Irene Purcell

Acting

Irene Purcell

Born 1896-08-07 · Whiting, Indiana, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irene Mary Purcell (August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972) was an American film and stage actress, who appeared mostly in comedies, and later married Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., the wealthy grandson of the founder of S. C. Johnson & Son.

Acting credits

Westward Passage poster
6.3

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

Westward Passage

1932

Plumber in love poster
9.0

This is the French-language version of Buster Keaton's The Passionate Plumber (1932). This film is presumed to be lost.

Plumber in love

1932

Just a Gigolo poster
5.3

A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.

Just a Gigolo

1931

The Passionate Plumber poster
6.0

Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J. McCracken and through the high society contacts he has made through Patricia, Elmer hopes to find financing for his latest invention, a pistol with a range-finding light. Comic complications ensue when Elmer's effort to interest a military leader is misconstrued as an assassination attempt.

The Passionate Plumber

1932

The Man in Possession poster
6.7

A deeply in debt heiress tries to land a rich man while a collector from the Sheriff's office is guarding the assets in her house.

The Man in Possession

1931

Bachelor's Affairs poster
3.3

A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.

Bachelor's Affairs

1932

The Crooked Circle poster
5.2

A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.

The Crooked Circle

1932