Biography: George Arliss |
Born George Augustus Andrews, Arliss began his stage career in 1886 at age 18, a British actor of the old school. He came to America in 1902 and stayed for two decades, appearing in many Broadway productions and, later, silent films. Onstage, Arliss... more
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Tags: Detective Film Mystery Crime
Length: 70min
A British detective sets off to save his abducted twin, the British foreign secretary in this programmer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Roy William Neill
Tags: Adventure Drama Adventure
Length: 81min
Sixty-nine-year-old George Arliss at first seems an unlikely casting choice for Dr. Syn, the 18th-century clergyman-cum-pirate created by novelist Roger Thorndyke. But Arliss never backed down from an acting challenge in all his 50 years of stage and...
Cast: Godfrey Tearle
Tags: Drama
Length: 74min
Winding up his Hollywood film career in 1935, venerable British stage star George Arliss returned to his homeland for his last movie assignments. In East Meets West, the 68-year-old Arliss dons turban and monocle to portray an Eastern sultan who is...
Length: 71min
Also released as A Man of Affairs, His Lordship was adapted from The Nelson Touch, a play by Neil Grant. George Arliss essays the dual role of British foreign secretary Lord Dunchester and his lordship's twin brother Richard, a private detective....
Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 80min
Eminent British stage star George Arliss is a most elegant tramp in The Guv'nor. Though shabby and indigent, Arliss seems to have a lot more financial savvy than most of London's established financiers. Through a fluke, Arliss is mistaken as a member...
Cast: Rowland V. Lee Edward Arnold Maureen O'Sullivan Cesar Romero
Tags: Biopic Religious Drama Historical Film
Length: 83min
Released generally as Cardinal Richelieu, this George Arliss vehicle was based on the popular 19th-century blank-verse play by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Downplaying the more villainous aspects of the character, Arliss portrays Richelieu as a...
Cast: Dick Powell
Length: 60min
One of George Arliss' "smaller" vehicles, The King's Vacation casts the eminent British stage star (always billed as "Mr. George Arliss") as an abdicating monarch. Seeking the simple life, he comes to America in search of the wife (Marjorie Gateson)...
Cast: Darryl F. Zanuck Edna May Oliver George Arliss Sidney Lanfield
Tags: Comedy
Length: 80min
Dying New England millionaire Cabot Barr (George Arliss) doesn't trust any of his relatives as they flock to his bedside, and not without justification. Barr realizes that there's a few roses among the thorns, notably his good-hearted granddaughter...
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Cast: Boris Karloff C. Aubrey Smith Robert Young Loretta Young
Length: 86min
George Arliss plays Nathan Rothschild, the head of a family of celebrated 19th century Jewish bankers. Despite the anti-semitic efforts of a powerful politico (Boris Karloff), Rothschild moves in the best European social circles. He is ultimately...
Cast: Gladys Cooper
Tags: Biopic Historical Film
Length: 88min
The Iron Duke is one of the best of the George Arliss biopics -- and one of the few that can claim near-total accuracy (with the usual glossovers and embellishments, of course). Arliss plays the Duke of Wellington, the brilliant and foresighted...
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