Biography: Wilfred Lucas |
Virile, dignified Canadian actor Wilfred Lucas was a stage veteran when he joined the Biograph movie company in 1907. He played a variety of leading roles in the films of D.W. Griffith, including the title character in Griffith's two-reel adaptation... more
Find videos of Wilfred LucasFree Wilfred Lucas videos- Movies (46)
- Videos
Cast: Duncan Renaldo
Length: 67min
This poverty-row epic stars William Bakewell as Bob, inventor of a futuristic motorboat engine. Bob's new device may be the salvation for the failing shipping business run by Drexel (Wilfred Lucas), the father of Bob's sweetheart Wynne (Arletta...
Cast: B. Reeves "Breezy" Eason
Tags: Musical Western Western
Length: 54min
Despite the claim of "an original screenplay by Edward Earl Repp," this entry in Warner Bros.' Dick Foran "singing cowboy" series was a virtual remake of the studio's earlier The Telegraph Trail, whose 1932 screenplay was credited to Kurt Kempler....
Cast: Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Hal Roach James Finlayson Peter Cushing Forbes Murray
Tags: Satire Comedy of Manners Comedy Slapstick
Length: 63min
Back at Hal Roach Studios for the first time since 1938's Block-Heads, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in the uneven but generally rewarding A Chump at Oxford. The boys are cast as street-sweepers who hope to better their lot in life by attending...
Length: 56min
In this western, a renowned eastern polo-player will not go West with his girlfriend who desires to be with her father, a rancher. Eventually, he decides to follow her even though he realizes that while Easterners consider him tough, out West he will...
Cast: George "Gabby" Hayes
Tags: Action Thriller Western Traditional Western
Length: 60min
In a slight change of pace, low-budget Western star Bob Steele plays a cowboy-turned-race car driver in this otherwise typical Paul Malvern production directed by the star's father Robert North Bradbury. Steele's happy-go-lucky Speed Brent gets...
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Cast: Robert Donat Rowland V. Lee Sidney Blackmer Louis Calhern
Tags: Adventure Drama Costume Adventure Escape Film Period Film Adventure
Length: 114min
Few famous novels have been filmed as often as Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo--and few versions are as enjoyable as this 1934 adaptation starring Robert Donat. Donat plays Edmond Dantes, wrongly accused of a plot against the...
Cast: Richard Dix Stuart Erwin Una Merkel
Tags: Drama Prison Film
Length: 65min
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering,...
Cast: Mickey Rooney Andy Devine George Robinson
Tags: Adventure Drama Adventure Drama
Length: 71min
Renowned animal-trainer Clyde Beatty plays himself as a circus owner in this adventure that centers on an enthusiastic youth who idolizes Beatty. The story's highlight is a fight with the lions and tigers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Lionel Atwill
Tags: Mystery
Length: 63min
A brutal murder has been committed, and an eyewitness has placed wealthy philanthropist Jerome Breen (Lionel Atwill) at the scene of the crime. The prosecution's case hinges on the witness's insistence that Breen approached him and asked for the...
Tags: Mystery
Length: 66min
In this murder mystery, everyone around a murdered movie producer is a suspect, including his girl friend. Most of those involved have good reason to kill him. The murder occurred on a ship bound for a new location; all the suspects are aboard. ~...
Portions of Content Provided by All Movie Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.© 2009 All Media Guide, LLC.