The Thin Man
1934
star 7.5
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their ef...
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Acting
Edward Ellis
Character actor in films, often portraying strident types, he is best remembered cast as "The Thin Man" (actually, "Wynant") of the hit 1934 MGM film. He Ellis was active on Broadway as an actor, producer and playwright from 1905-32 (see "Other Works"). He died in Beverly Hills, CA at age 81 in 1952.
Filmography
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Fury
1936
star 7.5
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town...
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
star 7.8
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities...
Winterset
1936
star 6.0
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
The President Vanishes
1934
star 6.0
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political dram...
A Man Betrayed
1941
star 5.6
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actua...
Maid of Salem
1937
star 6.2
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in th...
Hi, Nellie!
1934
star 6.7
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlem...
The Texas Rangers
1936
star 6.6
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an...
Career
1939
star 8.0
Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintance...
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
star 6.0
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He...
Village Tale
1935
star 7.3
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
Little Miss Broadway
1938
star 6.5
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's own...
Steel Against the Sky
1941
star 5.4
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
Girl Missing
1933
star 5.2
Showgirls Kay and June are stranded on Palm Beach when they become involved in the case of a fellow chorine who...
Strictly Personal
1933
star 7.5
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Eve...
Let Them Live
1937
star 8.0
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Main Street Lawyer
1939
star 5.0
A prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is blackmailed by a gang...
The Omaha Trail
1942
star 7.0
The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
A Man to Remember
1938
star 6.7
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
The Lady Consents
1936
star 6.4
Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civi...
Three Sons
1939
star 2.5
A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
After Tonight
1933
star 6.6
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with t...
Man of Conquest
1939
star 5.6
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
The Trumpet Blows
1934
star 6.0
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brot...
The Man in Blue
1937
star 10.0
A police officer who kills a thief during the commission of a robbery takes on the responsibility of raising th...
The Last Gentleman
1934
star 5.0
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons...
From Headquarters
1933
star 6.1
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several lik...
The 9th Guest
1934
star 6.0
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in...
Chatterbox
1936
star 7.0
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her s...
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
star 6.0
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing...
Transient Lady
1935
star 6.3
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Out Yonder
1919
star 6.8
Flotsam (Thomas) is the daughter and helper of crusty old lighthouse keeper Joe Clark (Edward Ellis, in fine fo...
Midnight Madonna
1937
star 8.0
A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhand...
The Frontier of the Stars
1921
star 9.0
East Side gangster Buck Leslie attempts to stop a fight between chemist Gregory and a tough and is pursued by d...
The Great Bradley Mystery
1917
star 8.0
Business partners Bradley and Collier both love Mary. Bradley leads Collier to believe he is engaged to her so...