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The Divorce Racket (1932)
Character: Tony, Window Washer
Assigned to investigate a lawyer's murder, a detective finds that his chief suspect is his own secretary--who is also the woman he loves.
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Bum Voyage (1934)
Character: Ship's Captain
The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.
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Here's to Romance (1935)
Character: Sandoval
Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
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A Modern Cinderella (1932)
Character: Mr. Ragusa
Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at the last minute. The snobbish customer doesn't like the design at first, but agrees to let Anita model it for her to decide whether to keep it. Charlie, a drunk partygoer, sees Anita in the dress and invites her to attend the festivities. She reluctantly agrees and sings for the other guests.
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Metropolitan (1935)
Character: Mr. Tolentino
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
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Champagne for Breakfast (1935)
Character: Vermicelli
Always-broke racetrack tout shows his true colors when setting up an apartment for his girl friend.
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The Go-Getter (1937)
Character: Fish Vendor (uncredited)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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The Gay Desperado (1936)
Character: Radio Station Manager
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
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The Great O'Malley (1937)
Character: Nick - the Tailor (uncredited)
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Character: Italian Interpreter (uncredited)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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My Weakness (1933)
Character: Baptiste
A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.
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Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Character: Angelo
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
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Handy Andy (1934)
Character: Henri Duval
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.
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The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Character: Papapolas
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ignores the besotted gazes of his landlady at the boarding house and falls in love with a gold-digger. His best friend also finds himself smitten by the seductive young woman. But when the one of the workers fritters away a collection that had been taken up for the wife of a deceased co-worker on a foolish bet, he and the vamp take off until the good-hearted landlady intervenes and convinces them to stay and take their lumps.
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Mad Holiday (1936)
Character: Official Guide (uncredited)
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
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Of Human Bondage (1934)
Character: Paris Art Teacher Mons. Flourney (uncredited)
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
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Fashions of 1934 (1934)
Character: Filthy Pictures Seller (uncredited)
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
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Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Character: Hotel Atlântico Manager (uncredited)
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
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Front Page Woman (1935)
Character: Tailor (uncredited)
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
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Sins of Man (1936)
Character: Singarelli's Butler
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
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Roberta (1935)
Character: Professor
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
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The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Character: Oscar
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
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Break of Hearts (1935)
Character: Bierbauer (uncredited)
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
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Death Flies East (1935)
Character: Pastoli
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.
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I Sell Anything (1934)
Character: Artist (uncredited)
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
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If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Character: French Servant (uncredited)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
Character: Director
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
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I Live My Life (1935)
Character: Greek Listening to Radio (Uncredited)
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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Stranded (1935)
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
Character: Marcel, Restaurant Owner
When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decide to give their marriage a chance. Their landlady, a one-time Floradora girl, offers to help Miriam become refined. Successful again, Geoffrey is approached ("if only we were free") by Valentine. Miriam tells Valentine off in no uncertain terms. Geoffrey moves into his club where Valentine's husband tells him he is a fool to leave Miriam
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Enter Madame (1935)
Character: Doctor
Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
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Chained (1934)
Character: Emil (uncredited)
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
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