Leon ErrolFilmography

Born:: July 3, 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Australian-born comedian Leon Errol studied for a medical career at Sydney University, but was sidetracked by acting in and writing varsity variety shows. Touring Australia and New Zealand as everything from a circus performer to a Shakespearean actor, Errol emigrated to the U.S. in 1905. He...Read More

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Footlight Varieties

Actors: Leon Errol

Synopsis: Footlight Varieties was the third and last of a series of RKO all-star musical revues. Unlike Variety Time (1948) and Make Mine Laughs (1949), both of which were largely comprised of stock footage from earlier RKO features, much of the material in Varieties was newly filmed. A young Jack Paar Read More

1951
Humphrey Takes a Chance

Actors: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Lois Collier, Robert Coogan, Jack Kirkwood

Synopsis: This "Joe Palooka" entry concentrates on Joe's porcine pal Humphrey Pennyworth (played by Robert Coogan, the brother of former child star Jackie Coogan). When soft-hearted pugilist Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkwood Jr.) arrives for a bout in Humphrey's home town, everyone gets sucked into a crooked scheme Read More

1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

Actors: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Robert Coogan, Jerome Cowan, Joe Besser

Synopsis: In Ham Fisher's original Joe Palooka comic strip, Joe's pal Humphrey Pennyworth was a blimp of a man. In Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey, Mr. Pennyworth is played by Robert Coogan, a slim, athletic chap who was then starring as TV's Captain Video. At least Joe Kirkwood Jr. was closer to Fisher's visual Read More

1950
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Actors: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Elyse Knox, Marcel Journet, Sheila Ryan

Synopsis: Joe Palooka, comic strip artist Ham Fisher's golden-hearted pugilist, heads South of the Border in The Counterpunch. Actually, Joe (Joe Kirkwood Jr.) goes no further than Monogram's cramped "ocean liner" standing set, but the audience doesn't really mind. The plot concerns a gang of Read More

1949
Make Mine Laughs

Actors: Ray Bolger, Joan Davis

Synopsis: Make Mine Laughs was the second of three RKO Radio "pastiche" films, largely comprised of musical and comedy highlights from previous RKO productions. Comedian Gil Lamb hosts the proceedings, finding time to make satirical comments about the opening credits and to perform his "swallowing the Read More

1949
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

Actors: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Lina Romay, David Bruce, George O'Hanlon

Synopsis: Monogram's low-budget, high-grossing "Joe Palooka" series carries on in this 66-minute entry. Joe Kirkwood plays Joe Palooka, the soft-hearted pugilist created for the funny papers by Ham Fisher. This time, Joe is framed on a bum rap by a group of gamblers who hope to fix the outcome of an Read More

1949
The Noose Hangs High

Actors: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Cathy Downs, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol

Synopsis: For their first independently-produced vehicle, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello chose to appear in a remake of the 1939 Universal programmer For Love or Money. Bud and Lou are cast as Ted and Tommy, two bumbling window washers hired by gangster Mike Craig (Joseph Calleila) to collect a $50,000 Read More

1948
Variety Time

Actors: Edgar Kennedy, Leon Errol, Pat Rooney, Jr.

Synopsis: Variety Time was the first of three "vaudeville-on-film" pastiches released by RKO Radio, each one comprised of highlights from earlier RKO productions. Hosted by Jack Paar (displaying only a fraction of the charisma he'd exhibit as late-night TV talk host), the film is a compendium of musical Read More

1948
Fighting Mad

Actors: Virginia Belmont, Paul Bryar, Charles Cane, Roberl Conway, Patricia Dane

Synopsis: Joe Palooka, Ham Fisher's famed comic-strip fighter, risks his life to clear the name of his manager in this series entry. In this episode, Palooka is blinded during a fight. Although surgery restores his vision, the doctors strongly caution him not to fight again for at least a year. Meanwhile Read More

1948
Joe Palooka in the Knockout

1947
Borrowed Blonde

Synopsis: It's a case of mistaken identity after the boss thinks that his meek employee is married to his pretty next-door neighbor. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1947
Riverboat Rhythm

