List of the best Luis Alberni movies: Voice in the Wind(1944), Road to Hollywood(1947), The Man From Monterey(1933), Easy Living(1937), Topaze(1933), The Big Stampede(1932), Dancing Pirate(1936), Men in Her Life(1931), The Mad Genius(1931), Ticket to Paradise(1936), The Great Garrick(1937), Metropolitan(1935) ... ...
Drama
USA
1944
74 Minutes
Francis Lederer Luis Alberni J. Edward Bromberg David Cota Olga Fabian Alexander Granach Sigrid Gurie J. Carrol Naish Hans Schumm
A concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Nazis during the war for playing a banned song. He journeys to the island of Guadelupe to try to ... See full summary »
Adventure, Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca
John Wayne Ruth Hall Luis Alberni Donald Reed Nena Quartero Francis Ford Lafe McKee Lillian Leighton Charles Whitaker
army officer rancher con artist heiress baron mariachi thrilling melodramatic patriotic monterey, calif. frontier small town countryside ranch california land dispute scam courtship real estate politics
A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.
Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Mr. Louis Louis
Jean Arthur Edward Arnold Ray Milland Luis Alberni Mary Nash Franklin Pangborn Barlowe Borland William Demarest Andrew Tombes Esther Dale Harlan Briggs
office worker wealthy man son wife hotel owner stockbroker cheeky playful frenetic new york city bus office hotel automat chance meeting class distinctions misunderstanding great depression rags to riches romance
A wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off the roof of a building; it lands on the head of a stenographer, leading to everyone assuming she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
Comedy
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Dr. Bomb
John Barrymore Myrna Loy Albert Conti Luis Alberni Jobyna Howland Jackie Searle Frank Reicher
professor baron baroness mistress scientist student dark amusing paris classroom laboratory apartment business blackmail deception corruption science government transformation fall
An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
54 Minutes
Sonora Joe
John Wayne Noah Beery Mae Madison Luis Alberni Berton Churchill Paul Hurst Sherwood Bailey Lafe McKee Frank Ellis Hank Bell
deputy sheriff bandit governor cattle rustler settler daughter spirited rousing engaging new mexico fort wagon train house country road frontier cattle rustling murder law and order unlikely allies romance
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
83 Minutes
Pamfilo
Charles Collins Frank Morgan Steffi Duna Luis Alberni Victor Varconi Jack LaRue
pirate dance instructor mayor daughter captain buccaneer charming engaging spirited island ship town boston california coast kidnapping piracy mistaken identity seafaring servitude
The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
60 Minutes
Anton
Lois Moran Charles Bickford Victor Varconi Don Dillaway Luis Alberni Adrienne D'Ambricourt Barbara Weeks Wilson Benge Oscar Apfel Hooper Atchley
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Sergei Bankieff
John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Cook Charles Butterworth Luis Alberni Carmel Myers Andre Luguet Frankie Darro Boris Karloff Mae Madison
A crippled man finds a boy and vows to make him a great dancer.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Dr. Munson
Roger Pryor Wendy Barrie Claude Gillingwater Andrew Tombes Luis Alberni E.E. Clive John Sheehan Russell Hicks Theodore von Eltz Harry Woods Herbert Rawlinson
Janes Forbes (Barrie) decides to help amnesiac Jack Doe (Pryor) to find the details of his true identity. She doesn't tell anyone she is leaving, which causes her worried father to hire a ... See full summary »
Comedy
1937
91 Minutes
Basset
Brian Aherne Olivia de Havilland Edward Everett Horton Melville Cooper Luis Alberni Lionel Atwill Marie Wilson Lana Turner Linda Perry Craig Reynolds Dorothy Tree
actor countess love interest fan servant amusing outlandish witty paris inn england stage impersonation performance romance misunderstanding theater david garrick rivalry transformation
French actors stage a hoax to deflate the ego of the famed 18th-century British actor (Brian Aherne).
