David Manners
Actor · 1900 – 1998 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
David Joseph Manners (born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, April 30, 1900 – December 23, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor who played John Harker in Todd Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula. The following year he portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures, The Mummy. Manners abandoned his film career in 1936, and his theatrical career seventeen years later.
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Movie7.2HorrorA British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Dracula
1931 · 1.4K votes
Movie6.7HorrorFantasyAn ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
The Mummy
1932 · 728 votes
Movie6.7HorrorThrillerAfter a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
The Black Cat
1934 · 312 votes
Movie6.7DramaAfter 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
Movie5.3HistoryDocumentaryA film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · 15 votes
Movie6.4DramaA World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
A Bill of Divorcement
1932 · 44 votes
Movie5.9DramaMysteryA choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · 13 votes
Movie7.6ComedyA millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
The Millionaire
1931 · 8 votes
Movie5.4MusicDramaWhen she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
Torch Singer
1933 · 10 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaA young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she loves.
Sweet Mama
1930 · 2 votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceA defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.
A Woman Rebels
1936 · 19 votes
Movie4.2CrimeDramaA hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
The Girl in 419
1933 · 5 votes
Movie9.5DocumentaryHorrorA history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · 2 votes
Movie5.8MusicComedyA kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Roman Scandals
1933 · 25 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceThe French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. When military doctor Andre Morand is wrongfully convicted of a murder, he escapes the firing squad with the help of his friend, Jean. Taking refuge in a mission run by the uncle of the beautiful Margot, Andre agrees to care for the sick there. After professing his love for Margot, he learns that she is engaged to Jean, who is now sick. Vowing to return to aid Jean and others, Andre prepares to face death, but a series of events may turn things in his favor.
The Devil's in Love
1933 · 5 votes
Movie3.5DocumentaryHorrorHosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · 2 votes
Movie6.2ComedyDramaA wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Lady with a Past
1932 · 10 votes
Movie4.5HistoryMusicMr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
The Truth About Youth
1930 · 6 votes
Movie7.8DramaThe various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
From Hell to Heaven
1933 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceAn ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
Beauty and the Boss
1932 · 9 votes
Movie5.5RomanceComedyA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Man Wanted
1932 · 13 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThe Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. Hippolyta's husband Sapiens (Ernest Truex) is truly a sissy of the first order, and is not unlike most of Pontus' male inhabitants.
The Warrior's Husband
1933 · 1 votes
Movie9.0Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly arrested, Wyckoff finds himself handcuffed to an attractive lady. Wycoff escapes custody and flees across the country with the law in hot pursuit, refusing to establish either his true identity or his innocence until the lady unwillingly trapped at his side agrees to marry him.
Lucky Fugitives
1936 · 1 votes