Harold Waldridge
Actor · 1900 – 1957 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Movies24
Movie6.7ThrillerDramaTo avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
Safe in Hell
1931 · 47 votes
Movie6.5RomanceComedyA gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
Jewel Robbery
1932 · 46 votes
Movie6.7MusicRomanceDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Show Boat
1936 · 50 votes
Movie7.0RomanceJane Ray, a very clever reporter of crimes of passion, or "sob sister," for a New York tabloid, begins to feel depressed by the sordidness of her latest assignment, the investigation of a young woman's murder by her husband. Despite her growing distaste for her profession, Jane gets her story and, with typical ingenuity, frustrates her competitors' attempts to follow her lead.
Sob Sister
1931 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyAn ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.
June Moon
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.4DramaRomanceKay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates on the theory that if the suckers want it he'll give it to them, albeit he does apply some principles regarding the matter. A Broadway playboy, Greg Emerson, falls in love with Kay and proposes but his high-society parents object strongly. Terry. although he also has fallen in love with Kay and doesn't realize she feels the same about him, sets out to provide a happy ending for the couple.
Gigolette
1935 · 5 votes
Movie6.5DramaThe story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
The All-American
1932 · 3 votes
Movie6.9ComedyCrimeAn ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.
Lady Killer
1933 · 37 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaSearching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Five Star Final
1931 · 48 votes
Movie5.7DramaFlorence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.
She Had to Say Yes
1933 · 10 votes
Movie8.0DramaMysteryA convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name of the man who hired him, but just before he does he's killed by a poison dart. A police detective and a pretty young newspaper reporter team up to find out the identity of the man behind the killings.
The Devil's Mate
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaComedyA New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
Blessed Event
1932 · 10 votes
Movie6.8ComedyA poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.
The Heart of New York
1932 · 4 votes
Movie5.7MusicAdventureJonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
Dancing Pirate
1936 · 18 votes
Movie5.3MysteryComedyWhen a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
The Death Kiss
1932 · 36 votes
Movie5.8ComedyRomanceGar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...
High Pressure
1932 · 10 votes
Movie3.2ComedyDirector Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
Manhattan Parade
1931 · 5 votes
Movie5.7ComedyDramaWhen the chemical company owned by eccentric Professor Higginbottom files for bankruptcy, the formerly-affluent family loses its income. Levelheaded oldest daughter Lambie struggles to make ends meet but has trouble persuading her carefree, profligate siblings to cut down on their spending. Youngest brother Dick enters a motorcycle race to win $500, but crashes his bike on the speedway and is paralyzed. Shocked into reality by the tragedy, Lambie's younger sister Babs persuades ex-prizefighter Gunboat Bimms to enter the ring one last time in hopes of winning a purse that will pay for Dick's surgery.
In the Money
1933 · 3 votes
Movie7.8DramaComedyBrit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to California, a perilous journey that she shares with kind young Judy Martin. When Judy and another fellow traveler discover the unfortunate truth about Alfred, they struggle to spare Amelia's feelings.
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · 3 votes
Movie5.1ComedyCrimeBodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
Strangers of the Evening
1932 · 13 votes
Movie5.1RomanceComedyCarol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol's best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.
Easy to Love
1934 · 10 votes
Movie9.0ComedyThelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
Slightly Static
1935 · 1 votes
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A dentist moves the drilling chair into a nightclub, treating his patient's pain with heavy doses of vaudeville acts.
Dental Follies
1937 · 2 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceAfter having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees live in their luxury apartment in lieu of paying the money they owe them.
Manhattan Love Song
1934 · 7 votes