Acting

Alyce Ardell

Born — Died

1902-11-14 — 1996-03-03

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Alyce Ardell was born on November 14, 1902 in Paris, France as Marie Alice Pradel. She was an actress, known for Alice Blues (1926), Mummy Love (1926) and A Peaceful Riot (1925). She died on March 3, 1996 in Laguna Hills, California, USA.

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Film credits

1930s · 26 titles

Three Little Wolves poster
6.6

Two little pigs cry wolf on their brother and then an actual wolf comes.

Three Little Wolves

1936

Toby Tortoise Returns poster
6.2

Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.

Toby Tortoise Returns

1936

Camping Out poster
6.5

The gang is sitting around their campsite when a mosquito spoils their fun. And then he gets hundreds of his friends and they really cause trouble. Horace squirts some with molasses, which helps a bit. Everyone retreats to the tent, where they still get stung but can fight back a bit, eventually trapping all the mosquitoes in a pair of bloomers and sending them on their way.

Camping Out

1934

The Merry Widow poster
6.8

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

The Merry Widow

1934

We Have Our Moments poster
7.1

A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.

We Have Our Moments

1937

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

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

Stingaree poster
6.1

A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.

Stingaree

1934

Wife, Doctor and Nurse poster
7.0

Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937

Go West Young Man poster
5.5

Sensational movie star Mavis Arden's following spans the world and her personal appearance tours prove her popularity. On her way home from one such appearance, Mavis' car breaks down. She orders her publicity agent to find her a place to stay, suspicious that he planned the breakdown to keep her away from a man. However, she soon finds herself mooning over an attractive local repairman and listening to his ideas about inventing equipment for film.

Go West Young Man

1936

I'll Tell the World poster
7.0

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.

I'll Tell the World

1934

Magnificent Obsession poster
7.4

A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.

Magnificent Obsession

1935

The Plot Thickens poster
6.2

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

The Plot Thickens

1936

The Lottery Lover poster
4.3

A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.

The Lottery Lover

1935

Wives Never Know poster
9.0

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".

Wives Never Know

1936

Every Night at Eight poster
7.0

Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station.

Every Night at Eight

1935

Find the Witness poster
7.0

A newspaper reporter covering a famous magician's eroding marriage must later prove that the subject was responsible for his wife's murder.

Find the Witness

1937

One Exciting Adventure poster
8.0

One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.

One Exciting Adventure

1934

Here's to Romance poster
7.0

Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.

Here's to Romance

1935

Paris in Spring poster
7.0

Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de Lille (Tullio Carminati). Paul heads to the top of The Eiffel Tower with thoughts of suicide. In another part of Paris and also afraid of marriage, Mignon (Ida Lupino) breaks it off from her young lover (James Blakely). Despairing, Mignon also climbs to the top of the The Eiffel Tower intending to leap to her death. There she meets Paul and the two compare stories. After discussion, Paul dissuades her from leaping and the two conspire to make their respective partners jealous by pretending to have an affair with each other.

Paris in Spring

1935

Father Brown, Detective poster
6.5

After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply in love with her. Later Flambeau sends notes to both Leopold Fischer, who unknown to him is Evelyn's uncle, and Father Brown, in which he vows he will steal from them the ten diamonds that comprise the "Flying Star." Flambeau intends to give these diamonds to Evelyn. Father Brown, whose gold cross contains some of the Flying Star diamonds, is determined to meet Flambeau before he is arrested, to reform and redeem his soul.

Father Brown, Detective

1934

Broken Toys poster
6.7

A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.

Broken Toys

1935

Million Dollar Ransom poster
5.0

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

Million Dollar Ransom

1934

A Notorious Gentleman poster
6.5

A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.

A Notorious Gentleman

1935

Songs and Bullets poster
7.0

Melody arrives looking for the killer of his uncle and at the same time Dumont arrives looking for the murderer of her father. They both suspect Skelton and Dumont finds incriminating evidence in his office. But when Melody finds the murder weapon in Skelton's office he is arrested by Shelton's stooge Sheriff.

Songs and Bullets

1938

The bluffer poster
8.0

Parallel French-speaking version of Warners' "High Pressure" (1932), a comedy satire on fast-talking promoters, crazy inventors, and stock market hype. The story line comes from Kandel's stage play "Hot Money," which had played on Broadway a month or two in 1931, before Warners bought screen rights and changed the title.

The bluffer

1932

1920s · 9 titles

No artwork available
NR

Comedy-horror hijinks ensue after the female member of a team of explorers is kidnapped by an Egyptian king for his harem.

Mummy Love

1926

Vamping Babies poster
7.0

"Lewis Sargent of 'Huckleberry Finn" fame, now grown up, and Alice Ardell are the principal players in this Standard Comdy which deals with the attempts of a love-sick young couple to wed despite an irate father who shows his temper by demolishing straw hats. They finally elope, resulting in a chase scene. Slapstick comedy of average amusement value". - Synopsis via The Moving Picture World. Originally two reels, one survives.

Vamping Babies

1926

Alice Blues poster
7.0

King Ferdinand of Sodonje (King Ferdinand Saronoff) is threatened with an attack. When a tourist who resembles him shows up at the palace, the king suggests that they switch clothes with each other. The fake king signs a document, and thereby signs his own death sentence. He manages to avoid the firing squad just in time, and asks for his own clothes back, but the real king refuses.

Alice Blues

1926

No artwork available
10.0

The baddies want Alyce Ardell's mine, which they know -- but she doesn't -- has just struck a rich vein. They will stick at naught, but she is protected by Bobby Dunn in this good thrill comedy directed by Marcel Perez.

Hold Tight

1925

She's a Prince poster
NR

Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb, who finds herself initiated into a secret flapper society full of bizarre rituals. This zany film again features cross-dressing, including men wearing girdles and donning lipstick.

She's a Prince

1926

What! No Spinach? poster
10.0

Horace Prune’s uncle died without any notice leaving his fortune to him, providing that he is married within forty-eight hours. Horace is a woman hater, to make matters more complicated.

What! No Spinach?

1926

No artwork available
NR

Slapstick comedians doing what they can with various uniforms on.

Salute

1925

A Fraternity Mixup poster
8.0

A group of girls in al all-girl college dormitory spend a wild night among thieves, cross-dressing boys and wild animals like a man-eating gorilla. Blue Ribbon comedy produced by Joe Rock, directed by Percy Pembroke, starring Alice Ardell and Gale Henry.

A Fraternity Mixup

1926

No artwork available
NR

Sailor Slim Summerville saves a lady from nasty men.

A Peaceful Riot

1925

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