Walter Connolly

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New York - Miami
7.824

New York - Miami

Feb 22, 1934
Ellie Andrews, jeune fille gâtée, échappe à l'emprise de son père millionnaire qui veut à tout prix l'empêcher d'épouser un play boy sans avenir. En route pour New York, elle rencontre Peter Warner, journaliste au chômage. Mais le bus tombe en panne et le couple impromptu se lance dans une folle randonnée improvisée.
Comedy
Train de luxe
6.8

Train de luxe

May 11, 1934
Dans les années 1930, aux États-Unis. Un producteur de Broadway fait d'une inconnue une vedette. Pour échapper à sa tutelle, elle part à Hollywood où elle triomphe. Pendant ce temps, lui décline. Ils se retrouvent dans le train de Chicago à New-York...
Comedy
Une fine mouche
7.3

Une fine mouche

Oct 09, 1936
Rédacteur en chef d'un journal à scandales, Warren laisse publier, par erreur, un article infamant sur Connie Allenbury, une richissime héritière qui demande aussitôt réparation. Une affaire embarrassante, qui contraint Warren à ajourner à nouveau son union, avec sa fiancée Gladys. Pour sortir de l'impasse, Warren fait appel à Bill, un ancien collaborateur, et le charge de compromettre Connie.
Comedy
Un envoyé très spécial
5.8
Lors d'un reportage à Shanghai sur la guerre sino-japonaise, Chris Hunter, un journaliste avisé, rencontre la pilote Alma Harding. Elle ne lui fait pas confiance, mais il parvient à l'engager comme assistante. Au cours d'une expédition aventureuse dans les jungles d'Amérique du Sud, son opinion sur lui commence à changer.
Comedy
La grande muraille
6.1

La grande muraille

Dec 25, 1932
Megan Davis, une missionnaire, arrive à Shangaï en pleine guerre civile. Blessée lors d'affrontements, elle est recueillie par le général Yen, véritable tyran. Celui-ci découvre que sa servante, Mah-Li livre des secrets militaires aux ennemis. Il la condamne à mort mais renonce à sa sentence par amour pour Megan.
Drama
Man Against Woman
3.5

Man Against Woman

Nov 15, 1932
Johnny McCloud, a tough police inspector given more to fisticuffs than investigating has the hots for torch-singer Lola Parker, but Miss Parker is much taken with a good-looking crook named George Perry. This does not bother McCloud, as he not only gets his man behind bars but takes the man's woman also.
Crime
Grande dame d'un jour
7.1

Grande dame d'un jour

Sep 13, 1933
A Broadway, une vendeuse ambulante de pommes fait croire depuis des années à sa fille résidant en Espagne qu'elle mène la grande-vie. Quand sa fille lui apprend qu'elle s'apprête à lui rendre visite, la semi-clocharde -aidée par des mafieux généreux- élabore un plan pour paraître riche et influente ...juste la durée du séjour de la fille.
Comedy
La Joyeuse Suicidée
6.2

La Joyeuse Suicidée

Nov 25, 1937
Hazel Flagg, une modeste jeune femme de l'État du Vermont, apprend par son médecin qu’elle a été empoisonnée au radium et qu’elle n’a plus longtemps à vivre. Puis ce dernier se ravise et informe sa patiente de son erreur. Celle-ci comprend toutefois la notoriété qu’elle peut tirer de cette affaire. Wallace Cook, un journaliste à sensation controversé, a vent de l’affaire et organise en grande pompe l’arrivée d’Hazel à New York pour couvrir l’histoire en exclusivité…
Comedy
La fille de la 5e avenue
7
Alfred Borden est un millionnaire qui se sent négligé par sa famille. Sa femme Martha, sa fille Katherine et son fils Tim l'ignorent et oublient son anniversaire. Seul et déprimé, il fait la connaissance dans Central Park de Mary, une jeune femme au chômage. Il l'invite alors à dîner dans un restaurant chic pour fêter son anniversaire. Après une nuit de libations et d'extravagances en tout genre, Borden propose à Mary, sa compagne d'un soir, de vivre chez lui dans le seul but d'irriter sa famille.
Comedy
Quatre au Paradis
5.1

Quatre au Paradis

Aug 04, 1938
Inventif et sûr de lui, Robert Kensington Landsford est devenu un maître dans l'art des relations publiques. Fort d'une carrière déjà brillante, il décide de prouver une nouvelle fois son talent en redorant l'image de John P. Dillingwell, un millionnaire terriblement mesquin, dont la réputation est désastreuse. Il convainc l'homme d'affaires de devenir son client et entreprend de faire de ce triste personnage un homme respecté et estimé. Il en vient naturellement à croiser le chemin de la fille de Dillingwell, Lorri, une pétillante brunette. La jeune femme succombe vite à son charme. Les choses se compliquent quand Robert rencontre une jolie journaliste...
Comedy
Lady by Choice
6

Lady by Choice

Oct 15, 1934
Pour améliorer son image, une danseuse de cabaret "adopte" une vieille femme pour être sa mère.
Romance
La Course de Broadway Bill
6
Dan Brooks est marié à une riche héritière et travaille pour son beau-père. Sa femme ne comprend ni sa répugnance à la vie de parasite dans laquelle il s'abime, ni sa passion pour les chevaux auxquels il consacre de plus en plus de temps. Un soir, lors d'un dîner de famille, il plaque tout et part avec Whitey pour présenter son cheval dans une grande compétition aidé par le colonel Pettigrew et par sa jeune belle-sœur Alice.
Comedy
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.
Drama
First Lady
6.2

