A princess in distress calls upon reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard to aid her against villainous opposition. Read More »
Tag Archives: Francis Lederer
It’s All Yours (1937) Elliott Nugent, Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer
Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle Read More »
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna AKA Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna (1929) Hanns Schwarz, Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward
The film’s story concerns the travails of a woman who has been living quite Read More »
Romance in Manhattan (1935) Stephen Roberts, Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl
Czechoslovakian immigrant Karel Novak fulfills his dream of coming to America Read More »
One Rainy Afternoon (1936) Rowland V. Lee, Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema Read More »
My American Wife (1936) Harold Young, Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern, Fred Stone
Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach arrives in Smelter City, Arizona, with his American bride, Mary Cantillon. Read More »
Puddin’ Head (1941) Joseph Santley, Judy Canova, Francis Lederer, Raymond Walburn
Harold l. Montgomery, the scatterbrain vice-president of the United Broadcasing System Read More »
Terror Is a Man (1959) Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero, Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr
William Fitzgerald finds himself shipwrecked on an island whose native inhabitants have recently fled. Read More »
Stolen Identity (1953) Gunther von Fritsch, Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Francis Lederer
A jealous concert pianist murders his wife’s lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime. Read More »
Pandoras Box (1929) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Crime, Drama, Romance
Lulu is a beautiful young woman who can seemingly work her charms on all of the men around her. Read More »
Ihre Majestät die Liebe / Her Majesty Love (1931) Joe May, Käthe von Nagy, Francis Lederer, Otto Wallburg, Comedy
Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. Read More »
Voice in the Wind (1944) Arthur Ripley, Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Nazis during the war for playing a banned song. Read More »
The Man I Married (1940) Irving Pichel, Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan, Drama
Anti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America. Read More »
The Madonnas Secret (1946) Wilhelm Thiele, Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer’s 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. Read More »
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) Mitchell Leisen, Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Drama, Thriller
Webb Carey returns to Orta, near Milan, to find out who betrayed his World War II O.S.S. team and caused the death of several villagers. Read More »