John Boles
John Boles is known for Frankenstein (1931), Stella Dallas (1937), Curly Top (1935).
Biography
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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.
Questions about John Boles
How many John Boles films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 38 films with John Boles, from 1928 to 1952.
What is the best rated John Boles film?
The best rated John Boles film in the catalogue is Frankenstein (1931), rated 7.5.
What was the first John Boles film?
The first John Boles film in the catalogue is Frankenstein, from 1931.
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Known for
Trivia
- Studied at
- University of Texas System
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
60 films — 38 in the catalogue
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5.8 Babes in Bagdad
1952 · Hassan
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6.4 Thousands Cheer
1943 · Bill Jones
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7.5 Between Us Girls
1942 · Steven J. Forbes
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5.7 Road to Happiness
1941 · Jeff Carter
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5.4 Sinners in Paradise
1938 · Jim Taylor
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5.3 Romance in the Dark
1938 · Antal Kovach
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10.0 She Married an Artist
1937 · Lee Thornwood
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5.6 Fight for Your Lady
1937 · Robert Densmore
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6.8 Stella Dallas
1937 · Stephen Dallas
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8.0 As Good as Married
1937 · Alexander Drew
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6.5 Craig's Wife
1936 · Walter Craig
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6.0 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
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5.0 A Message to Garcia
1936 · Lt. Andrew Rowan
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7.0 Rose of the Rancho
1936 · Jim Kearney
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6.4 The Littlest Rebel
1935 · Captain Cary
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5.7 Starlit Days at the Lido
1935 · Self
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9.0 Redheads on Parade
1935 · John Bruce
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6.0 Orchids to You
1935 · Thomas Bentley
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6.5 Curly Top
1935 · Edward Morgan
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Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
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5.6 Music in the Air
1934 · Bruno Mahler
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6.8 The White Parade
1934 · Ronald Hall III
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5.2 No Tempo da Inocência
1934 · Newland Archer
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5.7 The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 · John Shadwell
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6.5 Wild Gold
1934 · Steve Miller
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5.3 Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 · John Boles
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934 · Self
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5.2 Bottoms Up
1934 · Hal Reed
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7.0 I Believed in You
1934 · Michael Harrison
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9.0 Beloved
1934 · Carl Hausmann
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10.0 My Lips Betray
1933 · King Rupert aka Captain von Linden
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7.1 Only Yesterday
1933 · James Stanton "Jim" Emerson
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7.2 Child of Manhattan
1933 · Paul Vanderkill
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4.8 6 Hours to Live
1932 · Karl Kranz
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6.4 Back Street
1932 · Walter D. Saxel
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5.8 Careless Lady
1932 · Stephen Illington
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5.5 Good Sport
1931 · Boyce Cameron
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7.5 Frankenstein
1931 · Victor Moritz
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6.5 Seed
1931 · Bart Carter
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6.5 Resurrection
1931 · Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff
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6.8 One Heavenly Night
1930 · Count Mirko Tibor
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6.3 King of Jazz
1930 · Vocalist ('Song of the Dawn' / 'It Happened in Monterey')
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8.0 Captain of the Guard
1930 · Rouget de L'isle
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9.0 Song of the West
1930 · Captain Stanton
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8.0 Rio Rita
1929 · Capt. Jim Stewart
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10.0 Scandal
1929 · Maurice
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6.2 The Desert Song
1929 · The Red Shadow
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6.7 The Last Warning
1928 · Richard Quayle
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5.8 Romance of the Underworld
1928 · Stephen Ransome
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9.0 Man-Made Women
1928 · John Payson
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8.0 The Water Hole
1928 · Bert Durland
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3.3 Virgin Lips
1928 · Barry Blake
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5.5 Fazil
1928 · John Clavering
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7.0 We Americans
1928 · Hugh Bradleigh
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7.0 The Shepherd of the Hills
1928 · Young Matt
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8.0
The Bride of the Colorado
1928 · John Barrows
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7.4 The Love of Sunya
1927 · Paul Judson
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8.0 Excuse Me
1925 · Lt. Shaw
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7.0 So This Is Marriage?
1924 · Uriah
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4.8 The Sixth Commandment
1924 · John Brant
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