William Collier Sr.
Actor · 1864 – 1944 · New York City, New York, USA
William Collier Sr. was born on November 12, 1864 in New York City, New York, as William Morenus. He was an actor and writer, known for Wife and Auto Trouble (1916), Harmony at Home (1930) and Up the River (1930). He was married to Paula Marr and Louise Allen. He died on January 13, 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia.
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Movie7.0After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
Give Us This Night
1936 · 2 votes
Movie6.3MusicIn 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
Movie5.1ComedyRomanceA penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · 7 votes
Movie5.8ComedyMusicSteve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.
Thanks for the Memory
1938 · 8 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceAn egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
Invitation to Happiness
1939 · 2 votes
Movie5.0ComedyA mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
Wife and Auto Trouble
1916 · 4 votes
Movie5.4DramaOn Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Miracle on Main Street
1939 · 19 votes
Movie7.5ComedyAn American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
Say It in French
1938 · 2 votes
Movie7.1CrimeDramaSteve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
The Murder Man
1935 · 16 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceAn aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-country trip with no money.
Love on a Bet
1936 · 4 votes
Movie5.7ComedyCrimeDaily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.
Up the River
1930 · 32 votes
Movie6.7DramaCarrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father, and meets a girl named Lady who has run away from a burning trainwreck, not wanting to go back to the people she was with. Carrie comes back for Paul and ends up taking Paul and Lady to New York with her.
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · 8 votes
Movie6.4ComedyRomanceA chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
Cain and Mabel
1936 · 15 votes
Movie9.0ComedyMusicA young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.
The Hard-Boiled Canary
1941 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaComedySweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to buy mules or tractors for its colonial troops. He is accompanied by his ritzy wife Julie who has high society aspirations and hopes to have her younger sister Lola Pike marry a British diplomat. Complicating matters is a business rival, Porgie Rowe, who is trying to sell tractors to the government and keeps knocking Sweeney's prize Missouri mules.
I'm from Missouri
1939 · 1 votes
MovieComedyFatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Movie7.0RomanceComedyA girl is caught between two suitors and a land deal that can make or break her marriage to her true love.
She's My Weakness
1930 · 2 votes
Movie7.2ComedyCrimeTwo young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Josette
1938 · 5 votes
Movie7.5Science FictionA scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.
Television Spy
1939 · 2 votes
Movie5.4ComedyA society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
The Brat
1931 · 13 votes
Movie10.0AdventureCrimeA criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.
Cheaters
1934 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyTroubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.
Six Cylinder Love
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaEddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When his manager Doc Williams is offered the opportunity to stage a match at Madison Square Garden, but only if he gets rid of his stable of fighters, Eddie fabricates an alibi and stages a walkout on Doc.
Madison Square Garden
1932 · 3 votes
Movie5.0CrimeMysteryFormer lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
The Crosby Case
1934 · 6 votes