Cast: George Arliss

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring George Arliss. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The House of Rothschild

1934 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker · Sidney Lanfield

Cast George Arliss · Boris Karloff · Loretta Young · Robert Young

Synopsis The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially...

6.4

26 votes

6.4

26 votes

Disraeli

1929 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast George Arliss · Joan Bennett · Florence Arliss · Anthony Bushell

Synopsis Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

5.8

39 votes

5.8

39 votes

The Tunnel

1935 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Maurice Elvey

Cast Richard Dix · Leslie Banks · Madge Evans · Helen Vinson

Synopsis Engineers Richard McAllan and Frederick Robinson manage to get financial backing for a gigantic project to build a tunnel from England to America. His biggest supporter is Varlia Lloyd, daughter of one of the backers, and she uses her influence...

5.3

28 votes

5.3

28 votes

The Man Who Played God

1932 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Bette Davis · Violet Heming · André Luguet

Synopsis Montgomery Royale. He returns to New York with this sister, friend Mildred and fiancée Grace. He becomes philanthropic, using binoculars and lip reading to decide what anonymous gifts to bestow on strangers. He sees Grace tell her love Howard that...

5.3

34 votes

5.3

34 votes

Doctor Syn

1937 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast George Arliss · Margaret Lockwood · John Loder · Roy Emerton

Synopsis When customs and excise men arrive at the village of Dymchurch in Kent, they uncover an intricate smuggling network being coordinated by the local parson, Dr Syn. Unknown to all but a few locals Dr Syn also hides a secret...

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Old English

1930 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

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The King's Vacation

1933 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Marjorie Gateson · Dudley Digges · Patricia Ellis

Synopsis A king finds himself with no purpose in his reign, abdicates his throne to return to the wife and child he left many years ago when he was called to duty to be the king of his country.

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The Devil

1921 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction James Young

Cast George Arliss · Sylvia Breamer · Lucy Cotton · Florence Arliss

Synopsis Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, while viewing a new painting, "The Martyr--Truth Crucified by Evil." Marie declares that the...

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A Successful Calamity

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Mary Astor · Evalyn Knapp · Grant Mitchell

Synopsis Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children (Peggy and Eddie). To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he...

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Hollywood: The Great Stars

1963 · Documentary · 51 min. · United States

Direction Marshall Flaum

Cast Henry Fonda · Walter Abel · June Allyson · George Arliss

Synopsis Host Henry Fonda follows the creation of the star system with Mary Pickford in the Silent Era through its demise in the early Sixties.

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The Green Goddess

1930 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast George Arliss · Ralph Forbes · H.B. Warner · Alice Joyce

Synopsis An airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three half-brothers in neighboring India. His subjects believe that...

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The Last Gentleman

1934 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast George Arliss · Edna May Oliver · Janet Beecher · Charlotte Henry

Synopsis In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr taunts each one, claiming their only interest in...

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The Working Man

1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Bette Davis · Theodore Newton · Hardie Albright

Synopsis Shoe manufacturer John Reeves turns his business over to his conceited nephew when his rival dies. On vacation, he runs into his rivals heirs who are living it up on their dead father's money. Reeves gets hired by them and...

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Voltaire

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Doris Kenyon · Margaret Lindsay · Alan Mowbray

Synopsis Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the...

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Alexander Hamilton

1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Doris Kenyon · Dudley Digges · June Collyer

Synopsis With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days was over paying the soldiers who had fought in the...

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The Green Goddess

1923 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Olcott

Cast George Arliss · Alice Joyce · David Powell · Harry T. Morey

Synopsis Three British subjects arrive in the land of the Rajah of Rukh, during the time of the British Raj.

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Cardinal Richelieu

1935 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast George Arliss · Maureen O'Sullivan · Edward Arnold · Cesar Romero

Synopsis Arliss etches another historical portrayal of France's unscrupulous cardinal who controlled Louis XIII (Arnold). Good cast supports star.

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The Millionaire

1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Florence Arliss · David Manners · Evalyn Knapp

Synopsis A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.

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