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Arthur Kober is a Scriptwriter and Additional Dialogue American born on 25 august 1900

Arthur Kober

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Nationality USA
Birth 25 august 1900
Death 12 june 1975 (at 74 years) at New York City (USA)

Arthur Kober est un scénariste américain, né le 25 août 1900 à Brody (Ukraine), mort le 12 juin 1975 dans le Bronx à New York.

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Filmography of Arthur Kober (27 films)

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Scriptwriter

In the Meantime, Darling, 1h12
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Eugene Pallette, Mary Nash, Stanley Prager, Jane Randolph
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.761242.761242.761242.761242.76124
Due to limited wartime housing, Army lieutenant Danny Ferguson (Frank Latimore) and fiancée Maggie Preston (Jeanne Crain) must postpone their wedding until a room in the Craig Hotel, where married officers stationed at nearby Camp Fielding live with their wives, becomes available. When their accommodations are ready, Maggie arrives with her wealthy parents Henry and Vera (Eugene Pallette) and (Mary Nash), who are unhappy about the living conditions their daughter will be forced to endure. Initially Maggie is too happy to care, but once the newlywed is left alone during the day while her husband is on the base, she begins to become disenchanted with her surroundings and the lack of service her privileged background has groomed her to expect.
Wintertime
Wintertime (1943)
, 1h22
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Jack Oakie, Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, S.Z. Sakall, Cornel Wilde, Bess Flowers
Roles Story
Rating61% 3.0964153.0964153.0964153.0964153.096415
Norwegian millionaire Ostgaard (S.Z. Sakall) and his niece Nora (Sonja Henie) believe they will be staying at a posh resort in Canada, but it turns out owner Skip Hutton (Jack Oakie) and partner Freddy Austin (Cornel Wilde) are in debt and barely holding off foreclosure.
The Mad Miss Manton, 1h20
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Stanley Ridges, Hattie McDaniel, Whitney Bourne
Rating66% 3.3470553.3470553.3470553.3470553.347055
At 3:00 am, Melsa (Barbara Stanwyck) takes her little dogs for a walk. Near a subway construction site, she sees Ronnie Belden run out of a house and drive away. The house is for sale by Sheila Lane (Leona Maricle), the wife of George Lane, a wealthy banker. Inside, Melsa finds a diamond brooch and Mr. Lane's dead body. As she runs for help, her cloak falls off with the brooch inside it. When the police arrive, the body, cloak, and brooch are gone. Melsa and her friends are notorious pranksters, so the detective, Lieutenant Mike Brent (Levene), does nothing to investigate the murder. Ames writes an editorial decrying Melsa's "prank", and she sues him for libel.
Having Wonderful Time, 1h10
Directed by Robert Parrish, Alfred Santell, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films based on plays, Road movies
Actors Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Red Skelton, Lee Bowman
Roles Pièce de théatre
Rating59% 2.996442.996442.996442.996442.99644
Bored New York office girl Teddy (Ginger Rogers), goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains called Camp Kare Free, for rest and to get away from the noisy, busy, city life and avoid advances from Emil. She meets and at first does not like waiter Chick, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. She also meets friend Faye, her roommate Miriam, and Buzzy. Miriam has eyes for Buzzy, who seems to have eyes for everyone. Within her two-week stay, Teddy and Chick fall in love and spend every day together.
Early to Bed, 1h15
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, Gail Patrick, Robert McWade, Lucien Littlefield
Rating65% 3.2910453.2910453.2910453.2910453.291045
Chester Beatty (Ruggles) and Tessie Weeks (Boland) have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee (McWade). To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton (Barbier) to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking make him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
Hollywood Party, 1h8
Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Charles Reisner, George Stevens, Allan Dwan, Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding, Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Jimmy Durante, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Polly Moran, Charles Butterworth, Lucille Ball
Rating59% 2.9999152.9999152.9999152.9999152.999915
Jungle movie star "Schnarzan" (Durante), a character in parody of Tarzan, is advised by his manager he needs new lions for his pictures, as his old ones are "worn out". At a wild Hollywood party with many varied guests, including a "lion provider", hilarity ensues. After it all gets out of hand, Schnarzan awakens to find he is just plain old Durante, who had a strange dream.
Palooka
Palooka (1934)
, 1h26
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Thelma Todd
Rating59% 2.9903452.9903452.9903452.9903452.990345
Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (Robert Armstrong) was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme (Marjorie Rambeau) to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. But when a shady boxing manager (Jimmy Durante) discovers Joe's natural boxing talent, Joe decides to follow him to the big city, where he becomes a champion and begins to follow his father's path of debauchery, much of it including the glamorous cabaret singer Nina Madero (Lupe Vélez). The film also stars William Cagney, the younger brother of actor James Cagney.
It's Great to Be Alive, 1h9
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical, Comic science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Musical films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Gloria Stuart, Edna May Oliver, Raul Roulien, Herbert Mundin, Joan Marsh, Edward Van Sloan
Rating55% 2.7840652.7840652.7840652.7840652.784065
A young aviator, Carlos Martin (played by Raul Roulien), is dumped by his girlfriend (Gloria Stuart), and heads on a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean. He has engine trouble and makes an emergency landing on an uninhabited island out in the Pacific. Shortly afterward, a global epidemic of a new disease called masculitis kills every fertile male human on the planet. When efforts to cure the disease fail, the human race is doomed. Humanity's institutions are all run by women, including the Chicago underworld. Carlos escapes the island, and once he returns home and hears the news, it now depends on him to continue the human race.
Mama Loves Papa, 1h8
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Lilyan Tashman, George Barbier, Walter Catlett, Morgan Wallace

While Wilbur Todd (Charles Ruggles) is content with his middle class life, his wife Jessie (Mary Boland) aspires to a higher social stannding. She insists he wear fine clothes because she believes that clothes make the man. When his strange new clothes bring derision rather than admiration, and tired of his wife's constant nagging, Wilbur goes off on a drunken spree and innocently becomes involved with the village vamp, Mrs. McIntosh (Lilyan Tashman).
Infernal Machine
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Genres Comedy
Actors Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin, Victor Jory, Elizabeth Patterson, Edward Van Sloan, James Bell
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.16323.16323.16323.16323.1632
A bomb planted on board a ship may go off at any moment, leaving the crew and passengers in suspense.