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Agostino Borgato is a Actor Italien born on 30 june 1871 at Venice (Italie)
Agostino Borgato (1871–1939), sometimes known as Al Borgato, was an Italian actor and director, before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s. Borgato acted and/or directed about fifteen films in his native Italy between 1915 and 1922. In the 20s, he also acted on the stage in both Italy and England. In 1925 Borgato immigrated to the United States, where he began his American acting career in Herbert Brenon's silent film, The Street of Forgotten Men.
His Hollywood career would last fourteen years, during which time he would appear in 45 films (although some sources have him in as many as 62 films), having roles in such classic films as 1932's Murders in the Rue Morgue (starring Bela Lugosi, and the 1939 musical comedy version of The Three Musketeers (starring Don Ameche and The Ritz Brothers). The Three Musketeers and Hotel Imperial were the last two films he worked on, and both were released on the same day, February 17, 1939, less than a month before Borgato would die of a heart attack on March 14.
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Nationality Italie
Birth 30 june 1871 at Venice (Italie)
Death 14 march 1939 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 30 june 1871 at Venice (Italie)
Death 14 march 1939 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
His Hollywood career would last fourteen years, during which time he would appear in 45 films (although some sources have him in as many as 62 films), having roles in such classic films as 1932's Murders in the Rue Morgue (starring Bela Lugosi, and the 1939 musical comedy version of The Three Musketeers (starring Don Ameche and The Ritz Brothers). The Three Musketeers and Hotel Imperial were the last two films he worked on, and both were released on the same day, February 17, 1939, less than a month before Borgato would die of a heart attack on March 14.
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Hotel Imperial (1939)
, 1h7Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Isa Miranda, Ray Milland, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, J. Carrol Naish, Curt Bois
Roles Old Actor (uncredited)
Rating67%
The Three Musketeers (1939)
, 1h13Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Don Ameche, Binnie Barnes, Pauline Moore, Gloria Stuart, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine
Roles Grandfather (uncredited)
Rating59%
Lloyd's of London (1937)
, 1h52Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Guy Standing, Tyrone Power, George Sanders, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles French Miller (uncredited)
Rating68%
On the last day of 1770, youngster Jonathan Blake (Freddie Bartholomew) overhears two sailors discussing something suspicious in his aunt's ale-house in a Norfolk fishing village. He persuades his more respectable best friend, Horatio Nelson (Douglas Scott), to sneak aboard the sailors' ship with him. They overhear a plot involving insurance fraud. When Jonathan decides to warn the insurers, Horatio cannot accompany him, because that same day he is invited to join the Royal Navy as a midshipman. Jonathan walks all the way to London to Lloyd's Coffee House, where the insurers conduct their business. Mr. Angerstein (Guy Standing), the head of one of the syndicates that make up Lloyd's of London, listens to him. Instead of a monetary reward, Jonathan asks to work at Lloyd's as a waiter. Angerstein teaches him that news, "honestly acquired and honestly shared," is the lifeblood of the insurance industry.
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
, 1h2Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Gypsy (uncredited)
Rating65%
Lan Ying Lin and government agent Kim Lee battle alien smugglers.
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
, 1h43Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Billie Burke, Reginald Owen, Agostino Borgato
Roles Cordellera Bar Waiter (uncredited)
Rating63%
In a Trieste gambling casino, the cynical Count Armalia (George Zucco) tells his snobbish friend Rudi Pal (Robert Young) that the only thing separating aristocrats from peasants is luck. Later, in a waterfront cafe, he decides to prove his point by offering the club's singer, Anni Pavlovitch (Joan Crawford), money and a wardrobe to stay at an upper class resort hotel in the Alps for two weeks and pose as his friend Anne Vivaldi, an aristocrat's daughter. When Anni first arrives, she meets Giulio (Franchot Tone), a philosophical postal clerk who has no desire for wealth. She also meets her old friend Maria (Mary Philips), who is happy being a maid in the hotel and warns Anni not to become the victim of Armalia's joke on his friends.
One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
, 1h34Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young, Erik Rhodes, Joseph Cawthorn
Roles Court Clerk (Uncredited)
Rating58%
On a rainy afternoon in Paris, debonair actor Phillipe Martin (Francis Lederer) goes to a darkened movie theatre for a romantic assignation with his married mistress, Yvonne (Liev De Maigret), but sits in the wrong seat and kisses instead lovely Monique Pelerin (Ida Lupino), the daughter of a powerful publisher (Joseph Cawthorn). Monique, who is engaged to powerful Count Alfredo Donstelli (Erik Rhodes), makes a public accusation against Phillip, and the priggish head of the Purity League (Eily Malyon) exploits the incident until it becomes a national scandal, with Phillipe dubbed "The Kissing Monster". When Phillipe is tried, his defense is that he was overcome by Monique's beauty, and that it is a Frenchman's nature to be romantic, even to perfect strangers. His punishment is to spend just three days in jail, but when he is released, he discovers that Monique has paid his fine, supposedly to avoid more publicity, but actually because she is secretly attracted to him.
