The best Max Davidson’s movies

Max Davidson

Max Davidson

23/05/1875- 04/09/1950
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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator
8.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 23/10/1940
  • Character: Jewish Man (uncredited)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/12/1940
  • Character: Flower Man (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 04/09/1916
  • Character: Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Union Pacific

Union Pacific
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 05/05/1939
  • Character: Card Player (uncredited)
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/06/1940
  • Character: Old Postman
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Brietner, a family friend is caught up in the turmoil.

Man Of The People

Man Of The People
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/01/1937
  • Character: Mr. Shelman (uncredited)
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

Exclusive

Exclusive
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/08/1937
  • Character: Tailor
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.

Adventure

Adventure
6.1/10
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

My Best Girl

My Best Girl
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 31/10/1927
  • Character: Night Court Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

The Great Commandment

The Great Commandment
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/10/1939
  • Character: Old Man
Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/12/1934
  • Character: $100 Recipient (uncredited)
Mary wants to marriy a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Dumb Daddies

Dumb Daddies
6.5/10
  • Release: 03/02/1928
  • Character: The Father
Max mistakes his son's acting for reality. When the play calls for the son to commit a murder (on a mannequin), Max winds up trying to hide the body from the police.

The World Gone Mad

The World Gone Mad
4.8/10
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.

Roamin' Wild

Roamin' Wild
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/04/1936
  • Character: Abe Wineman
Trouble has been reported in Placerville where Tom Barton's brother is the Marshal. Arriving Tom finds a phoney Marshal in his brother's place. Learning that Clark is behind the all the trouble and that he is after the Madison stage line, Tom joins up with Mary Madison to fight Clark while he also looks for his missing brother.

So This Is College

So This Is College
5.4/10
Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/01/1927
  • Character: Elias Butterman
During World War I, an Austrian officer is trapped behind the Russian lines. He tries to sneak through to his own lines, but is forced to take refuge in a small hotel, where he is hidden by the establishment's chambermaid. The two fall in love, but a Russian general makes the hotel his headquarters and sets his sights on the maid. In addition, the Austrian must find out the identity of a spy who is feeding the Russians military information that could lead to the destruction of the Austrian army.

The Hoodlum

The Hoodlum
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/08/1919
  • Character: Abram Isaacs
A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade
6.2/10
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/02/1926
  • Character: David Mandel
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Jewish Prudence

Jewish Prudence
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/05/1927
  • Character: Papa Gimplewart
Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.

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