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Barbara Leonard (actress)
Barbara Leonard (January 9, 1908 - July 2, 1971) was an actress in the U.S. She was in several films during the 1930s. She co-starred in ''Men of the North''. She reported robberies and being incapacitated during the alleged thefts. She was married to a prominent piano teacher. Filmography *''Let Not Man Put Asunder'' (1924) as Polly De Bohun * ''Ladies of the Night Club'' (1928) as Dimples Revere *'' The Drake Case'' (1929) as Mrs. Drake *''The Bees' Buzz'' (1929) as Peggy *''Men of the North'' (1930) as Nedra Ruskin *''Scotland Yard (1930 film)'' as Nurse Cecilia *''One Romantic Night'' (1930) as Mitzi *''Son of the Gods'' (1930) as Mabel *'' Bought'' (1931) as Mary Kiernan *''Beauty and the Boss'' (1932) *''The Crash (1932 film)'' as Celeste, the maid *'' One Hour with You'' (1932) as Mitzi's Maid *''Love Affair (1932 film)'' as Felice *''The Man from Yesterday'' (1932) as Steve's girl *''Desirable (film)'' (1934) *''Folies Bergère de Paris'' (1935) as Toinette *''The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer Film and television * ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom Places * Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France * Barbaria (region), or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. * Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza * Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy * Berbara, or al-Barbara, Lebanon * Berbara, Akkar D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crash (1932 Film)
''The Crash'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle. The film is based on the 1932 novel ''Children of Pleasure'' written by Larry Barretto, and stars Ruth Chatterton as a luxury-loving wife devastated by the Wall Street crash of 1929.Sennett, T., ''Warner Brothers Presents: The Most Exciting Years - from The Jazz Singer to White Heat'', p. 31 Plot Linda Gault comes from a poverty-stricken family and is determined never to be poor again. She is now a philandering elitist who casually seduces men for their money. Her stockbroker husband Geoffrey has found out about his wife's infidelities, and encourages her to collect investment recommendations from her latest lover, high-profile financier John Fair. Linda is unamused with her husband's desire, claiming that finances have killed their loving marriage. Nevertheless, she does as her husband asks, and afterwards feels ashamed about it. Having tired of Fair, she breaks off their affair. Unaware of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City In Darkness
''City in Darkness'', also known as ''Charlie Chan in City in Darkness'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, the fourth starring Toler, and was released on December 1, 1939. Plot Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is visiting Paris during the Czech annexation crisis in September 1938, but is having trouble finding a way to return to the United States, since there are transportation disruptions due to the threat of the impending war and the Munich Crisis. While visiting the office of the Chief of Police Romaine (C. Henry Gordon), who is away on business, word is received that Petroff (Douglass Dumbrille), a well-known millionaire, has been murdered. Romaine's bumbling godson, Police Inspector Marcel Spivak (Harold Huber) has been left in charge during the chief's absence, and is terrified of handling such a high profile murder investigation. He asks for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Angel (1936 Film)
''The White Angel'' is a 1936 American historical drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter and Donald Woods. The film depicts Florence Nightingale's pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War. It was produced and distributed by Hollywood studio Warner Brothers. Plot In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale (Kay Francis) decides to become a nurse, puzzling her upper-class family (as nursing was considered a disreputable profession at the time). She travels to Germany to the only nursing school. The training is arduous, but she endures and graduates. When she returns home, however, no one is willing to employ her. When the Crimean War breaks out, she finally gets her chance. With the help of influential friends and damning newspaper reports on the wretched conditions in the Crimea by Fuller ( Ian Hunter), a reporter for ''The Times'', she is permitted to recruit some nurses and lead them to Scutari in Turkey to tend the wounded. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folies Bergère De Paris
''Folies Bergère de Paris'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film produced by Darryl Zanuck for 20th Century Films, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon and Ann Southern. At the 8th Academy Awards, the “Straw Hat” number, choreographed by Dave Gould, won the short-lived Academy Award for Best Dance Direction, sharing the honor with “I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'” from ''Broadway Melody of 1936''. The film, based on the 1934 play ''The Red Cat'' by Rudolph Lothar and Hans Adler, is a story of mistaken identity, with Maurice Chevalier playing both a music-hall star and a business tycoon who resembles him. This was Chevalier’s last film in Hollywood for twenty years, and reprised familiar themes such as the straw hat and a rendering of the French song " Valentine". This is also the last film to be distributed by Twentieth Century Pictures before it merged with Fox Film in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox. Zanuck simultaneously produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desirable (film)
