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Isabelle LaMal is a Actor American born on 16 july 1886 at New Orleans (USA)
Isabelle LaMal (July 16, 1886 – July 20, 1952) was an American film actress. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she appeared in over 95 films between 1928 and 1951.
LaMal is best known for her appearance as Mrs. Bedford, socialite owner of prized poodle Garçon, in the Three Stooges short subject Calling All Curs. She also appeared as society matron Clara in Ants in the Pantry. Other film appearances include An American in Paris, Think Fast, Mr. Moto and the Our Gang short subject Mike Fright.
LaMal died on July 20, 1952.
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Isabelle LaMal
Nationality USA
Birth 16 july 1886 at New Orleans (USA)
Death 20 july 1952 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 16 july 1886 at New Orleans (USA)
Death 20 july 1952 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
LaMal is best known for her appearance as Mrs. Bedford, socialite owner of prized poodle Garçon, in the Three Stooges short subject Calling All Curs. She also appeared as society matron Clara in Ants in the Pantry. Other film appearances include An American in Paris, Think Fast, Mr. Moto and the Our Gang short subject Mike Fright.
LaMal died on July 20, 1952.
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The Last Moment (2008)
Directed by Paul Fejos, Yuthlert Sippapak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lucille La Verne, Georgia Hale, Otto Matieson, Isabelle LaMal
Rating64%
A man drowns himself in lake. As he is dying, he recalls the crucial moments of his life and the incidents that led to his final, fatal decision. His unhappy childhood, his tumultuous decision to leave home and stow away on an ocean freighter, his unsuccessful attempts to become an actor, and his two tumultuous attempts at married life are relived. The film ends with the man walking towards the lake and wading deeper and deeper into its waters until he is no longer visible from the shore.
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
, 2h25Directed by Vincent Sherman, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, John Alexander
Rating75%
In 1914, spoiled Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a renowned beauty, with many suitors. She loves her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) and would do anything to help him. When Fanny learns that Trippy has embezzled money from his stockbroker employer Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), she marries the lovestruck businessman in order to save her brother. Disgusted by the arrangement, in part because of his prejudice against Skeffington being Jewish, Trippy leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.
Men on Her Mind (1944)
, 1h7Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Mary Beth Hughes, Edward Norris, Luis Alberni, Kay Linaker, Claire McDowell, Isabelle LaMal
Roles Miss Wiggins
Rating56%
Phantom Killer (1942)
Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Mantan Moreland, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Mable
Rating54%
Escort Girl (1941)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cyd Charisse, Betty Compson, Margaret Alice Marquis, Robert Kellard, Wheeler Oakman, Gay Seabrook
Roles Snuggles
Rating41%
Ruth Ashley (Betty Compson) is a former escort girl who now owns the Hollywood Escort Bureau in Los Angeles together with Gregory Stone (Wheeler Oakman). Ruth is co-owner of the Café Martinique, a place where all the escorts go with their dates to watch striptease and be treated with champagne. The escort bureau is managed by a man named Breeze Nolan (Guy Kingsford) and provises customers with both male and female escorts.
Murder by Invitation (1941)
, 1h7Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden, Gavin Gordon, Wallis Clark, Minerva Urecal
Roles Martha Denham
Rating58%
The relatives of Cassandra "Cassie" Denham, an old unmarried lady living in New York who is reputedly good for three million dollars, try to make a judge declare her unable to take care of herself financially. The attempt fails, and in charge of handing in the petition is Cassie's nephew Garson Denham, a lawyer. Instead he summons a newspaper reporter, Bob White (Wallace Ford), and his girlfriend, Nora O'Brien (Marian Marsh), and tells them he has been invited to stay a week at Cassie's estate up in the mountains.
Calling All Curs (1939)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lynton Brent, Cy Schindell, Robin Raymond
Rating74%
The Stooges are skilled veterinarians at a pet hospital who are the proud surgeons of Garçon, a prized poodle of socialite Mrs. Bedford (Isabelle LaMal). They successfully remove a thorn from his paw. Dognappers posing as reporters (Lynton Brent, Cy Schindell) dognap Garçon.
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
, 1h8Directed by Gordon Wiles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Toby Wing, Tully Marshall, Spencer Charters, Otis Harlan
Roles Mrs. Mason
Rating60%
Should Wives Work? (1937)
, 20minutesDirected by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leon Errol, Vivien Oakland, Richard Lane, Eva Puck, Isabelle LaMal
Rating71%
The Toast of New York (1937)
, 1h49Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie, Donald Meek, Thelma Leeds
Rating62%
In post-Civil War America, unscrupulous, ambitious partners Jim Fisk (Arnold) and Nick Boyd (Grant) talk tight-fisted businessman Daniel Drew (Donald Meek) into selling them his shipping company, paying with worthless Confederate bonds. Later, worried that his longtime rival, Cornelius Vanderbilt (Clarence Kolb), is trying to take control of his railroad, Drew seeks help from Fisk, only to have him turn the situation to his own advantage. Fisk and Boyd eventually become powers to be reckoned with on Wall Street.
Ants in the Pantry (1936)
Directed by Jack White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Clara Kimball Young, Bud Jamison, James C. Morton
Rating77%
The Stooges are pest exterminators who are forced to drum up business by planting mice, moths, and ants in an unsuspecting house under the threat of being fired if they cannot. They select a fancy mansion where a high society dinner party is being held. After successfully infesting the house with vermin, the trio are predictably hired to clean up their own mess, without interrupting the party, dressed as guests.
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
, 1h30Directed by Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Lucien Littlefield, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young
Rating75%
In 1908 the Earl of Burnstead (Roland Young) gambles away his eminently correct English manservant, Marmaduke Ruggles (Charles Laughton). Ruggles' new masters, crude nouveau riche American millionaires Egbert and Effie Floud (Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland), bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, Washington, a remote Western boomtown. When Ruggles is mistaken for a wealthy retired Englishman colonel, he becomes a celebrity in the small town. As Ruggles attempts to adjust to his rough new community, he learns to live life on his own terms, achieving a fulfilling independence as a result.
Mike Fright (1934)
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Stymie Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond, Leonard Kibrick, Billy Lee
Roles Receptionist
Rating73%
When open auditions are announced for a radio variety program, the local station is besieged by aggressively over-coached "professional kids." Also auditioning is the International Silver String Submarine Band—which turns out to be the gang, equipped (or rather, armed) with home-made instruments.