Direction: Richard Boleslawski
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Richard Boleslawski. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 19
Les misérables
1935 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Fredric March · Charles Laughton · Cedric Hardwicke · Rochelle Hudson
Synopsis Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery for Valjean, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman...
7.0
240 votes
7.0
240 votes
The Painted Veil
1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Greta Garbo · Herbert Marshall · George Brent · Warner Oland
Synopsis In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. Lonely Katrin has an...
6.6
320 votes
6.6
320 votes
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast John Barrymore · Ethel Barrymore · Lionel Barrymore · Ralph Morgan
Synopsis It's hard to separate fact and fancy from the many accounts of what happened on the set when all three of the fabulous Barrymores -- Ethel, John and Lionel -- appeared together for the only time in Rasputin and the...
6.2
52 votes
6.2
52 votes
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski · Dorothy Arzner · George Fitzmaurice
Cast Joan Crawford · William Powell · Robert Montgomery · Frank Morgan
Synopsis There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Kelton and playboy Lord Arthur Dilling are both very interested in the mysterious...
6.2
34 votes
6.2
34 votes
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Irene Dunne · Melvyn Douglas · Thomas Mitchell · Thurston Hall
Synopsis The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's...
6.2
78 votes
6.2
78 votes
Men in White
1934 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Clark Gable · Myrna Loy · Jean Hersholt · Elizabeth Allan
Synopsis A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important that attending a cocktail party. He soon...
6.0
52 votes
6.0
52 votes
Clive of India
1935 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Ronald Colman · Loretta Young · Colin Clive · Francis Lister
Synopsis In the mid-1700's the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. A clerk in the company, Robert Clive, is frustrated by his lack of advancement, and transfers to the military...
5.8
21 votes
5.8
21 votes
Operator 13
1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Marion Davies · Gary Cooper · Jean Parker · Katharine Alexander
Synopsis Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
5.8
53 votes
5.8
53 votes
The Garden of Allah
1936 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Marlene Dietrich · Charles Boyer · Basil Rathbone · C. Aubrey Smith
Synopsis In THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, Domini, a society girl (Marlene Dietrich) mourning the death of her father, travels to the Sahara. There she finds romance with Boris, a monk (Charles Boyer) who has recently abandoned the monastic life but remains...
5.6
286 votes
5.6
286 votes
Cud nad Wisla
1921 · Movie · 51 min. · Poland
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Jadwiga Smosarska · Anna Belina · Wladyslaw Grabowski · Edmund Gasinski
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Fugitive Lovers
1934 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Robert Montgomery · Madge Evans · Ted Healy · Nat Pendleton
Synopsis In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels. Along the way the bus picks up escaped convict Paul Porter, who...
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Three Godfathers
1936 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Chester Morris · Lewis Stone · Walter Brennan · Irene Hervey
Synopsis Three Godfathers is a 1936 western film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. Three bank robbers find a newborn baby and his dying mother in the desert. Director John Ford remade the story in...
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Metropolitan
1935 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Lawrence Tibbett · Virginia Bruce · Alice Brady · Cesar Romero
Synopsis Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
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Beauty for Sale
1933 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Madge Evans · Alice Brady · Otto Kruger · Una Merkel
Synopsis A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
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Hollywood Party
1934 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski · Allan Dwan · Edmund Goulding · Russell Mack
Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Jimmy Durante · Jack Pearl
Synopsis Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party with so that he might use the...
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The Mystery of Mr. X
1934 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Edgar Selwyn · Richard Boleslawski
Cast Robert Montgomery · Elizabeth Allan · Lewis Stone · Ralph Forbes
Synopsis A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Wallace Beery · Jackie Cooper · George 'Spanky' McFarland · Henry Stephenson
Synopsis Circus animal trainer Wallace Beery (as "Windy" O'Shaughnessy) shows son "Spanky" McFarland (as "Stubby") how to train a lion cub while well-proportioned wife and mother Leona Maricle (as Cora) thrills audiences on the flying trapeze. She suffers from psychological problems,...
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The Gay Diplomat
1931 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Genevieve Tobin · Betty Compson · Ivan Lebadeff · Ilka Chase
Synopsis Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.
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Storm at Daybreak
1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Kay Francis · Nils Asther · Walter Huston · Phillips Holmes
Synopsis Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to...
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