Adolphe Menjou
26 titles
Filmography
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Hi Diddle Diddle
(1943)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, while placating a jealous wife.

Letter of Introduction
(1938)An aging actor trying to make a comeback on Broadway is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up, an actress also trying to make it on Broadway.
Turnabout
(1940)Tim (John Hubbard) and Sally Willows (Carole Landis) are unhappily married. Tim spends his days working at an advertising agency, while Sally lounges around the house. One day a distant relative sends the couple a statue of an Asian deity. When Sally and Tim argue about which of them has the better life, the statue comes alive in the form of Mr. Ram (George Renavent). Hearing their argument, he casts a spell. The next morning Tim wakes up inside Sally's body, and Sally wakes up inside Tim's.

Road Show
(1941)Wealthy playboy Drogo Gaines is in danger of marrying a gold digger and escapes by feigning insanity until he wakes up in an asylum and can't leave.

Syncopation
(1942)A jazz trumpeter tries to woo a fellow musician in mourning for her dead lover, and sets up a band in an attempt to bring them closer together. Covering a quarter-century of American "syncopated"Âťmusic (ragtime, jazz, swing, blues, and boogie boogie), Syncopation features music from the turn of the 20th century through prohibition, the Great Depression, and the outbreak of WWII. Featuring jazz greats Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnett, Gene Krupa, Harry James, and more.

The Sniper
(1952)As a disturbed loner succumbs to his compulsion to kill beautiful women, police try to decipher the clues he's left in hopes of being stopped.

The Front Page
(1931)Hildy Johnson's current employer is full of reporters who invent stories as much as write about them. The paper's current story focuses on the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from jail, Hildy seizes upon the opportunity for a unique scoop.

The Three Musketeers
(1921)In THE THREE MUSKETEERS, we are introduced to the young D’Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks), a naïve and ambitious farm boy whose acrobatic swordsmanship earns him the respect of King Louis XIII’s elite regiment of guards, The Musketeers.

The Milky Way
(1936)A slapstick classic about a meek milkman who becomes an unlikely boxing champ after he’s thought to have knocked out the true boxing champ in a fight.

Mr. District Attorney
(1947)On his first assignment as an assistant district attorney, a lawyer gets mixed up with a woman who is working for the group he's investigating.
Sing, Baby, Sing
(1936)A nightclub singer whose crazy agent gets her involved in schemes to advance her career. One wild scheme finally results in a radio contract.

Paths of Glory
(1957)Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war classic stars Kirk Douglas as a World War I commanding officer who defends his soldiers in a court-martial.

Stage Door
(1937)Ginger Rogers & Ann Miller tap in time & rat-a-tat lines. Lucille Ball braves a date with an obnoxious lumber baron.

A Farewell to Arms
(1932)Un conductor de ambulancia estadounidense herido y una enfermera inglesa se enamoran en Italia durante el apogeo de la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Morning Glory
(1933)Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award as Best Actress in this, just her third film performance. The great Hepburn stars as Eva Lovelace, a girl from a New England country town who has but one burning ambition: to become a successful stage actress. Arriving in New York, she manages to make friends quickly and even lands a small part in a Broadway show. Eva’s big chance comes when the show’s star (Mary Duncan) tries to strong-arm producer Louis Easton (Adolphe Menjou) for more money just before the curtain goes up. Easton resists, fires the star and puts Eva on stage in her place. Naturally, she’s a smash! Success also brings romance, and Eva becomes entangled in a love triangle with Easton and writer Joseph Sheridan (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.). Morning Glory is a must-see for all Hepburn fans.

To Please a Lady
(1950)A ruthless race-car driver falls for a crusading journalist out to clean up the sport.

Bundle of Joy
(1956)After finding a baby on a doorstep, a department store clerk finds herself mistaken for its mother and must keep up the ruse to keep her job.

Step Lively
(1944)Gordon Miller (George Murphy) has a hit in the works, especially since he latched onto a playwright whose real talent is his singing voice. Now all that flimflamming Miller must do is put his musical revue on stage before the rubber check underwriting it bounces his troupe from Broadway to the Bowery. As the typewriter-toting crooner, Frank Sinatra steps into his first top billing in this antic backstage musical based on the Broadway/Marx Brothers movie hit Room Service. With a nimble cast (including Gloria DeHaven, Adolphe Menjou and Walter Slezak) and buoyant Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne songs to go with farce, footlights and Frank, what else can a movie do but Step Lively?

Heartbeat
(1946)A young woman runs away from reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and falls for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.

My Dream Is Yours
(1949)A talent scout turns a young unknown into a radio singing star.