List of the best Leonid Kinskey movies: On Your Toes(1939), The Fighting Seabees(1944), Can't Help Singing(1944), Broadway Limited(1941), El circo(1942), That Night in Rio(1941), The Great Waltz(1938), Exile Express(1939), Weekend in Havana(1941), Duck Soup(1933), Alimony(1949), The Talk of the Town(1942) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
93 Minutes
Ivan Boultonoff
Vera Zorina Eddie Albert Alan Hale Leonid Kinskey Frank McHugh James Gleason Gloria Dickson Queenie Smith Erik Rhodes Berton Churchill
composer ballerina director partner patroness hit man amusing lighthearted new york city university hotel bar theater music ballet vaudeville jealousy assassination quest rise
A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.
War
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Johnny Novasky
John Wayne Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe William Frawley Leonid Kinskey J.M. Kerrigan Grant Withers Paul Fix Ben Welden William Forrest Addison Richards
construction worker soldier coworker marine enemy doctor heartwarming patriotic japan military base island construction war jealousy instincts invasion love triangle quest rescue rivalry
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
Musical
1944
89 Minutes
Koppa
Deanna Durbin Robert Paige Akim Tamiroff David Bruce Leonid Kinskey Ray Collins June Vincent Andrew Tombes Thomas Gomez Clara Blandick Olin Howland
senator daughter officer card sharp prince eastern european man airy winsome cheery washington, d.c. frontier trail missouri engagement father/daughter relationship deception frontier life california gold rush unlikely romance pursuit
A westbound U.S. senator's daughter (Deanna Durbin) falls in love with a pioneer (Robert Paige) by the time she reaches California.
Comedy
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Ivan
Victor McLaglen Marjorie Woodworth Dennis O'Keefe Patsy Kelly ZaSu Pitts Leonid Kinskey George E. Stone Gay Ellen Dakin
producer movie star secretary engineer childhood sweetheart stranger amusing madcap chicago train station train philadelphia new york city show business kidnapping publicity stunts train travel babies quest adventure
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
Comedy
Mexico
1942
90 Minutes
Cantinflas Gloria Lynch Estanislao Schillinsky Eduardo Arozamena Rafael Burglete Gustavo Novaro Leonid Kinskey
A shoemaker joins a circus and falls in love with the circus owner's daughter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Monsieur Pierre Dufond
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
Dudelman
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 »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
70 Minutes
David
Anna Sten Alan Marshal Jerome Cowan Jed Prouty Walter Catlett Stanley Fields Leonid Kinskey Irving Pichel Harry Davenport Addison Richards Feodor Chaliapin
Spies will not stop at murder in their attempts to wrest a secret formula for a deadly poison away from American scientists.
Musical, Comedy
1941
80 Minutes
Rafael
Alice Faye Carmen Miranda John Payne Cesar Romero Cobina Wright Jr. George Barbier Leonid Kinskey Sheldon Leonard Billy Gilbert
salesgirl vice president manager singer company president daughter lighthearted amusing mellow cruise ship havana hotel casino inn vacation business jealousy romance gambling adventure
A salesgirl (Alice Faye) runs aground on a cruise and receives a tour of Havana with an escort (John Payne) as compensation.
Comedy
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Sylvanian Agitator (as Leonid Kinsky)
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Margaret Dumont Raquel Torres Louis Calhern Leonid Kinskey Charles Middleton Edgar Kennedy
marx brothers widow wealthy woman leader ambassador amusing hilarious wild freedonia war espionage infatuation transformation quest 1930s
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Drama
USA
1949
71 Minutes
Joe Wood
Martha Vickers John Beal Hillary Brooke Laurie Lind Douglas Dumbrille James Guilfoyle Marie Blake Leonid Kinskey Ralph Graves William Ruhl Harry Lauter
A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.
Comedy
USA
1942
118 Minutes
Jan Pulaski
Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman Edgar Buchanan Glenda Farrell Charles Dingle Emma Dunn Rex Ingram Leonid Kinskey Tom Tyler Don Beddoe
fugitive teacher professor foreman lawyer witty charming summerhouse courtroom false accusations love triangle law love quest escape pursuit 1940s
An escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Young Man
Loretta Young Joel McCrea David Niven Stuart Erwin Marjorie Weaver Pauline Moore Binnie Barnes Jane Darwell Leonid Kinskey Spencer Charters Franklin Pangborn
woman sister wealthy man rancher impostor bartender lighthearted amusing playful kansas santa barbara, calif. club hotel ranch fortune hunters sister relationship impersonation inheritance marriage romance
Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her... See full summary »
Musical
1942
84 Minutes
Zinski
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Edward Everett Horton Binnie Barnes Reginald Owen Mona Maris Janis Carter Inez Cooper Douglas Dumbrille Leonid Kinskey
secretary count angel matchmaker playboy wife charming creative lighthearted bank costume party bedroom house marriage unrequited love supernatural romance dreams regret fantasy vs. reality discovery
A Budapest banker (Nelson Eddy) dreams of marrying an angel (Jeanette MacDonald), after meeting her earthly double.
Drama
1956
99 Minutes
Margaret O'Brien Walter Brennan Charlotte Greenwood John Lupton Byron Palmer Lisa Davis Gus Schilling Theron Jackson Hugh Sanders Walter Baldwin Harry Tyler
horse breeder granddaughter trainer owner girlfriend singer melodramatic engaging kentucky farm stable racetrack household horse racing grandparent/child relationship financial crisis class distinctions wager quest rivalry
A lovesick girl (Margaret O'Brien) and her grandfather (Walter Brennan) groom their filly for the Kentucky Derby.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Drama
USA
1955
119 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Eleanor Parker Kim Novak Arnold Stang Darren McGavin Robert Strauss George Mathews John Conte Doro Merande George E. Stone Emile Meyer
con artist drug dealer drummer ex-girlfriend wife dark gritty prison poker tournament stage staircase drug addiction music second chance prison wretched excess temptation 1950s
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Robert Young Florence Rice June Clayworth Barnett Parker Warren Hymer Helen Flint Hugh Marlowe Tom Kennedy Edgar Dearing Mary Gordon Harlan Briggs
After a leading razor company pays inventor Tom Wakefield a quarter of a million dollars not to publicize a hair-removing shaving cream that makes razors obsolete, he makes plans to take ... See full summary »