''Desirable'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Jean Muir (actress), Jean Muir and George Brent. It was released by Warner Bros. The film follows the story of Lois (Jean Muir (actress), Jean Muir), the 19-year-old daughter of a famous actress (Verree Teasdale), who has been hidden away at boarding school to protect her mother's image. A scarlet fever, scarlet-fever quarantine sends her home to New York City, full of innocent enthusiasm, only to be betrayed by her mother, by the arrogant egotists of her mother's theatrical world and by the haughty social snobs in the upper-crust family whose son her mother persuades her to marry. Mac (George Brent), a friend of her mother's, initially plays an avuncular role. By the end of the film, Lois and Mac realize that they are in love. Plot Helen Walbridge (Verree Teasdale) is a famous actress who does not want her true age to be known. She, therefore, keeps her 19-year-old daughter (Jean Muir (actress), Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Yesterday
''The Man from Yesterday'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic war drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel, and written by Oliver H. P. Garrett, based on a story by Neil Blackwell and Rowland G. Edwards. Plot In Paris at the end of the First World War, Sylvia Suffolk and British Expeditionary Force officer Tony Clyde get married, shortly before Tony leaves for the Western Front. Sylvia, newly pregnant, is given the news that Tony was killed in a poison gas attack while working as a nurse for surgeon René Gaudin. Sylvia gradually falls in love with René but is reluctant to remarry since she has no official news of Tony's death. On holiday in Switzerland with René, Sylvia is shocked to find Tony is still alive and convalescing, having been taken prisoner of war with lung damage. Sylva now finds herself torn between duty to Tony and marriage to René. She ultimately decides to stay with Tony and takes him to Paris to see their son, but he realize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Affair (1932 Film)
''Love Affair'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romance film based on Ursula Parrott's short story of the same name. The film is directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Columbia Pictures. ''Love Affair'' follows an adventurous socialite (Dorothy Mackaill), who is in love with an aviation designer ( Humphrey Bogart). Plot Wealthy socialite Carol Owen decides to take up flying. Gilligan sets her up with a homely instructor, but she requests dashing Jim Leonard instead. Jim has some fun, taking her through some aerobatic maneuvers that leave her queasy, but still game. For revenge, she gives him a lift into town in her sports car, driving at breakneck speeds. They begin seeing each other. Carol learns that Jim is designing a revolutionary aircraft engine, but cannot get any financial backing. She decides to give him a secret helping hand, persuading her skeptical financial manager, Bruce Hardy, to invest in the project. Hardy is only too pleased to oblige, as he has asked Carol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Boss
''Beauty and the Boss'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Marian Marsh, David Manners and Warren William. It was based on a 1928 Hungarian play by Ladislas Fodor about a secretary who eventually marries her boss. An English language adaptation of the play by Benn Levy, entitled ''A Church Mouse'', opened in London in early May 1931. Another English language adaptation by Frederic and Fanny Hatton, also called ''A Church Mouse'', opened in New York on October 12, 1931.http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/32/Beauty-and-the-Boss/trivia.html In 1934 Warner Brothers' British subsidiary remade the story at Teddington Studios as '' The Church Mouse''. The film's sets were designed by Anton Grot. Plot summary An executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not divert him from his work, but she still becomes determined to win his heart. Cast * Marian Marsh as Susie Sachs * David Manners as Baron Paul von Ullrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Of The North
''Men of the North'' is a 1930 American Western film directed by Hal Roach and written by Richard Schayer from a story by Willard Mack. The film stars Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff, Robert Elliott and George Davis. The film was released on September 27, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is notable as the only film Roach made as a director-for-hire, as he normally functioned as a producer. Plot Louis (Roland), a charming French-Canadian, is accused of stealing gold from a mine by Mountie Sergeant Mooney (Elliot) after getting a tip from Louis' girl friend, Woolie-Woolie (Quartero), who correctly suspects he has fallen in love with Nedra (Leonard), the mine owner's daughter. Louis has to work hard to prove his innocence, even to the point of saving other characters' lives in a series of incidents. Cast *Gilbert Roland as Louis La Bey * Barbara Leonard as Nedra Ruskin *Arnold Korff as John Ruskin *Robert Elliott as Sergeant Mooney * George Davis as Corporal Smit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
