Arthur Blake
Actor · 1914 – 1985
Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt. He performed in nightclubs in cities throughout the United States and United Kingdom in the 1940s and the 1950s. Although he achieved fame for playing women, he impersonated men as well in his act. Also a film actor, he is best remembered for the films Port of New York (1949, as Dolly Carney), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950, as Montfleury), Harem Girl (1952, as Abdul Nassib), and Diplomatic Courier (1952, as Max Ralli). In the latter film, his impersonations of Davis and Miranda were featured. In the 1960s and 1970s he was the headliner at the LGBTQ nightclub Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Movies9
Movie7.5ThrillerDramaA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Gaslight
1944 · 593 votes
Movie6.9CrimeMysteryStephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.
Ministry of Fear
1944 · 205 votes
Movie6.9RomanceDramaFrance, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 · 79 votes
Movie4.9CrimeDramaTwo narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Port of New York
1949 · 23 votes
Movie6.2MysteryThrillerDuring the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge, sabotage and spies in his search for the documents.
Diplomatic Courier
1952 · 25 votes
Movie5.9DramaThrillerA British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945 · 5 votes
Movie6.1DramaAn alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
Madame X
1937 · 9 votes
Movie6.5ComedyRomanceThe palace secretary to a princess foils a sheik's plot to grab royal oil.
Harem Girl
1952 · 2 votes
Movie5.2AdventureA young British boy whose father was murdered by a treacherous Aran sheik finds himself in a position to exact revenge as an adult.
The Lion Man
1936 · 5 votes