Harry Allen (actor) film role was in the 1923 silent film, "The Last Moment", in a supporting role. In his career Allen appeared in over 100 films, mostly in supporting and smaller roles. Some of the more notable films he appeared in include: "Of Human Bondage" (1934), starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard; the Marx Brothers' classic, "A Night at the Opera"; the original "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; William Wyler's 1942 Academy Award-winning film, "Mrs. Miniver", starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright; "Jane Eyre" (1944), starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine; the Mickey Rooney
Norma Shearer free his mother from a concentration camp. With increasing interest in the war in Europe, the film performed well at the box office, but Shearer made errors in judgement, passing up roles in the highly successful films "Now, Voyager" and "Mrs. Miniver", to star in "We Were Dancing" and "Her Cardboard Lover" (1942), which both failed at the box office. In 1942, Shearer unofficially retired from acting. After Thalberg's unexpected death on September 14, 1936, Shearer retained a lawyer to ensure that Thalberg's percentages of films on which he had worked were still paid to his estate, which was contested