Actors: Leon Errol, Glenn Vernon, Walter Catlett, Marc Cramer, Jonathan Hale

Synopsis: Set upon the mighty Mississippi, this comedy chronicles the travails of a showboat captain trying to keep his operation financially afloat. He barely has enough money to do so and with no license, operates illegally. He finds more trouble when he moors at a posh hotel, pretends that he is a fine Read More

1946
Two Reelers: Comedy Classics 2

Synopsis: This collection of three comedy shorts separately stars Billy Gilbert, Leon Errol and Edgar Kennedy in Chicken Feed (1939), Twin Husbands (1946) and False Roomers (1938). ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1946
Joe Palooka, Champ

Actors: Leon Errol, Elyse Knox, Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe Sawyer

Synopsis: In this first entry in the pugilistic comedy series based on Ham Fishers long-running comic strip, Joe Palooka is seen before his boxing career took off. The story begins as he is discovered by Knobby Walsh, a keen-eyed manager. As Knobby trains Joe, gangsters intervene and attempt to insure that Read More

1946
Twin Husbands

Actors: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Jason Robards, Sr., Marian Carr, Myrna Dell

Synopsis: After a beauty parlor makeover, a housewife (Dorothy Granger), has a chance encounter with her husband's identical twin brother. Because she's never met the twin brother, she mistakes his behavior for infidelity by her husband and begins plotting divorce. Leon Errol plays the twins in this Read More

1946
Under Western Skies

Actors: Martha O'Driscoll, Leo Carrillo, Leon Errol, Irving Bacon

Synopsis: One of the last of Universal's "pocket" musicals, Under Western Skies packs a surplus of entertainment value into its brief 57 minutes. Martha O'Driscoll plays Katie, the daughter of travelling showman Willie (Leon Errol). While playing an engagement in a wild-and-wooly Arizona town, Katie runs Read More

1945
She Gets Her Man

Synopsis: Joan Davis, the daughter of a famed woman detective, has inherited none of her mother's deductive prowess. Nonetheless, Joan teams with patrolman Leon Errol to solve a series of blowgun murders. The two erstwhile Sherlocks track down the alleged murder weapon to a theatre, where it is being used Read More

1945
What a Blonde

Actors: Leon Errol, Richard Lane, Elaine Riley, Veda Ann Borg

Synopsis: What a Blonde gets under way when wealthy lingerie manufacturer Fowler (Leon Errol) runs out of valuable gas-ration coupons. Knowing that he can secure additional coupons if he forms a car pool, Fowler orders his butler Pomeroy (Richard Lane) to seek out a few "riders." Pomeroy returns with a Read More

1945
Mama Loves Papa

Actors: Leon Errol, Elizabeth Risdon, Edwin Maxwell, Emory Parnell, Charles Halton

Synopsis: A loose remake of the 1935 Charlie Ruggles-Mary Boland comedy of the same name, Mama Loves Papa stars Elisabeth Risdon in the title role. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie (Risdon), furniture store employee Wilbur Todd (Leon Errol) is tossed headfirst into the world of Read More

1945
The Invisible Man's Revenge

Actors: Jon Hall, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Leon Errol, John Carradine

Synopsis: The fifth in the Invisible Man series stars Jon Hall as Robert Griffin, a convict who takes the invisibility serum and then goes on a crime spree. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1944
Hat Check Honey

Actors: Grace McDonald, Richard Davies, Leon Errol, Walter Catlett, Ramsay Ames

Synopsis: In this musical comedy, a vaudevillian father, wanting a better life for his son, fires the youth from their act. The deeply angry young man's devoted and creative gal, a hat-check girl, helps him land a job with a big band. But despite his resulting success, he remains estranged from his Read More

1944
Twilight on the Prairie

Synopsis: In this musical western, a cowboy band is offered the chance to appear in a Hollywood movie and begins the journey to the West Coast. Unfortunately, the band ends up stranded in Texas and must take a job running a ranch. Musical mayhem ensues: Songs include: "Let's Love Again," "Where the Prairie Read More

