Robert Z. Leonard — Director (12)
Peg o' My Heart (1933) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Peg o' My Heart
other title: Peggy de mi corazón
Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.
Let Us Be Gay (1930) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Let Us Be Gay
other title: Seamos alegre / Seamos alegres
A housewife divorces her self-centered husband. Years later, she attends a party where her ex is pursuing another woman. Unbeknownst to him, she is the same ex-wife he'd neglected, now transformed into a fashionable socialite.
Stand by for Action (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Stand by for Action
other title: Le Cargo des innocents / Stand By for Action
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Third Finger, Left Hand
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Myrna Loy / Melvyn Douglas
other title: Dritter Finger, linke Hand / 偷香聖手
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
It's a Wise Child (1931) [Movie] Douban IMDb
It's a Wise Child
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: 玛丽恩·戴维斯 / 西德尼·布莱克默
other title: 乖妮子
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.
The Bachelor Father (1931) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
The Bachelor Father
other title: 难为人父 / Papá solterón
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.
A Mormon Maid (1917) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Mormon Maid
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Mae Murray / Frank Borzage
other title: 摩门教的少女
This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join the wagon train. Dora is pursued by two men, one a recent convert, the other a scheming elder with a stable of wives. The Mormon elder wants her in his harem. When the mother kills herself from revulsion toward polygamy, the daughter must consider her own future and the man she loves. One of Mae Murray's few surviving films, this was intended by Robert Leonard to be a thoughtful drama about the goods and evils of Mormonism, but today it is generally considered pure anti-Mormon propaganda.