5 Movies Starring Roland Young

The Guardsman

The Guardsman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1931-11-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

82 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (334 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Franklin

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Ferenc Molnèr (from the play by)

Ernest Vajda (screen play)

Claudine West (continuity)

Fullplot:

A Vienna based acting couple make magic when they perform together on stage. Unknown to the theater going public and despite being married for only six months, that magic seems no longer to translate to their personal life, where they are constantly arguing, even under their breaths during on-stage curtain calls. These arguments stem from the actress' moody behavior, which the actor believes means that she no longer loves him and that she is looking for another man to replace him in her personal life. He believes she even scans the audience for potential suitors, probably being most attracted to the soldier type. Their feuding is at a point where they take pot shots at each other about everything in their lives, even the quality of the other's acting. The actor may have a valid point as the actress has been receiving bouquets of roses of late and a Russian guardsman has been seen hanging around outside their home. The actor knows these things as he is that Russian guardsman (who is also a Russian prince) in disguise, he who is also sending the flowers as the guardsman. He wants to see if this guardsman can indeed woo his wife away from him, and thus show her for who she really is. He concocts a further scheme to pretend to be out of town for a 24 hour period on another acting engagement, during which time he will try and seduce her as the guardsman. But the actress may throw some wrenches into his plan.

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1937-07-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (674 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

H. Rider Haggard (novel)

Michael Hogan

Roland Pertwee (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him. After surviving the desert they are found by natives and brought to their chief, Twala. Umbopa reveals himself to be the true heir to the tribal throne, having been exiled years earlier by Twala and the tribal witch, Gagool. Quartermain's only hope to gain access to the mines and the possible rescue of O'Brien is to try to help Umbopa regain his rightful place as chief.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1937-02-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

82 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (838 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

H.G. Wells (short story)

H.G. Wells (scenario and dialogue)

Fullplot:

George McWhirter Fotheringay, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. After being thrown out of a bar for what is thought to be a trick, he tests his powers and eventually sends a policeman to Hades by accident. Worried, he sends the police officer to San Francisco, and seeks advice from the local clergyman, Mr Maydig. Maydig, after having Fotheringay's powers demonstrated to him, quickly planning for reform of the world by means of miracle, but eventually Fotheringay orders a miracle which, due to clumsy wording, backfires. He relinquishes his power and returns to the time before he had it.

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1942-03-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1020 Reviews)

Director:

George Cukor

Cast:

Writer:

S.N. Behrman (original screenplay)

Salka Viertel (original screenplay)

George Oppenheimer (original screenplay)

Ludwig Fulda (suggested by a play by)

Fullplot:

While at a ski lodge, Larry Blake sees instructor Karin Borg and decides to sign up for private lessons. The next thing he knows, she is Mrs. Blake. When he announces that he is going back to work on his magazine in New York the next day, Karin refuses to go with him. She later comes to New York, buys expensive clothes, and goes to meet him when she sees he is with old flame Griselda. Caught by Blake's business partner, O.O. Miller, before she can leave, she explains that she is really Karin's twin sister Katherine. Hard to believe, but that is what she tries to make everyone, including Larry, believe. Larry, however, has serious doubts, but plays the game to the hilt as the worldly Katherine tries to take him away from both Griselda and Karin.

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1945-10-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (8298 Reviews)

Director:

Renè Clair

Cast:

Writer:

Agatha Christie (novel)

Dudley Nichols (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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