Eric Blore
16 titles
Filmography
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Counter-Espionage
(1942)Lone Wolf matches wits with Warren William as the supersleuth and Eric Blore as his faithful servant. This time he's in London, protecting secret plans from Nazi spies. Hillary Brooke plays Pamela and Thurston Hall is Inspector Crane.

The Lone Wolf in London
(1947)A former jewel thief must use his bag of tricks to find the culprit behind the disappearance of two precious diamonds from Scotland Yard's safe.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
(1949)Enjoy two classic stories with Toad's Wild Ride and the Headless Horseman.

Quality Street
(1937)Academy Award winner Katharine Hepburn stars as a woman on the verge of becoming a spinster who becomes trapped by her own elaborate ruse to win the heart of the man she loves in Quality Street. Phoebe Throssel (Hepburn) was heartbroken when Dr. Valentine Brown (Franchot Tone) left her to fight the army of Napoleon, and Phoebe has remained in love and single waiting for him. But when Dr. Brown returns after ten years and inadvertently humiliates her with a comment on her appearance, Phoebe changes her hair and buys a new gown. And when Dr. Brown then mistakes Phoebe for her younger niece, Livvy, she does not correct him and proceeds to woo the man she loves in her new identity. But when Dr. Brown confesses to 'Livvy' that he loves Phoebe, she must find a way to tell the doctor the truth.
Bowery to Bagdad
(1955)From 1946 to 1958, the comedy ensemble known as the Bowery Boys starred in more than 40 films. Led by "Slip" Mahoney (Leo Gorcey) and "Sach" Jones (Huntz Hall), the New York City natives solve mysteries, go on globe-trotting adventures, and scheme to get rich. The Bowery Boys discover a magic lamp and find themselves transported to ancient Arabia.

Submarine Base
(1943)Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an out-of-the-way island off of the coast of South America. Morgan makes his headquarters at the Halfway House run by the parents of Maria Styx as a bar and dance resort catering to the planters and traders of the island. Taggert finds himself practically a prisoner along with a group of American girls acting as entertainers at the resort. Taggert shadows Morgan in his activities in a remote cove and finds that Morgan is supplying German U-boat commanders with torpedoes, but does not know that Morgan has rigged the torpedoes with clock devices that explode when at sea and sinks the U-boats.

Shall We Dance
(1937)A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

It's Love I'm After
(1937)A squabbling stage couple gets mixed up with an amorous fan and her jealous suitor.

Top Hat
(1935)An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.

Swing Time
(1936)Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sweep the floor again in this romantic musical comedy about a dancer who tries to makeit big in order to prove himself worthy of his fiancée.
Swiss Miss
(1938)Mousetrap salesmen visit Switzerland where they run into difficulties with a disagreeable gorilla and a tyrannical chef at a Tyrolean hotel. The film features a romantic subplot with opera singers Walter Woolf King from Broadway (and the Marx Brothers’ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA) and Della Lind from Vienna (later a neighbor of Laurel’s at his Oceana Hotel residence in Santa Monica during the 1960s). Eric Blore from the Astaire-Rogers pictures adds just the right note. Many individual scenes are notable, including where Stan feigns illness and creates a “snowstorm” to trick a St. Bernard dog into giving up his keg of brandy. Expensive production values (as demanded by Laurel in his new contract) befitting a picturesque spectacle, including location shooting at Stone Canyon and Lake Arrowhead, contributed to a huge financial loss, the worst in the studio’s history to date. Laurel’s private life was in shambles at the time, and in a key disagreement with Roach, he failed to see the wisdom in some editing The Boss ordered. It was during a swaying trestle bridge scene involving a piano and that certain gorilla, a sequence made famous by noted critic James Agee’s celebration of it. Directed by John G. Blystone. With Anita Garvin, persuaded by Laurel to return to the company.

Hitting a New High
(1937)Millionaire opera buff Lucius B. Blynn (Edward Everett Horton) heads to Africa after big game – and bags himself a coloratura.

The Gay Divorcee
(1934)Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sing, dance and find romance in one of their greatest films. While returning home from a job in Paris, American dancer Guy Holden (Astaire) is swept into a whirlwind romance with Mimi Glossop (Rogers), who thinks he is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to hasten her divorce. Features “The Continental,” which won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The Lady Eve
(1941)Card-playing conwoman Jean nearly dupes millionaire Charlie into marriage. He rumbles her scam in time, but does the dope still love her?

Fancy Pants
(1950)An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The complications increase when the town believes Arthur to be an Earl, and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit

The Soldier and the Lady
(1937)This Jules Verne epic action-adventure follows a courageous courier as he struggles to deliver vital information to Russian troops.