Acting

Gerald Barry

Acting credits

The Lad poster
6.2

An ex-con searching for a hidden jewel is assumed by a group of people to be investigating them.

The Lad

1935

Girl of the Port poster
6.6

Josie, a New York showgirl with a mind of her own and a heart of gold, finds herself stranded on the island of Fiji. While seeking a way home she is befriended by a local man who gets her a job working as a barmaid at The Bamboo Bar. There she meets an alcoholic World War I veteran who is haunted by his wartime experiences and has an irrational fear of fire. Under her concerned care, he begins to recover and they fall in love. But then her jealous self-appointed boyfriend forces the veteran to participate in a traditional Fijian fire-walking ritual. To overcome his terror he must walk across 20 feet of burning coals and fight his rival to reach Josie's loving arms.

Girl of the Port

1930

Everything Is Rhythm poster
7.0

Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader.

Everything Is Rhythm

1936

Son of India poster
5.7

An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

Son of India

1931

What Price Hollywood? poster
6.8

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

What Price Hollywood?

1932

No artwork available
7.0

An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer.

Everything in Life

1936

His Glorious Night poster
7.0

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.

His Glorious Night

1929

The Night of the Party poster
5.7

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...

The Night of the Party

1934

The Unholy Night poster
5.7

When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.

The Unholy Night

1929

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke poster
5.7

The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

1936

No artwork available
9.0

Based on the 1920 operetta "The Last Waltz" by Oscar Straus.

The Last Waltz

1936

Cheer Up poster
5.4

An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.

Cheer Up

1936

The Improper Duchess poster
9.0

The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.

The Improper Duchess

1936

Once in a New Moon poster
6.9

When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all, but conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers.

Once in a New Moon

1935

No artwork available
7.0

Two street cleaners, fired by the commissioner for playing with fire-crackers on the job, are taken to his home to recuperate from a car accident by his wife.

Jitters the Butler

1932

Radio Lover poster
7.0

A penniless young charmer hits upon an ingenious route to fame and fortune.

Radio Lover

1936

The Last Waltz poster
9.0

Count Dimitri is sentenced to death for hitting Prince Paul who was trying to steal a kiss from Countess Vera. Prince Paul pardons him because of a young girl who knew how to conquer his heart at the right time.

The Last Waltz

1936

No artwork available
9.0

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.

The Right Age to Marry

1935

Behind the camera