First Lady

Dec 04, 1937
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
Comedy
Good Girls Go to Paris
7.1
Jenny 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.
Comedy
The Music Goes 'Round
1

The Music Goes 'Round

Feb 27, 1936
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showboat players and takes them to New York City. Without letting them in on the joke, he then features them in a new revue, hoping that unintentionally-funny act will bring the house down.
Garde-côtes
5

Garde-côtes

Aug 04, 1939
Garde-côte depuis des années, Raymond rend visite à un capitaine qu'il vient de sauver de la noyade et tombe sous le charme de sa fille, Nancy. Un départ précipité l’empêche de révéler ses sentiments à la jeune femme. A son retour, Raymond découvre avec stupeur que Nancy et son meilleur ami Thomas sont sur le point de se marier...
Drama
Start Cheering
7

Start Cheering

Mar 03, 1938
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
Comedy
Those High Grey Walls
6.2

Those High Grey Walls

Sep 21, 1939
Dr. 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.
Action
No More Orchids
6.8

No More Orchids

Nov 25, 1932
Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.
Drama
Paddy the Next Best Thing
1
In 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.
Romance
The Girl Downstairs
4.5

The Girl Downstairs

Dec 23, 1938
A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falling in love with him.
Comedy
The Great Victor Herbert
5
In 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.
Music
Let's Get Married
5

Let's Get Married

Apr 14, 1937
Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn. From Wikipedia
Comedy
Father Brown, Detective
6.5
After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply in love with her. Later Flambeau sends notes to both Leopold Fischer, who unknown to him is Evelyn's uncle, and Father Brown, in which he vows he will steal from them the ten diamonds that comprise the "Flying Star." Flambeau intends to give these diamonds to Evelyn. Father Brown, whose gold cross contains some of the Flying Star diamonds, is determined to meet Flambeau before he is arrested, to reform and redeem his soul.
Crime
So Red the Rose
6

So Red the Rose

Dec 20, 1935
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.
Drama
She Couldn't Take It
4.5

She Couldn't Take It

Oct 08, 1935
The 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.
Comedy
East of Fifth Avenue
6

East of Fifth Avenue

Nov 28, 1933
A kindly, elderly couple who run a New York City boarding house form the steady center around which the lives and loves of their various residents unfold. Borrowed money, a lovelorn chorus girl, and a tragic misunderstanding set in motion the chain of events in East of Fifth Avenue’s tender pageant of life.
Drama
Whom the Gods Destroy
5.5

Whom the Gods Destroy

Jul 12, 1934
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
Drama
Bridal Suite
5.1

Bridal Suite

May 26, 1939
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Romance
The Captain Hates the Sea
6.5
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
Comedy
Ceux de la zone
6.867

Ceux de la zone

Nov 20, 1933
En pleine époque de la grande dépression, Trina se trouve sans foyer et affamée. Elle fait la rencontre de Bill, gentleman habillé en frac et haut de forme. Ce dernier, touché par Trina, l’emmène dans un restaurant de luxe et lui offre le dîner. Mais au moment de payer, Bill ne paye pas la note en faisant un scandale. Trina découvre que Bill est aussi pauvre qu’elle, il fait l’homme-sandwich et porte un costume publicitaire affublé d’un plastron illuminé. Il lui propose de se réfugier chez lui, dans un bidonville. Trina le suit et va découvrir tout un monde vivant en marge de la société. Ils vivent ensemble et décident de se marier. Trina tombe enceinte. Lassé de leur vie miséreuse Bill va tenter de s’en sortir en participant à un cambriolage. Mais celui-ci se termine mal. Le couple va s’échapper dans un wagon de marchandises, espérant avancer vers un monde meilleur.
Drama
Entrée de Service
1

Entrée de Service

Sep 25, 1934
En Norvège, Heiress Hedda Nilson, une jeune fille de bonne famille dont le père est un riche banquier est sur le point de se marier. Persuadée que ses parents subissent un important revers financier, elle décide de trouver un emploi pour aider le foyer familial. Avec son fiance, Karl Berghoff, elle entreprend ainsi de vivre durant trois mois, le quotidien de gens simples en devenant elle domestique, lui chauffeur personnel....Mais bientôt les complications arrivent.
Comedy
One Way Ticket
5

One Way Ticket

Nov 25, 1935
A convict marries the warder's daughter after his escape and she eventually persuades him to finish his sentence.
Drama
Master of Men
1

Master of Men

Nov 28, 1933
One of ten films that Fay Wray made in 1993 (including King Kong), Master of Men casts her as Kay Walling, a woman who is being ignored by her husband, Buck (played by Jack Holt). Buck owns a prosperous steel mill and they make a very good living, but he is ambitious and wants more. To this end, he is devoting considerable amounts of time to expanding his finances -- and doing quite well. Not satisfied with his success, he journeys to New York, where his wrangling further increases his bank account. Unfortunately, his stock with his wife is dropping steadily. Jealous and unhappy, she fights back by giving one of Buck's business rivals details about what he is up to.
Drama
Eight Girls in a Boat
1

Eight Girls in a Boat

Jan 05, 1934
In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a baby, and keeps the secret from everyone but her lover, David Perrin, a young medical student. Having been in the private school most of her life, she can't confide in her father whom she hardly knows and, while he wishes to but can't afford to marry her, David can't get the approval of his father.a
Drama
White Lies
6

White Lies

Dec 27, 1935
A powerful publisher John Mitchell whose pursuit of sensational headlines at the expense of all else takes a personal toll when his daughter Joan is implicated in a murder.
Drama
Soak the Rich
1

Soak the Rich

Jan 17, 1936
Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.
Comedy
Penitentiary
1

Penitentiary

Feb 05, 1938
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
Action