Darryl F. Zanuck

1902-09-05 Wahoo, Nebraska, USA 294 Credits

Biography

Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career was rivaled only by that of Adolph Zukor). He produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture during his tenure. Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of Sarah Louise (née Torpin), ...

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Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to wa...

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947).

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wart...

Frank Capra's American Dream

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

as Self (archive footage)

4.0
Acting

A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age.

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

as Self (archive footage)

5.9
Acting

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

Hung Up

Hung Up

1973

Producer

Producing

A woman from a bourgeois family marries a loveless man. She remembers (or dreams?) a life of adventure and smuggling, hijacking ships at night. She is...

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! ...

D-Day Revisited

D-Day Revisited

1968

as Self

8.0
Acting

Darryl F. Zanuck revisits the places where 'The Longest Day' had filmed, with excepts from the movie and he tells the story of D-Day.

The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes ...

The Visit

The Visit

1964

Producer

7.0
Producing

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning,...

The Chapman Report

The Chapman Report

1962

Producer

5.3
Producing

A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962

Producer

7.6
Producing

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the d...

The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble

1961

Producer

5.7
Producing

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation i...

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

1961

Producer

5.1
Producing

In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple,...

Crack in the Mirror

Crack in the Mirror

1960

Writer, Producer

7.5
Writing Producing

Three stars appear in two separate but intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong in this ambitious drama. In the first segment, Hagolin is ...

The Roots of Heaven

The Roots of Heaven

1958

Producer

6.2
Producing

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause...

The Barbarian and the Geisha

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to...

The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

1957

Producer

5.9
Producing

A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.

Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun

1957

Producer

6.7
Producing

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

The King and I

The King and I

1956

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna an...

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956

Producer

6.8
Producing

Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which ...

On the Threshold of Space

On the Threshold of Space

1956

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even t...

Good Morning, Miss Dove

Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly doctor...

The View from Pompey's Head

The View from Pompey's Head

1955

Executive Producer

3.5
Producing

Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales...

Seven Cities of Gold

Seven Cities of Gold

1955

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new convert...

Broken Lance

Broken Lance

1954

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility...

The Egyptian

The Egyptian

1954

Producer

6.4
Producing

In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new ...

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the ...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

Producer

5.9
Producing

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

1952

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane'...

Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

1952

Producer

6.9
Producing

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the...

The CinemaScope Parade

1951

as Self

Acting

A short feature that showcases 20th Century Fox's new anamorphic widescreen film process.

People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951

Producer

7.1
Producing

Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodo...

David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

1951

Producer

5.7
Producing

King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

All About Eve

All About Eve

1950

Producer

8.1
Producing

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Cha...

The Screen Writer

1950

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.

No Way Out

No Way Out

1950

Presenter, Producer

6.9
Producing

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

Night and the City

Night and the City

1950

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed...

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

1950

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to...

Under My Skin

Under My Skin

1950

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Set in Paris, Under My Skin stars John Garfield as a washed-up jockey who has stolen money from a crooked gambler (Luther Adler).

Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

1949

Producer

7.1
Producing

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deal...

Everybody Does It

Everybody Does It

1949

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to...

Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback

1949

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and...

Pinky

Pinky

1949

Producer

7.1
Producing

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her g...

Slattery's Hurricane

Slattery's Hurricane

1949

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story...

Sand

Sand

1949

Executive Producer

4.5
Producing

Novelist Will James, a specialist in horse stories, wrote the yarn upon which 20th Century-Fox's Sand was based. Mark Stevens plays horse breeder Jeff...

You're My Everything

You're My Everything

1949

Executive Producer

3.8
Producing

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and ...

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring

1949

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

The Fan

The Fan

1949

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he ...

The Forbidden Street

The Forbidden Street

1949

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarre...

The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho

1948

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.

That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge

1948

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely cla...

The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

1948

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions an...

Apartment for Peggy

Apartment for Peggy

1948

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be ...

Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his clien...

Road House

Road House

1948

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with hi...

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

1948

Presenter

5.8

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to t...

Give My Regards to Broadway

Give My Regards to Broadway

1948

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.

Fury at Furnace Creek

Fury at Furnace Creek

1948

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, he...

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1948

Executive Producer

7.2
Producing

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter,...

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

1948

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal t...

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile

1947

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to f...

Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement

1947

Producer

7.0
Producing

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavalie...

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

1947

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoho...

The Foxes of Harrow

The Foxes of Harrow

1947

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1947

Additional Writing

5.0

A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye,...

Moss Rose

Moss Rose

1947

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the...

