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Arthur Housman is a Actor and Story American born on 8 october 1889 at New York City (USA)
Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood.
(1927)
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 october 1889 at New York City (USA)
Death 8 april 1942 (at 52 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 8 october 1889 at New York City (USA)
Death 8 april 1942 (at 52 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Home Sweet Home (2012)
, 1h27Directed by Ludwig Berger, Ludwig Berger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Emil Jannings, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Arthur, Zasu Pitts, Barry Norton, Jack Luden
Roles The Count
Rating66%
Billy the Kid (1941)
, 1h34Directed by Frank Borzage, David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
Rating56%
The year is 1880 and William Bonney (Robert Taylor) is already a famous gunslinger, known as "Billy the Kid". In Lincoln, New Mexico, Billy helps his friend Pedro Gonzales (Frank Puglia) escape from jail, where he was put by mean sheriff Cass McAndrews (Cy Kendall).
Escort Girl (1941)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cyd Charisse, Betty Compson, Margaret Alice Marquis, Robert Kellard, Wheeler Oakman, Gay Seabrook
Roles Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
Rating41%
Ruth Ashley (Betty Compson) is a former escort girl who now owns the Hollywood Escort Bureau in Los Angeles together with Gregory Stone (Wheeler Oakman). Ruth is co-owner of the Café Martinique, a place where all the escorts go with their dates to watch striptease and be treated with champagne. The escort bureau is managed by a man named Breeze Nolan (Guy Kingsford) and provises customers with both male and female escorts.
, 1h6Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Cromwell, Hugh Herbert, Alan Mowbray, Buster Keaton, Anita Louise, Joyce Compton
Roles Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
Rating55%
Le mélodrame victorien obtient un grand envoi dans cette production parodie de la vieille pièce "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved". La pièce dans le film est l'ancienne où le méchant méchant Cribbs envisage de mettre ses griffes vigoureuses sur l'héroïne en conduisant son mari naïf à la ruine alcoolique. Heureusement, un conférencier en tempérance est sur place pour mettre les choses au clair, tout comme le grand Buster Keaton en tant qu'ami de l'ivrogne.
City for Conquest (1940)
, 1h44Directed by Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, John Arthur Kennedy, Frank Craven, Anthony Quinn, Elia Kazan
Roles Radio Listener (uncredited)
Rating71%
Cagney plays a truck driver named Danny Kenny, who starts as a New York boxing contender. Ann Sheridan plays his girlfriend, Peggy. Being successful as a boxer, Danny decides to financially help his brother Eddie (Arthur Kennedy) to become a professional musician. Peggy on the other hand, loses her heart to Murray Burns (Anthony Quinn), a professional dancer, and she turns down Danny's proposal in order to go for a dancing career. Embittered by Peggy's refusal, Danny continues to work as a boxer and eventually gets blinded by his opponent during a fight, who has placed some rosin dust onto his gloves. Now blind, Danny works as a newspaper stand operator, while Peggy's career as a dancer did not materialize. The movie ends with Eddie becoming a successful composer who dedicates his first major symphony at Carnegie Hall to his brother, who is listening to the concert on the radio from his newsstand.
Go West (1940)
, 1h20Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, L'Or
Actors Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Robert Barrat
Roles Drunk in Saloon
Rating67%
Confidence man S. Quentin Quale (Groucho) heads west to find his fortune. In the train station, he encounters crafty brothers Joseph (Chico) and Rusty Panello (Harpo) who manage to swindle his money. The Panello's are friends with an old miner named Dan Wilson (Tully Marshall) whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars for a grub stake and he gives them the deed to the Gulch as collateral. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival and beau to his granddaughter Eve Wilson (Diana Lewis), Terry Turner (John Carroll) has contacted the railway to arrange for them to build through the land, making the deed holder rich.
