Thor Modéen
Thor Modéen (22 January 1898 – 28 May 1950) was a Swedish actor and comedian who was active in both movies and on stage.
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Dårskapens hus
During excavations in Stockholm in 2248, old film footage from the 1940s is found. The Research Group for Ancient Films tries to arrange the finds into a movie, while guessing the original director's intentions.
Fästmö uthyres
The staff at a legal agency in Stockholm are suddenly unemployed. On the initiative of secretary Margit Berg, a service company is started. From that you can order childcare, flower watering etc.
Pappa sökes
The spoiled son of a weapons manufacturer falls in love with a manicurist, to the horror of his parents. Class limits may not be exceeded.
Kronblom
Kronblom would rather lie on the sofa and relax, but has to do something when cunning thieves are ravaging Vinkelboda. On top of it all, he has to fight the greedy businessman Rovlund, who wants his farm.
Pettersson & Bendels nya affärer
After some time abroad Bendel returns to Sweden and looks up his old friend and partner Pettersson.
I Roslagens famn
Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the archipelago of Roslagen. Andersson has returned home to settle down with his fiancee Linnea. On the dance floor he meets Rosa.
Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar: Ett biografdrama i prolog, epilog och ett antal tableauxer
An out-of-work musician (Järrel) is desperate for work and when his best friend (Ekman) sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates the character Märta Letterström and joins the trio at a small-town hotel. But being a woman is not as easy as you think.
Fattiga riddare
Marianne is not satisfied with her job at a farm and dreams of moving to the big city. When she finally decides to go she is robbed on arrival. Two older gentlemen decide to help her avoid the dangers of the city.
Prästen som slog knockout
Björn Harring studies theology, but the boxing coach Charlie happens to see when he scares a couple of troublemakers through skilled boxing.
Lille Napoleon
Office worker Napoleon Larsson is an unnoticed existence. One day when he arrives late for work, he gets fired, but through his wife's actions he gets alerted by the boss and advances within the company.
Hans majestäts rival
"His Majesty's Rival" - A young man, Lars Hjelm, returns home after being in Italy on a scholarship from the Swedish king, Gustaf III. On his way home he meets with opera singer Antoinette and fall in love with her. His fiancee Eva expects him home any day.
Sexlingar
An editor at the local newspaper gets the idea to spread the rumor that a woman has given birth to sextuplets at a nearby hospital.
Stackars Ferdinand
Ferdinand has been happily married for 20 years. Suddenly a girl pops up claiming to be his daughter.
Springpojkar är vi allihopa
Two companies will stop at nothing to win an important contract.
Magistrarna på sommarlov
Inga Danell's summer vacation is near. But unfortunately both Inga and her brother Acke have bad grades and are forced to study.
I natt - eller aldrig
A famous crime novelist checks in at a hotel in the mountains under false identity.
Snurriga familjen
The Bloom family is considered by most as totally dizzy. They have plenty of money and freedom. But grim times arrives, when both parents and children must prove that they can support themselves on honest work.
Med dej i mina armar
Millionaire Krister Dahl loses his memory when he is hit in the head by a golf ball. He meets his ex-wife and immediately fall in love with her again. She does not know what to believe, is it true or is it only a joke? He also discovers how he has mismanaged his company in his earlier life.
Kyss henne!
Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private driver asks her to be a witness. When her friends see her talk to the driver, they start to believe that she is Brenner's fiancée. The manager of the theater, Gravander, gives her the leading part in his latest show, in order to befriend Brenner.
'Swing it' magistern
A music teacher is testing the pupils' ability to sing. 16-year old Inga Danell starts to sing a song so catchy that everybody in the classroom starts to sing. The singing is interrupted by the principal, who thinks that jazz and swing dancing is awful. Inga then starts performing at a nightclub, where her music teacher happens to be the pianist.
Landstormens lilla Lotta
It's time for conscription training outside the small town Lillköping. The bank clerk becomes an officer - the bank manager ordinary soldier. Everybody seems to be trying to get a date with Elsa, who makes their food. Nobody takes the training seriously.
Fröken Julia jubilerar
Julia, who is a cashier at a piano factory, goes on a vacation trip with some friends. Her boss discovers at the same time that there is money missing.
Pensionat Paradiset
The tenants in a Swedish boarding house are expecting a visit from Don Carlos, a famous opera singer from Argentina. When an unexpected visitor turns up, he is mistaken for Don Carlos.
Odygdens belöning
The hotheaded factory manager Åke Wallensjö is at war with everyone: his son, his daughter, his wife and the taxman.
O, en så'n natt!
Wholesaler Berggren's daughter Elin travels to Örebro to spend her honeymoon with her husband Efraim. They get separate rooms on the hotel and later that night she finds another woman in her husband's bed. She goes back home immediately. Elin's sister Irma is courted by the handsome Klas, but he seems to be unable to forget his last fiancée.
Klart till drabbning
Two marines go AWOL and save a girl from drowning, they then sneak her aboard their ship.
Släkten är värst
A bachelor in Stockholm must invent a family to be able to get financial support from his aunt Anna. Everything is going well until she arrives on an unexpected visit.
Annonsera!
The son of a soap manufacturer start a competing business and use advertising to attract customers.
65, 66 och jag
The wholesaler Karl-Alfred Pettersson is somewhat drunk, when he hits a lamppost with his car. The police tell him that this will probably render him 30 days in prison. At the same time a soldier called 67 Blomberg runs away from his military service, followed by two police detectives.
Smålänningar
Old man Söderlund owns a workshop in Värnamo threatened by bankruptcy. Söderlunds only hope is his grandson's revolutionary boat engine.
En stilla flirt
Orphan Didi is raised by her aunts and in love with her ward, the surgeon Dr. Gunnar Green. He is more interested in the stars of the theatre so Didi decides to fight for him.
Anderssonskans Kalle
Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.
Augustas lilla felsteg
Lisa, a young woman living in the countryside, is going to Stockholm to meet her biological mother, Augusta Magnusson, for the first time since she was an infant. On the train she meets Holger Jönsgård, who has just finished his studies at the agricultural school in Altorp.