The Homestretch

The Homestretch

1947

Executive Producer

Producing

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.

Carnival in Costa Rica

Carnival in Costa Rica

1947

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.

Boomerang!

Boomerang!

1947

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the p...

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947

Executive Producer

8.5
Producing

In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men ...

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge

1946

Producer

6.9
Producing

An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at...

Centennial Summer

Centennial Summer

1946

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial expositio...

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

1946

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder ca...

Strange Triangle

Strange Triangle

1946

Executive Producer

3.6
Producing

In this drama, a seductive woman uses her wiles upon both a traveling bank examiner and a manager to whom she is married. This woman has expensive tas...

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

1946

Producer

6.7
Producing

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually...

Claudia and David

Claudia and David

1946

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Conne...

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

Executive Producer, Presenter

7.4
Producing

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

1944

Producer

5.5
Producing

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with ...

Wilson

Wilson

1944

Producer

5.5
Producing

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, an...

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

1944

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

The Purple Heart

The Purple Heart

1944

Story, Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in cap...

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

1944

Executive Producer

7.4
Producing

During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-bo...

Wintertime

Wintertime

1943

Executive Producer

3.5
Producing

Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her...

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

1943

as Self

7.0
Acting

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Crash Dive

Crash Dive

1943

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new...

China Girl

China Girl

1942

Screenplay, Producer

5.4
Writing Producing

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes fro...

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

1942

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccane...

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942

Producer

5.3
Producing

Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.

Thunder Birds

Thunder Birds

1942

Story, Executive Producer

5.4
Writing Producing

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Sta...

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

1942

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded ...

Moontide

Moontide

1942

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

This Above All

This Above All

1942

Producer

6.7
Producing

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with t...

Song of the Islands

Song of the Islands

1942

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by tr...

Sex Hygiene

Sex Hygiene

1942

Producer

5.1
Producing

Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal d...

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

Director

7.2
Directing

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While h...

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley

1941

Producer

7.3
Producing

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.

Week-End in Havana

Week-End in Havana

1941

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waiver...

A Yank in the R.A.F.

A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941

Story, Producer

5.6
Writing Producing

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

Sun Valley Serenade

Sun Valley Serenade

1941

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When ...

Wild Geese Calling

Wild Geese Calling

1941

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with h...

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

1941

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich...

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured,...

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

Producer

6.5
Producing

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face re...

The Great American Broadcast

The Great American Broadcast

1941

Producer

5.4
Producing

After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coa...

That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

Producer

6.2
Producing

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

Western Union

Western Union

1941

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern...

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

1941

Producer

6.6
Producing

Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existe...

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.

Hudson's Bay

Hudson's Bay

1941

Producer

6.2
Producing

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the F...

Know For Sure

Know For Sure

1941

Producer

3.8
Producing

A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.

Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna

1940

Producer

6.0
Producing

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

1940

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless ...

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way

1940

Producer

6.1
Producing

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—...

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

1940

Producer

4.4
Producing

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settl...

Public Deb No. 1

Public Deb No. 1

1940

Producer

4.2
Producing

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his c...

The Great Profile

The Great Profile

1940

Producer

6.3
Producing

An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel...

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

1940

Producer

6.3
Producing

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

The Man I Married

The Man I Married

1940

Producer

6.3
Producing

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5
Acting

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...

Maryland

Maryland

1940

Producer

6.2
Producing

A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his fa...

Four Sons

Four Sons

1940

Producer

7.0
Producing

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

1940

Producer

6.1
Producing

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Star Dust

Star Dust

1940

Producer

4.7
Producing

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Producer

7.8
Producing

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl...

Little Old New York

Little Old New York

1940

Producer

4.0
Producing

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

1940

Producer

5.7
Producing

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're ...

Swanee River

Swanee River

1939

Producer

6.7
Producing

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, t...

Too Busy to Work

Too Busy to Work

1939

Producer

Producing

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their househ...

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

Producer

6.4
Producing

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosper...

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Producer

5.1
Producing

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 ...

Here I Am a Stranger

Here I Am a Stranger

1939

Producer

7.0
Producing

The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

The Rains Came

The Rains Came

1939

Producer

5.9
Producing

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken art...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939

Producer

6.9
Producing

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, ...

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

1939

Producer

6.4
Producing

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Afric...

Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women

1939

Producer

6.0
Producing

Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.

Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle

1939

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

Susannah of the Mounties

Susannah of the Mounties

1939

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canad...

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

Producer

7.2
Producing

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first l...

