
Acting
Adelqui Migliar
Born — Died
1891-08-05 — 1956-08-06
Place of birth
Concepción City, Concepción, Biobío, Chile
Known for
Acting
Credits
56 titles
From Wikipedia Adelqui Migliar (5 August 1891 – 6 August 1956), also known as Adelqui Millar, was a Chilean film actor, director, writer and producer. He appeared in 31 silent films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 24 films between 1922 and 1954. He was born in Concepción, Chile, and lived and worked in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Argentina. He died in Santiago, Chile.
Known for
10.0A usurer cancels a woman's debt in return for wresting a financial secret from a minister's wife.
John Heriot's Wife
1920
6.0On the verge of getting married to Marijke, young and insecure detective Jozef is assigned the case of a murdered factory girl. His relationship is threatened when he becomes madly infatuated with Carmen, the alluring prime suspect.
Carmen of the North
1919
6.0The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
Ambición
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Luci sommerse
1936
8.0A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.
London
1927
Beppie, Margie and Lola, the three talented daughters of American millionaire James Brown, set course to Amsterdam with their art teacher ms. Polly Dewar. There all three of them fall for the charms of attractive tenor Adelqui, the boyfriend of famous diva Anny.
American Girls
1918
Film credits
1920s · 16 titles
10.0A usurer cancels a woman's debt in return for wresting a financial secret from a minister's wife.
John Heriot's Wife
1920
8.0A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.
London
1927
6.0A young woman, with her naive lies, causes some troubles marrying into an aristocratic family. At the end, good-heartedness wins over snobbishness and class barriers.
As God Made Her
1920
No synopsis available yet.
De leugen van Pierrot
1922
6.8A Jewish slave girl falls in love with the Pharaoh's son during the Exodus.
Moon of Israel
1924
7.0When self-made businessman Pancras Duif decides to marry his much younger housekeeper, his entire family protests; eager to protect the family capital, sons Henk, Jan and Toon enlist a psychiatrist for help. The film is considered lost.
Links
1920
A séance proves a ghost compelled a spiritualist to kill his rich father.
The Other Person
1921
10.0In Paris an Apache dancer weds his ex-fiancée's sister for revenge but learns to love.
The Apache
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Het verborgen leven
1920
NRAfter the death of their father, a travelling showman, Iris Belmore and her little brother Billy are engaged to play in a circus owned by George Munro. Jim, a young man their father had adopted, comes home after he has been at the sea, where he has saved the lives of Lady Rosemount and her son during a shipwreck. Jim, a sharpshooter, also joins Munro’s circus and shows Iris and Billy much kindness. Iris and Jim do a sharpshooting act together. Munro’s jealousy is aroused when he sees that their friendship is growing into love. In revenge he tampers with Jim’s revolver, with the result that an accident happens in the ring and Iris is slightly wounded. Jim gives Munro a severe thrashing and leaves the circus, taking Iris and Billy with him, in search of other employment. While tramping the country, they meet Lady Rosemount and her husband. Sir Henry, hearing their story and wishing to show his gratitude, buys Munro’s circus and makes Jim the manager, on condition that he marries Iris. ×
Circus Jim
1922
No synopsis available yet.
Blood Money
1921
8.0No synopsis available yet.
In the Night
1920
7.0Dolores gets a marriage proposal from the promising young doctor Lucas, but on the day of their marriage, she leaves him in the lurch and takes off with the South American dancer and adventurer Hugo Amadis. But Hugo treats her badly. Dolores leaves Hugo and begins a career as a dancer to make ends meet for her and her son. One day, the son gets sick, and the doctor who helps the child through the crisis is Doctor Lucas. Lucas and Delores decide to start over.
Fate's Plaything
1920
10.0Bohemian drama. A woman falls in love with a struggling artist, who later becomes famous and decides to leave Venice for a lucrative career in Paris.
Laughter and Tears
1921
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Life
1929
6.0When Joy, the daughter of the actress Gloria Grey, is six years old, her mother realises that the theatrical life is contaminating the child. She confides in Mark Halliday, an actor who has helped her in the past and who proposes marriage. She tells him that she is still married and - in a series of flash-backs - relates her story.
