Walter Connolly
Oyuncu · 1887 – 1940 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American actor. While some film historians complain that a number of his performances were annoying or overbaked, he was for the most part applauded for his zesty contributions to a number of comedy classics. Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), Broadway Bill (1934) and It Happened One Night (1934), as well as the Carole Lombard/Fredric March screwball farce Nothing Sacred (1937) as news reporter March's hot-headed editor boss are sure-fire examples. The son of the head of the Western Union relay office, he attended St. Xavier College and the University of Dublin in Ireland before making his New York debut in 1910 in an outdoor presentation of "As You Like It". For the next year or so he was a member of E.H. Sothern's touring company and played supporting roles in a number of Shakespearean shows on the road. After a few silent pictures left him unimpressed with film-making, he turned to the Broadway stage in the 1920s and scored quite well. Somewhat short and tubby, it was not difficult for the jowly, mustachioed actor to seize laughs and he found his share in such outings as "The Talking Parrot" (1923), "Applesauce" (1925), "The Springboard" (1927), "The Happy Husband" (1928), "Stepping Out" (1929), "Your Uncle Dudley" (1930), "Anatol" (1931), "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (1931), "The Good Fairy" (1932) and "The Late Christopher Bean" (1932). With his talents as a stage farceur firmly established, it was time to make a second attempt at a film career and Hollywood (specifically, Columbia) wisely opened their doors to him. Interestingly, his debut in a full-length talking picture came at age 45 in the form of a drama, Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932), where he was third-billed as a rather benign senator. For the next seven years Connolly, often playing older than he really was, could be found everywhere giving good fluster to the greatest and glossiest of stars -- Janet Gaynor, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Paul Muni, Spencer Tracy, and Ginger Rogers, among hordes of others. His hobbies were collecting old books and theatre programmes. Connolly was married to actress Nedda Harrigan from 1923 to his death. They had one daughter, Ann (1924–2006). Connolly suffered a fatal stroke on May 28, 1940, and was buried in New St. Joseph Cemetery in Cincinnati.
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Film7.8KomediRomantikZengin ve güçlü Alexander Andrews, kızı Ellie’nin King Westley’yle olan evliliğini onaylamaz. Kızını kaçırtır ve evliliği sonlandırmaya çalışır. Ancak Ellie, tutulduğu yattan kaçmayı başarır. Babasının adamlarına yakalanmadan kocasının yanına gitmeye çalışan Ellie’nin yolu, bindiği otobüste Peter Warne’la kesişir. Kurnaz ve haber peşinde koşan bir gazeteci olan Peter, ayağına gelen fırsatı kaçırmaz. İkilinin ilişkisi başlangıçta çıkar üzerine kurulsa da, zamanla aşka evrilir. Buna karşın önlerinde engeller ve yanlış anlamalar mevcuttur.
Film7.3KomediRomantikWhen a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Libeled Lady
1936 · 136 votes
Film6.7MaceraDramHuckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · 21 votes
Film7.1KomediDramApple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
Lady for a Day
1933 · 98 votes
Film6.9KomediMüzikAfter retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
Start Cheering
1938 · 8 votes
Film6.1KomediMaceraWhile in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · 22 votes
Film6.3DramRomantikShanghai, China, the 1920s. In the midst of a bloody civil war, General Yen, a ruthless warlord, rescues Megan Davis —who was about to marry a missionary— from certain death amid the chaos.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1933 · 105 votes
Film6.3KomediRomantikTechnicolor’un canlı renk paleti içinde çekilmiş; tümüyle cezbedici, esprili konuşmalarla dolu, bu klasik romantik komedide en komik haliyle Carole Lombard ve 1930’ların gazetecisi olarak Fredric March oynuyor. Ben Hecht’in hâlâ bıçak keskinliğinde senaryosu ile yılların romantik komedisi.
FilmBelgeselOssie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Film7.3Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934 · 3 votes
Film5.5KomediRomantikA public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.
Four's a Crowd
1938 · 16 votes
Film6.8KomediRomantikA temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
Twentieth Century
1934 · 115 votes
Film7.2KomediJenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939 · 12 votes
Film7.8DramDuring the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.
So Red the Rose
1935 · 4 votes
Film5.3KomediThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · 3 votes
Film7.0KomediRomantikA wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939 · 26 votes
Film6.4AksiyonSuçDr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police.
Those High Grey Walls
1939 · 4 votes
Film6.0MüzikRomantikPrincess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.
The King Steps Out
1936 · 10 votes
Film6.0KomediDramTycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...
Broadway Bill
1934 · 22 votes
Film6.5KomediDramPolitical kingmaker Joe Quinn attempts to elevate his daughter's ambitious suitor, George Willoughby, into the the higher echelons of politics by getting him elected to Congress. His daughter, Paula Quinn, is not interested in her father's hand-picked choice of Willoughby as her husband. Willoughby is duly elected but Paula chooses weatherman/inventor Kirk Duncan as her husband.
Let's Get Married
1937 · 2 votes
Film3.0RomantikKomediIn Ireland, Major Adair’s older daughter Eileen is about to marry Lawrence Blake for his money in order to pay off her father’s debts, even though she really loves Jack Breen.
Paddy the Next Best Thing
1933 · 3 votes
Film6.3DramTarihChina, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
The Good Earth
1937 · 81 votes
Film5.4MüzikRomantikIn his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film's paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer's works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert's most famous compositions are well in evidence, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "March of the Toys" and "Kiss Me Again", the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.
The Great Victor Herbert
1939 · 7 votes
Film6.1DramAn able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.
Once to Every Woman
1934 · 9 votes