The Gorilla

The Gorilla

1939

Executive In Charge Of Production

4.6

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and...

Rose of Washington Square

Rose of Washington Square

1939

Producer

5.8
Producing

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939

Producer

6.0
Producing

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds tha...

Wife, Husband and Friend

Wife, Husband and Friend

1939

Producer

6.0
Producing

Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer ...

Tail Spin

Tail Spin

1939

Producer

5.8
Producing

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to r...

Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

Producer

6.4
Producing

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Kentucky

Kentucky

1938

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with ...

Submarine Patrol

Submarine Patrol

1938

Producer

6.6
Producing

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.

Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner

1938

Producer

5.5
Producing

Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.

Suez

Suez

1938

Producer

5.2
Producing

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

My Lucky Star

My Lucky Star

1938

Producer

5.3
Producing

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertise...

Gateway

Gateway

1938

Producer

6.5
Producing

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in h...

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

1938

Producer

6.5
Producing

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wa...

I'll Give a Million

I'll Give a Million

1938

Producer

5.7
Producing

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is k...

Always Goodbye

Always Goodbye

1938

Producer

6.8
Producing

Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is ...

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

1938

Producer

6.0
Producing

Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite an...

Josette

Josette

1938

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they b...

Kentucky Moonshine

Kentucky Moonshine

1938

Producer

5.3
Producing

The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

1938

Producer

6.5
Producing

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938

Producer

6.7
Producing

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secr...

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.

International Settlement

International Settlement

1938

Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Happy Landing

Happy Landing

1938

Producer

5.3
Producing

Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.

Love and Hisses

Love and Hisses

1937

Producer

Producing

As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.

Heidi

Heidi

1937

Producer

6.9
Producing

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Krame...

Lancer Spy

Lancer Spy

1937

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check h...

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937

Producer

6.0
Producing

Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.

Thin Ice

Thin Ice

1937

Producer

6.6
Producing

A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.

Wake Up and Live

Wake Up and Live

1937

Producer

5.3
Producing

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie

1937

Producer

6.5
Producing

In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he c...

Slave Ship

Slave Ship

1937

Producer

4.8
Producing

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

Angel's Holiday

Angel's Holiday

1937

Producer

5.5
Producing

Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

1937

Production Manager

7.3

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Pa...

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

1937

Producer

6.6
Producing

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the sev...

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

1937

Producer

5.0
Producing

After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her ...

Love Is News

Love Is News

1937

Executive In Charge Of Production

6.0

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are e...

On the Avenue

On the Avenue

1937

Producer

6.7
Producing

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, b...

Banjo on My Knee

Banjo on My Knee

1936

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.

White Hunter

White Hunter

1936

Producer

Producing

Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his father's death...

Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London

1936

Production Manager

7.1

Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, t...

Reunion

Reunion

1936

Executive Producer

Producing

Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for del...

Pigskin Parade

Pigskin Parade

1936

Producer

6.1
Producing

Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a h...

Ladies in Love

Ladies in Love

1936

Executive In Charge Of Production

5.8

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

Ramona

Ramona

1936

Executive Producer

5.1
Producing

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by t...

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory

1936

Producer

6.3
Producing

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and m...

Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936

Producer

5.7
Producing

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolph...

To Mary - with Love

To Mary - with Love

1936

Producer

4.5
Producing

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keepin...

Poor Little Rich Girl

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936

Producer

6.6
Producing

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en ...

White Fang

White Fang

1936

Producer

6.0
Producing

A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.

Private Number

Private Number

1936

Production Manager

6.5

Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler a...

Half Angel

Half Angel

1936

Producer

Producing

Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags

1936

Producer

6.0
Producing

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle...

The Country Beyond

The Country Beyond

1936

Producer

Producing

A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.

A Message to Garcia

A Message to Garcia

1936

Producer

5.0
Producing

A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

Producer

6.9
Producing

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865...

It Had to Happen

It Had to Happen

1936

Producer

5.5
Producing

A poor boy rises to power in politics.

Professional Soldier

Professional Soldier

1935

Producer

4.5
Producing

Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to k...

The Littlest Rebel

The Littlest Rebel

1935

Production Manager

6.2

Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and se...

Show Them No Mercy!

Show Them No Mercy!

1935

Producer

7.0
Producing

A young couple and their child fall prey to kidnappers when a storm drives them into a seemingly abandoned farmhouse.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

1935

Producer

6.3
Producing

A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him...

Thanks a Million

Thanks a Million

1935

Producer

6.1
Producing

A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replac...

Metropolitan

Metropolitan

1935

Producer

Producing

Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and com...