1944
Babes on Swing Street

Actors: Ann Blyth, Peggy Ryan, Andy Devine, Leon Errol, Anne Gwynne

Synopsis: At MGM, the studio's youth musicals were more rural than urban -- find a barn, get some friends together, and hey kids, let's put on a show. At Universal, for this musical for its young contract players, the atmosphere is more urban -- the kids at a settlement house, led by Trudy Costello (Peggy Read More

1944
Slightly Terrific

Actors: Leon Errol, Anne Rooney, Eddie Quillan, Richard Lane, Betty Kean

Synopsis: In this musical comedy of mistaken identity, a group of young of budding theatrical performers endeavor to put on their own show and enlist the aid of twin brothers. One of them is a producer while the other is a business magnate. Songs include "Hold That Line," "A Dream Said Hello" (sung by Read More

1944
Higher and Higher

Actors: Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Victor Borge

Synopsis: Higher and Higher was advertised by RKO Radio as "The Sinatra Show", and small wonder: In his first major film role, Frank Sinatra was easily the film's biggest box-office draw. Actually, Frankie was a last minute addition to the film, which began as a traditional adaptation of a popular Broadway Read More

1944
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Actors: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Walter Reed, Elizabeth Risdon

Synopsis: RKO brought its "Mexican Spitfire" saga to a close with the eighth film in the series, Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event. Lupe Velez is back again in the leading role, as is Leon Errol as disguise-happy Uncle Matt, but Velez's husband is now played by Walter Reed. When Lupe purchases a baby ocelot Read More

1943
Cowboy in Manhattan

Actors: Robert Paige, Frances Langford, Leon Errol, Walter Catlett, Joe Sawyer

Synopsis: Robert Paige plays a struggling songwriter who poses as a millionaire cowboy. It's all part of a zany, wacky and nutty scheme to win the hand and heart of Broadway star Frances Langford. Apparently Paige is a fast worker, since the film runs only 54 minutes. If one looks closely, one might deduce Read More

1943
Follow the Band

Actors: Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes, Leon Errol, Anne Rooney, Samuel S. Hinds

Synopsis: In this musical drama, a Vermont farm lad goes to the Big Apple to become a member of the National Dairy Association. He happens to bring with him his beloved trombone. Soon, with the help of bandleader Skinnay Ennis, the boy gets a job in a nightclub and subsequently becomes a popular radio star. Read More

1943
Gals, Incorporated

Actors: Leon Errol, Grace McDonald, David Bacon, Betty Kean

Synopsis: A group of opportunistic gold diggers con an aging millionaire playboy into investing in a night club in this musical comedy. The trouble begins when the millionaire's daughter shows up to stop them from stealing all his assets. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1943
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Actors: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Elizabeth Risdon, Donald MacBride

Synopsis: Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost looks more like a Columbia two-reel comedy than an RKO feature film. Star Lupe Velez, her conservative ad-man husband (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) and good old Uncle Matt (Leon Errol) find themselves in a supposedly haunted house. Actually the "ghosts" are enemy spies Read More

1942
Dear! Deer!

1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Actors: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, ZaSu Pitts, Elizabeth Risdon

Synopsis: The first "Mexican Spitfire" entry of 1942, Mexican Spitfire at Sea is set mainly on a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Combining business with pleasure, vacationing advertsing man Dennis (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) hopes to sign a contract with a wealthy client. Alas, these plans are scotched by the Read More

1942
Strictly in the Groove

Actors: Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Leon Errol, Shemp Howard, Grace McDonald

Synopsis: A college student's passion for swinging music leads him to found his own band. When he starts spending more time playing music than studying, his father, a prominent hotelier, steps in and sends the lad to a dude ranch in Arizona. Undeterred, the boy brings the band with him. Once there, he Read More

