Theodore von Eltz
Date of birth: 1893-11-04
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Theodor von Eltz, Teddy von Eltz, Ted van Eltz, Theorore Von Eltz, Theo. Von Eltz, Theo Van Eltz
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Sweeping Against the Winds
1930-06-20
A small textile factory down south is run by a cruel foreman that bullies and fires on whim the work
Laddie
1926-09-26
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor but meets opposition from her stern military fa
Topper
1937-07-16
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to
Follow the Boys
1944-05-05
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star
The Secret Six
1931-04-18
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind
Lights Out
1923-11-12
Notorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it is
Bright Eyes
1934-12-28
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle,
The Old Swimmin' Hole
1940-10-21
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc El
The Glorious Fool
1922-01-01
Billy Grant, a wealthy young playboy, drunkenly crashes his car and appears near death. Afraid that
The Woman with Four Faces
1923-06-24
Elizabeth West, a young woman who is both a thief and a con artist and allied with a gang of crooks,
The Awful Truth
1929-08-10
Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
White Fang
1925-05-24
Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
Devil's Cargo
1948-04-01
John Calvert takes over as the Falcon in this Poverty-Row continuation of the film series.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures la
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941-03-24
Ventriloquist and world traveler Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the
The Unwritten Law
1932-11-26
A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother w
His Wife
1915-10-28
Henry Dennys, a wealthy Englishman, has two sons who are frequently brought into the company of Edit
The Turmoil
1924-09-14
Industrialist James Sheridan, Sr., once a laborer, insists on moulding the careers of his three sons
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953-05-27
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spiri
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph
The Great Man's Lady
1941-10-31
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who
Smart Girl
1935-07-16
Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealt
The Murder Man
1935-07-12
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
This Side of Heaven
1934-02-02
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
High Gear
1933-03-21
When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but
Love Past Thirty
1934-02-14
When a woman's boyfriend dumps her for a younger girl, she hatches a scheme to get revenge by going
Kiss of Araby
1933-04-21
While the commander of the British Army in Arabia, Major J. W. Courtney, is out in the desert chasin
Breach of Promise
1932-10-23
A pre-Code drama.
The Unholy Wife
1957-06-24
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off
Inspiration
1931-01-31
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include
Bondage
1933-04-22
Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution,
Five and Ten
1931-06-13
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New Y
The Prodigal
1931-02-21
An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy
Jennie Gerhardt
1933-06-08
This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series o
Heartbreak
1931-11-08
John Merrick and Vilma Walden, who fall in love at an embassy fundraiser in Vienna before World War
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1951-10-10
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers o
Perch of the Devil
1927-03-06
Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend
Saratoga Trunk
1945-11-21
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces
The Furies
1930-03-16
Fifi Sands, whose husband is constantly unfaithful, is prevented from obtaining a divorce by Bedlow,
Raggedy Rose
1926-11-06
Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.
The Last Alarm
1926-06-15
Firemen Tom and Joe each loves the other's sister, although neither is able to support a wife. Tom's
Nothing to Wear
1928-11-05
Peeved that her husband will not buy her a fur coat, Jackie Standish visits her former sweetheart, T
Fools of Fashion
1926-10-01
Mary Young is a young wife who wants beautiful clothes. Her friend Enid invites her to shop at Madam
The Traffic Cop
1916-04-08
During his daily duties, Casey the Cop rescues a woman who's soon his sweetheart. Later, she learns
Queen o'Diamonds
1926-01-24
Chorus girl Jerry Lyon, is persuaded to pose as her look-alike, Jeanette Durant, a Broadway star who
Manslaughter
1922-09-24
Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of moto
Extravagance
1921-03-07
The marriage of Jim and Esther spirals downhill rapidly when Esther purchases a sable coat for herse
The Girl from Rocky Point
1922-02-01
Betty falls in love with Samuel Hayden, who was washed ashore after having survived a shipwreck. The
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944-02-11
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths
The Unwritten Code
1944-10-26
A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not u
Flight for Freedom
1943-04-14
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles
Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about
Play Girl
1941-01-29
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942-02-02
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find
The Four Feathers
1929-06-01
An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from h
Confidential
1935-10-16
A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicat
Persons in Hiding
1939-02-10
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
Life with Henry
1941-01-23
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
Full Confession
1939-09-08
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to th
The Night of Nights
1939-12-01
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left hi
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter show
I Am the Law
1938-08-25
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organi
Behind the Green Lights
1935-03-11
A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal l
They Made Her a Spy
1939-04-14
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes
Criminal Lawyer
1937-01-29
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Be
Sea Devils
1937-02-19
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming of
Clarence
1937-02-12
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things,
Stage Door
1937-10-08
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where a
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
The Firefly
1937-11-05
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her
Fight for Your Lady
1937-11-05
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich
Under Your Spell
1936-11-06
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bri
Adventure in Manhattan
1936-10-08
The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (w
Love Before Breakfast
1936-03-09
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for K
Locked Doors
1925-01-05
A young woman marries a man several years her senior to provide a comfortable home for her invalid f
Luxury Liner
1933-02-03
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious t
Red Haired Alibi
1932-10-21
A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the
Strangers of the Evening
1932-05-14
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what
The Animal World
1956-05-30
A documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present.
