Gustav Wally
Actor · 1905 – 1966 · Stockholm, Sweden
Gustav Wally, born Gustaf Axelsson Wallenberg, was a Swedish dancer, actor, revue performer, director, choreographer and theatre executive. Expected to become a banker as his father, he escaped to New York and took on dancing. His stage debut was as ballet dancer in Noel Coward's operetta "Bitter Sweet" in 1929. Together with the Danish dancer Niels Wessel Bagge he formed the dance troupe the Wally Brothers.
Movies5
Movie8.0ComedyThe architect Gösta complains to Dr. Holm about his wife Gunilla's introverted character. Holm proposes a drug that will make her more outgoing.
Som du vill ha mej
1943 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyLola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.
Den farliga leken
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Music
Chronicle about how a song came about. Three young people and an orchestra leader visit restaurants and reviews where music, dance and song numbers are performed by Evert Taube, Ulla Billquist, Gustav Wally, and Britt Nilsson.
Movie7.0CrimeComedyDuring a night at the big department store a gang of thieves are active, while the CMO is staging a pr coup to increase sales of swimsuits. The clerk Ann Marie and CEO's son Erik, manages to catch the thieves and then spend the night in the store dining and dancing.
Flickan från varuhuset
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.7ComedyCelestin is the singing teacher in a monastery and Denis is one of her students. They both dream about the life outside. (It's a Swedish version of the famous vaudeville-opérette "Mam'zelle Nitouche").
Lilla helgonet
1944 · 3 votes