1942
Moonlight in Hawaii

Actors: Jane Frazee, Leon Errol, Mischa Auer, Johnny Downs, Sunni O'Dea

Synopsis: Another cookie-cutter Universal minimusical, Moonlight in Hawaii gathered together the usual suspects-Johnny Downs, Leon Errol, Jane Frazee, Mischa Auer, Sunny O'Dea et. al.--in their usual roles. Downs plays a young man named Pete, who shepherds a group of sightseers to Honolulu. Pete's greatest Read More

1941
Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Actors: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, ZaSu Pitts, Elizabeth Risdon

Synopsis: Even non-fans of RKO Radio's "Mexican Spitfire" series will garner a few healthy laughs from Mexican Spitfire's Baby. This time around, tempetuous Carmelita (Lupe Velez) and her staid American husband Dennis (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) adopt a French war orphan. Imagine Dennis' surprise and Read More

1941
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

Actors: Leon Errol, Mildred Coles, Ken Howell, Cecil Cunningham, George Watts

Synopsis: In this comedy, the marital conflicts between a meek banker and his nagging wife are chronicled. First they fight over their daughter's future. His snooty, domineering wife wants her to marry a wealthy man, but he, realizing that she really loves the humble delivery boy for the bakery encourages Read More

1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Actors: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Margaret Dumont, Leon Errol, Susan Miller, Franklin Pangborn

Synopsis: W.C. Fields heads to Esoteric studios to pitch a story idea to producer Franklin Pangborn. The producer wants to make a conventional romantic musical starring Fields' niece, teen-aged soprano Gloria Jean, but "The Great Man" has other ideas. As Pangborn sits in dumbfounded silence, Fields unravels Read More

1941
Where Did You Get That Girl?

Actors: Leon Errol, Helen Parrish, Charles Lang, Eddie Quillan, Franklin Pangborn

Synopsis: In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contract. The trouble is, the composer's works are never played without another band member doctoring them up to make them swingier. Fortunately, the Read More

1941
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonca

Actors: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Helen Parrish, Charles Lang, William Frawley

Synopsis: To those under the age of 60, it should be noted that the title of this lively Universal filler was inspired by a popular song of 1941. Carrying over their antics from RKO Radio's "Mexican Spitfire" series, Lupe Velez and Leon Errol star respectively as Havana nightclub entertainer Madame La Zonga Read More

1941
Melody Lane

Synopsis: In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl. Songs include: "Septimus Winner," "Peaceful Ends the Day," "Cherokee Charlie," "Let's Go to Read More

1941
Pop Always Pays

Actors: Dennis O'Keefe, Leon Errol, Adele Pearce [Pamela Blake], Walter Catlett, Marjorie Gateson

Synopsis: In addition to his yearly manifest of six 2-reel comedies, Leon Errol always managed to squeeze a few feature-film appearances into his RKO Radio contractual duties. In Pop Always Pays, Henry Brewster (Errol) disapproves of the romance between his daughter Edna (Adele Pearce, aka Pamela Blake) and Read More

1940
The Golden Fleecing

Actors: Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Grey, Nat Pendleton

Synopsis: Dumb but honest insurance agent Henry Twinkle (Lew Ayres) is in love with Mary Blake (Rita Johnson), the secretary of Henry's boss. To impress Mary, Henry sells a huge policy to wealthy Gus Fender (Lloyd Nolan), who turns out to be a notorious gangster on the lam from the law. If he wants to save Read More

1940
Dancing Co-Ed

Actors: Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Arlie Shaw & His Band, Ann Rutherford, Lee Bowman

Synopsis: Lana Turner (a mere 19 years old at the time) stars in this lighthearted musical comedy as Patty Marlow, a dancer fighting her way up the show business ladder. Famous hoofer Freddie Tobin (Lee Bowman) is about to start work on a new movie when his dance partner becomes pregnant and drops out of Read More

