Lou Breslow

1900-07-18 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 59 Credits

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The Crooked Web

The Crooked Web

1955

Writer

5.9
Writing

Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but th...

Back at the Front

Back at the Front

1952

Screenplay, Story

Writing

Further misadventures of comic soldiers Willie and Joe, now in Japan.

Steel Town

Steel Town

1952

Writer

6.0
Writing

Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the...

Reunion in Reno

Reunion in Reno

1951

Adaptation

6.0

A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences.

You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell

1951

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.4
Directing Writing

Ex-police/army dog King inherits a fortune from an eccentric millionaire. But someone poisons him for his fortune. He gets to go back to earth as a hu...

Bedtime for Bonzo

Bedtime for Bonzo

1951

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in be...

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

1950

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madiso...

And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Screenplay, Story

4.9
Writing

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

An Innocent Affair

An Innocent Affair

1948

Writer

3.8
Writing

Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested i...

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

1948

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the ...

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies

1947

Writer

6.8
Writing

In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert...

Second Chance

Second Chance

1947

Story

5.0
Writing

Jewel thieves battle investigators.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says

1945

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visitin...

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys

1944

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical ...

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

Writer

5.8
Writing

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

Something to Shout About

Something to Shout About

1943

Writer

5.8
Writing

A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.

A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

Screenplay, Story

6.0
Writing

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.

Whispering Ghosts

Whispering Ghosts

1942

Writer

6.4
Writing

A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.

Blondie Goes to College

Blondie Goes to College

1942

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, B...

Great Guns

Great Guns

1941

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.

Sleepers West

Sleepers West

1941

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

Shooting High

Shooting High

1940

Writer

8.0
Writing

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

20,000 Men a Year

20,000 Men a Year

1939

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it ...

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1939

Writer

6.2
Writing

Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Idea

5.1

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for ...

It Could Happen to You

1939

Writer

1.5
Writing

In this comedy/mystery a milquetoast ad man finds his good ideas constantly copped by ambitious coworkers. His boss doesn't even seem to see him. The ...

Up the River

Up the River

1938

Screenplay

Writing

A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently...

Five of a Kind

Five of a Kind

1938

Screenplay

4.2
Writing

Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.

City Streets

City Streets

1938

Screenplay

Writing

When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor "Uncle" Joe Carmine. Joe convinces Father Ryan to let him ...

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil t...

Battle of Broadway

Battle of Broadway

1938

Screenplay

4.2
Writing

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 ...

International Settlement

International Settlement

1938

Writer

5.0
Writing

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).

Big Town Girl

Big Town Girl

1937

Writer

6.0
Writing

When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a cro...

Dangerously Yours

Dangerously Yours

1937

Screenplay

3.5
Writing

A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one...

One Mile from Heaven

One Mile from Heaven

1937

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

Sing and Be Happy

Sing and Be Happy

1937

Writer

Writing

Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.

Midnight Taxi

Midnight Taxi

1937

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.

Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance

1937

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.

The Holy Terror

The Holy Terror

1937

Screenplay

1.0
Writing

Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.

15 Maiden Lane

15 Maiden Lane

1936

Writer

6.0
Writing

Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

1936

Story

7.1
Writing

When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncov...

High Tension

High Tension

1936

Writer

5.4
Writing

Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody

1936

Writer

6.0
Writing

A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day

1936

Writer

7.0
Writing

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in ...

Music Is Magic

Music Is Magic

1935

Writer

4.0
Writing

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.

This Is the Life

This Is the Life

1935

Adaptation

6.0

A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.

Silk Hat Kid

Silk Hat Kid

1935

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Eddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extor...

$10 Raise

$10 Raise

1935

Writer

8.0
Writing

A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...

Tripping Through the Tropics

1934

Screenplay

Writing

Frank Albertson's father wants his son to marry Lois January, but they really are only friends. Frank watches Lois doing a hooch dance at a secret tro...

Punch Drunks

Punch Drunks

1934

Director

6.9
Directing

Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe be...

No More Women

No More Women

1934

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at ...

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1933

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon propriete...

Rackety Rax

Rackety Rax

1932

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual R...

Doctor's Orders

1932

Director

Directing

Doctor's Orders is a 1932 comedy

Soup to Nuts

Soup to Nuts

1930

Writer

5.7
Writing

Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for...

Plastered in Paris

1928

Story

Writing

A Harem Scarum Comedy of two Clowns in a Desert Amidst a Bevy of Harem Beauties. It's a Wow and How!

Play Ball with Babe Ruth

Play Ball with Babe Ruth

1920

Story

Writing

A serial of short instructional films using footage of Babe Ruth to explain the fundamentals of playing baseball.

Fatty Joins the Force

Fatty Joins the Force

1913

as Boy

5.4
Acting

Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be!