Jack Barty
Actor · 1888 – 1942 · London, England, UK
Jack Barty (born John Bartholomew) was a British stage and screen actor.
Movies18
Movie7.1ThrillerMysteryTwenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.
Gaslight
1940 · 109 votes
Movie7.1ComedyOddly enough for a Roach comedy the premise of MIXED NUTS is grounded in topical political satire aimed at the New Deal, although the satire is of a very lightweight (and light-hearted) nature. The film begins at a city council meeting where an unidentified politician announces that the government has released $50,000 for the relief of unemployed plumbers. This prompts applause, but also a pointed question from an angry woman who wants to know what the government is going to do for the members of her profession: chorus girls. The politician glibly replies that the administration has set aside money—two million dollars, no less!—for the re-education of chorus girls, "to fit them for the better things in life."
Mixed Nuts
1934 · 4 votes
- Movie6.5Music
The granddaughter of an old showman is kept away from him by his daughter, ashamed of their background. But the girl is phenomenally talented by hereditary, and wins a talent competition, leading to star in a west end show.
Stepping Toes
1938 · 2 votes
Movie8.0MusicComedyA worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Feather Your Nest
1937 · 1 votes
Movie7.1ComedyBarbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
Oliver the Eighth
1934 · 46 votes
Movie9.0ComedyThis Is the Life is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Betty Astell. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.
This Is the Life
1933 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyThelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Patsy's deviousness, Thelma gets a call to come to the studio immediately to audition for a costume drama.
Maid in Hollywood
1934 · 1 votes
Movie7.7ComedyMusicA burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.
Apples to You!
1934 · 3 votes
Movie9.0ComedyCharley unwittingly becomes a house painter.
Luncheon at Twelve
1933 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.
Babes in the Goods
1934 · 4 votes
Movie5.0DramaMusicSet in Venice, the touching and sometimes unintentionally comic story of a diminutive tenor who falls in love whilst striving for success. Also filmed in German as Ein Lied geht um die Welt.
My Song Goes Round the World
1934 · 2 votes
- Movie10.0Music
A British musical film directed by Herbert Smith.
In Town Tonight
1935 · 1 votes
Movie2.8AdventureHorrorA schooner disappears at sea without a trace. Years later, evidence of possible survivors prompts the mother of the schooner's mate Jose to hire a tuna boat to investigate. They discover the lad living happily on a South Seas island, and, when he refuses to leave with them, they abduct him. However, Jose gets revenge by leading the ship into the lair of a mysterious giant manta ray.
Devil Monster
1946 · 8 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.
All In!
1936 · 1 votes
Movie5.0AdventureHorrorThe Sea Fiend, aka Devil Monster, is an American adventure film directed by S. Edwin Graham and it was shown in Great Britain as The Sea Fiend in 1938. An edited version of the film was released in 1946 as Devil Monster, a low-budget South Seas drama spiced up with stock footage inserts including half-dressed native girls that were also featured in the film's trailer.
The Sea Fiend
1936 · 2 votes
Movie8.0MusicDramaAn east London fishmonger's young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident that she persuades her dad and various friends to help stage a concert at the local Hippodrome to raise money to save the local hospital.
Talking Feet
1937 · 2 votes
Movie6.1ComedyComedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance
Take a Chance
1937 · 4 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA down-and-out Englishman, mistaken for a duke, is invited (for $50.00) to meet the wife of a gangster who is a passenger on a boat chartered by gangsters. When he cannot initially find his wife, the gangster tells the "duke" to remain in his room with his daughter while he finds the wife. Crazy complications ensue!
Crook's Tour
1933 · 1 votes