Lester Vail

Acting

Lester Vail

Born 1899-06-29 · Denver, Colorado, USA

Acting credits

Murder by the Clock poster
6.4

A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum.

Murder by the Clock

1931

Dance, Fools, Dance poster
6.5

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, her naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931

Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster
7.2

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

Big Town poster
8.0

A newspaper owner discovers that his girlfriend's father is the head of the biggest racket in New York City.

Big Town

1932

It's a Wise Child poster
6.2

In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.

It's a Wise Child

1931

Consolation Marriage poster
6.4

A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.

Consolation Marriage

1931

Beau Ideal poster
4.5

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

Beau Ideal

1931

The Woman Between poster
5.1

Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.

The Woman Between

1931

I Take This Woman poster
5.3

A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits her, and after trying to make a go of it as a cowboy's wife, they agree to divorce and she returns back east to her family. However, she soon changes her mind and determines to get her husband back.

I Take This Woman

1931

No artwork available
7.0

Early sound short starring Lionel Atwill.

The Knife

1929