No Time for Comedy (1940)
, 1h33Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films based on plays
Actors James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles, Clarence Kolb, Allyn Joslyn
Roles Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
Rating61%
Gaylord Esterbrook (Stewart), a reporter from Redfield, Minnesota (pop. 786, including livestock), writes a play about Park Avenue high society, even though he has never been to New York. The play is being staged, but needs rewriting, so the producers bring Gaylord to New York. He meets the leading lady, Linda Paige (Russell), who initially mistakes him for an usher. The producer eventually loses faith in the play, but Linda persuades the other actors to continue on a cooperative basis. It becomes a success, and Gaylord and Linda get married. Gaylord proceeds to have four hits in four years, all starring Linda.
The Flying Deuces (1939)
, 1h9Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes French war films, Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Jean Del Val, James Finlayson
Roles Drunk Legionnaire
Rating66%
While on holiday in Paris, Ollie falls so much in love with Georgette, the beautiful daughter of an innkeeper, he intends to marry her. Unfortunately, she turns down his marriage proposal because there is someone else, "very much so". (Unbeknownst to him at the moment, a Foreign Legion officer named Francois is her husband, and has returned briefly to see her.) Ollie is heartbroken to the point of committing suicide. Just as he about to jump into a river (with Stan joining him), Francois, happening to catch sight of them about to do so, convinces the duo to enlist in the Foreign Legion in order to forget Ollie's failed romance. When Stan asks him how long it will take Ollie to forget, should they join the Foreign Legion, Francois points out it will only take a matter of a few days. Enticed by Francois's offer, plus the fact that Ollie will completely forget his failed romance very shortly, they enlist.
Broadway Serenade (1939)
, 1h54Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan, Wally Vernon, Rita Johnson
Roles Jonathan (uncredited)
Rating57%
À New York, la chanteuse Mary Hale (Jeanette MacDonald) et son mari le pianiste-compositeur Jimmy Seymour (Lew Ayres) vivotent dans des boîtes de nuit, lorsque Mary est remarquée par Larry Bryant (Ian Hunter), producteur à Broadway. Il lui obtient une audition auprès de Cornelius Collier Jr. (Frank Morgan) qui se prépare à monter son prochain spectacle. Séduit à son tour par la voix de la jeune femme, il l'engage...
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
, 1h32Directed by Busby Berkeley, Hal B. Wallis, Benjamin Glazer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson, Gloria Dickson, Billy Halop
Roles Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
Rating67%
Johnnie Bradfield (John Garfield) is a world champion boxer falsely accused of murder. He disappeared and is presumed dead. The only witnesses who could have exonerated him were his manager and girlfriend, both of whom have died in an automobile accident. Detective Monty Phalen (Claude Rains) believes that Johnnie is still alive and hasn't given up the search for him. Johnnie, meanwhile, is hiding out on Grandma Rafferty's (May Robson) farm in Arizona. It is there that Johnnie meets up with some juvenile delinquents, Tommy (Billy Halop), Angel (Bobby Jordan), Spit (Leo Gorcey), Dippy (Huntz Hall), T.B. (Gabriel Dell), and Milty (Bernard Punsly), who are under the guardianship of Tommy's sister Peggy (Gloria Dickson).
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
, 1h9Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Donald Meek, Donald MacBride, Elizabeth Dunne
Roles Drunk on Train (uncredited)
Rating67%
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Directed by Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Ann Dvorak, Lee Bowman, Ilka Chase, Rita Johnson
Roles Reporter (uncredited)
Rating63%
Man-Proof (1938)
, 1h15Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Nana Bryant, Rita Johnson
Roles Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
Rating59%
The daughter of wealthy and famous novelist Meg Swift, Mimi is a young woman who seems to have a perfect life. The opposite appears to be the case, as her deep love for playboy Alan Wythe remains unanswered. Despite her mother's newspaper artist friend Jimmy Kilmartin warnings of Alan's scandalous past revolving women, Mimi is determined to one day become Mrs. Wythe. However, another woman beats her to the title. Mimi is crushed when she finds out that Alan is marrying heiress Elizabeth Kent, but swallows her pride to serve as the bridesmaid.
Where the West Begins (1938)
, 54minutesDirected by J. P. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Addison Randall, Fuzzy Knight, Luana Walters, Arthur Housman, Budd Buster, Richard Alexander
Roles Beano, Jack's Cellmate
Rating50%
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
, 1h17Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Isabel Jeans, Virginia Grey
Roles First Communist
Rating59%