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

1935

Producer

6.3
Producing

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck...

'G' Men

'G' Men

1935

Novel

6.5

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend...

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1935

Producer

7.2
Producing

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...

Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu

1935

Producer

7.4
Producing

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

Folies Bergère

Folies Bergère

1935

Producer

5.6
Producing

An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.

Clive of India

Clive of India

1935

Producer

4.7
Producing

Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyo...

The Mighty Barnum

The Mighty Barnum

1934

Producer

0.5
Producing

20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Ja...

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini

1934

Producer

5.1
Producing

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934

Producer

5.3
Producing

Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisti...

Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

1934

Producer

5.8
Producing

Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be tak...

The Last Gentleman

The Last Gentleman

1934

Producer

3.0
Producing

In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for...

The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild

1934

Producer

6.2
Producing

The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the busine...

Looking for Trouble

Looking for Trouble

1934

Producer

6.2
Producing

Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and lef...

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge

1934

Producer

7.0
Producing

A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears th...

Lady Killer

Lady Killer

1933

Story

6.8
Writing

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Gallant Lady

Gallant Lady

1933

Producer

6.0
Producing

Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.

Advice to the Lovelorn

Advice to the Lovelorn

1933

Producer

7.0
Producing

Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advic...

Blood Money

Blood Money

1933

Producer

7.0
Producing

The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, ...

The Bowery

The Bowery

1933

Producer

5.1
Producing

"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was k...

Baby Face

Baby Face

1933

Story

7.3
Writing

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...

Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady

1933

Producer

6.3
Producing

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

The Working Man

The Working Man

1933

Producer

6.6
Producing

A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor;...

The 42nd Street Special

The 42nd Street Special

1933

as Self

5.3
Acting

As part of a publicity campaign for the film 42nd Street (1933), Warner Bros. Pictures, with the assistance of the General Electric Corporation, assem...

Parachute Jumper

Parachute Jumper

1933

Producer

6.1
Producing

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

Producer

6.3
Producing

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

1932

Producer

6.2
Producing

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery ...

The Cabin in the Cotton

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

Producer

6.3
Producing

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

Life Begins

Life Begins

1932

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situati...

Doctor X

Doctor X

1932

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse

1932

Producer, Story

7.2
Producing Writing

The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal B...

The Rich Are Always with Us

The Rich Are Always with Us

1932

Producer

5.2
Producing

A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.

The Man Who Played God

The Man Who Played God

1932

Producer

7.2
Producing

While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assa...

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

1931

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

1931

Producer

7.2
Producing

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blo...

Illicit

Illicit

1931

Producer

5.8
Producing

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destro...

Little Caesar

Little Caesar

1931

Producer

6.9
Producing

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party

1930

Writer

6.3
Writing

Two female song-pluggers decide to become ruthless gold-diggers, with comic results.

The Doorway to Hell

The Doorway to Hell

1930

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and ...

Maybe It's Love

Maybe It's Love

1930

Story

4.2
Writing

A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-shee...

Three Faces East

Three Faces East

1930

Producer

4.7
Producing

During World War I, a female agent tries to unmask a German spy.

The Show of Shows

The Show of Shows

1929

Producer

5.5
Producing

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...

On With the Show!

On With the Show!

1929

Producer

5.0
Producing

With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the l...

Madonna of Avenue A

Madonna of Avenue A

1929

Story

Writing

A young woman is shocked to discover that her mother, who she always believed was a stylish and successful member of upper-crust society, is actually ...

Hardboiled Rose

Hardboiled Rose

1929

Story

Writing

A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her ...

My Man

My Man

1928

Story

Writing

Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, a young...

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

1928

Story, Associate Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool

1928

Producer

5.0
Producing

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song...

The Terror

The Terror

1928

Producer

6.0
Producing

Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".

The Midnight Taxi

The Midnight Taxi

1928

Story

5.0
Writing

The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costell...

State Street Sadie

State Street Sadie

1928

Story

Writing

Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank robbery. Considered a lost film.

Lights of New York

Lights of New York

1928

Production Supervisor

5.4

Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.

Pay as You Enter

Pay as You Enter

1928

Story

Writing

Trolley car conductor Clyde Jones and bus conductor "Terrible Bill" Jones are arch rivals for the hand of coffee-shop owner Mary Smith.

Tenderloin

Tenderloin

1928

Story, Producer

Writing Producing

Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the ...

Ham and Eggs at the Front

Ham and Eggs at the Front

1927

Story

Writing

Fifi, a dusky, sultry Senegalese spy, uses her wiles to get information out of two American army soldiers, Ham and Eggs, in France during World War I.

