Leila Hyams
Actor · 1905 – 1977 · New York City, New York, USA
Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American model, vaudeville and film actress, who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in the 1920s during the era of silent films and ended in 1936. Although her career only lasted around twelve years, the blonde blue-eyed ingenue appeared in more than 50 film roles and remained a press favorite, with numerous magazine covers.
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Movie7.8DramaHorrorA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Freaks
1932 · 1.3K votes
Movie6.9Science FictionHorrorAn obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Island of Lost Souls
1932 · 274 votes
Movie6.6ComedyAn unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
Spite Marriage
1929 · 66 votes
Movie5.8ComedyRomanceA comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
The Girl Said No
1930 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaCrimeChéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
The Phantom of Paris
1931 · 8 votes
Movie6.0RomanceDramaPre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.
Men Call It Love
1931 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaBY DAY a beautiful wife-accepting a husband's humble love, his humble home, his humble pleasures. BY NIGHT a glittering butterfly yearning for the wine of life and tossing all to the winds when the glamour of romance calls.
Sandra
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.1ComedyIn this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles – a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl – is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · 86 votes
Movie6.6ComedyRomanceLil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
Red-Headed Woman
1932 · 55 votes
Movie5.5MysteryDramaAlthough his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer.
The Thirteenth Chair
1929 · 15 votes
Movie9.0DramaWhen a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is provisionally released.
Honor Bound
1928 · 1 votes
Movie5.8ComedyTwo rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.
$1,000 a Minute
1935 · 14 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaConvicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
The Big House
1930 · 56 votes
Movie5.3RomanceDramaA devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
Way for a Sailor
1930 · 6 votes
Movie6.0AdventureComedyTwo sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come between them?
A Girl in Every Port
1928 · 25 votes
Movie6.6ComedyMillionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.
The Idle Rich
1929 · 5 votes
Movie4.0MysteryDramaWhen a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934 · 6 votes
Movie4.5WesternRomanceAfter he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Yellow Dust
1936 · 6 votes
Movie6.2WesternComedyWise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ranch, but runs afoul of foreman Steve, who also loves Molly.
Way Out West
1930 · 8 votes
Movie4.7DramaA barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.
The Sins of the Children
1930 · 10 votes
Movie6.1DramaCrimeA bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
Gentleman's Fate
1931 · 7 votes
Movie6.0ComedyCrimeWallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years.
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931 · 3 votes
Movie5.4MysteryThe murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
The Bishop Murder Case
1929 · 16 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams). For lack of anything else to do, Betty takes up golf, soon achieving professional status. Meanwhile, Jim's doctor advises him to start playing golf as an outlet for his frustrations. Sure enough, Jim and Betty are reteamed on the links, and all is well -- for everyone except Betty's erstwhile beau Tommy Milligan (Tom Clifford)
Part Time Wife
1930 · 1 votes