Frank Orth
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1880-02-20
Locus Natus: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Et ut: Frank Kaiser Orth
His Girl Friday
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his...
release : 1940.01.18popularis : 15.796
Blondie's Secret
Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised the Bumsteads that there'll be no more...
release : 1948.12.23popularis : 0.727
Taking Ways
In this Vitaphone one-reeler, husband-and-wife team Frank Orth and Ann Codee in one of the many co-starring shorts they made together for Vitaphone,...
release : 1930.04.30popularis : 0.946
Father of the Bride
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding...
release : 1950.05.18popularis : 11.319
I Wake Up Screaming
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip...
release : 1941.10.31popularis : 8.827
Come Live with Me
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
release : 1941.01.31popularis : 5.798
Red Light
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He...
release : 1949.09.30popularis : 4.725
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married....
release : 1946.08.19popularis : 14.293
Storm Over Lisbon
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
release : 1944.10.16popularis : 1.768
Unwelcome Stranger
Horse-breeder Howard Chamberlain has many superstitious quirks but his primary one is that he believes orphans are bad luck and a jinx to be around....
release : 1935.04.05popularis : 0.906
Cheaper by the Dozen
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey,...
release : 1950.03.31popularis : 5.251
The Lost Weekend
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious....
release : 1945.11.29popularis : 16.192
Houdini
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from...
release : 1953.07.02popularis : 8.426
Footlight Serenade
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts...
release : 1942.08.01popularis : 1.468
The Guilt of Janet Ames
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
release : 1947.03.06popularis : 1.501
Nancy Drew… Detective
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
release : 1938.11.19popularis : 4.675
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
release : 1939.09.09popularis : 5.558
The Great Rupert
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday...
release : 1950.03.01popularis : 7.367
The Big Clock
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned...
release : 1948.03.18popularis : 10.581
Wilson
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey,...
release : 1944.08.01popularis : 3.367
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
release : 1941.05.02popularis : 4.752
Pillow to Post
With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale....
release : 1945.06.09popularis : 2.066
San Quentin
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for...
release : 1937.05.24popularis : 3.124
Pier 13
A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.
release : 1940.08.08popularis : 3.456
The Petty Girl
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his...
release : 1950.08.17popularis : 2.989
Here Come the Girls
Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a...
release : 1953.10.22popularis : 5.156
Broadway Serenade
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...
release : 1939.04.07popularis : 5.841
Think It Over
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
release : 1938.07.24popularis : 1.169
Springtime in the Rockies
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance...
release : 1942.11.06popularis : 1.044
Doll Face
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike...
release : 1945.12.31popularis : 2.457
Tell It to a Star
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her...
release : 1945.08.16popularis : 2.951
Fast and Furious
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal,...
release : 1939.10.06popularis : 10.554
Mr. Chump
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
release : 1938.08.08popularis : 3.281
Marry the Girl
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is...
release : 1937.07.13popularis : 2.005
Land Beyond the Law
A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
release : 1937.03.13popularis : 4.225
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.
release : 1939.01.13popularis : 1.411
Polo Joe
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
release : 1936.11.04popularis : 0.717
Wake Up and Dream
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
release : 1946.12.02popularis : 2.401
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and...
release : 1940.12.19popularis : 4.546
She Went to the Races
A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.
release : 1945.11.04popularis : 1.593
Boom Town
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil...
release : 1940.08.30popularis : 5.374
The Patient in Room 18
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles...
release : 1938.01.08popularis : 2.203
Ever Since Eve
Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer,...
release : 1937.07.15popularis : 5.926
Young Dr. Kildare
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...
release : 1938.10.14popularis : 4.431
Tell No Tales
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
release : 1939.06.12popularis : 3.766
At the Circus
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take...
release : 1939.10.20popularis : 5.529
Greenwich Village
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
release : 1944.09.27popularis : 4.778
Henry and Dizzy
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch:...
release : 1942.06.05popularis : 1.708
Idiot's Delight
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
release : 1939.01.27popularis : 2.547
The Footloose Heiress
A rich businessman brings home a homeless man who promises to tame his willful 18-year-old daughter.
release : 1937.10.08popularis : 4.552
Nancy Drew... Reporter
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's...
release : 1939.02.18popularis : 4.844
Fast and Loose
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
release : 1939.02.17popularis : 6.783
Within the Law
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
release : 1939.03.17popularis : 2.13
Calling Dr. Kildare
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. ...
release : 1939.04.28popularis : 4.466
Young Mr. Lincoln
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first...
release : 1939.06.09popularis : 10.116
Thunder Afloat
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
release : 1939.09.15popularis : 2.878
Stanley and Livingstone
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to...
release : 1939.08.18popularis : 3.437
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
release : 1939.11.24popularis : 4.48
Dust Be My Destiny
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter...
