Leon Belasco

Leon Belasco (born Leonid Simeonovich Berladsky; 11 October 1902 - 1 June 1988) was a Russian-American musician and actor.

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Holiday Inn (1942)

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Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Fred Astaire  •  Marjorie Reynolds  •  Virginia Dale

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Fred Astaire  •  Marjorie Reynolds  •  Virginia Dale

Casablanca (1942)

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Paul Henreid  •  Claude Rains

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Paul Henreid  •  Claude Rains

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Don DeFore  •  Ann Harding  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Victor Moore

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Don DeFore  •  Ann Harding  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Victor Moore

My Favorite Wife (1940)

Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Garson Kanin
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Randolph Scott  •  Irene Dunne  •  Gail Patrick

Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Garson Kanin
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Randolph Scott  •  Irene Dunne  •  Gail Patrick

Road to Morocco (1942)

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Bob Hope  •  Dorothy Lamour  •  Anthony Quinn

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Bob Hope  •  Dorothy Lamour  •  Anthony Quinn

The Gang's All Here (1943)

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Alice Faye  •  Carmen Miranda  •  Phil Baker  •  Benny Goodman

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Alice Faye  •  Carmen Miranda  •  Phil Baker  •  Benny Goodman

The Mummy's Hand (1940)

A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Dick Foran  •  Tom Tyler  •  George Zucco  •  Peggy Moran

A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Dick Foran  •  Tom Tyler  •  George Zucco  •  Peggy Moran

The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Dick Foran  •  John Hubbard  •  Elyse Knox

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Dick Foran  •  John Hubbard  •  Elyse Knox

The Saint in New York (1938)

A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Holmes
CAST:  Louis Hayward  •  Kay Sutton  •  Sig Ruman  •  Jonathan Hale

A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Holmes
CAST:  Louis Hayward  •  Kay Sutton  •  Sig Ruman  •  Jonathan Hale

Yolanda and the Thief (1945)

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Lucille Bremer  •  Frank Morgan  •  Mary Nash

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Lucille Bremer  •  Frank Morgan  •  Mary Nash

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Victor Francen

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Victor Francen

Bagdad (1949)

An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  Paul Hubschmid  •  Vincent Price  •  John Sutton

An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  Paul Hubschmid  •  Vincent Price  •  John Sutton

Love Happy (1949)

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Ilona Massey

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Ilona Massey

The Flying Irishman (1939)

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Douglas Corrigan  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Paul Kelly  •  Robert Armstrong

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Douglas Corrigan  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Paul Kelly  •  Robert Armstrong

Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)

A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  Gale Storm  •  Phil Regan  •  Moe Howard  •  Larry Fine

A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  Gale Storm  •  Phil Regan  •  Moe Howard  •  Larry Fine

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Robert Douglas  •  Aline MacMahon

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Robert Douglas  •  Aline MacMahon

Suspense (1946)

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Belita  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Bonita Granville  •  Albert Dekker

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Belita  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Bonita Granville  •  Albert Dekker

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Joseph Schildkraut  •  Gloria Franklin

Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Joseph Schildkraut  •  Gloria Franklin

Design for Scandal (1941)

A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Edward Arnold  •  Lee Bowman

A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Edward Arnold  •  Lee Bowman

I'll Wait for You (1941)

A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Robert Sterling  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Virginia Weidler  •  Paul Kelly

A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Robert Sterling  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Virginia Weidler  •  Paul Kelly
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