Acting

Alex Melesh

Born — Died

1890-10-21 — 1949-03-05

Place of birth

Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 9 titles

1930s · 14 titles

Manhattan Melodrama poster
7.0

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

Golden Boy poster
6.6

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his father. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.

Golden Boy

1939

This Is the Night poster
5.4

When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their tracks. He is then forced to hire a woman to play “his wife” when Stephen insists he and Claire accompany them to Venice.

This Is the Night

1932

Girl Without a Room poster
6.5

A Tennessee art school student wins a scholarship to paint in Paris. He is thrilled until he arrives and discovers that his style is hopelessly passe and is considered trashy. The enterprising artist immediately changes style and begins painting highly-abstract moderns.

Girl Without a Room

1933

I'll Give a Million poster
6.1

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.

I'll Give a Million

1938

On Your Toes poster
4.5

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

On Your Toes

1939

The Yellow Ticket poster
5.1

A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.

The Yellow Ticket

1931

Fatal Lady poster
10.0

On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...

Fatal Lady

1936

Two for Tonight poster
7.7

A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.

Two for Tonight

1935

Exile Express poster
7.0

When her scientist-employer is murdered, a female legal immigrant suddenly finds herself being deported via a train full of criminal aliens, g-men, reporters - and foreign agents trying to smuggle her off and into the hands of the murderous gang.

Exile Express

1939

Paris Honeymoon poster
5.5

A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rustic mountain village and meets a beautiful peasant girl. He falls in love with her, then must decide if he wants her or the rich countess.

Paris Honeymoon

1939

Top of the Town poster
6.0

In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"

Top of the Town

1937

The Big Broadcast poster
7.1

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

The Big Broadcast

1932

Sudden Money poster
7.0

Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.

Sudden Money

1939