List of the best Curt Bois movies: Wings of Desire(1987), Hullabaloo(1940), Hold Back the Dawn(1941), That Night in Rio(1941), The Great Waltz(1938), Blonde Fever(1944), Saratoga Trunk(1945), Swing Fever(1944), A Kiss in the Dark(1949), The Desert Song(1943), Fortunes of Captain Blood(1950), Arch of Triumph(1948) ... ...
Fantasy
West Germany|France
1987
128 Minutes
Homer
Bruno Ganz Solveig Dommartin Otto Sander Curt Bois Lajos Kovács Elmar Wilms Sigurd Rachman
angel circus performer actor elderly person heartwarming tender inspiring emotional berlin germany church love aspirations miracles hope transformation sacrifice forbidden love 1980s
An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Frank Morgan Virginia Grey Virginia O'Brien Leni Lynn Curt Bois Billie Burke Dan Dailey Connie Gilchrist Sara Haden Charles Holland Cyrus W. Kendall
vaudevillian ex-wife daughter widow radio station manager sponsor campy quirky hilarious radio station family home amusement park romantic dilemma reunion radio performers deception failing career father/daughter relationship pursuit underdog
A movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career - all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!).
Romance
USA
1941
115 Minutes
Bonbois
Charles Boyer Olivia de Havilland Paulette Goddard Victor Francen Walter Abel Curt Bois Rosemary DeCamp Eric Feldary Nestor Paiva Eva Puig Micheline Cheirel
gigolo teacher girlfriend melodramatic mexico los angeles border hollywood, calif. immigration love deception escape discovery 1940s
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Felicio Salles
Alice Faye Don Ameche Carmen Miranda S.Z. Sakall J. Carrol Naish Curt Bois Leonid Kinskey Frank Puglia Maria Montez Georges Renavent
entertainer aristocrat wife baron girlfriend madcap amusing cheeky rio de janeiro car casino stock exchange impersonation love triangle business marriage temptation love 1940s
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
Musical
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Kienzl
Luise Rainer Fernand Gravey Miliza Korjus Hugh Herbert Lionel Atwill Curt Bois Leonid Kinskey Al Shean Minna Gombell George Houston Bert Roach
composer wife opera singer father count publisher airy creative melodramatic vienna café theater street palace ambition romance music infidelity devotion rise
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II - Schani to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Brillon
Mary Astor Philip Dorn Gloria Grahame Felix Bressart Marshall Thompson Curt Bois Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Walsh
restaurant owner wife gold digger boyfriend waitress airy lighthearted amusing nevada café highway reno, nev. nightclub marriage financial windfall flirtation jealousy manipulation temptation forbidden love
Peter owns a small but upscale café on the road between Reno and Lake Tahoe in Nevada. He is a heavy gambler and his marriage is rocky. Into is life come a waitress named Sally.
Drama, History
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Augustin Haussy
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Flora Robson Jerry Austin John Warburton Florence Bates Curt Bois John Abbott Ethel Griffies Marla Shelton Helen Freeman
gambler aristocrat businessman socialite pretty woman dwarf melodramatic mushy new orleans new york state hotel docks restaurant romance gambling class conflict secret blackmail revenge love
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Musical
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Nick Sirocco
Kay Kyser Marilyn Maxwell William Gargan Nat Pendleton Max Rosenbloom Curt Bois
Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1949
87 Minutes
Hugo Schloss
David Niven Jane Wyman Victor Moore Wayne Morris Broderick Crawford Joseph Buloff Maria Ouspenskaya Curt Bois Percival Vivien Raymond Greenleaf Frank Dae
pianist model manager insurance salesman owner neighbor playful charming amusing engaging tenement house roof apartment woods unlikely romance music anxiety isolation class distinctions outsider
An exhausted concert pianist learns he is the owner of an apartment building; after being advised to move there to rest, he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants.
