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Armand Kaliz is a Actor French born on 23 october 1882 at Paris (France)

Armand Kaliz

Armand Kaliz
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Nationality France
Birth 23 october 1882 at Paris (France)
Death 1 february 1941 (at 58 years)

Armand Kaliz (October 23, 1887 - February 1, 1941) was a French born American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s.

Born in Paris, Kaliz began his career in vaudeville. He appeared in films such as The Temptress (1926) with actresses such as Greta Garbo, making some 82 film appearances between 1917 and 1941. After 1933, the majority of his small roles in films went uncredited and he died on February 1, 1941, aged 53. from a heart attack in Beverly Hills.

Biography

Émigré dans les années 1900 aux États-Unis, Armand Kaliz y entame sa carrière d'acteur au théâtre, en particulier dans le répertoire du vaudeville. Il joue trois fois à Broadway (New York), d'abord dans deux comédies musicales, la première en 1907-1908, la seconde en 1918 (The Kiss Burglar, avec Billie Burke) ; suit une revue (dont il est en outre producteur) représentée en 1922.

Au cinéma, il contribue jusqu'en 1928 à une vingtaine de films muets américains, le premier étant The Siren de Roland West, sorti en 1917 et réputé perdu. Citons également La Tentatrice de Fred Niblo (1926, avec Greta Garbo et Antonio Moreno).

Son premier film parlant est L'Arche de Noé de Michael Curtiz (1928, avec Dolores Costello et George O'Brien). Ultérieurement, mentionnons Gold Diggers of Broadway de Roy Del Ruth (1929, avec Conway Tearle et Winnie Lightner), Le Petit César de Mervyn LeRoy (1931, avec Edward G. Robinson et Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) et La Baronne de minuit de Mitchell Leisen (1939, avec Claudette Colbert et Don Ameche).

Ses deux derniers films sont La Danseuse des Folies Ziegfeld de Robert Z. Leonard (avec Lana Turner, Judy Garland et Hedy Lamarr) et La Folle Alouette de Mark Sandrich (avec Claudette Colbert et Ray Milland), sortis en 1941, année de sa mort prématurée d'une crise cardiaque.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Armand Kaliz (59 films)

