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Frank Fay is a Actor and Writer American born on 15 november 1891 at San Francisco (USA)
Frank Fay (November 17, 1891 – September 25, 1961) was an American vaudeville comedian and film and stage actor. Highly successful on the stage, he originated the role of "Elwood P. Dowd" in the Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase. He is probably best known as actress Barbara Stanwyck's first husband. Their troubled marriage is thought by some to be the basis of the 1937 film A Star is Born, in which the previously unknown wife shoots to stardom while her husband's career goes into sharp decline. In January 1946, just months after Nazi Germany had been defeated, a rally of ten thousand white supremacists gathered at Madison Square Garden for a pro-Fascist event called "The Friends of Frank Fay.
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Frank Fay
Birth name Francis Anthony Donner
Nationality USA
Birth 15 november 1891 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 26 september 1961 (at 69 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 november 1891 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 26 september 1961 (at 69 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
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Love Nest (1951)
, 1h21Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors June Haver, William Lundigan, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Fay, Leatrice Joy, Martha Wentworth
Roles Charles Kenneth 'Charley' Patterson
Rating61%
When serviceman and author Jim Scott (William Lundigan) returns from Paris to his hometown, New York City, he is flabbergasted to discover that his well-meaning but unrealistic wife Connie (June Haver) has invested his wages in a run-down apartment building. Despite Connie's hopes that being a landlord will give Jim time to write a novel, Jim realizes that the building will require much work and will barely give them enough income.
Spotlight Scandals (1943)
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Prison films
Actors Billy Gilbert, Frank Fay, Harry Langdon, Iris Adrian, Claudia Dell, Betty Blythe
Roles Frank Fay
Rating56%
I Want a Divorce (1940)
, 1h15Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Gloria Dickson, Frank Fay, Jessie Ralph, Harry Davenport
Roles Jeff Gilman
Rating60%
Alan and Geraldine MacNally are a married couple, who are doubting if they did the right thing by marrying each other. Meanwhile, David and Wanda Holland are in the final stages of their divorce. It so happens Alan is the attorney who arranges their divorce. This makes him and Geraldine fall even further apart. Everything changes when Wanda commits suicide after she loses custody of her son. The MacNallys then start thinking about what is really important to them.
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
, 1h36Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan, Harry Carey, Karl Malden, Frank Fay
Roles Father McKee
Rating59%
When visiting San Francisco, Tony Patucci, an ageing illiterate winegrower from the Napa Valley, sees waitress Amy Peters and falls in love. Returning home, he persuades his foreman Joe, an incorrigible womanizer, to write her a letter in Tony's name. Tony's courtship by mail culminates with a proposal, and when she requests a picture of him, he sends one of Joe. Amy accepts and goes to Napa to be married. Although horrified to discover that her prospective husband is the portly Tony, she decides to go through with the marriage. However, while Tony is in bed after an accident, Amy and Joe have an affair. Two months later, as Tony plans the wedding, she discovers that she is pregnant. Upon learning this, Tony pummels Joe, who leaves the vineyards. but forgives Amy, and insists that they still be married, But she is unable to forgive herself, so she leaves with the priest who's come to marry them, while Tony looks on, hoping that she will return one day.
Nothing Sacred (1937)
, 1h17Directed by William A. Wellman, William Cameron Menzies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about journalists
Actors Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, Sig Ruman, Margaret Hamilton
Roles Master of Ceremonies
Rating67%
New York newspaper reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) is blamed for passing off an ordinary African-American (Troy Brown) as an African nobleman hosting a charity event (despite his claims of not knowing this was false). Cook is demoted to writing obituaries. He begs his boss Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) for another chance. Wally is sent to the (fictional) town of Warsaw, Vermont, to interview Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard), a woman supposedly dying of radium poisoning. Cook finally locates Hazel, who is crying because her doctor has told her that she is not dying. Unaware of this, he invites her to New York as the guest of the Morning Star newspaper.
Stars Over Broadway (1935)
, 1h29Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Marie Wilson, Frank Fay
Roles Announcer
Rating58%
A Fool's Advice (1932)
, 1h3Directed by Ralph Ceder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frank Fay, Nat Pendleton, Edward J. Nugent, Ruth Hall, Berton Churchill, George Meeker
Roles Spencer Brown
Rating53%
Un opérateur d'ascenseur invente une machine qui, selon lui, peut aider à vaincre un politicien corrompu lors de la prochaine élection du maire de la ville.
