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Tag Archives: Richard Boleslawski
Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Richard Boleslawski, Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over ‘The Sinner,’ a sexy bestseller. Read More »
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, William Powell
Mrs. Fay Cheyney, a rich American widow, insinuates herself into London society. Read More »
Fugitive Lovers (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Ted Healy
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York Read More »
The Gay Diplomat (1931) Richard Boleslawski, Genevieve Tobin, Betty Compson, Ivan Lebedeff
Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy Read More »
Les Misérables (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke
This is by far the best version of Les Misérables ever made in my opinion and the critics. Read More »
Clive of India (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive
In the mid-1700’s the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. Read More »
Beauty for Sale (1933) Richard Boleslawski, Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Read More »
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) Richard Boleslawski, John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
As Europe looms on the edge of war in 1913, the family and members of the court of the Russian czar Nicholas Read More »
Hollywood Party (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. Read More »
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934) Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski, Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone
There have been a spate of London police murders, the victims always killed by a long knife (which the police know is a sword cane) Read More »
Queen Kelly (1929) Erich von Stroheim, Richard Boleslawski, Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Drama
Prince Wolfram is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg. Supreme ruler, her word is law and he is a playboy. Read More »
Men in White (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Drama, Romance
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Read More »
The Painted Veil (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent, Drama, Romance
In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister’s marriage and she agrees to marry her father’s research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Read More »
O’Shaughnessy’s Boy (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, George ‘Spanky’ McFarland, Drama
Circus animal trainer Wallace Beery (as “Windy” O’Shaughnessy) shows son “Spanky” McFarland (as “Stubby”) how to train a lion cub while well-proportioned wife and mother Leona Maricle (as Cora) thrills audiences on the flying trapeze. Read More »