William Fitzgerald finds himself shipwrecked on an island whose native inhabitants have recently fled. Read More »
Tag Archives: Francis Lederer
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 »
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 »
The Gay Deception (1935) William Wyler, Francis Lederer, Frances Dee, Benita Hume, Comedy
Mirabel wins a $5,000 lottery which will enable her to live like a queen in New York. There she meets Sandro, a bellboy who is really a prince, so she does get to be a queen after all.
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