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Films with theme "Films about writers", sorted by production date
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Five Star Final (1931)
, 1h29Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, Anthony Bushell, H. B. Warner, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon
Joseph W. Randall (Edward G. Robinson), the city editor of a tabloid newspaper, reluctantly agrees when publisher Bernard Hinchecliffe (Oscar Apfel) plans to boost circulation with a restrospective series on a 20-year-old murder and scandal, involving a secretary, Nancy Voorhees (Frances Starr), who shot the man who got her pregnant and then refused to marry her. Nancy is now married to Michael Townsend (H. B. Warner), an upstanding member of society, and has a daughter, Jenny (Marian Marsh), about to marry the son of a socially prominent family, Philip Weeks (Anthony Bushell). She reacts with horror at the renewed interest in the scandal she had put behind her.
Scandal Sheet (1931)
, 1h17Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook, Regis Toomey, Lucien Littlefield, Gilbert Emery
Young Man of Manhattan (1930)
, 1h19Directed by Monta Bell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles, Leslie Austin
Jealousy comes between a young couple of newspaper people when the wife earns more money and becomes more famous than her husband. Especially his alcohol addiction becomes the dividing element, whereas the young Puff Randolph girl chasing him, and her editor falling in love with her are merely elements that challenge their love.
The Mississippi Gambler (1929)
, 57minutesDirected by Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Joseph Schildkraut, Carmelita Geraghty, Alec B. Francis, Joan Bennett, Otis Harlan, William Welsh
Gentlemen of the Press (1929)
, 1h20Directed by Millard Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Charles Ruggles, Norman Foster, Betty Lawford, Brian Donlevy
The Power of the Press (1928)
, 1h2Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough, Wheeler Oakman, Robert Edeson
Un procureur est assassiné. Un jeune reporter ambitieux découvre qu'une héritière était avec le procureur au moment du meurtre et décide de l'accuser publiquement.
Loves of Casanova (1927)
, 2h12Directed by Anatole Litvak, Alexandre Volkoff
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Themes Films about writers
Actors Ivan Mosjoukine, Diana Karenne, Suzanne Bianchetti, Jenny Jugo, Rina De Liguoro, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Un flamboyant portrait du celebre seducteur vu par un ancien baryton de l'Opera de Moscou qui, apres un accident vocal, part pour l'Allemangne puis la France pour se consacrer au cinema.
The Poet and the Tsar (1927)
Directed by Vladimir Gardine
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Nikolai Cherkasov
Le film retrace les derniers jours de la vie d'Alexandre Pouchkine et nous présente ses rapports vis-à-vis du tsar Nicolas Ier ainsi que leur rivalité amoureuse.
Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre (1922)
Directed by Jacques de Féraudy
Genres Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about writers
Actors Berthe Bovy, Fernand Ledoux, Jane Faber, Marie Bell, Maurice Escande, Pierre Fresnay
Molière, sa vie, son œuvre. En 1644, Molière n'a encore que vingt-deux ans. Criblé de dettes et poursuivi par les huissiers, il s'entête à monter sur scène des tragédies dans lesquelles il est indéniablement mauvais. Et puis un jour, après avoir été emprisonné par des créanciers impatients, il disparaît...
Casanova (1919)
Directed by Alfréd Deésy
Themes Films about writers
Actors Alfréd Deésy, Bela Lugosi, Ila Lóth, Camilla von Hollay
Tales of Hoffmann (1916)
Directed by Richard Oswald
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about writers, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Werner Krauss, Friedrich Kühne, Lupu Pick, Richard Oswald, Erich Kaiser-Titz
André Chénier (1911)
, 15minutesDirected by Louis Feuillade, Étienne Arnaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Léonce Perret, René Navarre, Renée Carl, Edmund Breon, Alice Tissot, René Alexandre
Évocation du poète André Chénier et de son parcours jusqu'à la guillotine.
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors William Courtenay
After finding out that her father is suffering financial problems, Jerry Holbrook decides to start a career in journalism in the heart of New York. While working she falls in love with the editor of her paper, Mr. Hamilton. After being offered a job in London the couple initially have problems but Jerry accepts a proposal of marriage and they leave for London together.