Paul Weigel

Actor · 1867 – 1951 · Halle an der Saale, Province of Saxony, Prussia [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]

German born Paul Weigel was an actor in American movies. He is perhaps best remembered for his performances in For Heaven's Sake (1926), The Invisible Ray (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940).

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Movie8.3
ComedyWar
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
The Great Dictator
1940 · 3.8K votes
Movie7.5
ComedyRomance
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Ninotchka
1939 · 450 votes
Movie5.9
Horror
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Dracula's Daughter
1936 · 232 votes
Movie6.5
DramaRomance
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Reunion in France
1942 · 22 votes
Movie7.5
Drama
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · 110 votes
Movie6.9
MysteryCrime
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · 81 votes
Movie6.2
Thriller
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Above Suspicion
1943 · 39 votes
Movie6.7
Drama
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
The Miracle Woman
1931 · 54 votes
Movie6.4
Science FictionHorror
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
The Invisible Ray
1936 · 62 votes
Movie7.4
Drama
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
Broken Lullaby
1932 · 46 votes
Movie6.9
DramaWar
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
The Moon Is Down
1943 · 14 votes
Movie7.3
Comedy
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?
Never Say Die
1939 · 7 votes
Movie6.3
DramaHistory
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940 · 17 votes
Movie6.4
DramaRomance
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Back Street
1932 · 14 votes
Movie8.0
ComedyRomance
John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when he is in Paris, Mona de Briac comes into his life. Mona comes from an noble family who is facing ruin.
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.0
RomanceComedy
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
I'll Tell the World
1934 · 1 votes
Movie9.0
Drama
A young woman tries to break up a budding romance between her sweet but naive young sister-in-law and a man she regards as a no-account bum. In the process she accidentally kills the would-be boyfriend. Complications ensue.
Neighbors' Wives
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0
ActionDrama
10 chapter serial wherein a mysterious vigilante known as "The Tiger" steals loot from major criminals, drawing a wide variety of individuals into a fast-paced web of danger and thrills. 1) The Storm Breaks 2) The Tiger's Mark, 3) The Secret Mission, 4) The Danger Trail, 5) The Gas Chamber, 6) Behind the Clock, 7) The Tiger's Claw, 8) Prisoners in the Sky, 9) A Desperate Chance, 10) The Sky Clears.
The Tiger's Shadow
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.5
RomanceWar
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hidden and his wounds cared for. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.
Joan of Paris
1942 · 13 votes
Movie7.0
FantasyRomance
"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Ben Ali, for the fairest daughter of the tribe" (Variety, 7 Oct 1925, p44).
A Lover's Oath
1925 · 2 votes
Movie8.0
Mystery
Carol Kingsley and Jimmy Mason, who are both employed in a fashion emporium run by Pierre Ronsard, fall in love and are married. Victor Ronsard, the son of the owner, falls in love with Carol and designs to break up the Mason marriage. He falsely informs Carol that Jimmy, who is the Ronsard bookkeeper, is short in his accounts and that, if she will have dinner with him, he will give her the incriminating papers.
The Verdict
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.1
DramaFantasy
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Happy Land
1943 · 4 votes
Movie
Drama
Maud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but Howard, Maud's domineering brother, disapproves of a marriage between them. Instead, he has chosen English nobleman Lord Lovelace as the ideal fiancé for Maud. On the night that the engagement is to be announced, however, she elopes with Cecil. The runaways are caught, though, after which, because of her loyalty to her brother, Maud sends Cecil away. When the Civil War begins, Howard, Lovelace and Cecil all volunteer, and are all soon reported killed in action. Heartbroken, Maud decides to become a nun, and takes her vows just moments before Cecil, whose death was mistakenly reported, returns from the battlefield and comes to the convent to ask her to marry him.
Naked Hearts
1916
Movie
Comedy
"Big Boy" goes on a fun rampage in this Jack White production
Joy Tonic
1929