release : 1939.09.16popularis : 4.266
Summer Storm
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and...
release : 1944.07.14popularis : 3.73
It Had to Be You
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
release : 1947.12.07popularis : 4.854
You, the People
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the...
release : 1940.11.30popularis : 3.387
Missing Witnesses
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
release : 1937.12.11popularis : 3.846
Born to Speed
The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the backdrop for this dramatic tale of a young driver who...
release : 1947.01.12popularis : 1.852
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her...
release : 1943.10.01popularis : 1.616
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by...
release : 1944.06.03popularis : 3.851
The Ox-Bow Incident
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
release : 1942.12.03popularis : 9.449
Blue, White, and Perfect
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly...
release : 1942.01.06popularis : 5.727
The Devil's Saddle Legion
Tal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed...
release : 1937.08.14popularis : 2.507
Brother Orchid
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents...
release : 1940.06.07popularis : 2.794
Coney Island
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night...
release : 1943.06.18popularis : 2.812
Over My Dead Body
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes)...
release : 1942.01.15popularis : 3.759
Two Against the World
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting...
release : 1936.07.11popularis : 2.623
Ride on Vaquero
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army...
release : 1941.04.18popularis : 2.703
Heartaches
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made....
release : 1947.06.28popularis : 1.995
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.
release : 1947.08.23popularis : 1.282
Prairie Thunder
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells...
release : 1937.09.10popularis : 0.741
Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep...
release : 1941.09.27popularis : 14.106
Orchestra Wives
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him,...
release : 1942.09.04popularis : 4.164
The Hoodlum Saint
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected....
release : 1946.04.04popularis : 2.221
Gallant Sons
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
release : 1940.11.15popularis : 1.939
The Payoff
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
release : 1935.01.09popularis : 2.775
The Doctor Takes a Wife
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
release : 1940.04.25popularis : 1.981
Talent Scout
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
release : 1937.07.24popularis : 1.786
'Til We Meet Again
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution....
release : 1940.04.20popularis : 3.202
Hot Money
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
release : 1936.07.18popularis : 2.44
Father Is A Prince
Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners. He's a bit of a skinflint, too. His family...
release : 1940.11.18popularis : 4.464
Florian
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
release : 1940.06.05popularis : 1.715
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
release : 1940.11.29popularis : 1.259
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
release : 1940.09.06popularis : 1.226
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
release : 1940.04.12popularis : 5.314
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
release : 1942.02.04popularis : 4.204
My Gal Sal
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New...
release : 1942.04.30popularis : 2.778
La Conga Nights
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has...
release : 1940.05.31popularis : 2.037
Respect the Law
Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
release : 1941.01.04popularis : 1.25
A Bird in the Hand
Frank Orth strikes a conversation with a lady feeding imaginary birds.
release : 1929.04.29popularis : 0.921
Something to Live For
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway...
release : 1952.03.07popularis : 5.092
They Died with Their Boots On
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains...
release : 1941.11.20popularis : 16.312
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but...
release : 1940.10.29popularis : 1.109
The Bride Wore Boots
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
release : 1946.06.05popularis : 2.637
The Impatient Years
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William...
release : 1944.09.10popularis : 1.558
Bride for Sale
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their...
release : 1949.11.12popularis : 1.053
Know Your Money
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb...
release : 1940.01.27popularis : 1.549
Buyer Beware
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
release : 1940.08.17popularis : 2.054
Murder in the Music Hall
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
release : 1946.04.10popularis : 2.074
Torchy Blane in Panama
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
release : 1938.05.07popularis : 4.16
Gold Rush Maisie
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a...
release : 1940.07.26popularis : 5.602
Roxie Hart
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime...
release : 1942.02.20popularis : 4.928
Rings on Her Fingers
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have....
release : 1942.03.20popularis : 3.474
Broadway Limited
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was...
release : 1941.06.13popularis : 3.419
Hello, Frisco, Hello
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his...
release : 1943.03.26popularis : 4.683
It's Great to Be Young
Ricky Malone, Spud Winters and some other returning G.I.'s are trying to break into show business by the old summer resort. Terry, a runaway daughter...
release : 1946.09.12popularis : 0.595
The Girl from Manhattan
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his...
release : 1948.10.01popularis : 3.618
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.
release : 1942.11.01popularis : 1.251
Comet Over Broadway
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
release : 1938.12.03popularis : 3.011
The Magnificent Dope
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope"...
release : 1942.07.01popularis : 2.616
Tales of Manhattan
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video...
release : 1942.08.05popularis : 8.31
Lady in the Lake
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne...
release : 1946.12.19popularis : 9.852
The Meanest Man in the World
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and...
release : 1943.02.12popularis : 1.477
Double Dynamite
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
release : 1951.12.25popularis : 3.524