1939
Mexican Spitfire

Actors: Leon Errol, Donald Woods, Linda Hayes, Elizabeth Risdon

Synopsis: The excellent response to RKO Radio's The Girl from Mexico prompted the studio to fashion an entire series based on the misadventures of fiery Latin American entertainer Carmelita (Lupe Velez). The series proper began with 1939's Mexican Spitfire, in which the recent marriage between Carmelita and Read More

1939
The Flustered Comedy of Leon Errol

Synopsis: This collection of short films features the '30s comedian Leon Errol in A Panic in the Parlor, Crime Rave, and Man-I-Cured. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1939
The Girl from Mexico

Actors: Lupe Velez, Donald Woods, Leon Errol, Linda Hayes, Donald MacBride

Synopsis: The titular girl is Lupe Velez, a tempestuous cabaret entertainer. Donald Woods plays a staid American ad man who hires her for a New York nightclub. Woods is engaged to be married, but secretly harbors affection for Velez. The volatile Ms. Velez is less subtle, and actively campaigns for the Read More

1939
Career

Actors: Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis, Samuel S. Hinds, Leon Errol

Synopsis: Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart when they woo the same woman. She makes her choice and marries the one who eventually takes over the town bank. Meanwhile the other man becomes a Read More

1939
Two Reelers: Comedy Classics 5

Synopsis: Dear Deer (1942), Hotel Anchovy (1934) and Love Your Neighbor (1930) comprise this collection of classic comedy shorts. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1938
Make a Wish

Actors: Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta, Ralph Forbes

Synopsis: Canary-voiced boy wonder Bobby Breen once more croons his way into our hearts in Make a Wish. While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Breen befriends famed composer Basil Rathbone. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest operetta, Rathbone at last finds it when he meets Breen's Read More

1937
Leon Errol Festival

Synopsis: Comic Leon Errol stars in these 3 comedy shorts entitled "Gem Jams," "Double Honeymoon" and "Ring Madness." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1936
The Great Ziegfeld

Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice

Synopsis: In MGM's three-hour-plus The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell stars as the titular theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for legendary strongman Sandow (Nat Pendleton). With nary a penny in the bank, he charms European stage star Anna Held (Luise Rainer Read More

1936
Princess O'Hara

Actors: Jean Parker, Chester Morris, Leon Errol, Vince Barnett, Henry Armetta

Synopsis: This obscure Damon Runyon adaptation stars Jean Parker as Princess O'Hara, the spirited granddaughter of Central Park horse-carriage driver King O'Hara (Ralph M. Remley). When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a Read More

1935
Coronado

Actors: Jack Haley, Andy Devine, Leon Errol, Alice White, Johnny Downs

Synopsis: Former child actor Johnny Downs acts his first adult lead in this nonsensical but charming little musical which benefits greatly from the appearance of Eddy Duchin and his band. To keep troublesome socialite Johnny Marvin (Downs) out of mischief, Coronado Hotel manager Carlton (Jameson Thomas) Read More

1935
Service With a Smile

Actors: Leon Errol

Synopsis: Leon Errol is the star of this early three-strip Technicolor two-reeler from Warner Bros. The story is as wacky as any short from the era -- Walter Webb (Errol) owns a run-down service station...until he gets a middle-of-the-night call informing him it has burned to the ground. Luckily, the Read More

1934
The Captain Hates the Sea

Actors: Victor McLaglen, Helen Vinson, John Gilbert, Alison Skipworth, Wynne Gibson

Synopsis: It's Grand Hotel on the high seas, with a remarkable cast -- particularly for the usually parsimonious Columbia Pictures. As irascible captain Helquist (Walter Connolly) pilots his boat along the Atlantic, an assortment of subplots involving a vast array of characters play themselves out. Among Read More

1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang

Actors: Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Byron, Alison Skipworth, Leon Errol

Synopsis: Glamorous American jewel-thief Sophie Lang (Gertrude Michael) not only regularly outwits Scotland Yard, but has great fun doing it. Returning to the U.S., Sophie comes under the scrutiny of New York detective Inspector Parr (Arthur Byron), who surprisingly doesn't try to make an arrest. That's Read More

