Carlos De Valdez

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Midnight (1939)

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An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Don Ameche  •  John Barrymore  •  Francis Lederer

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Don Ameche  •  John Barrymore  •  Francis Lederer

Juarez (1939)

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Bette Davis  •  Brian Aherne  •  Claude Rains

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Bette Davis  •  Brian Aherne  •  Claude Rains

Paris Interlude (1934)

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Madge Evans  •  Otto Kruger  •  Robert Young  •  Una Merkel

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Madge Evans  •  Otto Kruger  •  Robert Young  •  Una Merkel

The Night Is Young (1935)

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dudley Murphy
CAST:  Ramon Novarro  •  Evelyn Laye  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Una Merkel

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dudley Murphy
CAST:  Ramon Novarro  •  Evelyn Laye  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Una Merkel

Espionage (1937)

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Edmund Lowe  •  Madge Evans  •  Paul Lukas  •  Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Edmund Lowe  •  Madge Evans  •  Paul Lukas  •  Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Bridal Suite (1939)

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Annabella  •  Walter Connolly  •  Billie Burke

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Annabella  •  Walter Connolly  •  Billie Burke

The Girl from Mexico (1939)

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Donald Woods  •  Leon Errol  •  Donald MacBride

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Donald Woods  •  Leon Errol  •  Donald MacBride

Blockade (1938)

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Madeleine Carroll  •  Henry Fonda  •  Leo Carrillo  •  John Halliday

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Madeleine Carroll  •  Henry Fonda  •  Leo Carrillo  •  John Halliday

Romance in the Dark (1938)

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Gladys Swarthout  •  John Boles  •  John Barrymore  •  Claire Dodd

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Gladys Swarthout  •  John Boles  •  John Barrymore  •  Claire Dodd

Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Ann Loring  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Margo

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Ann Loring  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Margo

Dangerously Yours (1937)

A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Cesar Romero  •  Phyllis Brooks  •  Jane Darwell  •  Alan Dinehart

A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Cesar Romero  •  Phyllis Brooks  •  Jane Darwell  •  Alan Dinehart

Three Men from Texas (1940)

Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Morris Ankrum

Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Morris Ankrum

The Littlest Diplomat (1937)

Young Sybil visits her grandfather, a British Colonel stationed at a garrison in India, and she helps negotiate a diplomatic truce between him and the local natives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bobby Connolly
CAST:  Sybil Jason  •  Lumsden Hare  •  Sidney Bracey  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.

Young Sybil visits her grandfather, a British Colonel stationed at a garrison in India, and she helps negotiate a diplomatic truce between him and the local natives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bobby Connolly
CAST:  Sybil Jason  •  Lumsden Hare  •  Sidney Bracey  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.

The Llano Kid (1939)

Lora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades him to come in on a scheme with her and her husband. They have been searching for the long-lost son of a rich Mexican widow and they get the Kid to claim it is him. All ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward D. Venturini  •  Russell Harlan
CAST:  Tito Guízar  •  Gale Sondergaard  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Jan Clayton

Lora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades him to come in on a scheme with her and her husband. They have been searching for the long-lost son of a rich Mexican widow and they get the Kid to claim it is him. All ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward D. Venturini  •  Russell Harlan
CAST:  Tito Guízar  •  Gale Sondergaard  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Jan Clayton

The Florentine Dagger (1935)

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Donald Woods  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  C. Aubrey Smith  •  Henry O'Neill

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Donald Woods  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  C. Aubrey Smith  •  Henry O'Neill

Lancer Spy (1937)

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Dolores del Río  •  George Sanders  •  Peter Lorre  •  Virginia Field

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Dolores del Río  •  George Sanders  •  Peter Lorre  •  Virginia Field

The Bold Caballero (1936)

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wells Root
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Heather Angel  •  Sig Ruman  •  Ian Wolfe

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wells Root
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Heather Angel  •  Sig Ruman  •  Ian Wolfe

Suez (1938)

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Loretta Young  •  Annabella  •  J. Edward Bromberg

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Loretta Young  •  Annabella  •  J. Edward Bromberg

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Rudy Vallee  •  Rosemary Lane  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Allen Jenkins

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Rudy Vallee  •  Rosemary Lane  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Allen Jenkins

British Intelligence (1939)

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Bruce Lester  •  Leonard Mudie

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Bruce Lester  •  Leonard Mudie
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