that Mary is actually a Russian princess in hiding. The deception completely charms Seymour, and Mary gets her contract. Her fabricated royal status takes off when Seymour's mother invites Mary to tea, catapulting her to society stardom. However, the lie threatens to unravel when Mrs. Seymour—an avid social reformer—takes Mary and Seymour to a night court, where Mary's missing sister Rose is brought in under arrest. When Mary claims her sister, the truth is exposed, leading to a series of complications and dramatic resolutions.
The Princess on Broadway
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaThis film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
Show Boat
1929 · 4 votes
- Movie7.0
Musical short showcasing Jarrett and Nearing
Roamin' Thru The Roses
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Mr Green tells his wife that spiritualism is the bunk. She offers to run a seance that evening. While she does so, a crooked scientist creeps in to steal a skeleton and a chicken thief does likewise to general confusion in this Universal horror-comedy short.
That's the Spirit
1924 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DramaA gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Okay, America!
1932 · 4 votes
Movie7.0WesternStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Sutter's Gold
1936 · 1 votes