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John Boles
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1895-10-27,Greenville, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American singer and actor best known for playing Victor Moritz in the 1931 film Frankenstein. He started out in Hollywood in silent movies, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well known for his talents and was selected to replace the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors. Boles' Broadway credits include One Touch of Venus (1943), Kitty's Kisses (1925), Mercenary Mary (1924), and Little Jessie James (1923). He was hired by MGM to appear in a silent film in 1924. He starred in two more films for that studio before returning to New York and the stage. In 1927, he returned to Hollywood to star in The Love of Sunya (1927) opposite Gloria Swanson, which was a big success for him. Unfortunately, because the movies were still silent he was unable to show off his singing ability until late in the decade. In 1929, Warner Brothers hired him to star in their lavish musical operetta The Desert Song (1929). This film featured sequences in Technicolor and was a box-office success. Soon after, Radio Pictures (later known as RKO) selected him to play the leading man in their extravagant production (the last portion of the film was photographed in Technicolor) of Rio Rita, opposite Bebe Daniels. Audiences were enthralled by his beautiful voice, and John Boles suddenly found himself in huge demand. RCA Victor even hired him to make phonograph records of songs that he had sung in his films. As soon as Rio Rita was completed, Boles went back to Warner Brothers as the leading man in an even more extravagant musical entitled Song of the West (1930) that was filmed entirely in Technicolor. Shortly after this film, Universal Pictures offered John Boles a contract, which he accepted. He starred in a number of pictures for them, most notably the all-Technicolor musical revue entitled The King of Jazz (1930) and a historical operetta entitled Captain of the Guard (1930). In 1931, he starred in One Heavenly Night (1931), which would prove to be his last major musical. Boles portrayed Victor Moritz in Frankenstein (1931). He starred with Irene Dunne in a 1934 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel The Age of Innocence directed for RKO Radio Pictures by Philip Moeller, and took the role of Edward Morgan in Curly Top (1935), starring Shirley Temple In 1937, Boles starred alongside Barbara Stanwyck in the King Vidor classic Stella Dallas. In 1943, he co-starred with Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in One Touch of Venus. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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Frankenstein
1931-11-21

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Wild Gold
1934-06-08

6.4

Curly Top
1935-07-26

Thousands Cheer

6.4

Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13

6.9

Stella Dallas
1937-08-06

The Littlest Rebel

6.3

The Littlest Rebel
1935-12-27

8.5

Rio Rita
1929-09-15

The Love of Sunya

7.1

The Love of Sunya
1927-03-11

The White Parade

6

The White Parade
1934-11-16

Music in the Air

4.8

Music in the Air
1934-12-13

5.1

Fazil
1928-06-04

6.3

Craig's Wife
1936-09-25

6.1

Back Street
1932-08-04

The Age of Innocence

5.4

The Age of Innocence
1934-09-14

6.8

Only Yesterday
1933-11-01

A Message to Garcia

5

A Message to Garcia
1936-04-10

4.3

Bottoms Up
1934-04-12

Sinners in Paradise

5.3

Sinners in Paradise
1938-05-19

0

Orchids to You
1935-08-09

The Life of Vergie Winters

5.9

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934-06-14

6

Seed
1931-05-14

Fight for Your Lady

4.3

Fight for Your Lady
1937-11-05

The Desert Song

4.5

The Desert Song
1929-04-08

Song of the West

0

Song of the West
1930-03-15

The Last Warning

6.5

The Last Warning
1928-12-25

6 Hours to Live

5

6 Hours to Live
1932-10-15

4.5

Good Sport
1931-12-12

One Heavenly Night

5.2

One Heavenly Night
1930-12-25

She Married an Artist

0

She Married an Artist
1937-11-27

Captain of the Guard

0

Captain of the Guard
1930-03-28

0

My Lips Betray
1933-11-04

5.3

Careless Lady
1932-04-02

6.2

King of Jazz
1930-04-20

Child of Manhattan

8

Child of Manhattan
1933-02-11

Rose of the Rancho

0

Rose of the Rancho
1936-01-09

Babes in Bagdad

5

Babes in Bagdad
1952-12-07

The Sixth Commandment

1

The Sixth Commandment
1924-06-01

Road to Happiness

5.5

Road to Happiness
1941-12-19

Between Us Girls

6

Between Us Girls
1942-09-04

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

0

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934-04-28

Redheads on Parade

0

Redheads on Parade
1935-09-07

0

We Americans
1928-05-06

Romance in the Dark

3

Romance in the Dark
1938-03-24

Romance of the Underworld

4.5

Romance of the Underworld
1928-11-10

I Believed in You

0

I Believed in You
1934-04-09

6

Resurrection
1931-01-27

0

Beloved
1934-01-22

As Good as Married

7

As Good as Married
1937-05-09

Stand Up and Cheer!

4.8

Stand Up and Cheer!
1934-05-04

Starlit Days at the Lido

5

Starlit Days at the Lido
1935-09-28

0

The Water Hole
1928-08-25

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

6

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936-09-11

0

Excuse Me
1925-01-19

So This Is Marriage?

0

So This Is Marriage?
1924-11-26

1

Virgin Lips
1928-07-25

The Shepherd of the Hills

0

The Shepherd of the Hills
1928-01-01

0

Scandal
1929-04-27

0

Man-Made Women
1928-09-09