Clifford Dempsey

Movies10

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

  Blonde Venus

  1932 · 152 votes

• Movie6.3

  Music

  In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to gather all of the former stars to stage a minstrel show as a benefit.

  Happy Days

  1929 · 3 votes

• Movie6.0

  ComedyCrime

  Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.

  Only Saps Work

  1930 · 3 votes

• Movie4.3

  RomanceComedy

  A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.

  Too Many Cooks

  1931 · 3 votes

• Movie5.8

  DramaRomance

  A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

  Salute

  1929 · 5 votes

• Movie5.9

  ComedyRomance

  Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.

  Soup to Nuts

  1930 · 16 votes

• Movie

  After the success of "Little Caesar," "Public Enemy" and "Scarface," here is the inevitable parody, in which Liddle Sizzer engages in a vicious Chicago gang war. He's aided by his innocent twin brother, Julius, a greenhorn from the Old Country. Both are played by Benny Rubin.

  Julius Sizzer

  1931

• Movie6.1

  Drama

  A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.

  The Valiant

  1929 · 17 votes

• Movie6.0

  Comedy

  A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.

  Everything’s Rosie

  1931 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  ComedyCrime

  Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, though, in hopes she'll uncover the missing money and they can grab it from her. She checks into a hotel where Franklyn Green works as a desk clerk. Franklyn is learning to be a detective through a correspondence course, and he thinks he's just the guy to help Miriam solve her mystery. The fact that she's a very attractive lady doesn't hurt, either.

  The Ghost Talks

  1929 · 1 votes