Leila Hyams
Date of birth: 1905-05-01
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American model, vaudeville and film actress, who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in the 1920s during the era of silent films and ended in 1936. Although her career only lasted around twelve years, the blonde blue-eyed ingenue appeared in more than 50 film roles and remained a press favorite, with numerous magazine covers.
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Island of Lost Souls
1932-12-23
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935-03-08
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentl
The Bishop Murder Case
1929-12-31
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance dedu
The Big House
1930-06-14
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he m
The Branded Sombrero
1928-01-08
A cowboy promises his dying foster-father, "Honest" John Maggert, that he will return the cattle tha
Spite Marriage
1929-03-24
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he
The Phantom of Paris
1931-09-12
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is plac
Sandra
1924-09-01
BY DAY a beautiful wife-accepting a husband's humble love, his humble home, his humble pleasures. BY
Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair
The Thirteenth Chair
1929-10-19
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his
The Far Call
1929-04-28
A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he falls f
The Constant Woman
1933-03-12
A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out a
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933-08-16
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence
The Sins of the Children
1930-06-27
A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate ou
Way Out West
1930-08-02
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is force
Way for a Sailor
1930-11-01
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
Wonder of Women
1929-07-20
The artistic temperament of a German concert pianist renders him chronically unfaithful to his devot
The Girl Said No
1930-03-15
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams
Gentleman's Fate
1931-03-07
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
The Poor Rich
1934-02-25
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their
Stepping Out
1931-04-11
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
Summer Bachelors
1926-12-18
Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned abou
The Big Broadcast
1932-10-14
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to h
Part Time Wife
1930-11-30
The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty
The Flirting Widow
1930-05-11
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. Howeve
The Idle Rich
1929-06-15
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her famil
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931-10-03
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a
Men Call It Love
1931-03-14
Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.
Hurricane
1929-09-30
Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they hold
The Christmas Party
1931-12-17
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his footbal
Horse Play
1933-06-01
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle
Yellow Dust
1936-03-12
After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934-05-01
When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote ab
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928-11-15
An Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client until
The Wizard
1927-11-27
A mad doctor sews human head onto gorilla's body.
Surrender
1931-12-06
Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the nov
A Girl in Every Port
1928-02-26
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle
$1,000 a Minute
1935-10-21
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend
One-Round Hogan
1927-09-17
"One-Round' Hogan is a heavyweight prizefighter with a knockout punch contending for a championship
No Ransom
1934-10-07
In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teet
Sweethearts and Wives
1930-06-15
An aristocrat tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover a diamond necklace, whi
Saturday's Millions
1933-09-30
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's fath
First Aid
1943-01-02
This short film is a humorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around
Dancing Mothers
1926-03-01
An unfaithful husband and his daughter go on nightly club outings, leaving the mother at home. The m
The Crimson City
1928-04-07
Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.
Masquerade
1929-07-14
The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wea
Honor Bound
1928-04-29
When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes
Freaks
1932-01-01
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his defor
People Will Talk
1935-05-24
Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who h
Land of the Silver Fox
1928-10-18
Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in the fa
The Bush Leaguer
1927-08-20
"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more inter
The Brute
1927-04-20
Martin Sondes is an easy-going cowhand going up against a shady, saloon owner called "Square Deal" F
White Pants Willie
1927-07-24
Philip Charters, the President of International Motors, and his daughter, Helen, drive up to the sho