List of the best Paul Porcasi movies: La Cucaracha(1934), The Devil and the Deep(1932), Morocco(1930), The Good Bad Girl(1931), The Great Flirtation(1934), Gigolettes of Paris(1933), A Lady's Morals(1930), Svengali(1931), Red-Haired Alibi(1932), I Dream Too Much(1935), Maytime(1937), The Border Legion(1940) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
1934
21 Minutes
Señor Martinez
Steffi Duna Don Alvarado Paul Porcasi Eduardo Durant
A woman (Steffi Duna) resorts to sabotage to prevent a dancer (Don Alvarado) from landing another gig.
Drama
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Hassan
Tallulah Bankhead Gary Cooper Charles Laughton Cary Grant Paul Porcasi Juliette Compton Henry Kolker Dorothy Christy Arthur Hoyt Gordon Westcott
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Romance
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Lo Tinto
Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Adolphe Menjou Ullrich Haupt Eve Southern Francis Macdonald Paul Porcasi Emile Chautard
singer wealthy man legionnaire club owner woman somber sultry intense ship morocco club apartment street desert devotion unrequited love singing military life dangerous assignment love triangle
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Pagano
Mae Clarke James Hall Marie Prevost Nance O'Neil Edmund Breese James Donlan Paul Porcasi Paul Fix Wheeler Oakman George Berliner
girlfriend gangster son parent best friend detective melodramatic gripping intense nightclub houseboat apartment philadelphia prison gangsters murder marriage friendship reputation wealth
Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark), a gangster's moll, quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (Jmaes Hall), but after giving ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Herr Direktor
Elissa Landi Adolphe Menjou David Manners Lynne Overman Raymond Walburn Adrian Rosley Paul Porcasi George Baxter Judith Vosselli Akim Tamiroff Vernon Steele
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Romance
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Madge Bellamy Natalie Moorhead Gilbert Roland Theodore von Eltz Molly O'Day Henry Kolker Paul Porcasi Albert Conti
A jilted shop girl goes off in search of true love.
Musical
1930
86 Minutes
Maretti
Grace Moore Reginald Denny Wallace Beery Jobyna Howland Gus Shy Gilbert Emery Paul Porcasi Giovanni Martino
A lovestruck composer (Reginald Denny) loses his sight following Swedish diva Jenny Lind (Grace Moore), who loses her voice.
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Bonelli
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.
Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Margoli
Merna Kennedy Theodore von Eltz Grant Withers Purnell Pratt Huntley Gordon Fred Kelsey Arthur Hoyt Paul Porcasi Shirley Temple
A young girl new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Uncle Tito
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 »
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Trentini
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Western
USA
1940
54 Minutes
Tony
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Carol Hughes Joe Sawyer Maude Eburne Jay Novello Hal Taliaferro Richard Wessel Paul Porcasi Robert Emmett Keane
An Eastern doctor is on the run from authorities in New York. Out west he comes to the aid of friends besieged by an outlaw gang known as the border legion. In the end, he is cleared of any wrong-doing back east.
Drama
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Helen Mack William Bakewell Jack LaRue Rita La Roy Maurice Black Dot Farley Lucille LaVerne Paul Porcasi
To save his daughter Manon (Helen Mack) from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard (Victor McLaglen) escapes from jail.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Insp. Fouad Soueida
Warner Oland Stepin Fetchit Pat Paterson Thomas Beck Rita Hayworth Jameson Thomas Frank Conroy Nigel de Brulier Paul Porcasi Arthur Stone James Eagles
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation, Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
Drama
USA
1939
92 Minutes
Lamartine
Robert Taylor Hedy Lamarr Joseph Schildkraut Gloria Franklin Ernest Cossart Mary Taylor Charles Trowbridge Frederick Worlock Paul Porcasi Margaret Padula Cecil Cunningham
beautiful woman american millionaire adventurer priest colonel moving sad melodramatic saigon, vietnam yacht restaurant factory palace bigotry wealth immigration love triangle marriage colonialism
Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.
