List of the best Mischa Auer movies: Sucker Money(1933), Sputnik(1958), Destry Rides Again(1939), The Rage of Paris(1938), Spring Parade(1940), For You I Die(1947), Tough Guy(1936), Paramount on Parade(1930), Condemned to Live(1935), Murder at Dawn(1932), The Monster Walks(1932), Sinister Hands(1932) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Swami Yomurda
Mischa Auer Melville Shyer Phyllis Barrington Earl McCarthy
A phony spiritualist hypnotizes the daughter of a wealthy banker in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his money. A reporter investigating the swami discovers the plot, determines to expose it.
Comedy
France
1958
85 Minutes
Papov
Noël-Noël Mischa Auer Denise Grey Darry Cowl Noël Roquevert Robert Lombard Nathalie Nerval Noelia Noel
In USSR ,Monsieur Martin had a dreadful flight.
Western
USA
1939
94 Minutes
Boris
James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Mischa Auer Charles Winninger Brian Donlevy Allen Jenkins Warren Hymer Irene Hervey Una Merkel Billy Gilbert Samuel S. Hinds
sheriff boss drunk singer amusing lighthearted small town wild west corruption romance showdown adventure rise 19th century
Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
Comedy
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Mike
Danielle Darrieux Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mischa Auer Louis Hayward Helen Broderick Charles Coleman Samuel S. Hinds Nella Walker
model advertising executive friend waiter millionaire butler cheery lighthearted new york city office apartment hotel opera house cottage gold digging friendship impersonation modeling jealousy mistaken identity
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Gustav
Deanna Durbin Bob Cummings Mischa Auer Henry Stephenson S.Z. Sakall Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Anne Gwynne Allyn Joslyn
A Hungarian woman whose fortune predicts that she will marry may find it coming true when she meets an army drummer.
Drama
USA
1947
76 Minutes
Alec Shaw
Cathy Downs Paul Langton Mischa Auer Jane Weeks Mannela Callejo Don Harvey Charles Waldron Jr. Rory Mallinson
A young convict,Johnny Coulter, serving as a trustee and with only a year remaining on his sentence, is forced to participate in a prison break by one of the hardened criminals. They ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
76 Minutes
Chi
Jackie Cooper Joseph Calleia Mischa Auer Harvey Stephens Jean Hersholt Edward Pawley Robert Warwick
gangster fugitive boy father dog son tense touching woods truck hideout kidnapping father/son relationship on the run friendship pets crime pursuit rise adventure
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Musical
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Edwin H. Knopf Richard Arlen Ernst Lubitsch Dorothy Arzner Edmund Goulding Victor Schertzinger Jean Arthur
A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1935
67 Minutes
Zan
After a series of unsolved murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
55 Minutes
Henry
Jack Mulhall Josephine Dunn Mischa Auer Martha Mattox Marjorie Beebe Frank Ball Eddie Boland
Mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.
Horror
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Hanns Krug
Rex Lease Vera Reynolds Mischa Auer Sheldon Lewis Martha Mattox Sidney Bracey
People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1932
66 Minutes
Swami Yomurda
Jack Mulhall Phyllis Barrington Crauford Kent Mischa Auer Louis Natheaux Gertrude Messinger Lloyd Ingram Jimmy Burtis Phillips Smalley Helen Foster Lillian West Fletcher Norton
Participants in a seance become murder suspects, leaving a police detective (Jack Mulhall) to sniff out the guilty party.
Western
1932
60 Minutes
Chapman
Tim McCoy Nora Lane Dwight Frye Mischa Auer Wheeler Oakman Matthew Betz Gordon De Main Emilio Fernández
Tim Barrett (Tim McCoy), a renowned lawman, rescues Patty from a ruffian and saves her brother from being lynched.
Drama
1933
58 Minutes
Dr. Wagner
Claudia Dell Lola Lane Richard Hemingway Mischa Auer
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Kolenkhov
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Gregory
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Joan Davis Richard Carlson Mischa Auer Evelyn Ankers Marc Lawrence Shemp Howard Ted Lewis The Andrews Sisters
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Comedy, Western
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Bolo
Franchot Tone Broderick Crawford Warren William Andy Devine Mischa Auer Porter Hall Peggy Moran Samuel S. Hinds Charles Trowbridge Paul Fix Harry Cording
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Crime, Drama
1931
60 Minutes
Rigo
Alice Day John Holland Phillips Smalley Barbara Bedford Mischa Auer Jimmy Burtis
Kids & Family, Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
84 Minutes
Count Arisztid
Deanna Durbin Binnie Barnes Alice Brady Ray Milland Barbara Read Mischa Auer Charles Winninger Ernest Cossart Lucile Watson Nella Walker Hobart Cavanaugh
teen girl sister father mother fortune hunter count endearing heartwarming airy switzerland penthouse new york city restaurant courtroom divorce matchmaking running away sister relationship singing romance
Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.
