Elsa Janssen
Actor · 1883 – 1969 · Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Movies18
Movie7.3DramaFamilyThe story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · 148 votes
Movie5.9WarDramaDuring the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · 26 votes
Movie5.9HorrorA countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Dracula's Daughter
1936 · 232 votes
Movie6.8DramaIn an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Blonde Venus
1932 · 150 votes
Movie6.8DramaMusicComposer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Song of Love
1947 · 9 votes
Movie5.5WarDramaA gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · 24 votes
Movie6.8DramaWarBased on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orders to blow up various defense installations.
They Came to Blow Up America
1943 · 6 votes
Movie5.9DramaActionThe life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
Dillinger
1945 · 36 votes
Movie7.5DramaComedyThe follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Claudia and David
1946 · 4 votes
Movie7.5DramaAdaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
A Dog of Flanders
1935 · 2 votes
Movie7.2ComedyMusicAspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
His Butler's Sister
1943 · 9 votes
Movie5.9CrimeThrillerA woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Journal of a Crime
1934 · 14 votes
Movie3.0DramaA politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a story by Nathanael West and Samuel Ornitz, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy Era.
It Could Happen to You
1937 · 3 votes
Movie9.0ComedyBased on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife. And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
3 Is a Family
1944 · 1 votes
Movie5.7MysteryThrillerWhen a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
The Fatal Hour
1940 · 23 votes
Movie7.5ComedyDramaChild bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.
Claudia
1943 · 6 votes
Movie6.4DramaAn aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
The Great Lover
1931 · 5 votes
Movie3.8DramaA 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
Wednesday's Child
1934 · 5 votes