Una Merkel — Actor (21)
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Speed (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Speed
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: James Stewart / Wendy Barrie …
other title: La prueba suprema
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.
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Don't Bet on Women (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Don't Bet on Women
director: William K. Howard actor: Edmund Lowe / Jeanette MacDonald …
At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Herbert Drake. Herbert who is happily married, bets Fallon that the next woman who walks into the room, whoever she is, won't let Fallon kiss her for 48 hours. Fallon takes the bet. Suddenly, a very beautiful and sexy woman walks in. It's Herbert's wife, Jeanne Drake...
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Golden Girl (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Golden Girl
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Mitzi Gaynor / Dale Robertson …
other title: Un'avventura meravigliosa / La chica de oro …
Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.
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Kill the Umpire (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Kill the Umpire
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: William Bendix / Una Merkel …
Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.
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Murder in the Private Car (1934) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Murder in the Private Car
director: Harry Beaumont actor: Charles Ruggles / Una Merkel …
other title: El vagón de la muerte / Le Mystère du rapide
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.
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Riffraff (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Riffraff
director: J. Walter Ruben actor: Jean Harlow / Spencer Tracy …
other title: Flor de arrabal
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.
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I Love Melvin (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I Love Melvin
director: Don Weis actor: Donald O'Connor / Debbie Reynolds …
other title: Fotograf aus Liebe / La novia modelo …
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk, and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
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A Millionaire for Christy (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Millionaire for Christy
director: George Marshall actor: Fred MacMurray / Eleanor Parker …
other title: Gli amori di Cristina / Un millonario para Christy
Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle has died and left him $2 million. Christy, who's in financial straits, decides to try to snag Peter. Zany hijinks ensue and romantic sparks fly.
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True Confession (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
True Confession
director: Wesley Ruggles actor: Carole Lombard / Fred MacMurray …
other title: La moglie bugiarda / La folle confession …
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Ronald Colman / Loretta Young …
other title: Bulldog Drummond schlägt zurück / Un aventurero audaz …
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
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Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Broadway Melody of 1936
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Jack Benny / Eleanor Powell …
other title: Follie di Broadway 1936 / Broadway-Melodie 1936 …
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits to show him what he's missing!