Comedy
USA
1945
79 Minutes
Mikhail Mikhailovich
Dennis O'Keefe Helen Walker Eddie Anderson June Havoc Gail Patrick Mischa Auer Nana Bryant John Litel Joe Sawyer Neil Hamilton Herbert Rudley
veteran fiancée lawyer best friend heiress heir cheery unrestrained new york city office radio station theater bank ship inheritance investing engagement friendship broadway cruise
In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.
Romance
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Agent Lehan
Constance Bennett Gilbert Roland Edward Ellis Sam Godfrey Lucien Percival Mischa Auer Ben Hendricks Jr. Leonid Snegoff Evelyn Carter Carrington John Wray
While romancing a beautiful Russian countess, a captain in the Austrian intelligence service is assigned to capture "K-14", a clever spy who has so far managed to remain undetected. What ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Russell Paxton
Ginger Rogers Ray Milland Jon Hall Warner Baxter Barry Sullivan Mischa Auer Mary Philips Phyllis Brooks Edward Fielding Don Loper Mary Parker
editor bachelor psychiatrist friend fascinating emotional spectacular psychiatrist's office newsroom apartment psychiatry memory daydreaming advice romance fashion adventure love transformation 1940s
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Butch
Lily Pons Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Herman Bing Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Patricia Wilder Vinton Haworth Gregory Gaye Ferdinand Gottschalk
opera singer fiancée musician girlfriend band member band leader amusing charming cheery ocean liner new york city paris apartment limousine roadhouse escape arranged marriage love music show business
Nikki Martin, a parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the alter. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France
1954
95 Minutes
Berger
Jean Marais Brigitte Bardot Isabelle Pia Yves Robert Denise Noel Mischa Auer Edmond Beauchamp Jean Wiener
At the Conservatory of Vienna the student only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor Eric Walter.
Comedy
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Dimitri Kyeff
Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Arthur Aylesworth Irving Bacon
The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Other
1966
95 Minutes
Jonathan
Rossano Brazzi Paul Tripp Alberto Rabagliati Lidia Brazzi Sonny Fox Mischa Auer
Children unite to help Santa Claus (Alberto Rabagliati) and his wife, whose heartless landlord (Rossano Brazzi) wants the rent.
Musical, Comedy
1937
84 Minutes
Michael Borodoff
Deanna Durbin Adolphe Menjou Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Mischa Auer Billy Gilbert Alma Kruger J. Scott Smart Jed Prouty Jameson Thomas Howard C. Hickman
A girl (Deanna Durbin) finds a famous conductor (Leopold Stokowski) for her trombonist father's (Adolphe Menjou) out-of-work orchestra.
Musical, Comedy
1938
114 Minutes
Leo Kronk
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan Florence Rice Ray Bolger Mischa Auer
actor actress husband wife producer amusing lighthearted new york city broadway theater broadway marriage performance deception hollywood fame love rivalry temptation 1930s
Married co-stars (Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy) of a Broadway operetta have a big fight, split up and then get back together.
Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Ameel Roberts
Myrna Loy George Brent Lionel Atwill C. Henry Gordon Douglas Dumbrille Rudolph Anders Mischa Auer Robert Glecker Reginald Barlow Joe Sawyer Christian Rub
spy commander medical student secretary traitor emotional gripping witty constantinople berlin mental institution train restaurant dentist's office memory espionage guilt world war i pursuit love
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
Diego
Nino Martini Ida Lupino Leo Carrillo Harold Huber James Blakeley Stanley Fields Mischa Auer
gangster singer henchman kidnapper heiress manager frenetic madcap outlandish movie theater radio station mexico opera house movies kidnapping idolization performance radio quest adventure
Chivo, a singer who works in a movie theater providing live entertainment, is and apprehended by a music-loving Mexican bandit Braganza who wants to make Chivo part of his band. Braganza, who admires American gangsters, also kidnaps Jane and her rich boyfriend, Bill. to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
Romance
France
1956
90 Minutes
Igor
Brigitte Bardot Jean Bretonnière Raymond Bussières Françoise Fabian Bernard Lancret Michel Serrault Mischa Auer Charles Bayard Jean Berton Marcel Charvey Dany Cintra
Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery discovers too late that the 'baby' he agreed to take care of is a wild, shapely sex kitten.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Darcy's Pianist
Lily Pons Henry Fonda Eric Blore Osgood Perkins Lucien Littlefield Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Paul Porcasi Scotty Beckett Esther Dale Clarence Wilson
opera singer composer agent producer husband wife melodramatic passionate paris monte carlo, monaco stage club street ambition jealousy music competition success marriage rivalry
Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and ... See full summary »
Drama
1955
99 Minutes
The Professor
Orson Welles Michael Redgrave Robert Arden Paola Mori Patricia Medina Akim Tamiroff Mischa Auer Katina Paxinou Jack Watling Gregoire Aslan Peter Van Eyck
wealthy man ex-convict murderer smuggler gangster daughter creative dark dense copenhagen, denmark mexico amsterdam railyard street amnesia investigation deception mystery transformation adventure
A shady financier (Orson Welles) pays a man (Robert Arden) to research his past, in order to erase it with murder.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Carlo
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Volkov
Evalyn Knapp Charles Delaney Tully Marshall Natalie Moorhead Warner Richmond Huntley Gordon Lane Chandler Mischa Auer Gwen Lee
A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.
Comedy
UK
1966
100 Minutes
Romeo
Tony Curtis Rosanna Schiaffino Zsa Zsa Gabor Nancy Kwan Fenella Fielding Anna Quayle Warren Mitchell Mischa Auer Noel Purcell Alan Gifford Joseph Fürst
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
Adventure
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Eltar
Buster Crabbe Jacqueline Wells E. Alyn Warren Edward Woods Philo McCullough Matthew Betz Frank Lackteen Mischa Auer
tarzan archaeologist daughter guide tribesman campy frenetic outlandish africa jungle temple tree kidnapping tribal life rescue africa exploration rescue adventure 19th century
In the African Jungle, a group of Europeans come across the fabled white man who was raised by apes. Tarzan takes an immediate liking to the blond Mary Brooks and rescues her during a nasty... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
78 Minutes
Radical
Burgess Meredith Margo Edward Ciannelli John Carradine Edward Ellis Paul Guilfoyle Maurice Moscovich Stanley Ridges Willard Robertson Mischa Auer Myron McCormick
gangster son italian immigrant innocent man police officer gripping inspiring rousing household courtroom college new york state murder legacy wrongful conviction corruption father/son relationship quest revenge
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Francis Lederer Ida Lupino Hugh Herbert Roland Young Erik Rhodes Joseph Cawthorn Countess Liev de Maigret Donald Meek Georgia Caine Richard Carle Mischa Auer
actor young woman mistress fiancé father husband lighthearted playful paris movie theater courtroom jail ice-skating rink theater reputation romance acting mishaps scandal father/daughter relationship
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, a publisher's daughter. An absurd ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Robert Taylor Jean Parker Ted Healy Una Merkel Nat Pendleton Jean Hersholt Arthur Byron Frank Shields Raymond Hatton Donald Cook Mischa Auer
saboteur girlfriend naval officer businessman dignitary sailor suspenseful cheeky lighthearted naval yard cruiser deck sabotage murder investigation conspiracy military life inventions bribery mystery revenge
Taylor is cast as Lt. Tom Randolph, one of several naval officers confined to his ship when a murder occurs. The victim was in the process of delivering the components for a new electrical ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone C. Henry Gordon Karen Morley Alec B. Francis Blanche Frederici Edmund Breese Helen Jerome Eddy Frank Reicher
mata hari officer general chief spy love interest sultry melodramatic thrilling paris nightclub apartment world war i espionage seduction jealousy affair love sacrifice rivalry
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Drama, History
USA
1932
123 Minutes
John Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Ralph Morgan Diana Wynyard Tad Alexander C. Henry Gordon Edward Arnold Gustav von Seyffertitz Dawn O'Day Jean Parker
mystic czar nicholas ii child prince princess doctor dark intense russia palace party hypnosis czarina alexandra royalty rasputin assassination revolution quest rise fall
A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.