Musical
USA
1943
90 Minutes
François
Dennis Morgan Irene Manning Bruce Cabot Lynne Overman Gene Lockhart Faye Emerson Victor Francen Curt Bois
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Adventure
1950
91 Minutes
King Charles II
Louis Hayward Patricia Medina George Macready Alfonso Bedoya Dona Drake Lowell Gilmore Wilton Graff Curt Bois
captain pirate beautiful woman slave trader marquis overseer thrilling intense island high seas ship household tavern prison banishment betrayal deception bloodlust slavery pirates
The Spanish send a cruel nobleman (George Macready) to sink an exiled Irish doctor (Louis Hayward) turned pirate.
Drama
USA
1948
133 Minutes
Tattooed waiter
Ingrid Bergman Charles Boyer Charles Laughton Louis Calhern Ruth Warrick Roman Bohnen Stephen Bekassy Ruth Nelson Curt Bois J. Edward Bromberg Michael Romanoff
Illegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
Musical
1940
94 Minutes
Ernst
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy George Sanders Ian Hunter Felix Bressart Edward Ashley Lynne Carver Diana Lewis Curt Bois Fay Holden Sig Ruman
singer music teacher baron benefactor lord melodramatic tender emotional vienna café opera performance romance arranged marriage love triangle forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 1890s
Songs by Noel Coward highlight this tale of the difficult times faced by a Victorian belle and her husband in Vienna.
Fantasy, Comedy, Musical
Japan
1960
100 Minutes
Liselotte Pulver Hubert von Meyerinck Elsa Wagner Ernst Waldow Hans Clarin Herbert Hübner Heinz Baumann Hanne Wieder Paul Esser Hans Richter Curt Bois
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
107 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Gene Kelly Eve Arden Lee Bowman Phil Silvers Leslie Brooks Otto Kruger Jess Barker Anita Colby Curt Bois Edward Brophy
dancer club owner theatrical producer publisher girlfriend boyfriend charming endearing inspiring witty brooklyn, n.y. new york city nightclub fame success dance beauty loyalty love rise
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Drama
USA
1949
110 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Walter Huston Ethel Barrymore Frank Morgan Agnes Moorehead Ludwig Stossel Ludwig Donath Erno Verebes Curt Bois
writer gambler grandmother thief general manager dark hedonistic melodramatic sultry train germany casino hotel pawn shop gambling influence writing addiction forgiveness
A young writer goes to Wiesbaden to write about gambling and gamblers, only to ultimately become a compulsive gambler himself. Losing all his wealth, as well as his moral fibre, he commits ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Rudy Vallee The Schnickelfritz Band Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins Gloria Dickson Melville Cooper Mabel Todd Fritz Feld Edward Brophy Curt Bois
club owner ballet instructor ballerina ex-wife gangster thug madcap lighthearted nightclub theater paris new york city mistaken identity ballet performance con game pursuit quest 1930s
Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.
Adventure
1945
100 Minutes
Paul Henreid Maureen O'Hara Walter Slezak Binnie Barnes John Emery Barton MacLane J.M. Kerrigan Fritz Leiber Nancy Gates Jack LaRue Mike Mazurki
pirate countess girlfriend soldier ship captain brash outlandish spirited pirate ship north carolina south carolina prison romance pirates love triangle prison break adventure escape revenge 16th century
Dutch pirates of Tortuga save the Mexican viceroy's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) from marriage to the governor (Walter Slezak).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Dick Powell Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Lola Lane Ted Healy Glenda Farrell Johnnie Davis Frances Langford Alan Mowbray Mabel Todd Allyn Joslyn
saxophonist starlet look-alike agent waiter director melodramatic amusing spirited stage movie theater movie studio hotel talent show business success rags to riches fame music rise
Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1937
98 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone Anita Louise Melville Cooper Isabel Jeans Maurice Murphy Morris Carnovsky Gregory Gaye Montagu Love Renie Riano
duchess prince banker wife daughter government official charming hilarious paris household assumed identity russian revolution domestic work aristocracy money exile sacrifice discovery transformation 1930s
After the Russian revolution, a married Russian couple of nobility must take up jobs in Paris in order to survive.