Lyda Roberti

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Torch Singer
5.2

Torch Singer

Sep 08, 1933
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
Music
La lune à trois coins
5.2
Une famille loufoque se retrouve subitement sans argent suite à l'effrondement du marché boursier, chaque membre se mets à la recherche d'un emploi, pas facile, car aucun n'a jamais travaillé...
Comedy
Choisissez une étoile
4.8
Une histoire de Cendrillon d'une jeune fille de la campagne qui vient à Hollywood et réalise un film stardom avec l'aide d'un homme de publicité.
Comedy
The Kid from Spain
6.556

The Kid from Spain

Nov 17, 1932
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
Comedy
Million Dollar Legs
6.6

Million Dollar Legs

Jul 08, 1932
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Comedy
Nobody's Baby
5.7

Nobody's Baby

Apr 23, 1937
Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompetent Lena. They keep running into each other until Kitty resigns to being friends with Lena when they become hospital nurses and share a dorm room.
Comedy
The Big Broadcast of 1936
5.4
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie, who've just invented a television device that can pick up and transmit any signal, any time, anywhere.
Music
Wide Open Faces
8.5

Wide Open Faces

Apr 18, 1938
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
Comedy
Dancers in the Dark
4.8

Dancers in the Dark

Mar 11, 1932
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
Drama
The Roof Garden Revue
1

The Roof Garden Revue

May 05, 1929
A musical Vitaphone short by Larry Ceballos. The songs include "Over the Garden Wall", It Was the Dawn of Love", and Baily and Barnum singing "Pretty Little Bom Bom Maid From Bombay".
Music
At Sea Ashore
1

At Sea Ashore

Apr 04, 1936
Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr. Rumplemeyer's trousers in the donut machine as he's leaving to pick his niece who's arriving from the old country, so he gives Patsy cab fare and sends her. She forgets her purse, so when she arrives at the immigration office, she can't pay the cabbie, who tells her he'll wait while the meter runs. Inside, Patsy finally finds the high-spirited Lyda, but by then, Patsy has sneaked into the holding area and may need a passport to get out. She hides in Lyda's trunk, but with the cabbie, a suspicious immigration officer, and a traffic cop buzzing around will uncle and niece ever connect?
Comedy
Meet the Baron
4.3

Meet the Baron

Oct 20, 1933
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Comedy
College Rhythm
4.7

College Rhythm

Nov 23, 1934
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department store business.
Romance
Hollywood Rhythm
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Hollywood Rhythm

Nov 15, 1934
This short plugs the new tunes written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the movie "College Rhythm" and shows the audience how they were written and rehearsed. Naturally it also advertises the movie.
Music