Alexander D'Arcy
Also Known As: Alexander Sarruf, Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy, Alex d'Arcy
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander D'Arcy, ( 10 August 1908 – 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian actor with an international film repertoire. Born Alexander Sarruf in Cairo, Egypt, D'Arcy, variously credited as Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy and Alex d'Arcy appeared in some 45 films, mostly as a suave gentleman or smooth rogue. His first film appearance was in 1927 in The Garden of Allah, before appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Champagne (1928). He then went to Hollywood where he started by playing supporting roles in several films in the late 1930s including The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Stolen Holiday (1937), The Awful Truth (1937). In 1953, he was one of Marilyn Monroe's suitors in How to Marry a Millionaire and featured in Abdulla the Great and Soldier of Fortune in 1955. His roles diminished in importance and by the 1960s he was acting mostly on television before resurfacing in horror films, notably It's Hot in Paradise (1962) and as Dracula in Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969). Evidently a favorite of such cult directors as Roger Corman, Russ Meyer and Sam Fuller, D'Arcy was seen in Corman's St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Meyer's The Seven Minutes (1971) and Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972). His last appearance was in a German television detective series in 1973. He died in West Hollywood, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander D'Arcy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Adult: No
Birthday: August 10, 1908
Age: 116 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 20, 1996
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How to Marry a Millionaire
Overview: Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-29
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Fanny Hill
Overview: In 18th century London, a vivacious young woman becomes a chambermaid for a brothel madam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-25
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Horrors of Spider Island
Overview: A bite from a giant spider turns a man into a creature that terrorizes a group of women who survived a plane crash.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-04-15
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Blood of Dracula's Castle
Overview: Count Dracula and his wife capture beautiful young women and chain them in their dungeon, to be used when they need to satisfy their thirst for blood.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-05
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The Awful Truth
Overview: Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-21
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Overview: Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
Genres: History Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-30
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Vicki
Overview: A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-05
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City of Chance
Overview: Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-13
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King of Hotels
Overview: A hotel worker who is really an aristocrat falls for a lady customer but instead of getting married he prefers to stay at work and get what female company he can from the staff.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-09-29
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That scoundrel Morin
Overview: Life is so dull in a quiet little neighborhood that gossips, eager for some kind of scandal to brighten things up, imagine their haberdasher has been having quite a raunchy sex life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-12-30
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Poliche
Overview: Didier Méreuil, affectionately called Poliche, is in love with Rosine, a beautiful girl, so he does everything to please her. She does not love him, and accepts a seductive airplane pilot who proposes to her. One day, she discovers that the funny man is just a front behind which there is a serious Didier. She will try to make up and live with him - but the gap between them is already too large.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-07-27
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Topper Takes a Trip
Overview: Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-29
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The Red Angel
Overview: L'Ange rouge is a cabaret run by a former mobster with his friend, a singer and dancer he brought back from Argentina. A fleeing gangster takes refuge in the cabaret. The singer and the gangster have an affair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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The Festival Girls
Overview: Hollywood stars go wild at the Riviera film festivals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-06
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Stolen Holiday
Overview: A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-06
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She Married an Artist
Overview: Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-27
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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
Overview: A private detective (Glenn Corbett) infiltrates a gang of drug-dealing extortionists who prey on politicians.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-11-17
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Abdullah's Harem
Overview: Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-01
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The Blonde from Singapore
Overview: Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have turned pearl divers in order to buy a plane and join the Royal Air Force), out of their pearls, while also beating off the advances of Prince Sali who wants to add her to his harem.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-15
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Fifth Avenue Girl
Overview: A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-22
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Good Girls Go to Paris
Overview: Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-20
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The Incredible Sex Revolution
Overview: Troubled young lass Margaret 'Peggy' Bardot candidly discusses her sexual hang-ups with a psychologist. Bardot's past negative experiences are related in flashback while the psychologist does his to figure out the root cause of her problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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A Romance of Seville
Overview: Dolores and Ramon celebrate their arranged betrothal with little enthusiasm: Dolores has a lover, and Ramon wants his freedom so that he can pursue Pepita. Having heard of Ramon's betrothal, Pepita gives her heart to another but when bandits accost her and try to rob her father, they give the dashing Ramon just the chance he needs to prove the gallant lover!
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-20
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Riviera Dream
Overview: This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a discharged American soldier -- traveling the French Riviera in his 1950's Studebaker convertible. d'Arcy meets up with many other movie stars including Charles Boyer, Sonja Henie, Maurice Chevalier, George Raft, Annie Crombez (ski champion), Elsa Maxwell, Bob Stack, Buddy Rogers, Steve Reeves.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-01
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Irene
Overview: Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-23
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Three Sons
Overview: A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-13
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Soldier of Fortune
Overview: An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.
Genres: Action Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-24
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The Seven Minutes
Overview: To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material. The defense attorneys need to find the mystery of the original publication of the book.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-23
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Champagne
Overview: Betty, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, decides to marry the penniless Jean—against her father's will—and runs away to France and lives a life of luxury on the profits from her father's business. Pretending his business is crashing, her father finally puts a stop to her behavior, which forces Betty to support herself by getting a job in a night club.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-17
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Paradise
Overview: The daughter of a poor clergyman wins £500 and goes to find happiness on the Riviera.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-10
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Man on a Tightrope
Overview: The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-21
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Vice Dolls
Overview: In this French crime drama, a young man gets revenge upon the criminals who caused his grandfather to kill himself. Unfortunately, the fellow doesn't realize how bad the criminals are. Fortunately, a kindly hooker, who does know the crooks, saves him from the same fate.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-10-18
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Carnival in Flanders
Overview: Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the annual local festivities when the arrival of the Duke of Olivares, who rules the country on behalf of the King Philip III of Spain, is announced. While the male citizens cowardly surrender to panic like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.
Genres: Comedy History Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-12-03
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Daughter of the Regiment
Overview: Marie, adopted as a baby by Warrant Officer Guippo, helps a smuggler escape because he saved his life previously. She finds him again in Paris while she is engaged to Count Bertrand.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-06-11
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Flight to Fame
Overview: An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-12
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À Nous la Liberté
Overview: In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. Eventually becoming the head of a successful factory, Louis opts to modernize his company with mechanical innovations. But when his friend Émile finally leaves jail years later and reunites with Louis, the past catches up with them. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1931-12-18
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Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Overview: Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-02
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