Alexander Carr
Acting
Biography
Alexander Carr was born on March 7, 1878 in Rumni, Russia. He was an actor and writer, known for Christmas in July (1940), April Fool (1926) and The End of the World (1929). He was married to Helen Ryan. He died on September 19, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Born: March 7, 1878
Known For
Christmas in July
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
Out All Night
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Uptown New York
Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in an effort to protect her husband's gumball machines from hoodlums and is in need of a lifesaving operation, Eddie calls on Dr. Max
The Death Kiss
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
The Constant Woman
A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out about it AND that his son isn't really his, becomes an alcoholic, is being held prisoner in a speak-easy, is rescued by 'Beef', is sobered up, gets a good job, negotiates a great contract for lots 'o money, realizes he's in love, asks the girl to marry him, son returns from boarding school and freaks out when told this, runs off and joins the circus that now happens to catch fire.....
I Hate Women
A reporter is frustrated with women after a string of failed relationships. But then he finds himself taking up the cause of a young women he believes is falsely accused of killing her husband.
April Fool
An out-of-work pants presser starts an umbrella business and makes a fortune. His daughter is set to marry the nephew of a rich neighbor until the nephew is accused of stealing money from his uncle--but the money was really stolen by the rich man's son.
Her Splendid Folly
Solomon Ginsberg is the President of International Pictures Corporation and hires Joan McAllister, an unemployed stenographer, to double for his star, Laura Girard. While on a location trip, Laura is killed in an automobile accident, and in order to save the money already invested in the film Ginsberg, aided by the film's leading-man, Wallace Morely, with whom Joan is more than a little infatuated, persuades Joan to assume the identity of the dead actress, whose death is being concealed.
Potash and Perlmutter
The film is based on an ethnic Jewish comedy with characters created by Montague Glass and Charles Klein.
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, but with a different actor for Potash.
Filmography
as Mr. Shindel
as Cohen
as Solomon Ginsberg
as Mr. Rosemountain
as J.J. Brock
as Leon A. Grossmith
as Papa Silver
as Sidney Cohen
as Jacob Goodman
as Albert Goldringer
as Mawruss Perlmutter
as Morris Perlmutter
as Morris Perlmutter