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Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
RomanceActors Dorothy Mackaill,
Basil Rathbone,
Leila Hyams,
Claude Gillingwater,
William Austin,
Emily FitzroyRating60%
William Faraday refuses to let his youngest daughter, Evelyn, get married before her older sister, Celia, finds a husband. Faraday is afraid that people will call Celia an old maid. Celia, who has no interest in getting married, attempts to fool her father by pretending to be engaged. After a short vacation away from home she makes the announcement to her family and informs everyone that he has gone to Arabia but that they will be married upon his return to England. When her father receives this news, he finally consents to Evelyn's marriage. At Evelyn's insistence, Celia writes a love letter to her fiancé., 1h8
Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Musical filmsActors Joe E. Brown,
Lawrence Gray,
Ona Munson,
Walter Pidgeon,
Frank McHugh,
Johnny ArthurRating57%
Rollo Smith (Joe E. Brown) and his friend Jack Lane (Lawrence Gray) are down on their luck and have stowed away on a train, finding a place in the compartment of ace pilot and writer Robert Story (Arthur Hoyt). The conductor (Fred Kelsey) tosses the pair off the train just where the famous writer is supposed to arrive, with Rollo being mistaken for Story., 1h3
Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAActors Dorothy Mackaill,
Sidney Blackmer,
Julanne Johnston,
Warner RichmondRating56%
Kate is a novelist who writes "modern" novels about sex, romance and relationships. She thinks that since she is a strictly modern women she knows everything about men. When she falls in love, she plans to act exactly like the heroines in her novels and expects her future boyfriend to do likewise. Kate attempts to apply the methods that uses in his books to her own life and the lives of those around her. As the film begins, we find out that Mackaill's cousin, Aimee (Johnston) is about to be married to Heath Desmond (Blackmer). , 1h18
Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Marilyn Miller,
Lawrence Gray,
Inez Courtney,
O. P. Heggie,
Barbara Bedford,
Clyde Wilfred CookRating53%
Marylin Miller plays the part of an American circus performer, doing her act in a British circus, who is engaged to a man she does not love. A former boyfriend, played by Lawrence Gray, stops by to see her before taking boat back to the United States. Miller realizing that she loves Gray, decides to run away. She embarks on the same boat that Lawrence takes. Her father, who realizes what his daughter has done, reaches the boat just as it is about to leave and manages to board it. While on board, Gray becomes engaged to be married to a wealthy socialite (Barbara Bedford). Miller learns that she will not be allowed to disembark in the United States without a passport. In order to land, Miller marries an American friend, intending to divorce him as soon as she is safely inside the United States. After arrive in the states, Miller tells Gray about her love for him. Bedford overhears them and tells Gray that she will announce their engagement at a party that very night. Disappointed, Miller decides to return to England, but Gray proposes to her just as she is about to leave., 1h8
Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
MusicalThemes Musical filmsActors Bert Wheeler,
Robert Woolsey,
Dorothy Lee,
Lucy Beaumont,
Jason Robards,
Jason Robards Sr.Rating61%
Tommy Tanner (Wheeler) and Egbert G. Higginbotham (Woolsey) are two vaudevillians who were kicked out of the last town they performed in. After fleeing to the town of Lockville, the duo befriend elderly widow Mother Talley (Lucy Beaumont). Mother is upset because she is unable to get customers into her drug store. In addition, Mother owes a payment on a bank note to Harry Watters (Jason Robards). Tommy and Egbert decide to turn Mother's drugstore into a money-making venture, even producing their own afternoon radio program right in the store. Harry, who wants to buy the store as part of a bootlegging operation, attempts to sell the duo an alcohol-laced drink, referring to it as "lemon-syrup". The "syrup" gains praise from everybody in town, until the police show up to close down the operation. Tommy and Egbert are suspicious of Harry, and it's up to them to find Harry, clear their name, and save Mother's store., 1h21
Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Phillips Lord,
Frank Albertson,
Bette Davis,
Stanley Fields,
Frankie Darro,
Dorothy PetersonRating56%
A decade earlier, Jonesport, Maine preacher Seth Parker and his wife offered shelter to runaway Robbie Turner, who as an infant was abandoned by his sadistic, alcoholic father Rufe. Mary Lucy Duffy, who has been banished from her home by her father for fraternizing with farm hand David Clark, is living with the Parkers as well, and her romance with David attracts the attention of the local gossips. Years earlier, David's mother Rose had run off with a stranger, and when she and her illegitimate infant son returned to Jonesport, they were shunned by the townspeople., 1h15
Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Jazz films,
Musical films,
Films based on playsActors Bert Wheeler,
Robert Woolsey,
Dorothy Lee,
Eddie Quillan,
Mitzi Green,
Brooks BenedictRating58%
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Directed by William A. SeiterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Nancy Carroll,
Cary Grant,
Randolph Scott,
Edward Woods,
Lilian Bond,
William Collier SrRating64%
A pretty young bank clerk, Ruth Brock (Nancy Carroll), attracts the young men in the small town of Marysville. Rich playboy Romer Sheffield (Cary Grant) is no exception, even though he has Camille (Rita La Roy) staying openly at his mansion, scandalizing the locals. Jealous, Camille soon leaves., 1h28
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch,
James Cruze,
Norman Taurog,
Norman Z. McLeod,
William A. Seiter,
H. Bruce Humberstone,
Stephen Roberts,
Lothar MendesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Gary Cooper,
Charles Laughton,
George Raft,
May Robson,
W. C. Fields,
Richard BennettRating68%
Dying industrial tycoon John Glidden (Richard Bennett) cannot decide what to do with his wealth. He despises his money-hungry relatives and believes none of his employees is capable of running his various companies. Finally, he decides to give a million dollars each to eight people picked at random from a telephone directory before he passes away, so as to avoid his will being contested. (The first name selected is John D. Rockefeller, which is swiftly rejected.)