George Raft

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Rumba danced by Carole Lombard and George Raft in the motion picture Rumba, 1935

Mae West, standing in a sequined gown, looks down at George Raft, who is seated in a suit, in a scene from Night After Night (1932).

George Raft

American actor

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Alexander Hall
Early work
…four movies, among them the George Raft crime drama Midnight Club (1933). Still at Paramount, he helmed one of Shirley Temple’s best showcases, Little Miss Marker (1934). Other films released in 1934 were The Pursuit of Happiness, a period piece starring Joan Bennett, and the melodrama Limehouse Blues, with Raft…
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…four movies, among them the George Raft crime drama Midnight Club (1933). Still at Paramount, he helmed one of Shirley Temple’s best showcases, Little Miss Marker (1934). Other films released in 1934 were The Pursuit of Happiness, a period piece starring Joan Bennett, and the melodrama Limehouse Blues, with Raft…
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Raoul Walsh
Films of the 1930s
…turf of his childhood, with George Raft and Wallace Beery as rival saloon owners in 1890s New York City. On loan to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), he made Going Hollywood (1933), a musical with Bing Crosby and Marion Davies, followed by the perky Baby Face Harrington (1935), a minor parody of gangster…
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…turf of his childhood, with George Raft and Wallace Beery as rival saloon owners in 1890s New York City. On loan to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), he made Going Hollywood (1933), a musical with Bing Crosby and Marion Davies, followed by the perky Baby Face Harrington (1935), a minor parody of gangster…
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