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Charles Montague Shaw is a Actor Australien born on 23 march 1882 at Adelaide (Australie)
Charles Montague Shaw (23 March 1882 - 6 February 1968) was an Australian character actor, often appearing in small supporting parts in more than 150 films.
He began his acting career in the Australian theatre, before moving on to Britain and elsewhere in the British Empire. His first film role was in The Set-Up (1926). He later found success in the film serial market, often playing professors and paternal supporting roles. His most known role came in 1936 as Professor Norton in the popular serial Undersea Kingdom, starred by Crash Corrigan.
Montague Shaw died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 85.
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Nationality Australie
Birth 23 march 1882 at Adelaide (Australie)
Death 6 february 1968 (at 85 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Birth 23 march 1882 at Adelaide (Australie)
Death 6 february 1968 (at 85 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
He began his acting career in the Australian theatre, before moving on to Britain and elsewhere in the British Empire. His first film role was in The Set-Up (1926). He later found success in the film serial market, often playing professors and paternal supporting roles. His most known role came in 1936 as Professor Norton in the popular serial Undersea Kingdom, starred by Crash Corrigan.
Montague Shaw died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 85.
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
, 2h4Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Martha Raye, William Frawley, Charlie Chaplin, Isobel Elsom, Edna Purviance, Fritz Leiber
Roles Mortgage Banker (uncredited)
Rating77%
Henri Verdoux had been a bank teller for thirty years before being laid off. To support his wife and child, he turns to the business of marrying and murdering wealthy widows. The Couvais family becomes suspicious when Thelma Couvais draws all her money and disappears, only two weeks after marrying a man named "Varnay", whom they only know through a photograph. As Verdoux (Chaplin) prepares to sell the residence of the murdered Thelma, widowed Marie Grosnay visits the residence. Verdoux sees her as another "business" opportunity and attempts to charm her, but she refuses. In the following weeks, Verdoux has a flower girl repeatedly send Grosnay flowers. In need of money to invest, Verdoux, as M. Floray, visits widow Lydia Floray (Hoffman), who complains that his engineering job has kept him away too long. That night, Verdoux murders her for her money.
Ivy (1947)
, 1h39Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney, Cedric Hardwicke, Lucile Watson
Roles Stevens (uncredited)
Rating70%
Ivy Lexton (Joan Fontaine) is a woman with a hunger to seduce men. Though she already has a husband, Jervis (Richard Ney), and is having an affair with Dr. Roger Gretorex (Patric Knowles), Ivy becomes obsessed with wealthy Miles Rushworth (Herbert Marshall), and is determined to have him.
, 1h47Directed by Robert Aldrich, Albert Lewin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, John Carradine, Warren William, Susan Douglas Rubes
Rating66%
Paris, en 1880. Georges Duroy retrouve un ami, journaliste politique à La Vie française, Charles Forestier. Ils dînent ensemble chez le directeur du journal, Monsieur Walter. Ce dernier embauche Duroy qui prend des conseils d'écriture auprès de son ami. Celui-ci l'oriente vers sa femme, Madeleine, qui s'avère être le véritable auteur des articles du journaliste, ce dont se rend vite compte Duroy. Désormais surnommé "Bel Ami", Georges devient l'amant de Clotilde de Marelle, rencontrée au dîner, qui comprend vite qu'il est un séducteur. Après le décès de Charles Forestier atteint de tuberculose, Georges épouse sa veuve et profite à son tour de ses talents de chroniqueuse.
Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Directed by Louis King
Genres Drama
Actors Lon McCallister, Reginald Owen, Edmund Gwenn, Peggy Ann Garner, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Irwin
Roles Judge
Rating72%
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
, 1h32Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair, Florence Bates, Marc Platt, Shelley Winters
Roles Old Bobby (uncredited)
Rating61%
Near the end of the war, a reporter from Life magazine comes to the Music Box Theatre in London to write a story about the music hall that never missed putting on a performance during the Blitz. Stage manager Sam Royce recalls the halcyon days at the beginning of the war: Theatrical impresario May "Tolly" Tolliver is rehearsing her performers when dancer Tommy Lawson comes to audition. Although Tommy is a naturally gifted dancer, he improvises all his steps and consequently, Tolly refuses to hire him. Taking pity on Tommy, Americans Rosalind Bruce and Judy Kane, members of the troupe, teach him their routines, and he wins a part in the show.
