John Holland

Acting

John Holland

Born 1899-06-10 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Acting credits

Hell Harbor poster
6.1

Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.

Hell Harbor

1930

The College Coquette poster
10.0

Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.

The College Coquette

1929

Eagle Squadron poster
7.0

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

Eagle Squadron

1942

The Eyes of the World poster
9.0

The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Brewster Morse and Clarke Silvernail. The film stars Eulalie Jensen, Florence Roberts, Una Merkel, and Nance O'Neil.

The Eyes of the World

1930

Grief Street poster
4.4

A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.

Grief Street

1931

The Silver Lining poster
7.0

A women in prison tale. One's rich, one's poor. Can they prosper after prison?

The Silver Lining

1932

Larceny on the Air poster
7.0

A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.

Larceny on the Air

1937

Ladies Must Play poster
8.0

Tony, a popular but bankrupt New York socialite, sends his stenographer to Newport to find and marry a millionaire but she owes her boss a 10% commission.

Ladies Must Play

1930

Guilty? poster
9.0

A Senator, accused of bribery on circumstantial evidence and sent to prison, decides to commit suicide so that his daughter will feel free to marry the son of a judge. A story told through the eyes of ten people, all familiar with the victim and all with varying versions.

Guilty?

1930

Roar of the Press poster
6.3

While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.

Roar of the Press

1941

She Goes to War poster
6.4

A young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancéé into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like.

She Goes to War

1929

Ladies' Man poster
4.6

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."

Ladies' Man

1931

The Secret Studio poster
8.0

Ambitious Rosemary Merton ( Olive Borden ), agrees to pose in the studio of Larry Kane ( Ben Bard ), a depraved artist, but she refuses to do so in the nude. However, Kane makes it appear in the portrait that she posed in that manner, and she is disgraced when local newspapers print the picture. She is eventually exonerated by the intervention of Sloan Whitney ( Clifford Holland ), her wealthy young sweetheart; and Rosemary makes the sacrifice of ambition for love.

The Secret Studio

1927

Gentleman from Dixie poster
8.0

A man is released from prison after serving time for a murder he didn't commit. He goes to live with his brother and his family on their Louisiana ranch, where they're raising horses to compete in an important race.

Gentleman from Dixie

1941

Defenders of the Law poster
7.0

A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and the police plant an undercover cop to gather evidence against the hoodlums - except the police keep telling the wrong person what they are up to.

Defenders of the Law

1931

Black Magic poster
10.0

On a South Seas island, "three white derelicts drink away memories of the past. After many adventures during which a girl enters the picture, the three are rehabilitated and everything turns out happily."

Black Magic

1929

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

The Lady from Nowhere poster
10.0

A young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.

The Lady from Nowhere

1931

Morals for Women poster
4.1

A kept secretary in the big city must rethink her choices when her hometown flame comes back into her life.

Morals for Women

1931