Adolphe Menjou
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Biography
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Paths of Glory | Gen. George Broulard | HIT | |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Oliver Niles | HIT | |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier | Eduardo Acuña | HIT | |
| 1937 | Stage Door | Anthony Powell | HIT | |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement | Hilary Fairfield | HIT | |
| 1937 | Café Metropole | Monsieur Victor | HIT | |
| 1924 | Open All Night | Edmund Durverne | HIT | |
| 1939 | King of the Turf | Jim Mason | HIT | |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Mr. Pendergast | HIT | |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart | Billy Flynn | HIT | |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | Mr. Kimberly | HIT | |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Caleb Jeffers | HIT | |
| 1937 | One in a Million | Tad Spencer | HIT | |
| 1952 | The Sniper | Frank Kafka | HIT | |
| 1948 | State of the Union | Jim Conover | HIT | |
| 1923 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Pierre Revel | HIT | |
| 1926 | The Sorrows of Satan | Prince Lucio de Rimanez | HIT | |
| 1931 | The Front Page | Walter Burns | HIT | |
| 1932 | Forbidden | Robert Grover | HIT | |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope | Fesker | HIT |