Victor Varconi — Actor (9)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1926) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
other title: Die letzten Tage von Pompeji / Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.
A Feather in Her Hat (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Feather in Her Hat
director: Alfred Santell actor: Pauline Lord / Basil Rathbone
other title: La sublime mentira / Une plume à son chapeau
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Where There's Life (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Where There's Life
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Bob Hope / Signe Hasso
other title: 冒牌皇帝 / Tronado y destronado
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
Avalanche (1923) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Die Lawine
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Lilly Marischka / Mary Kid
other title: Die Lawine / La avalancha
At the urging of his dying aunt, a young man of limited means forgoes marriage into comfortable society. He becomes husband to an unwed mother and father to a child. Their meager existence is threatened, however, when the woman he left at the altar reenters his life.
Captain Thunder (1930) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Captain Thunder
director: Alan Crosland actor: Fay Wray / Victor Varconi
A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. The star is Hungarian-born Victor Varconi, portraying a legendary south of the border outlaw who tries to force Canadian senorita Fay Wray to marry a rival rustler whom she despises. She pleads with the bandito so pathetically that he is moved to grant her a single wish. Without hesitation she chooses her poor but true love. The bandit king, being a somewhat honorable fellow grants the wish and without a twitch, guns down the wicked cattle thief. Fortunately the film was played for comedy, a wise decision since it probably would have garnered laughs as a straight drama anyway.
The Angel of Broadway (1927) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Angel of Broadway
Babe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her customers, conceives of burlesquing a Salvation Army girl and attends mission meetings on the East Side for atmosphere. There she meets Jerry Wilson, an honest truckdriver and friend of the Army captain. Although the act is a success, Babe is disillusioned to find Lonnie, a fellow worker who has been romancing her, stealing her money and making overtures to Big Bertha, the hard-boiled club hostess.
My Favorite Blonde (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
My Favorite Blonde
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Bob Hope / Madeleine Carroll
other title: Geliebte Spionin / La Blonde de mes rêves
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
Safe in Hell (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Safe in Hell
other title: La Fille de l'enfer / A salvo en el Infierno
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.