The Lodger (1944)
, 1h24Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Children's films
Actors Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather
Roles Stage Manager (uncredited)
Rating70%
Slade, a serial killer, is a lodger in a 19th Century family's London home. So is a singer, Kitty Langley, who definitely has caught Slade's eye.
Faces in the Fog (1944)
, 1h11Directed by John English
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jane Withers, Paul Kelly, Lee Patrick, John Litel, Dorothy Peterson, Gertrude Michael
Roles Judge
Rating56%
G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Rod Cameron, Constance Worth, George J. Lewis, Charles Montague Shaw, Donald Kirke, Maxine Doyle
Roles Prof. Nicholson [Ch. 3-4]
Rating66%
After Japanese spies from the infamous Black Dragon Society infiltrate United States borders, Federal Agent Rex Bennett is enlisted by the government to capture them. As Oyama Haruchi, leader of the dangerous paramilitary group, begins to destabilize the United States war effort through sabotage and corruption, Bennett must team up with British special agent Vivian Marsh and Chinese special agent Chang Sing to stop them and help win the war.
The Black Swan (1942)
, 1h27Directed by Henry King, Albert R. Broccoli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn
Roles Assemblyman (uncredited)
Rating66%
After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby (George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates.
Thunder Birds (1942)
, 1h18Directed by William A. Wellman, Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Reginald Denny, May Whitty
Roles Doctor
Rating60%
Soon after the US enters World War II, Steve Britt (Preston Foster), a former World War I flying ace, arrives at Thunderbird Field, looking for a job as a civilian primary flight instructor. The base commander is an old friend, Lt. Col. "Mac" MacDonald (Jack Holt), working with Squadron Leader Barrett (Reginald Denny, himself a WWI aerial observer), who is in charge of the Royal Air Force cadets at the base.
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
, 2h8Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel
Roles Mr. Worthington (uncredited)
Rating75%
Lou Gehrig (Cooper) is a young Columbia University student whose old-fashioned mother (Elsa Janssen) wants him to study hard and become an engineer. But the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter (Brennan) befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him play. Before long Gehrig signs with the team he has always revered, the New York Yankees. With the help of his father (Ludwig Stössel), he endeavors to keep his career change a secret from his mother.
The Dawn Express (1942)
, 54minutesDirected by Albert Herman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Actors Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell, Constance Worth, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Jack Mulhall
Roles Franklin Prescott (uncredited)
Rating45%
It is in the middle of World War II and Nazi Captain Gemmler is in need of a powerful chemical formula to improve the energy output of ordinary gasoline. In his quest for this formula he finds two candidates to help him with a solution: the chemist and playboy Tom Fielding and his co-worker Robert Norton, who is engaged to Tom's sister Nancy. They are already involved in such a project for another employer, and Captain Gemmler decides to kidnap them for his own use, using his secret agents.
Law of the Jungle (1942)
, 1h1Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Actors Arline Judge, John King, Mantan Moreland, Arthur O'Connell, Charles Montague Shaw, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.
Roles Sgt. Burke
Rating50%
Bombay Clipper (1942)
, 1hDirected by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors William Gargan, María Montez, Irene Hervey, Turhan Bey, Lloyd Corrigan, Mary Gordon
Roles Captain Caldwell
Rating60%
Charley's Aunt (1941)
, 1h20Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Jack Benny, Kay Francis, Anne Baxter, James Ellison, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen
Roles Elderly Professor
Rating68%
Babbs, Charley et Jack, étudiants à Oxford, forment un trio que rien n'arrête. Charley et Jack rêvant d'obtenir Un rendez-vous avec deux jeunes filles, il leur faut un chaperon. Les 3 compères ne trouvent rien de mieux que de déguiser Babbs en femme et de prétendre qu'il est la tante de Charley....