Jaws of Steel

Jaws of Steel

1927

Writer

8.0
Writing

Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer canine...

Old San Francisco

Old San Francisco

1927

Writer, Producer

5.7
Writing Producing

In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.

The Desired Woman

The Desired Woman

1927

Story, Associate Producer

Writing Producing

The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote po...

The First Auto

The First Auto

1927

Producer, Story

4.5
Producing Writing

The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.

The Black Diamond Express

The Black Diamond Express

1927

Story

Writing

Dan Foster, the engineer of the Black Diamond Express express train falls in love with Jeanne Harmon, whose snobbish, high society mother, Mrs. Harmon...

Simple Sis

Simple Sis

1927

Story

Writing

Simple Sis is a 1927 American silent comedy-melodrama directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Louise Fazenda as a poor, plain laundress hoping for...

Irish Hearts

Irish Hearts

1927

Story

Writing

Sheila, a feisty Irish girl, loves Emmett, a somewhat shady Irish boy. When Emmett goes to America, Sheila and her father follow and join him. However...

Tracked by the Police

Tracked by the Police

1927

Story

8.0
Writing

The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building c...

The Missing Link

The Missing Link

1927

Scenario Writer

2.0
Writing

Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to anim...

Wolf's Clothing

Wolf's Clothing

1927

Screenplay

Writing

Barry Baline, a guard at a subway station, has worked at his job for six years without a day off. One New Year's Eve he's told that he won't be needed...

The Better 'Ole

The Better 'Ole

1926

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

1926

Adaptation

4.5

Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a band of rebels in the Philippines. In order to do thi...

So This Is Paris

So This Is Paris

1926

Producer

6.3
Producing

Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers i...

Footloose Widows

Footloose Widows

1926

Writer

Writing

Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Smith. Through a misunderstanding, they pick on the ...

Oh! What a Nurse!

Oh! What a Nurse!

1926

Scenario Writer

Writing

Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Rut...

The Little Irish Girl

The Little Irish Girl

1926

Adaptation

Beautiful Dot Walker is part of a ring of crooks in San Francisco, who use her to lure impressionable young men into a crooked card game. Young Johnny...

The Cave Man

The Cave Man

1926

Writer

Writing

A bored society girl cuts a hundred dollar bill in half, writes a message on one half for whoever finds it and throws it out the window of her apartme...

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan

1925

Producer

6.8
Producing

A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

Hogan's Alley

1925

Writer

Writing

Lefty O'Brien, a pugilist, becomes engaged to ex-tomboy Patsy Ryan against the wishes of her father, Michael. They both live in an Irish-Jewish neighb...

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners

1925

Story

6.0
Writing

Six burglars separately break into the Vickers mansion on Long Island to loot the safe but catch each other in the act. They all pretend to be members...

Red Hot Tires

Red Hot Tires

1925

Story

Writing

The first time Al Jones sees Elizabeth Lowden, he becomes so distracted that he runs his car into a steamroller. The second time he sees her, Elizabet...

The Limited Mail

The Limited Mail

1925

Writer

Writing

Bob Wilson, who becomes a tramp after being jilted by his fiancée, prevents the Limited Mail from being wrecked during a mountain storm and becomes fa...

Eve's Lover

Eve's Lover

1925

Scenario Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

Austin Starfield has his greedy eye on a steel mill belonging to Eve Burnside. He persuades an impoverished count, Leon Molnar to marry Eve so he can ...

A Broadway Butterfly

A Broadway Butterfly

1925

Writer

Writing

Irene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the Broadway stage. She meets up with Cookie, a worldly choru...

The Lighthouse by the Sea

The Lighthouse by the Sea

1924

Writer

10.0
Writing

A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of l...

Find Your Man

Find Your Man

1924

Writer

10.0
Writing

Paul Andrews returns from the World War with Buddy, a dog he found in Europe. Instead of getting a warm welcome, he finds his sweetheart, Caroline Bla...

Sherlock's Home

Sherlock's Home

1924

Scenario Writer

4.8
Writing

Gladys falls for a prizefighter who has invited his entire hometown to watch his fight in New York City. However, he gets crazy jealous when he sees G...

Money to Burns

1924

Co-Writer

Writing

After having difficulty coming up with a new story idea, a writer pays a fellow to allow him to follow him around in hopes it will encourage his liter...

Fighting Blood

1923

Writer

Writing

Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clar...

Fighting Blood

1923

Writer

Writing

Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark...

Fighting Blood

1923

Writer

Writing

Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clar...