Al Shean

Al Shean

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (12 May 1868 – 12 August 1949), known as Al Shean, was a comedian and vaudeville performer. Other sources give his birth name variously as Adolf Schönberg, Albert Schönberg, or Alfred Schönberg.[6] He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers. Shean was born in Dornum, Germany, on 12 May 1868, the son of Fanny and Levi or Louis Schoenberg. His father was a magician. His sister, Minnie, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx; their children would become the Marx Brothers. After making a name for himself in vaudeville, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher to create the act Gallagher and Shean in the 1920s. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much. After their act's final Ziegfeld Follies pairing, Shean went on to perform solo in eight Broadway shows, even playing the title character in Father Malachy's Miracle. Shean had some solo film roles: as the piano player, known as "The Professor" in San Francisco (1936), as a priest in Hitler's Madman (1943), as grandfather in The Blue Bird (1940), and in some three dozen other films. He and Gallagher also made an early sound film at the Theodore Case studio in Auburn, New York, in 1925. He died on 12 August 1949.

  • Title: Al Shean
  • Popularity: 1.317
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1868-05-12
  • Place of Birth: Dornum, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Abraham Elieser Adolph Schoenberg, Al Shearer
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Al Shean Movies

  • 1942
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    The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

    The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

    1 1942 HD

    Story of a rich man who backs a show for an old man and his granddaughter from the East Side who has brought joy to the money bag's crippled son.

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  • 1931
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    Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean

    Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean

    1 1931 HD

    Al Shean performs a solo version of the classic vaudeville song "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean".

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  • 1939
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    Broadway Serenade

    Broadway Serenade

    6.2 1939 HD

    A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...

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  • 1935
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    Sweet Music

    Sweet Music

    5.7 1935 HD

    A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.

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  • 1935
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    Symphony of Living

    Symphony of Living

    5.7 1935 HD

    Just before Adolph Greig's solo violin performance at the Cosmopolitan Orchestra, his right hand is injured and his dream, shattered. His flighty...

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  • 1938
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    Too Hot to Handle

    Too Hot to Handle

    5.8 1938 HD

    While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he...

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  • 1941
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    Ziegfeld Girl

    Ziegfeld Girl

    6.5 1941 HD

    Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on...

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  • 1938
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    The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

    5.5 1938 HD

    Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

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  • 1936
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    At Sea Ashore

    At Sea Ashore

    1 1936 HD

    Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr. Rumplemeyer's trousers in the donut machine as he's leaving to...

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  • 1937
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    Live, Love and Learn

    Live, Love and Learn

    5.8 1937 HD

    A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his...

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  • 1937
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    Tim Tyler's Luck

    Tim Tyler's Luck

    1 1937 HD

    A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb...

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  • 1935
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    Page Miss Glory

    Page Miss Glory

    6.3 1935 HD

    A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

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  • 1935
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    Traveling Saleslady

    Traveling Saleslady

    5.9 1935 HD

    A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and...

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  • 1940
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    The Blue Bird

    The Blue Bird

    5.8 1940 HD

    An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of...

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  • 1930
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    Chills and Fever

    Chills and Fever

    1 1930 HD

    An amateur theatrical society rehearses in a deserted house which is believed to be haunted by two travelers who have lost their way in the rain.

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  • 1935
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    It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

    5 1935 HD

    Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife,...

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  • 1940
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    Friendly Neighbors

    Friendly Neighbors

    1 1940 HD

    The Weaver Brothers hit the road and taste the hobo's life in this, the sixth, entry in the eleven-film "Weaver Brothers and Elviry" comedy-drama...

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  • 1936
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    Hitch Hike To Heaven

    Hitch Hike To Heaven

    1 1936 HD

    A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.

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  • 1944
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    Atlantic City

    Atlantic City

    5 1944 HD

    In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it...

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  • 1943
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    Crime Doctor

    Crime Doctor

    6.2 1943 HD

    Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading...

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  • 1943
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    Hitler's Madman

    Hitler's Madman

    5.6 1943 HD

    In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...

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  • 1934
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    Music in the Air

    Music in the Air

    4.8 1934 HD

    A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

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  • 1937
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    It Could Happen to You

    It Could Happen to You

    1 1937 HD

    A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where...

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  • 1936
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    San Francisco

    San Francisco

    6.6 1936 HD

    A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in...

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  • 1939
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    Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

    Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

    2 1939 HD

    Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead...

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  • 1937
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    The Road Back

    The Road Back

    7.7 1937 HD

    After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

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  • 1941
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    Ziegfeld Girl

    Ziegfeld Girl

    6.5 1941 HD

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