Wives Never Know (1936)
, 1h15Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Adolphe Menjou, Vivienne Osborne, Claude Gillingwater, Fay Holden
Roles Italian Count (uncredited)
Rating64%
Homer (Charles Ruggles) and Marcia Bigelow (Mary Boland) are a happily married couple. Visiting novelist J. Hugh Ramsey (Adolphe Menjou) considers himself both too wise to ever marry and, through hubris, qualified to offer his own wild theories on what constitutes a happy marriage. He had thus written a best selling novel titled Marriage, the Living Death. Ramsey decides that the Bigelow marriage could not possibly be as perfect as it appears, and convinces Homer that his wife must be secretly unhappy because she had never had the opportunity to forgive the morally spotless Homer for any misdeed. Wishing to please, Homer decides to involve himself in a trist so that Marcia would then have something for which she could forgive him. He chooses French actress Renée La Journée (Vivienne Osborne) who is performing nearby. Ramsey learns of the affair and discovers that the La Journée turns out to be the one love of his life that he had lost years earlier.
The Gay Deception (1935)
, 1h17Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Francis Lederer, Frances Dee, Benita Hume, Alan Mowbray, Luis Alberni, Akim Tamiroff
Roles Pastroni (uncredited)
Rating67%
Secretary Mirabel Miller (Frances Dee) wins a lottery and decides to live it up in a luxurious New York hotel, where she clashes with a bellboy (Francis Lederer) who is more than he appears to be.
Mad Love (1935)
, 1h8Directed by Karl Freund
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Edward Brophy, Ted Healy, Sara Haden
Roles Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Rating71%
Actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake) rests after her final performance at the 'Théâtre des Horreurs' (styled after the Grand Guignol) in Paris, France. As she listens to her husband Stephen Orlac (Colin Clive) play the piano on the radio, she is greeted by Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre), who has seen every show featuring Yvonne, and unaware of her marriage, is aghast to learn that she is moving to England with her husband. Gogol leaves the theater heartbroken, buys the wax figure of Yvonne's character, refers to it as Galatea (from the Greek myth), and arranges that it be delivered to his home the following day.
Marie Galante (1934)
, 1h28Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks, Leslie Fenton, Helen Morgan, Sig Ruman
Roles Frenchman (uncredited)
Rating56%
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Christopher Strong (1933)
, 1h18Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Ralph Forbes, Helen Chandler, Margaret Lindsay
Roles Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Rating62%
During a scavenger hunt, Lady Cynthia Darrington (Katharine Hepburn) is paired with an unlikely match. Lady Cynthia, a strong-spirited aviator, is over the age of 21 but has never had a lover nor an affair because she is too devoted to her work. In the game, she falls in love, however, with Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive), a member of parliament. She has an affair with him after her prize-winning around-the world flight, much to the distress of his wife, Lady Elaine (Billie Burke) and their daughter, Monica (Helen Chandler).
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
, 1h29Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips, Herman Bing, Jack La Rue
Roles Hospital Porter Giulio (uncredited)
Rating63%
On the Italian front during World War I, Frederic Henry (Gary Cooper), an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army, delivers some wounded soldiers to a hospital. There he meets his friend, Italian Major Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou), a doctor. They go out carousing, but are interrupted by a bombing raid. Frederic and English Red Cross nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes) take shelter in the same place. The somewhat drunk Frederic makes a poor first impression.
Bird of Paradise (1932)
, 1h20Directed by King Vidor, H. Bruce Humberstone, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Volcanisme, Films based on plays
Actors Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Bert Roach, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Medicine Man
Rating59%
As a yacht sails into an island chain in the South Pacific, a large number of natives in pontoon boats sail out to greet them. The natives dive for the trinkets the yacht's crew throws them. A shark arrives, scaring most of the natives away. In an attempt to catch a shark by throwing it bait that has been tied to a harpoon-sized hook, Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea) accidentally steps into a loop that tightens around his ankle. The shark takes the bait, and the rope grows tighter, causing the rope to yank the young man overboard. Luana (Dolores del Río), the daughter of the chief, saves his life by leaping into the water and cutting the rope.
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
, 1h12Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, Edgar George Ulmer, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst, Betty Ross Clarke
Roles Alberto Montani (uncredited)
Rating62%
The film is set in 1845 in Paris. A mad scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), abducts young virgin women and injects them with ape blood, in order to create a mate for his talking sideshow ape Erik (Charles Gemora, the gorilla performer).
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
, 1h20Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Thelma Todd, Otto Matieson
Roles Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited)
Rating67%
In San Francisco, private investigator Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez) and his partner Miles Archer (Walter Long) are approached by Ruth Wonderly (Bebe Daniels) to follow a man, Floyd Thursby, who allegedly ran off with her younger sister. The two accept the assignment because the money is good, even though they disbelieve her story.