Gay Seabrook

Acting

Gay Seabrook

Born — Died

1901-04-04 — 1970-04-18

Place of birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Desirable poster
7.2

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Desirable

1934

Uncertain Lady poster
9.0

Elliot's affair prompts his wife Doris to love millionaire Bruce. After a messy gathering, a flat tire stops Doris from chasing Bruce's departing ship, which traps Elliot and Myra on board instead, leaving Bruce free to propose to Doris ashore.

Uncertain Lady

1934

Imitation of Life poster
7.0

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Imitation of Life

1934

Strictly Personal poster
7.5

Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.

Strictly Personal

1933

Sniffles and the Bookworm poster
6.3

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.

Sniffles and the Bookworm

1939

Only Yesterday poster
7.1

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.

Only Yesterday

1933

Film credits

1930s · 24 titles

Desirable poster
7.2

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Desirable

1934

Uncertain Lady poster
9.0

Elliot's affair prompts his wife Doris to love millionaire Bruce. After a messy gathering, a flat tire stops Doris from chasing Bruce's departing ship, which traps Elliot and Myra on board instead, leaving Bruce free to propose to Doris ashore.

Uncertain Lady

1934

Imitation of Life poster
7.0

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Imitation of Life

1934

Strictly Personal poster
7.5

Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.

Strictly Personal

1933

Sniffles and the Bookworm poster
6.3

Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.

Sniffles and the Bookworm

1939

Only Yesterday poster
7.1

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.

Only Yesterday

1933

She Learned About Sailors poster
4.0

Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he is of the opinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, that he will not see her again, but two practical jokers intercept it and write another with an opposite content. Jean comes to the states, but her sailor doesn't acknowledge her, but the two don't give up trying to bring Jean and sailor back together.

She Learned About Sailors

1934

Racketeers of the Range poster
6.7

A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest ranch, is trying to stop them. When the owner agrees to sell, Barney get a delay by forcing the small company to declare bankruptcy and having himself made receiver. Now the large company has to deal with Larry and when he refuses they resort to rustling.

Racketeers of the Range

1939

Half a Sinner poster
8.0

A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

Half a Sinner

1934

Corsair poster
4.4

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

Corsair

1931

Diamond Jim poster
6.5

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

Diamond Jim

1935

Ten Laps to Go poster
5.5

Larry Evans, champion race car driver, is envied by his chief rival, Eddie DeSylva, who has more ambitions than merely winning the races; he has designs on the motor patent held by Corbett (Tom Moore), Larry's employer. Eddie also has a yen for Corbett's daughter, Norma, who prefers Larry. Eddie intentionally causes a race wreck that injures Larry and sends him to the hospital.

Ten Laps to Go

1936

Romance in the Rain poster
9.0

The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.

Romance in the Rain

1934

Ex-Lady poster
6.3

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

Ex-Lady

1933

Embarrassing Moments poster
9.0

Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in the death of his best friend.

Embarrassing Moments

1934

Big Hearted Herbert poster
5.5

After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.

Big Hearted Herbert

1934

The Long Shot poster
6.0

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.

The Long Shot

1939

Under the Cock-eyed Moon poster
NR

Horace and Chester search for peace and quiet in the Arizona desert, with Lizzy, their personalized jalopy. Arriving in a small town they befriend two girls, a crack-pot prospector, and attract the ire of a dangerous outlaw.

Under the Cock-eyed Moon

1930

Wild Poses poster
7.4

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

Wild Poses

1933

The Higgins Family poster
7.0

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

The Higgins Family

1938

Hasty Marriage poster
7.7

Charley has to marry quickly or he'll lose out on a job.

Hasty Marriage

1931

Keyhole Katie poster
NR

A snooping reporter at a college newspaper angers a rival sorority, so they steal a statue before its unveiling to get revenge, leading to a sorority vs. sorority brawl. Co-eds end up tearing each other's clothes off.

Keyhole Katie

1933

Bedtime Worries poster
6.8

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

Bedtime Worries

1933

What a Bozo! poster
5.7

A bandleader ignores a pretty dancer who fancies him in order to chase after a beautiful, snooty high-society dame.

What a Bozo!

1931