The best Hugh O'Connell’s movies

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell

04/08/1898- 19/01/1943
We present our ranking of the best Hugh O'Connell’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Hugh O'Connell.
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Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners
6.5/10
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 17/05/1940
  • Character: Johnson (the insurance adjuster)
Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent those seven years alone on a desert island with another man.

Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/09/1935
  • Character: Charles B. Horsley
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 07/02/1938
  • Character: Himself
This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke fun at the flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town
6.4/10
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 06/03/1937
  • Character: Truman Hardy
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

Personal Maid

Personal Maid
6.2/10
Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family.

The Smiling Lieutenant

The Smiling Lieutenant
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/08/1931
  • Character: Niki's Orderly
A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn for girlfriend, Franzi, is accidentally intercepted -- and misread -- by the visiting Princess Anna. As a result, the soldier has no choice but to marry the royal lady and move with her to the neighboring kingdom of Flausenthurm. His girlfriend follows to continue the romance and, subversively, give Princess Anna tips on how to keep her husband satisfied.

That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/08/1937
  • Character: reporter Virgil Whitaker
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.

Torchy Blane in Panama

Torchy Blane in Panama
5.9/10
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

Mystery House

Mystery House
5.5/10
When Hubert Kingery, a banker, is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to get to the bottom of the case.

Manhattan Moon

Manhattan Moon
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of social connections. In lieu of the cash, Dan gets Reggie to introduce him to the swells of high society. They go to the opera and, after hearing Yvonne Malloy sing, Dan falls in love with her. Reggie introduces them, but the introduction is to Yvonne's double and stand-in, Toots. This leads to many complications for all concerned.

Chinatown Squad

Chinatown Squad
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 31/05/1935
  • Character: Sergeant McLeash
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.

The Perfect Specimen

The Perfect Specimen
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/10/1937
  • Character: Hotel Clerk
Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.

Fly Away Baby

Fly Away Baby
6.3/10
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Broadway Thru a Keyhole
6.4/10
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?

Close Relations

Close Relations
7.4/10
  • Release: 30/09/1933
  • Character: Dr. Carver
Roscoe believes he is in line to receive a large inheritance, but the reality is considerably more psychopathic-- no, nuts.

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor
6.5/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 09/11/1940
  • Character: Lawrence Watkins
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

Marry the Girl

Marry the Girl
4.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/07/1937
  • Character: Mike Forrester
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.

Cheating Cheaters

Cheating Cheaters
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/11/1934
  • Character: Steve Wilson
The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres.

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