The Stolen Jools (1931)
, 20minutesDirected by Harold S. Bucquet, John G. Adolfi, William C. McGann, Victor Heerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Hill, Jack Hill, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Frank Fay
Rating57%
At the "Screen Stars Annual Ball", Norma Shearer has her jewels stolen. The police must find them and return them to her.
God's Gift to Women (1931)
, 1h12Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Alan Mowbray, Joan Blondell, Charles Winninger, Billy House
Roles Toto Duryea
Rating51%
Wealthy French playboy Toto Duryea (Frank Fay) is irresistible to women, but is in love with none of them. According to Monsieur Rancour (Armand Kaliz), for Toto, "every woman is like a new dish to be tasted." When he is finally and instantly smitten with American Diane Churchill (Laura LaPlante), he has great difficulty proving to her and her father (Charles Winninger) that he truly loves her. Finally, he convinces her that he is sincere; Mr. Churchill insists that Toto give up his women and carousing and stay away from his daughter for six months to prove he has reformed. He also asks that Toto get examined by Churchill's doctor.
, 20minutesDirected by Bryan Foy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis, Mary Carr, Owen Moore
Rating65%
Under a Texas Moon (1930)
, 1h22Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Fay, Raquel Torres, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery Sr., Armida, George E. Stone
Roles Don Carlos
Rating51%
Frank Fay, as a Mexican named Don Carlos, rides into a small Texas border settlement on the Fourth of July in the early 1880s. He is accompanied by his two inseparable companions, played by Georgie Stone and George Cooper. The day is being celebrated in the style of a Spanish fiesta. Fay challenges a rough Texan, played by Noah Beery, to a duel, only to find himself invited to undertake the dangerous task of capturing a cattle rustler who has been stealing cattle from the Lazy Y Ranch. He accepts the task on the promise of receiving seven thousand dollars in gold if he can return both the thief and the stolen cattle within ten days. During the next nine days, Fay spends his time making love to every pretty girl he meets, serenading many of theme by singing the theme song to the film while playing his guitar, while his two companions join in the harmonizing. He lies to them all, telling each girl exactly what she wishes to hear. Throughout all this time he does nothing towards earning his reward. On the tenth day, he captures the cattle rustler and turns up the cattle to everyone's surprise by using a simple method that no one had thought of. He rides back to Mexico with his latest conquest in his arms.
Bright Lights (1930)
, 1h13Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery Sr., Frank McHugh, James Murray, Tom Dugan
Roles Wally Dean
Rating56%
Successful actress Louanne (Dorothy Mackaill) is about to marry a rich man instead of the man she really loves, Wally Dean (Frank Fay). As the film begins, Louanne is giving her last performance as she plans to retire once she is married. A group of reporters comes to interview Louanne and while she tells them a story which she thinks is appropriate for a soon-to-be wife of a wealthy socialite, the scene flashes back to her actual past.
The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman, Florence Eldridge, Beryl Mercer, Vivien Oakland, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Roles Leopold Trebel/Adolphe Noblet
Rating57%
Leopold Trebel (Frank Fay) is a man who was in a train wreck five years earlier and was taken for dead by his wife, Juliet (Florence Eldridge) Leopold and Juliet have both remarried. Leopold, who remembers nothing that occurred before the train wreck, is the father of two sets of twins by his new wife, Sylvaine (Lilyan Tashman). Juliet has recently had a child with her new husband, Gustave Corton (James Gleason). Leopold is a very popular hairdresser and some of Juliet's friends urge her to try him out.
Show of Shows (1929)
, 2h8Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Fay, Anthony Bushell, John Barrymore, William Courtenay, William Bakewell, Richard Barthelmess
Roles Master of Ceremonies
Rating58%
Scriptwriter
A Fool's Advice (1932)
, 1h3Directed by Ralph Ceder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frank Fay, Nat Pendleton, Edward J. Nugent, Ruth Hall, Berton Churchill, George Meeker
Roles Story
Rating53%
Un opérateur d'ascenseur invente une machine qui, selon lui, peut aider à vaincre un politicien corrompu lors de la prochaine élection du maire de la ville.