Louis John Bartels

Acting

Louis John Bartels

Born 1895-10-19 · Bunker Hill, Illinois, USA

Acting credits

The Florodora Girl poster
5.5

A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.

The Florodora Girl

1930

Sin Takes a Holiday poster
5.6

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from plain to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair.

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930

The Prodigal poster
4.0

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.

The Prodigal

1931

The Canary Murder Case poster
5.7

A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.

The Canary Murder Case

1929

Broadway Nights poster
8.0

Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered lost.)

Broadway Nights

1927

Nothing but the Truth poster
5.3

A young man bets $10,000 that he can go for 24 hours without lying.

Nothing but the Truth

1929

No artwork available
9.0

Third in the series of six Traveling Man two-reel comedy shorts. While traveling they are in need of some moonshine....

Selling Shorts

1931

The Big Shot poster
10.0

A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.

The Big Shot

1931

No artwork available
7.0

Beach Pajamas is a 1931 Comedy short

Beach Pajamas

1931

That's My Line poster
10.0

The first in RKO Pathe's series of "Traveling Salesman Comedies" has Louis John Bartels traveling to Mexico to sell his line of underwear. He garners the attention of a fair senorita which does not set well with the chief of a gang of bandits, and Bartels is soon seeking the USA/Mexico borderline.

That's My Line

1931