Leila Hyams

Acting

Leila Hyams

Born — Died

1905-05-01 — 1977-12-04

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American model, vaudeville and film actress, who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in the 1920s during the era of silent films and ended in 1936. Although her career only lasted around twelve years, the blonde blue-eyed ingenue appeared in more than 50 film roles and remained a press favorite, with numerous magazine covers.

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 30 titles

Freaks poster
7.8

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Freaks

1932

Island of Lost Souls poster
6.9

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

Island of Lost Souls

1932

Red-Headed Woman poster
6.6

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.

Red-Headed Woman

1932

The Big House poster
6.6

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

The Big House

1930

The Girl Said No poster
5.8

A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.

The Girl Said No

1930

Ruggles of Red Gap poster
7.1

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles – a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl – is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

The Constant Woman poster
5.0

When a wife and mother abandons her family for the footlights of Broadway, then dies in a tragic accident, revealing long-held secrets, the husband turns to alcohol to cope. But an actress from his traveling theatre troupe sees his pain and stands by him and the boy through benders, financial difficulties, and misunderstandings until the three begin to present as a functional family.

The Constant Woman

1933

The Sins of the Children poster
4.7

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.

The Sins of the Children

1930

People Will Talk poster
4.3

Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter, Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the daughter just how distasteful domestic bickering appears; She enters into an agreement with Henry that they will fake a fuss to serve as an object lesson. Clarice's will to play the game and her sense of humor play out at about the same time when Henry's remarks become more pointed as the charade goes on. Their fake fight is soon a real barn-burner.

People Will Talk

1935

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford poster
6.0

Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years.

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

1931

The Phantom of Paris poster
6.0

Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.

The Phantom of Paris

1931

Affairs of a Gentleman poster
4.0

When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.

Affairs of a Gentleman

1934

Gentleman's Fate poster
6.1

A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

Gentleman's Fate

1931

$1,000 a Minute poster
5.8

Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.

$1,000 a Minute

1935

Way for a Sailor poster
5.3

A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

Way for a Sailor

1930

The Flirting Widow poster
5.7

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.

The Flirting Widow

1930

Part Time Wife poster
8.0

The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams). For lack of anything else to do, Betty takes up golf, soon achieving professional status. Meanwhile, Jim's doctor advises him to start playing golf as an outlet for his frustrations. Sure enough, Jim and Betty are reteamed on the links, and all is well -- for everyone except Betty's erstwhile beau Tommy Milligan (Tom Clifford)

Part Time Wife

1930

The Poor Rich poster
8.0

Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family manor, each unaware that the other is going to be there, and since both have become penniless, they are forced to move into the dilapidated house. When Albert receives a letter from old acquaintances Lord and Lady Fetherstone advising the Spottiswoods of their impending visit to the manor, the cousins are at wit's end as to how to exercise non-existent skills required to make the old house acceptable for guest reception.

The Poor Rich

1934

Men Call It Love poster
6.0

Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.

Men Call It Love

1931

Surrender poster
5.5

Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the novel "Axelle" by Pierre Benoit.

Surrender

1931

Horse Play poster
8.0

Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their new found wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail.

Horse Play

1933

Saturday's Millions poster
7.0

Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy is desperately trying to meet his girlfriend Thelma, who has just come for a visit. When the coach tells Chandler and Fowler that Jim is nervous and erratic, Chandler invites Jim to spend the night before the big game at his home.

Saturday's Millions

1933

Way Out West poster
6.2

Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ranch, but runs afoul of foreman Steve, who also loves Molly.

Way Out West

1930

Stepping Out poster
6.7

After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.

Stepping Out

1931

The Christmas Party poster
5.4

In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.

The Christmas Party

1931

No artwork available
10.0

An aristocrat tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover a diamond necklace, which is being used as incriminating evidence against her.

Sweethearts and Wives

1930

The Big Broadcast poster
7.1

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

The Big Broadcast

1932

No artwork available
6.5

A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.

Sing, Sinner, Sing

1933

Yellow Dust poster
4.5

After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.

Yellow Dust

1936

No artwork available
8.0

In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.

No Ransom

1934

1920s · 22 titles

Honor Bound poster
9.0

When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is provisionally released.

Honor Bound

1928

A Girl in Every Port poster
6.0

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come between them?