Sunshine
1920
1910s · 11 titles
6.0On the verge of getting married to Marijke, young and insecure detective Jozef is assigned the case of a murdered factory girl. His relationship is threatened when he becomes madly infatuated with Carmen, the alluring prime suspect.
Carmen of the North
1919
Beppie, Margie and Lola, the three talented daughters of American millionaire James Brown, set course to Amsterdam with their art teacher ms. Polly Dewar. There all three of them fall for the charms of attractive tenor Adelqui, the boyfriend of famous diva Anny.
American Girls
1918
10.0The wealthy De Roquevilles, the family of alcoholic veteran Jean Laurent, and that of farmer Godard; all have to deal with the outbreak of the Great War. To complicate things even more, Godard's daughter Anny falls in love with young Mario Laurent, who turns out to have inherited some of his father's vices. First part of Maurits Binger's epic silent trilogy.
Oorlog en Vrede: 1914
1918
7.0Anny helps Mario escape from prison after his attempted murder of Gaston de Roqueville, who is now married to Ninette. Banker Sorga, an enemy spy, attempts to steal Mario's latest invention: a powerful explosive that could alter the course of the war. Second part of Maurits Binger's epic trilogy, now considered lost.
Oorlog en Vrede: 1916
1918
NRJess Newton falls in love with Bruce Ravenhurst, but her father does not approve of the marriage. Bruce leaves for Africa to take part in an expedition, overcome with grief. Jess and her father also leave for Africa. There, Bruce and Jess's father become friends. Meanwhile, Bruce's cousin Hubert, who expects Bruce not to return, marries under Bruce's name in order to claim his inheritance. During an attack, Bruce goes missing and is presumed dead, and Jess returns to England, where Bruce is accused of bigamy. Fortunately, Bruce, who managed to escape despite being wounded, also returns, so that everything can be cleared up. The film has largely been lost – only a single fragment has survived.
The Crown of Shame
1918
5.0Van Duylen, representative of a diamond syndicate, brings to Amsterdam the Koh-I-Noor II , the largest diamond ever found. In one of the city's oldest diamond-cutting establishments it is cleft and the nine small stones are polished. Escorted by detectives, Van Duylen takes the stones home and puts them in his burglar-proof safe. He tells his wife that its doors are electrically charged and that anyone opening them in the wrong way will immediately be electrocuted. Two suspicious persons, Jack the Acrobat and the lion-tamer Feenstra, prowl around Van Duylen's villa, inspecting the doors and windows.
Genius Against Violence
1916
7.0Ducrot and Ninette accuse Mario and Anny of owing their wealth to the murderous effects of Mario's bombs. Anny leaves for the front to care for the wounded. Third part of Maurits Binger's epic silent trilogy. Most of the film is considered lost – a single fragment remains.
War and Peace: 1918
1918
9.0The happy life of Sylvia and Pieter is disrupted when Sylvia loses her sight and her sister Lyda falls in love with her husband.
When the Light Goes Dark
1918
No synopsis available yet.
Het goudvischje
1919
Mario is a very successful violinist who marries Meina, a housewife. They are happy together until she starts a dancing career and becomes even more successful than her husband. Mario becomes jealous of his wife and estranges himself from her. They only become closer when his strict mother dies and their daughter is threatened.
Een danstragedie
1916
No synopsis available yet.
Madame Pinkette & Co
1917
Behind the camera
6.0The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
Ambición
1939
6.0The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
Ambición
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Luci sommerse
1936
A savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart. Spanish language version of the 1930 Nancy Carroll vehicle "The Devil's Holiday".
La fiesta del diablo
1931
9.0Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman. Spanish language version of the 1929 film "The Lady Lies".
Mrs. Lies
1930
10.0Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "flyer," incurs his enmity as Greta seems to favor him; thus Nick fails to catch Tony, and Tony is killed. Ned Lee, a novice, reports for the next engagement. Meanwhile, Greta discovers that Nick purposely dropped Tony, and, frightened, she seeks refuge with Ned, with whom she falls in love. Greta remains with the act to protect Ned, and when the jealous Nick plots to kill him in a similar manner, Ned swings past him and hangs by his feet. After the show, a fight results in Nick's dismissal and the reunion of the lovers. Spanish language version to 1929's Halfway to Heaven.