Drama
USA
1937
103 Minutes
Signor Nobili
Joan Crawford Franchot Tone Robert Young Billie Burke Reginald Owen Lynne Carver George Zucco Mary Philips Paul Porcasi Dickie Moore Frank Puglia
singer count aristocrat fiancée clerk maid striking charming cheeky emotional budapest, hungary trieste, italy ballroom hotel street apartment impersonation wealth aristocracy rags to riches
A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.
Comedy
USA
1932
73 Minutes
Paul Le Maire
Buster Keaton Jimmy Durante Irene Purcell Polly Moran Gilbert Roland Mona Maris Maude Eburne Henry Armetta Paul Porcasi Jean Del Val August Tollaire
To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.
Comedy
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Nick
Paul Lukas Loretta Young Frank McHugh Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Walter Byron Ferdinand Gottschalk Joseph Cawthorn Paul Porcasi Mary Doran Lucien Prival
Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.
Comedy
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Italian Restaurateur
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Mary Boland Philip Merivale Henry O'Neill David Leland John Warburton Matthew Boulton Connie Gilchrist Paul Porcasi
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal to visiting royalty.
Comedy
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Impressario
Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe Pola Negri Billie Burke June Havoc Walter Kingsford Marek Windheim Eddie Marr Paul Porcasi
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
1932
77 Minutes
Deville
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
Comedy
1944
101 Minutes
Cafe Owner
Eddie Bracken Ella Raines Raymond Walburn William Demarest Bill Edwards Elizabeth Patterson Jimmy Conlin Franklin Pangborn Jack Norton Paul Porcasi Alan Bridge
good guy soldier mother girlfriend mayor playful charming military base small town bar world war ii love triangle deception temptation growing up transformation 1940s
Preston Sturges' satire about a sickly soldier discharged from duty and mistaken for a war hero when he returns home.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
95 Minutes
Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings Boris Karloff DeWitt Jennings Mary Doran Ethel Wales Clark Marshall Arthur Hoyt John St. Polis Paul Porcasi
young man district attorney daughter cellmate guard informant bleak gripping intense club prison car cell murder prison life difficult decision father/daughter relationship solitary confinement romance fall
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Drama
USA
1931
90 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson James Cagney Evalyn Knapp Ralf Harolde Noel Francis Margaret Livingston Maurice Black Boris Karloff Morgan Wallace Billy House Paul Porcasi
barber best friend woman district attorney police officer criminal melodramatic gutsy thrilling small town barbershop city gambling house court gambling luck investigation framed accidental death attempted suicide
A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
79 Minutes
Dona Drake Robert Lowery Tim Ryan Irene Ryan Sidney Miller Jerry Cooper Robert Kent Harry Langdon Lloyd Ingram Cyril Ring Joan Curtis
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band. ... See full summary »
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
Musical
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Jane Froman James Melton Frank McHugh Marie Wilson Frank Fay William Ricciardi Craig Reynolds E.E. Clive Maurice Black Eddie Conrad
Al is a down on his luck promoter who is thinking of taking the final bow when he meets Jan, the singing porter. He sees something in Jan so he signs him to a contract. Al works odd jobs to... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Kay Francis Leslie Howard William Gargan Philip Reed Irving Pichel Walter Byron Cesar Romero J. Carrol Naish Ivan F. Simpson Gregory Gaye Halliwell Hobbes
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
Drama
1938
86 Minutes
The Dead End Kids Humphrey Bogart Gale Page George Offerman Jr. Weldon Heyburn Cyrus W. Kendall Charles Trowbridge Milburn Stone Harry Cording Spencer Charters Donald Briggs
juvenile delinquent commissioner sister guard judge friend brash bleak tense slum courtroom reform school office reformation crime duplicity loyalty siblings corruption fall
A deputy corrections commissioner (Humphrey Bogart) fires the warden of a reform school where bitter inmates (The Dead End Kids) study crime.
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.