Hotel Continental
1932-02-21
Scheduled for demolition, Hotel Continental has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. The
Stand-In
1937-10-29
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financial
Redheads Preferred
1926-12-01
In order to land an important client, Morgan is obliged to escort a beautiful redhead to a costume b
The Nickel-Hopper
1926-12-04
Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per
West of Broadway
1931-11-28
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry h
Gigolettes of Paris
1933-10-05
Silent screen favorite Madge Bellamy starred in this low-budget melodrama written and directed by ch
Anything Once!
1927-01-02
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of
No Man's Law
1927-05-01
A wild stallion (Rex the Wonder Horse) becomes the protector of a prospector and his foster daughter
I'll Wait for You
1941-05-16
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
No Other Woman
1933-01-06
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortuna
The Midnight Lady
1932-05-15
The hard-boiled owner of a big-city speakeasy is reunited with her daughter, who has been raised to
The Eleventh Commandment
1933-03-25
A wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly after,
Below the Deadline
1936-06-07
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a tra
Ticket to Paradise
1936-06-24
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
A Man Betrayed
1936-12-27
A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tr
California Straight Ahead
1937-04-16
A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transporta
Dance, Girl, Dance
1933-09-01
Vaudevillian Joe Pitt sweeps young Sally Patter off of her feet and steals the lovestruck girl away
A Private Scandal
1931-12-30
There is a sensational jewel robbery at the home of one of the leaders of the Boston Back Bay aristo
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance com
Little Old New York
1940-02-09
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize hi
Youth on Parole
1937-10-04
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get
The Silver Streak
1934-12-21
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport
The Rescue
1929-01-12
The English adventurer Tom Lingard gets involved with islanders on a South Seas island, and he also
Drifting Souls
1932-08-07
A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She g
The Old Nest
1921-06-28
A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fl
The Hucksters
1947-07-17
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be
Once a Lady
1931-11-07
A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an af
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928-01-15
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to
Kismet
1930-10-30
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to r
Pleasure Cruise
1933-04-01
Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruis
His Night Out
1935-10-01
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he get
Delinquent Parents
1938-07-15
A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.
Beyond Victory
1931-04-03
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
A Scarlet Week-End
1932-11-30
A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on h
The Sea Wolf
1926-07-26
Captain "Wolf" Larsen, the absolute master of a seal schooner, is a mystic and philosopher, though h
I Cover Chinatown
1936-10-01
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.
Ladies of the Big House
1931-12-26
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder
Her Splendid Folly
1933-10-07
Solomon Ginsberg is the President of International Pictures Corporation and hires Joan McAllister, a
Elinor Norton
1934-11-02
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wi
Magnificent Obsession
1935-12-30
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
Suzy
1936-07-20
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Inside Story
1939-03-10
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-f
Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks.
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938-04-07
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval Ch
The Very Idea
1929-09-15
Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.
The Road to Glory
1936-09-04
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are kille
Love Among the Millionaires
1930-07-05
A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich
Arizona to Broadway
1933-07-22
A team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen mone
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
Up Pops the Devil
1931-05-19
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been wo
Streamline Express
1935-09-15
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a
Grand Old Girl
1935-01-15
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939-09-22
A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglect
The Sun Never Sets
1939-05-31
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home fr
The Red Kimona
1925-11-16
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
The Man in the Trunk
1942-09-19
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
Bermuda Mystery
1944-05-01
A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.
