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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Love That Brute (1950)

The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Paul Douglas  •  Jean Peters  •  Cesar Romero  •  Keenan Wynn

The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Paul Douglas  •  Jean Peters  •  Cesar Romero  •  Keenan Wynn

Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)

In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contract. The trouble is, the composer's works are never played without another band member doctoring them up to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Helen Parrish  •  Charles Lang  •  Eddie Quillan

In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contract. The trouble is, the composer's works are never played without another band member doctoring them up to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Helen Parrish  •  Charles Lang  •  Eddie Quillan

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Joan Blondell  •  Walter Connolly  •  Alan Curtis

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Joan Blondell  •  Walter Connolly  •  Alan Curtis

Cuban Fireball (1951)

Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Estelita Rodriguez  •  Warren Douglas  •  Mimi Aguglia  •  Leon Belasco

Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Estelita Rodriguez  •  Warren Douglas  •  Mimi Aguglia  •  Leon Belasco

I, Jane Doe (1948)

While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Ruth Hussey  •  John Carroll  •  Vera Ralston  •  Gene Lockhart

While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Ruth Hussey  •  John Carroll  •  Vera Ralston  •  Gene Lockhart

On Your Toes (1939)

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Vera Zorina  •  Eddie Albert  •  Alan Hale  •  Frank McHugh

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Vera Zorina  •  Eddie Albert  •  Alan Hale  •  Frank McHugh

For the Love of Mary (1948)

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Deanna Durbin  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Don Taylor  •  Jeffrey Lynn

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Deanna Durbin  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Don Taylor  •  Jeffrey Lynn

Man About Town (1939)

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Dorothy Lamour  •  Edward Arnold  •  Binnie Barnes

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Dorothy Lamour  •  Edward Arnold  •  Binnie Barnes

Easy to Look At (1945)

In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in the Big Apple. The girl, who is also a singer, soon begins establishing herself in the fashion industry, but when a rival accuses her of stealing a pattern, her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe
CAST:  Gloria Jean  •  Kirby Grant  •  J. Edward Bromberg  •  Eric Blore

In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in the Big Apple. The girl, who is also a singer, soon begins establishing herself in the fashion industry, but when a rival accuses her of stealing a pattern, her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe
CAST:  Gloria Jean  •  Kirby Grant  •  J. Edward Bromberg  •  Eric Blore

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Marjorie Main  •  Percy Kilbride  •  Richard Long  •  Meg Randall

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Marjorie Main  •  Percy Kilbride  •  Richard Long  •  Meg Randall

Niagara Falls (1941)

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Marjorie Woodworth  •  Tom Brown  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Slim Summerville

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Marjorie Woodworth  •  Tom Brown  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Slim Summerville

The Night Before the Divorce (1942)

Marital comedy with a dash of murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Lynn Bari  •  Joseph Allen  •  Mary Beth Hughes  •  Nils Asther

Marital comedy with a dash of murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Lynn Bari  •  Joseph Allen  •  Mary Beth Hughes  •  Nils Asther

The Lady in Question (1940)

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Brian Aherne  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Glenn Ford  •  Irene Rich

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Brian Aherne  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Glenn Ford  •  Irene Rich

Legion of Lost Flyers (1939)

A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-flights and hauling supplies in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. The operation does not go without misadventures, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Andy Devine  •  Anne Nagel  •  William Lundigan

A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-flights and hauling supplies in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. The operation does not go without misadventures, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Andy Devine  •  Anne Nagel  •  William Lundigan

Storm Over Lisbon (1944)

A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Vera Ralston  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Richard Arlen  •  Robert Livingston

A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Vera Ralston  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Richard Arlen  •  Robert Livingston

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)

Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Constance Moore  •  Eve Arden  •  Otto Kruger

Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Constance Moore  •  Eve Arden  •  Otto Kruger

Jalopy (1953)

Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist acquaintance, comes up with a chemical concoction that acts as a super-fuel; but a rival entrant in the race learns of this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Leo Gorcey  •  Huntz Hall  •  Bernard Gorcey  •  Robert Lowery

Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist acquaintance, comes up with a chemical concoction that acts as a super-fuel; but a rival entrant in the race learns of this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Leo Gorcey  •  Huntz Hall  •  Bernard Gorcey  •  Robert Lowery

Spring Parade (1940)

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Deanna Durbin  •  Robert Cummings  •  Mischa Auer  •  Henry Stephenson

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Deanna Durbin  •  Robert Cummings  •  Mischa Auer  •  Henry Stephenson

They Dare Not Love (1941)

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  George Brent  •  Martha Scott  •  Paul Lukas  •  Peter Cushing

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  George Brent  •  Martha Scott  •  Paul Lukas  •  Peter Cushing

The Night of January 16th (1941)

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interest in the outcome of the trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Ellen Drew  •  Nils Asther  •  Clarence Kolb

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interest in the outcome of the trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Ellen Drew  •  Nils Asther  •  Clarence Kolb
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