A Girl in Every Port

1928

Sandra poster
7.0

BY DAY a beautiful wife-accepting a husband's humble love, his humble home, his humble pleasures. BY NIGHT a glittering butterfly yearning for the wine of life and tossing all to the winds when the glamour of romance calls.

Sandra

1924

The Thirteenth Chair poster
5.5

Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his murderer by staging a séance using a famous medium. Several of the thirteen participants had a motive, and one uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected, she turns detective in hopes of uncovering the true perpetrator.

The Thirteenth Chair

1929

The Bishop Murder Case poster
5.4

The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.

The Bishop Murder Case

1929

Spite Marriage poster
6.6

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.

Spite Marriage

1929

Alias Jimmy Valentine poster
8.0

An Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client until he can get it back.

Alias Jimmy Valentine

1928

Land of the Silver Fox poster
7.0

Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in the far north.

Land of the Silver Fox

1928

Summer Bachelors poster
4.0

Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned about marriage and is firmly set against ever getting married. Nothing against men, just marriage. She is drawn into the company of some rich businessmen whose wives have gone away for the summer. Parties follow in New York nightclubs, road-houses, country clubs and fashionable estates. Situations and contradictions follow.

Summer Bachelors

1926

Wonder of Women poster
4.0

The artistic temperament of a German concert pianist renders him chronically unfaithful to his devoted wife. This film is believed lost.

Wonder of Women

1929

Masquerade poster
10.0

The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the master criminal Anisty.

Masquerade

1929

One-Round Hogan poster
10.0

"One-Round' Hogan is a heavyweight prizefighter with a knockout punch contending for a championship bout who, because of the death of a friend, almost wrecks his own career by holding back.

One-Round Hogan

1927

The Wizard poster
8.0

A mad doctor sews human head onto gorilla's body.

The Wizard

1927

Hurricane poster
6.5

Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they hold several shanghaied sailors captive. Black observes the ship commanded by Hurricane Martin approaching and conspires to get his men aboard the vessel and seize the cargo.

Hurricane

1929

White Pants Willie poster
9.0

Philip Charters, the President of International Motors, and his daughter, Helen, drive up to the shop of Willie Bascom, an auto mechanic. Charters is interested in an invention by Willie, and Willie quickly becomes interested in Helen. They depart for Cold Springs, a fashionable summer resort for the rich. Willie images that Cold Springs is such a place where a young man wearing white pants would not be jeered at. He gets a chance to find out when he has to repair a car and take it to the owner in Cold Springs. He summons Wong Lee, a Chinese laundryman to pose as his chauffeur, dons his spiffiest pair of white pants,arrives at the resort and is mistaken for a crack polo player, hired to help the resort's team beat a rival team. Willie is anything but a polo player.

White Pants Willie

1927

The Idle Rich poster
6.6

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.

The Idle Rich

1929

Dancing Mothers poster
7.5

An unfaithful husband and his daughter go on nightly club outings, leaving the mother at home. The mother rebels against her lonesome life and attempts to prevent a man from pursuing her daughter.

Dancing Mothers

1926

The Far Call poster
8.0

A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he falls for the governor's daughter who learns that the poacher is the estranged son of a prominent citizen.

The Far Call

1929

The Brute poster
9.0

Martin Sondes is an easy-going cowhand going up against a shady, saloon owner called "Square Deal" Fenton, whose chief means of making money is befuddling cowpuncher's brains with liquor and then cheating and robbing them of their money.

The Brute

1927

The Crimson City poster
9.0

Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.

The Crimson City

1928

The Bush Leaguer poster
10.0

"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more interested in working on his latest invention, a new and improved gas pump, than pitching on the team. A scout for the Los Angeles Angels professional baseball team offers Specs a contract. He accepts, but only so he can use the money he gets to work on his invention. However, Specs has a secret he dare not tell anyone--he's scared to death of large crowds. Alice Hobbs, the young, pretty owner of the Angels, tries to help him with that problem, but a misunderstanding causes another problem. this time between Specs and Alice.

The Bush Leaguer

1927

The Branded Sombrero poster
7.0

A cowboy promises his dying foster-father, "Honest" John Maggert, that he will return the cattle that Maggert rustled from the local ranchers.

The Branded Sombrero

1928