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Actor

Ziegfeld Girl, 2h12
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper
Roles Pierre, Headwaiter (Uncredited)
Rating66% 3.347733.347733.347733.347733.34773
The story deals with three showbiz hopefuls - Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland), Sandra Kolter (Hedy Lamarr) and Sheila Regan (Lana Turner) - and their efforts to attain the lofty status of "Ziegfeld Girl."
Skylark
Skylark (1941)
, 1h32
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes, Walter Abel, Grant Mitchell
Roles Le bijoutier
Rating61% 3.099053.099053.099053.099053.09905
Lydia Kenyon (Claudette Colbert) feels she is neglected and treated insensitively by her husband, Tony (Ray Milland), on their fifth wedding anniversary. She meets a lawyer, Jim Blake (Brian Aherne), and though she eventually divorces her husband, and nearly marries the young lawyer instead, in a moment of crisis she realises she loves her husband, and returns to him.
Arise, My Love, 1h50
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about journalists, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel, Frank Puglia, Dick Purcell
Roles Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3910653.3910653.3910653.3910653.391065
American pilot Tom Martin (Ray Milland) is a soldier of fortune who went to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. During the summer of 1939, he is languishing in a prison cell while awaiting execution. Unexpectedly granted a pardon on the morning that he is to face a firing squad, Tom's release has been managed by reporter Augusta "Gusto" Nash (Claudette Colbert), who posed as his wife. When the prison governor learns of the deception, the pair has to run for their lives.
Bitter Sweet, 1h34
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9032652.9032652.9032652.9032652.903265
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
Brother Orchid, 1h28
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins
Roles Frenchman (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4952353.4952353.4952353.4952353.495235
Crime boss Little John Sarto (Edward G. Robinson) retires suddenly, giving leadership of his gang to Jack Buck (Humphrey Bogart), while he leaves for a tour of Europe to acquire "class". However, Sarto is repeatedly swindled and finally loses all his money.
Down Argentine Way, 1h29
Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, J. Carrol Naish, Charlotte Greenwood, Henry Stephenson
Roles Hotel Manager
Rating63% 3.195653.195653.195653.195653.19565
En Argentine vit Diego Quintana (Henry Stephenson), un éleveur de chevaux qui se met en colère quand il apprend que Binnie Crawford (Charlotte Greenwood) veut acheter leurs chevaux. Dernière Diego avait un combat sérieux avec le frère de Binnie, ce qui rend Ricardo (Don Ameche), son fils, dire qu'il n'y a pas de problème dans l'intérêt parce que ne pas vendre à ne importe qui cette famille. Il se avère que Ricardo est attiré par Glenda Crawford (Betty Grable), une belle jeune femme, et avait promis de vendre un animal sans savoir que ce était la nièce de l'ennemi de son père. En apprenant la parenté, il invente une excuse et annuler la vente, déclenchant une série de confusions.
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
, 1h50
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi, Ina Claire, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Louis the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.896943.896943.896943.896943.89694
Three Russians, Iranov (Sig Ruman), Buljanov (Felix Bressart), and Kopalsky (Alexander Granach), are in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Upon arrival, they meet Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas), on a mission from the Russian Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), who wants to retrieve her jewelry before it is sold. He corrupts them and talks them into staying in Paris. The Soviet Union then sends Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova (Greta Garbo), a special envoy whose goal is to go through with the jewelry sale and bring back the three men. Rigid and stern at first, she slowly becomes seduced by the West and the Count, who falls in love with her.
Remember?
Remember? (1939)
, 1h23
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Lew Ayres, Billie Burke, Reginald Owen, George Barbier
Roles Marcel
Rating59% 2.9517252.9517252.9517252.9517252.951725
Following an establishing shot of the New York City skyline, an elevator in a busy office building opens and happy-go-lucky Sky Ames (Lew Ayres) steps out. In a joyful mood, singing to himself, he takes out a ring, puts it on third finger of his left hand and goes to the door marked "Eaton, Eiton, Piper & Holland Advertising Agency". Inside, Miss Wilson (Sara Haden), secretary to his best friend, Jeff Holland (Robert Taylor) tells him that Jeff is in a meeting. Showing her the ring, Sky explains that during the first vacation he took without Jeff, he met "the most wonderful girl in the world".
Midnight
Midnight (1939)
, 1h34
Directed by Mitchell Leisen, Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Francis Lederer, Hedda Hopper
Roles Lebon
Rating77% 3.894843.894843.894843.894843.89484
American showgirl Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) arrives in Paris on a train from Monte Carlo during a rainstorm wearing an elegant evening dress. With no money and no place to stay, she arranges a deal with a soft-hearted Hungarian taxi driver named Tibor Czerny (Don Ameche), who agrees to drive her around to the city's nightclubs looking for a job in exchange for her doubling his fare. After an unsuccessful search, Tibor buys her dinner at a café and offers to let her stay overnight at his apartment while he finishes his night shift. While attracted to Tibor, she decides not to get involved with a poor taxi driver, and when he stops for gas, she slips away.
The Ice Follies of 1939, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Sports d'hiver, Patinage artistique
Actors Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone, Lionel Stander, Wade Boteler
Roles Count (Uncredited)
Rating52% 2.607082.607082.607082.607082.60708
Larry Hall (James Stewart) and Eddie Burgess (Lew Ayres) have a successful skating act until Larry falls in love with Mary McKay (Joan Crawford), an inept skater whom Larry insists upon including in the act. Fired from job after job because of Mary's ineptitude, Larry keeps up his spirits by dreaming of producing a colossal ice show. Following their latest dismissal, the couple elope, and Mary, feeling guilty for damaging her husband's career, convinces Douglas Tolliver, Jr. (Lewis Stone), the head of Monarch Studios, to offer her a movie contract.
Miracles for Sale, 1h8
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull, Lee Bowman, William Demarest
Roles François
Rating61% 3.099973.099973.099973.099973.09997
Michael Morgan, créateur de numéros de magie, traque les imposteurs en la matière. Il rencontre Judy Barclay, marquée par un terrible secret, et le Docteur Sabbatt, un "démonologue". Ce dernier est bientôt assassiné, alors que Judy échappe à une agression... Les suspects pour le meurtre de Sabbatt, retrouvé mort au milieu d'un pentacle magique dessiné sur le sol de son appartement fermé de l'intérieur, sont Dave Duvallo, un roi de l'évasion ; le virtuose des tours de cartes Tauro ; le couple Al et Zelma le Clair qui se produit dans des numéros de transmissions de pensée ; la spirite Madame Rapaport et le colonel Watrous qui cherche à démasquer les charlatans.
Algiers
Algiers (1938)
, 1h36
Directed by John Cromwell, Walter Wanger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Gangster films
Actors Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart
Roles le sergent de police français
Rating66% 3.347193.347193.347193.347193.34719
Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious thief, who, after his last great heist, escaped from France to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter", of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane (Calleia), who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby (Lamarr), who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines (Gurie), Pepe's Algerian mistress.
Gold Diggers in Paris, 1h37
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rudy Vallée, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Gloria Dickson
Roles Stage Manager
Rating58% 2.9030052.9030052.9030052.9030052.903005
Maurice Giraud (Hugh Herbert) is sent to New York to arrange for the Academy Ballet of America to come to Paris to compete for cash prizes at an international dance festival, but a cabbie takes him by mistake to the Club Ballé, a nightclub about to go under. The desperate owners of the club, Terry Moore (Rudy Vallee) and Duke Dennis (Allen Jenkins), know that there's been an error, but see the invitation as a way out of their financial problems. To get some ballet into their nightclub act, they hire ballet teacher Luis Leoni (Fritz Feld) and his star (and only) pupil Kay Morrow (Rosemary Lane) to teach their girls ballet on the boat crossing the Atlantic. Terry finds Kay very attractive, but things are complicated when his ex-wife, Mona (Gloria Dickson), invites herself along, rooming with Kay.
Letter of Introduction, 1h44
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Ann Sheridan, Eve Arden
Roles Jules the Barber (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.048713.048713.048713.048713.04871
An aging actor, John Mannering, is surprised when his estranged daughter, Kay Martin, shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He is persuaded to perform on Broadway for the first time in twelve years in a play with her. He is very nervous and turns to alcohol to overcome his problems. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.