1934
We're Not Dressing

Actors: Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman

Synopsis: We're Not Dressing is a bouncy musical-comedy variation of J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton -- complete with a happier ending, as befitting its jaunty star Bing Crosby. Der Bingle is cast as Stephen Jones, a lowly crew member on yacht owned by wealthy Doris Worthington (Carole Lombard). Read More

1934
Alice in Wonderland

Actors: Charlotte Henry, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Billy Barty

Synopsis: This star-laden version of Lewis Carroll's novel combines elements of both the title novel and Carroll's sequel, Through the Looking Glass. In England of the 19th century, young Alice finds that the mirror over the library fireplace opens into a strange world. She has odd adventures and changes Read More

1933
Her Majesty Love

Actors: Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields, Ford Sterling, Leon Errol

Synopsis: In this musical comedy, Fred Von Wellingen (Ben Lyon), the scion of a wealthy German family, has fallen in love with Lia Toerrek (Marilyn Miller), a poor but beautiful girl who has gladly agreed to marry him. However, when Fred's father Otmar (Ford Sterling) decides to hold a banquet to celebrate Read More

1931
One Heavenly Night

Actors: Evelyn Laye, John Boles, Leon Errol, Lilyan Tashman, Hugh Cameron

Synopsis: Samuel Goldwyn attempted to turn British operetta star Evelyn Laye into another Jeanette MacDonald with this cardboard romance that proved a disaster at the operetta-weary box office. Laye plays Lilli, a demure flower girl at a Budapest theater who worships the show's star, the temperamental and Read More

1931
Finn and Hattie

Actors: Leon Errol, Mitzi Green, ZaSu Pitts, Jackie Searl, Lilyan Tashman

Synopsis: In this youthful comedy, a child genius has fun getting her cousin into trouble. The bright girl's parents take her and her nephew on a sea cruise to Paris. En route, the girl treats the boy abominably. First she pushes him over the boat, then she stuffs him down an airshaft. Later she sticks his Read More

1931
Only Saps Work

Actors: Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, Anderson Lawler

Synopsis: Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) Read More

1930
Paramount on Parade

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Richard Arlen, Jean Arthur, Gary Cooper, William Austin, Clara Bow, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft

Synopsis: Considered the best of the all-star "studio" musicals of 1929 and 1930, Paramount on Parade utilized the talents of practically everyone on the Paramount Pictures payroll. Under the supervision of British musical-comedy favorite Elsie Janis, 11 top directors contributed to the project: Dorothy Arzner Read More

1930
Lunatic at Large

Actors: Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Raymond, Warren Cook

Synopsis: Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol is certainly well cast in Lunatic at Large. Offering a ride to a millionaire, Sam Smith (Leon Errol) agrees to trade places with his passenger for financial reasons. Only when the men in the white coats put the collar on him does Sam realize that the "millionaire" Read More

1927
Clothes Make the Pirate

Actors: Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi, Tully Marshall, James Rennie

Synopsis: After his impressive screen debut in Sally, stage comedian Leon Errol became a full-fledged film star with this picture, set in New England's colonial days. Tidd (Errol) is a henpecked tailor who secretly dreams of being a pirate. In fact, he even makes himself a pirate costume, which unnerves his Read More

1925
Sally

Actors: Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Leon Errol, Dan Mason, John T. Murray

Synopsis: After her impressive dramatic role in So Big, Colleen Moore returned to light comedies (mostly because her studio knew they would bring in more money). Moore played the title role, made famous on Broadway by Marilyn Miller; Leon Errol reprises his stage role as the deposed Duke of Checkergovinia Read More

1925
Yolanda

Actors: Marion Davies, Lyn Harding, Holbrook Blinn, Maclyn Arbuckle, Johnnny Dooley

Synopsis: The talented and beautiful Marion Davies is practically lost under the opulence of this expensive, overdone historical romance. Her producer (and lover), newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, was attempting to recreate the success of one of Davies' prior epic vehicles, When Knighthood Was in Read More

1924

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