Movies by Ilka Chase

On Your Back

On Your Back

On Your Back is a 1930 American drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner, Wheeler Oakman, Marion Shilling and Ilka Chase.

The Lady Consents

The Lady Consents

Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.

The Big Party

The Big Party

Kitty Collins and Flo Jenkins, a couple of jazz-age cuties with bobbed-hair and rolled-stockings, go in search of good-times and whoopee-making. The party they find also includes some out-of-town, butter-and-egg millionaires whose definition of whoopee is not the same as the one Kitty and Flo have. The wives of the millionaires also have a different-and-dim view on the matter.

Red Hot Rhythm

Red Hot Rhythm

A 1929 film by Leo McCarey.

Born Reckless

Born Reckless

In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.

The Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom

Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.

The Gay Diplomat

The Gay Diplomat

Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

Why Leave Home?

Why Leave Home?

Fox musical.

Free Love

Free Love

A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.

Soak the Rich

Soak the Rich

Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.

The Golden Calf

The Golden Calf

In this pygmalionesque musical, a drab secretary leads a boring life until a good friend intervenes. The friend begins a total make-over upon her friend. First she slathers her in mud-packs, and then she encases her in lovely silk dresses. Soon the plain woman is transformed into an extraordinary beauty. It is no surprise that her boss, not knowing her true identity, falls hopelessly in love with her. Singing, dancing and romancing ensues. Songs include: "A Picture No Artist Can Paint," "You Gotta Be Modernistic," "I'm Telling the World Abou...