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Tag Archives: Victor Varconi
Men in Her Life (1931) William Beaudine, Lois Moran, Charles Bickford, Victor Varconi
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves Read More »
Eternal Love (1929) Ernst Lubitsch, John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Victor Varconi
In a Swiss Village in 1806, the fiery Marcus and the local clergyman’s niece Ciglia are passionately in love. Read More »
The Undesirable AKA A tolonc (1915) Michael Curtiz, Lili Berky, Victor Varconi, Mari Jászai
Betty (Lili Berky, Duel For Nothing), a young woman living in the country, is told by her dying father that he is really her uncle Read More »
Doctors’ Wives (1931) Frank Borzage, Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Victor Varconi
The trials of being a doctor’s wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the problematic marriage of one couple. Read More »
Captain Thunder (1930) Alan Crosland, Fay Wray, Victor Varconi, Charles Judels, Adventure, Drama, Music, Western
El Capitán Tronido, a handsome and reliable Mexican bandit, flaunts his ventures until the people of El Paramo demand that their Comandante Ruiz bring about his capture. Read More »
Chicago (1927) Frank Urson, Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Virginia Bradford, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her Read More »
Men in Exile (1937) John Farrow, Dick Purcell, June Travis, Victor Varconi, Crime, Drama, Romance
When ex-convict cabbie Jimmy Carmody is framed in a jewelry store robbery and murder, an old friend arranges for him to flee the country to the island of Caribo Read More »
They Raid by Night (1942) Spencer Gordon Bennet, Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi, Drama, War
The British Commandos send Bob Owen (Lyle Talbot) to Norway to prepare for a raid. His mission also includes freeing General Heden (Paul Baratoff) who is being held by the Nazis. Read More »
The Divine Lady (1929) Frank Lloyd, Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner, Drama, History, Romance
A partly fictionalized account of history begins with the arrival of slatternly Emma Hart, a cook’s daughter, at the home of Charles Greville. Greville takes her as his lover and grooms her until their relationship becomes an inconvenience. Greville then dupes Emma into traveling to Naples to live with his uncle, Lord Hamilton, ambassador to the court at Naples. Realizing that Greville has abandoned her, Emma agrees to marry Lord Hamilton. Soon, however, she meets Admiral Horatio Nelson of the British Navy.
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