Frances Goodrich

Frances Goodrich

1890-12-20 Belleville, New Jersey, USA 37 Credits

Biography

Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. Goodrich was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the daughter of Madeleine Christy (née Lloyd) and Henry Wickes Goodrich. The family moved to nearby Nutley when Goodrich was two. She married actor Robert Ames in 1917 (divorced 1923), the writer H.W. Van Loon in 1927 (divorced 1930), and Albert Hackett in 1931. Goodrich and...

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Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II

1995

Original Film Writer

6.2
Writing

Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too...

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1991

Original Film Writer

6.5
Writing

George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't...

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1980

Theatre Play, Screenplay

5.5
Writing

The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

Theatre Play

6.0

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Five Finger Exercise

Five Finger Exercise

1962

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

The arrival of a young tutor triggers emotional crises for a wealthy family.

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

Screenplay, Theatre Play

7.2
Writing

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile

1958

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A pretty Parisian law student falls in love with her boyfriend's uncle.

Gaby

Gaby

1956

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A French ballerina falls in love with an American paratrooper on a two day pass in London near the end of World War II.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer

1954

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage...

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break

1953

Writer

5.3
Writing

When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknow...

Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss

1951

Writer

5.2
Writing

Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talent...

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

1951

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be...

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself,...

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

Easter Parade

Easter Parade

1948

Screenplay, Original Story

7.0
Writing

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract ...

The Pirate

The Pirate

1948

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and ...

Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday

1948

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the gi...

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Screenplay

8.3
Writing

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinfli...

The Virginian

The Virginian

1946

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot...

The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang

1944

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.

Lady in the Dark

Lady in the Dark

1944

Screenplay

4.7
Writing

A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939

Writer

7.1
Writing

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer

1939

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help ...

Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory

1938

Theatre Play

5.6

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publishe...

The Firefly

The Firefly

1937

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order fo...

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man

1936

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady...

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

1936

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dak...

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1936

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.

Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!

1935

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from...

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

1935

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unli...

Hide-Out

Hide-Out

1934

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his cr...

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

Fugitive Lovers

Fugitive Lovers

1934

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels...

Penthouse

Penthouse

1933

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping l...

The Secret of Madame Blanche

The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.

Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil

1931

Theatre Play

4.2

The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writi...