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Maurice Black is a Actor American born on 13 january 1891 at Queens (USA)

Maurice Black

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Nationality USA
Birth 13 january 1891 at Queens (USA)
Death 18 january 1938 (at 47 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Maurice Black (January 14, 1891 – January 18, 1938) was an American character actor known for his portrayal of mobsters. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1928 to 1938, when he died of pneumonia, aged 47. He was married to Edythe Raynore.

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Filmography of Maurice Black (52 films)

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The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
, 1h56
Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill
Rating71% 3.595163.595163.595163.595163.59516
Set in the mid through late 19th century, it depicts Zola's friendship with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement late in life in the Dreyfus affair.
Adventure's End
Adventure's End (1937)
, 1h
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Montagu Love, Moroni Olsen, Maurice Black, Glenn Strange
Roles Blackie
Rating59% 2.9567852.9567852.9567852.9567852.956785
En Polynésie, Duke Slade est un pêcheur de perles qui travaille à son compte. Un jour, alors qu'il est poursuivi par des autochtones, il trouve refuge sur le Mary Drew, un baleinier. Le capitaine Abner Drew accepte de le garder à bord à condition qu'il épouse sa fille Janet, que convoite Rand Husk, le second. Duke accepte mais va se retrouver face à une mutinerie de certains marins, qui veulent les perles.
The Firefly
The Firefly (1937)
, 2h11
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Billy Gilbert, Douglass Dumbrille, Henry Daniell
Roles Pigeon Vendor (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3877853.3877853.3877853.3877853.387785
Secret agent Nina Maria Azara (Jeanette MacDonald) is working undercover for the King of Spain (Tom Rutherford) as a singer known as the "Mosca del Fuego" or "Firefly." Despite her love for Captain Andre (Allan Jones), she tricks him so that his general will change the French defensive positions, thus allowing the Duke of Wellington to win the Battle of Vitoria. In the end Nina and Andre leave together for a new life in peace.
The Game That Kills
The Game That Kills (1937)
, 55minutes
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Ice hockey films, Sports d'hiver
Actors Julie Bishop, Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley, J. Farrell MacDonald, John Gallaudet, Paul Fix
Roles Jeff
Rating59% 2.9555452.9555452.9555452.9555452.955545
Tom Ferguson, vedette de l'équipe de hockey des «Indians» est tué au cours d'un match, lors d'un accident avec ses coéquipiers Dick Adams et Bill Drake. Convaincu que cet accident cache en fait autre chose, le frère du joueur, Alec Ferguson, se rend à New York pour découvrir la vérité sur l'affaire. Sous l'identité de Steve Moreau, il parvient à intégrer l'équipe. Alec découvre bientôt une sombre histoire de paris...
Silly Billies
Silly Billies (1936)
, 1h4
Directed by Fred Guiol, Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Harry Woods, Ethan Allen Laidlaw, Delmar Watson
Roles Bandit with Toothache
Rating60% 3.0492053.0492053.0492053.0492053.049205
In 1851, dentists Roy Banks (Wheeler) and Philip "Painless" Pennington (Woolsey) attempt to save a town from being led into an Indian ambush.
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
, 1h11
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor
Roles Gypsy (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8972153.8972153.8972153.8972153.897215
On a stormy night, Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Walton) and Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon) praise Mary Shelley (Elsa Lanchester) for her story of Frankenstein and his Monster. Reminding them that her intention was to impart a moral lesson, Mary says she has more of the story to tell. The scene shifts to the end of the 1931 Frankenstein.
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, June Lang, Anne Grey, Lionel Belmore, Vernon Steele
Roles Khan Mir Jutra
Rating66% 3.3461453.3461453.3461453.3461453.346145
After escaping from jail where they had "one more week to serve," Laurel and Hardy travel to Scotland as stowaways on a cattle boat, where Laurel (as "Stanley McLaurel") believes he is heir to his grandfather's fortune. As it turns out, Laurel has only been bequeathed a set of bagpipes and a snuff container).Use of the latter causes Hardy, trying to demonstrate to Laurel the proper way to use snuff, to fly off an old bridge. His clothes are soaked.
The Crusades
The Crusades (1935)
, 2h5
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, C. Henry Gordon, Katherine DeMille, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles Amir (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.246573.246573.246573.246573.24657
Mostly taking elements from the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart is enlisted in a crusade to bring Jerusalem back into Christian hands in order to get out of a betrothal with Princess Alice of France. En route, Richard meets Berengaria, Princess of Navarre and marries her in exchange for food for his men. During the Crusaders' attempts to get past the walls of Acre, Berengaria is captured by the Muslim Sultan Saladin and he brings her back to Jerusalem and attempts to woo her. Eventually, the Crusaders make their way to Jerusalem and after many battles Saladin declares a truce and Richard agrees. Berengaria and Richard fall in love and all the gates of Jerusalem are opened.
The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man (1935)
, 1h13
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields
Roles Florist
Rating60% 3.046883.046883.046883.046883.04688
Le journaliste Don "Mac" McLane, un misogyne convaincu, a l'habitude d'avertir ses collègues sur les dangers du mariage, quand il rencontre une journaliste rivale Martha "Maddy" Allen. Il l'invite à son appartement, mais il y trouve le Colonel Baggott, un intarissable bavard.
Down to Their Last Yacht
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
, 1h4
Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Mary Boland, Polly Moran, Ned Sparks, Sidney Fox, Sidney Blackmer, Dot Farley
Roles Joe Spilatti (uncredited)
Rating47% 2.3911452.3911452.3911452.3911452.391145
After the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Colt-Stratton family are forced to rent out their yacht to the nouveau riche at the behest of Nella Fitzgerald (Polly Moran), including gambler Barry Forbes (Sidney Blackmer) and his sidekick Freddy Finn (Sterling Holloway). When Freddy rigs the yacht's roulette wheel to respond to his saxophone, in order to raise money for Linda Colt-Stratton (Sidney Fox), who has caught the eye of the gambler, he is caught, but moments later Captain "Sunny Jim" Roberts (Ned Sparks) runs the yacht aground on the South Sea Island of Malakamokolu, run by Queen Malakamokalu (Mary Boland), a white woman, who takes the paasengers as forced labor. Tiring of them, she offers to release them if Barry stays to marry her. However, once she hears Freddy play his saxophone, she falls in love with him and plans to blow up the yacht with a bomb. Barry manages to rescue the passengers, but not the boat, and they accept their new home in the tropics.