Shadows of the Circus
1931
8.0The story of the tragic love of Count Loris Ipanov, a Russian nihilist, for the Princes Fedora Romanov.
El precio de una vida
1947
9.5It takes place in 1827, in Carmen de Patagones, in the context of the confrontation between the militias of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the navy troops of the Empire of Brazil. It is the story of a fort lieutenant who falls in love with a young woman.
The Charge of the Brave
1940
7.0Ducrot and Ninette accuse Mario and Anny of owing their wealth to the murderous effects of Mario's bombs. Anny leaves for the front to care for the wounded. Third part of Maurits Binger's epic silent trilogy. Most of the film is considered lost – a single fragment remains.
War and Peace: 1918
1918
10.0A doctor moves to the Argentine mountains to start a new life. Living like a hermit, he will become a gold seeker until he falls in love, for the misfortune of him, with the wife of another miner.
Oro en la mano
1943
10.0In Paris an Apache dancer weds his ex-fiancée's sister for revenge but learns to love.
The Apache
1925
10.0In Paris an Apache dancer weds his ex-fiancée's sister for revenge but learns to love.
The Apache
1925
6.2Anselmo works as the patron of a ranch and he is dating Elvira. One day, a visiting businessman from the city hears her sing and offers her a contract to work in Buenos Aires. She accepts and Anselmo is heartbroken.
The Lights of Buenos Aires
1931
9.5Jean is ten years old and imagines that he is the cause of the misunderstanding that occurred between his parents. He leaves the military institute where he studies and becomes the protégé of an opera singer at whose house, one day, he surprises a thief who blesses him. His parents reconcile at the foot of his hospital bed.
Ceux De Demain
1938
8.3A wealthy young man gets involved in criminal activities and decides to go to rehabilitate himself in the countryside.
Volver a vivir
1941
NRA colt trainer who arrives in a town in Salta tries to win over a young woman.
El domador
1954
7.0Rita is a thief. With the complicity of her father, a seasoned criminal, she seduces a young heir, Jean Frémeaux, who, after quickly unmasking her, seeks to remove her from his environment. But, out of love, she reluctantly involves him in a casino scam to help him win.
Souris d'Hôtel
1929
7.0Rita is a thief. With the complicity of her father, a seasoned criminal, she seduces a young heir, Jean Frémeaux, who, after quickly unmasking her, seeks to remove her from his environment. But, out of love, she reluctantly involves him in a casino scam to help him win.
Souris d'Hôtel
1929
8.2A huge store in Buenos Aires is about to close due to restrictions on imports. The owner of the store returns from a vacation in France, and knowing the financial situation proceeds to throw a big gala party. He hires a man he had met abroad to pose as a fake earl, hoping to attract wealthy clients.
La quinta calumnia
1941
7.0When a woman decides to divorce her husband, he suspiciously changes his attitude from one day to the next.
Marido de ocasión
1952
7.0When a woman decides to divorce her husband, he suspiciously changes his attitude from one day to the next.
Marido de ocasión
1952
9.0A composer's neighbour rescues a seduced waif and discovers she is his daughter.
Pages of Life
1922
9.0A composer's neighbour rescues a seduced waif and discovers she is his daughter.
Pages of Life
1922
7.0After years of abusing his wife, a ne'er-do-well husband disappears with their son--and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him. Spanish language version of the 1930 film "Sarah and Son".
A Whole Life
1930
10.0Bohemian drama. A woman falls in love with a struggling artist, who later becomes famous and decides to leave Venice for a lucrative career in Paris.
Laughter and Tears
1921
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Life
1929
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Life
1929
7.0Leslie Bennett's extramarital affair with George Nelson spirals out of control when Hammond abandons Leslie for the alluring native woman Li Ti. Foreign language version of the 1929 Jeanne Eagels film “The Letter.”
The Letter
1931
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Rebel
1931