Lady in a Jam
1942-06-19
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned
The Saint Takes Over
1940-06-07
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the a
High Tension
1936-07-10
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want h
The Westland Case
1937-10-30
A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows wer
Self Defense
1932-12-15
Katy Devoux runs a gambling-drinking joint in British Columbia. She is a fair-playing business woman
Pardon Our Nerve
1939-02-24
Big Town Girls have dating service jobs long enough to learn that a society matron needs a boxer to
Master of Men
1933-11-28
One of ten films that Fay Wray made in 1993 (including King Kong), Master of Men casts her as Kay Wa
Trails of the Wild
1935-07-31
An agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers disco
A Shot in the Dark
1941-04-05
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
Since You Went Away
1944-06-30
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose pa
Huddle
1932-05-14
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company
The Arizona Kid
1930-03-23
The Arizona Kid carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and ca
Kitty Foyle
1940-12-27
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
Rhapsody in Blue
1945-06-27
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Call It Luck
1934-07-09
A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-g
The Sea Around Us
1953-06-30
Irwin Allen explores the mysteries of the deep blue sea in this Technicolor documentary. Based on Ra
Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing f
Tiger Rose
1923-12-09
Originally a Broadway play by Willard Macks, Lenore Ulric played the lead on Broadway and reprises h
Hearts of Oak
1924-10-05
Terry Dunniva, a retired sea-captain living in Marblehead, Massachusetts, adopts two children, Chrys
Secrets
1933-03-16
In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with cle
Under Cover of Night
1937-01-08
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's researc
The Man Who Had Everything
1920-10-17
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940-02-21
This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appoin
Quiet Please, Murder
1943-03-19
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich
One Woman to Another
1927-09-17
One Woman to Another (1927)
A Broadway Lady
1925-11-15
Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but
Mind Your Own Business
1936-12-18
Nature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends" column
The Big Sleep
1946-08-22
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involvi
Wicked
1931-10-04
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband
The Cat Creeps
1930-11-10
Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
Air Force
1943-03-20
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and
Blondes at Work
1938-02-05
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself a
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931-10-10
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her
Being Respectable
1924-07-01
Wealthy young Charles Carpenter is pressured by his family to marry Suzanne, even though he is reall
3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq
Private Worlds
1935-04-19
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor
Hollywood Canteen
1944-12-15
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entert
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926-09-30
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could w
The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich
The Great Mail Robbery
1927-07-19
Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail Robbe
The Fourteenth Lover
1922-01-09
Vi Marchmont (Viola Dana) is a spoiled rich girl who has thirteen lovers. Her Aunt Letitia (Kate Les
The Great Plane Robbery
1940-12-09
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the cl
Paint and Powder
1925-09-16
Elaine Hammerstein stars in this independently produced drama. She plays Mary Dolan, a dancer at a B
Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France,
The Speed Girl
1921-09-19
20 year old Betty Lee becomes famous for her movie stunts with airplanes and high power roadsters. W
Trial Without Jury
1950-07-08
A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.
The Way of the Strong
1928-06-18
A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.
Sherlock Brown
1922-06-26
The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S. government.
The Headline Woman
1935-05-14
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father'
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939-11-02
A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of the
The Breaking Point
1924-05-04
Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a bli
A Desperate Moment
1926-01-19
Virginia Dean enjoys a yachting trip with her father. She falls in love with the captain of the boat
The Sporting Chance
1925-07-21
Pat Winthrop becomes engaged to Bob Shelby, a southerner who owns Kentucky Boy, a horse entered in t
The Thoroughbred
1925-07-14
Bob Beemis comes to New York City hoping to get his family entrenched in the high-society circuit, b
His New York Wife
1926-11-15
Lured to New York with false promises of having her play produced, Lila Lake is forced to accept a s
On Thin Ice
1925-03-08
A crook and his gang plan to con a young woman out of a cache of stolen loot they, and the police, b
Can a Woman Love Twice?
1923-03-04
Mary Grant, whose husband was killed in the war, has to support herself and her young son Tom by wor