Musical
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Ugo Pizzi
Lawrence Tibbett Virginia Bruce Alice Brady Cesar Romero Thurston Hall Luis Alberni George F. Marion Ruth Donnelly Franklyn Ardell Adrian Rosley Christian Rub
opera singer conductor opera director love interest diva friend engaging spirited positive new york city opera house house philadelphia theater opera creative process rehearsal big break egoism new romance
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA
1922
60 Minutes
Captain of the Barkentine
Harry Houdini Arthur Maude Albert Tavernier Edwin Connelly Frank Montgomery Luis Alberni Yale Benner Jane Connelly Nita Naldi
doctor love interest fiancée explorer man boyfriend suspenseful emotional new york city arctic ship mental institution glacier wedding cryogenics missing persons schemes kidnapping time marriage
A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Pierre
Ann Harding Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Alice Brady Frank Morgan Martin Burton Luis Alberni
reporter novelist publisher wife best friend husband playful witty city apartment golf course cottage bedroom affair impersonation deception writing friendship hoax rivalry
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Gecko
John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Crisp Bramwell Fletcher Lumsden Hare Carmel Myers Luis Alberni Paul Porcasi
music teacher student singer love interest dark eerie europe concert stage hypnosis singing performance deception suicide transformation fall 1890s
Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Gaston
Fernand Gravey Joan Blondell Edward Everett Horton Alan Mowbray Mary Nash Jane Wyman Luis Alberni Kenny Baker
showgirl king doctor count duchess lighthearted charming outlandish paris ocean liner folies bergère apartment love class distinctions royalty deception debauchery love transformation wretched excess
Ex-King Alfred VII is a young, handsome, and charming erstwhile monarch who once ruled a nation of two million people. Now all he has left are his Count Humbert and Duchess Anna, along with... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
82 Minutes
Martinetti
Phil Regan Leo Carrillo Ann Dvorak Tamara Geva James Gleason Henry Armetta Luis Alberni Smiley Burnette Selmer Jackson Eddie Kane Moroni Olsen
mobster singer opera singer musician secretary mother lighthearted winsome new york city office nightclub theater music industry show business opera mother/son relationship love triangle organized crime quest 1930s
Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.
Drama
1931
80 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Johnny Mack Brown Helen Chandler David Manners Elliott Nugent Walter Byron Luis Alberni
American pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Johnny Mack Brown) surround a single woman (Helen Chandler) in Paris after World War I.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
Alexander Petrovitch Moskovich Voyda
Irene Dunne Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Helen Westley Victor Varconi Claire Dodd Luis Alberni Ferdinand Munier Torben Meyer Adrian Rosley
football player designer band leader ex-girlfriend aunt countess lighthearted charming paris shop nightclub fashion love triangle daunting task love transformation discovery 1930s
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
Musical
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Luigi
Grace Moore Leo Carrillo Robert Allen Michael Bartlett Spring Byington Thurston Hall Douglas Dumbrille Luis Alberni Gavin Gordon Harry Barris Arthur Kaye
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Drama
USA
1923
64 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Dorothy Gish Jetta Goudal William Powell Mary Astor Edward G. Robinson Margaret Seddon Anders Randolf Luis Alberni George Humbert George Andre Beranger
cuban wealthy man love interest friend brother dancer fascinating frenetic havana ship revolution cuba friendship relationships poverty duty love quest 1850s
Charles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in Cuba of the 1850s. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Bladimir Petrosky
George Sidney Charles Murray June Clyde Norman Foster Esther Howard Emma Dunn Eileen Percy Edwin Maxwell Luis Alberni John Roche
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
Musical, Comedy
1941
118 Minutes
Nick
Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Fay Bainter Virginia Weidler Ray McDonald Richard Quine Donald Meek Luis Alberni James Gleason Emma Dunn Frederick Burton
singer girlfriend performers producer charming lighthearted united states new york city stage deception ambition music broken home broadway temptation underdog 1930s
Talented young hopefuls strive for their big break on Broadway in this follow-up to "Babes in Arms.".
Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Sandro
Alan Ladd Wanda Hendrix Francis Lederer Celia Lovsky Angela Clarke Richard Avonde Joseph Calleia Roland Winters Frank Puglia Luis Alberni Jane Nigh
captain secret agent young man traitor love interest young woman intense gutsy patriotic milan small town battlefield family home world war ii secret mission betrayal reunion war crime military quest
A group of agents in the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the C.I.A.) are sent to Italy during World War II to spy on the Germans. Most of them are killed because of an ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1935
74 Minutes
Sr. Vitola
Mae West Paul Cavanagh Ivan Lebedeff Gilbert Emery Marjorie Gateson Tito Coral Fred Kohler Monroe Owsley Grant Withers Luis Alberni
cattle rancher aristocrat husband saloon girl femme fatale british man cheeky melodramatic amusing buenos aires, argentina ranch southampton marriage social climbing money class distinctions love triangle status pursuit quest
A sassy female cattle rancher, Cleo Borden (Mae West), wants nothing more than to sashay her way into the moneyed class.
Adventure
USA
1934
113 Minutes
Robert Donat Elissa Landi Louis Calhern Sidney Blackmer Raymond Walburn O.P. Heggie Irene Hervey Georgia Caine Walter Walker Lawrence Grant Luis Alberni
prisoner count villain fiancée spirited gutsy rousing gripping paris italy island revenge fortune imprisonment rags to riches adventure revenge rivalry transformation 1810s
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Eugene Pallette William Demarest Eric Blore Melville Cooper Martha O'Driscoll Janet Beecher Robert Greig Dora Clement
con artist father heir cardsharp amusing charming winsome witty ship train new york city household love deception romance crime father/daughter relationship love rivalry revenge
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
Horror
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi David Manners Jacqueline Wells Lucille Lund Egon Brecher Henry Armetta Albert Conti Anna Duncan Herman Bing Andre Cheron
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Dick Powell Gale Page Helen Broderick Allen Jenkins ZaSu Pitts Ronald Reagan Max Rosenbloom Jerry Colonna Vera Lewis Elizabeth Dunne
Professor Hardwick teaches at Winfield College and detests the new swing music that is the craze. He has written a rhapsody which he takes to New York to be published. Staying with his Aunt... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Evelyn Laye John Boles Leon Errol Lilyan Tashman Hugh Cameron Marian Lord Lionel Belmore George Bickel Vince Barnett Henry Victor Henry Kolker
opera singer waif count guardian baron merchant amusing outlandish tender budapest, hungary countryside castle deception assumed identity romantic dilemma class conflict bad behavior opera forbidden love discovery
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
Musical, Romance
1932
77 Minutes
Gilbert Roland Lew Cody Marion Shilling Joyce Compton Yola d'Avril Nicholas Soussanin George J. Lewis Bryant Washburn Helen Jerome Eddy Paul Porcasi James Eagles
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Una Merkel Eric Blore Iris Adrian Lionel Royce Buck Woods Leigh Whipper Ernest Whitman Noble Johnson
con artist circus performer best friend tycoon love interest charming lighthearted africa jungle resort swindling road trip circus love triangle friendship mining adventure quest love 1940s
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Comedy
1934
92 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Helen Vinson John Gilbert Alison Skipworth Wynne Gibson Walter Connolly Fred Keating Tala Birell Leon Errol Walter Catlett Donald Meek
Musical
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Dolores del Río Gene Raymond Raul Roulien Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire Blanche Frederici Walter Walker Etta Moten Roy D'Arcy Maurice Black Armand Kaliz
band leader singer dancer fiancée choreographer charming confident spirited rio de janeiro haiti dance numbers big band marriage romance love interest adventure love 1930s
A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
Romance
USA
1936
140 Minutes
Fredric March Olivia de Havilland Gale Sondergaard Edmund Gwenn Claude Rains Anita Louise Louis Hayward Steffi Duna Billy Mauch Donald Woods Akim Tamiroff
hero pretty woman father mother grandfather melodramatic emotional passionate italy europe france africa cuba abandonment illegitimate child expedition romance adventure discovery quest
In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Warren William Eric Blore Jean Muir Warren Hull Thurston Hall Fred Kelsey Victor Jory Georgia Caine Marla Shelton Robert Emmett Keane William Forrest
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
Comedy
USA
1944
75 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marion Hutton Kirby Grant Ann Gillis Arthur Treacher Thomas Gomez George Dolenz Steven Geray Margaret Irving Murray Leonard
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things ... See full summary »