Luis Alberni
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor in American films. Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain. He majored in acting while attending the University of Madrid. In order to pursue his acting career further, he determined to emigrate to the United States and, in April 1912, he sailed to New York City as a steerage passenger aboard the S/S Nieuw Amsterdam. In New York, he acted on both stage and screen. His first motion picture performance was in the 1915 Jewish drama, Children of the Ghetto. On the stage, he appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays between 1915 and 1928, including 39 East, Dreams for Sale and the original production of What Price Glory? in 1924–1925. In the sound film era, he had notable roles as Jacopo in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), as Mr. Louie Louie in Easy Living (1937), and as the mayor in A Bell for Adano (1945). He died at the motion picture actors' home in Woodland Hills, California in 1962. His remains are interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Born: October 3, 1886
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known For
The Ten Commandments
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Trouble in Paradise
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
They Met in Bombay
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
The Lady Eve
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Child of Manhattan
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
That Hamilton Woman
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Easy Living
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
Roberta
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
The California Trail
Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be hung, he escapes and joins the peasants in their fight against the brothers and their troops...
San Antonio Rose
San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The Merry Macs, and a strong cast of supporting clowns. Robert Paige plays roadhouse operator Con Conway, whose establishment is in danger of being squeezed out by its competition. Stranded entertainers Hope Holloway (Jane Frazee) and Gabby Trent (Eve Arden) decide to revivify Conway's establishment by staging an energetic floor show built around the talented Merry Macs. A rival club owner dispatches his two top hooligans Jigsaw Kennedy (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Benny the Bounce (Shemp Howard) to wreck Conway's club by posing as waiters, but the two stupes are easily cowed into submission--by the leading ladies!
Filmography
as Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)
as Sandro
as Barman (uncredited)
as The Marquis
as Cacopardo
as Ignacio
as Luigi - Pottery Dealer (uncredited)
as Tony
as Bartender
as Alberti Verdi
as Cafe Manager
as Dr. Zichy
as Gus
as Goreni
as Dino Piza
as Dino Piza (uncredited)
as Mr. Styx
as Tony
as Jacques
as Luigi
as Riccardi
as Nick
as Signor Scaletti
as Maitre d'hotel
as Nick Ferris
as Inventor
as Proprietor - Native Booth
as King of Naples
as Emile, Pike's chef
as Frontenac
as Prof. DeLemma
as N. Pappakontous
as A. Calteroni
as Signor Cicero
as Veroni
as Stanislaus Pysinski
as Tony (uncredited)
as Manos
as Reporter
as Luis Marlo
as Joe Piso
as Martinetti
as Luigi
as Luis Basset
as Scipio
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Mr. Louis Louis
as Posini
as Gaston
as Guili
as Luis Perugini
as Caesar Rosero
as Tony Guisseppi
as Tony Masetti
as Dr. Munson aka Monte
as Pamfilo (the Jailer)
as Carlo
as Señor Castellano - Cafe Proprietor
as Tony
as Ugo Pizzi
as Ernest
as Luigi
as Luigi
as The Magistrate
as Sr. Vitola
as Mario Weems
as Voyda
as The Barber
as Janitor
as Tony
as Nate
as Juan Gilboa
as Gypsy Chieftain
as Jacopo
as Giovanni
as Italian Celebrant (uncredited)
as Jake (uncredited)
as Monsieur Paul
as Giacomo
as Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
as Speakeasy Owner
as Director (uncredited)
as Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Man at Alderman Meeting (uncredited)
as Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited)
as The Master Chef (uncredited)
as Frenchman
as Pedro Gonzales
as Felipe
as Angelo - Janitor
as Pierre
as Luigi Baccigalupi
as Commandant Emilio Quierra
as Dr. Bomb
as Soto
as Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
as Pietro Cellini
as Pete
as Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
as Sonora Joe
as Luis the Bootlegger (uncredited)
as President of the Revolutionary Party of Nicarania
as Peppi Tonelli
as Bladimir Petrosky
as Gaston
as Captain Tonnino
as Vassily Vassiloff
as Anton
as Scarno (uncredited)
as Sergei Bankieff
as Marquis
as Sao Pedro Waiter (uncredited)
as Spectator at Bullfight
as Bartender
as Gecko
as Juan Castinado
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Valet
as Greenwich Village Party Guest
as Captain of the Barkentine
as Ricci
as Count Gionelli