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Frances Marion is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Writing American born on 18 november 1888 at San Francisco (USA)
Among those, 10 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Joan Blondell
Roles Story
Rating68%
Billy Flynn, an ex-boxing champion, is now a horse trainer in Hialeah, Florida. He makes just enough money to raise his little son T.J., of whom Flynn has full custody of since his wife Annie left him, seven years before the events of the film. T.J. worships "The Champ," who has gambling debts and begins working on a comeback to give his boy a better future. Suddenly Annie shows up again and wants to become a part of T.J.'s life.
Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, DeWitt Jennings, Don Dillaway
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Min Divot (Marie Dressler) runs a dockside inn. She has been raising Nancy Smith (Dorothy Jordan) as her own since her prostitute mother, Bella (Majorie Rambeau) left her at the inn as an infant. Min frequently argues with fisherman Bill (Wallace Beery). Despite Bill's near constant drinking, he and Min care for each other. She and Bill are the only ones who know the real identity of Nancy's real, still living, mother.
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, Barbara Kent, Dale Fuller
Roles Story
Rating69%
Inventor Frederick Smith's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby, Ronnie, leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper Emma. Twenty years later, after Smith's inventions have made the family rich, the affable Ronnie, who is Emma's favorite, arrives home from college, announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot. The other Smith children, Bill, Gypsy and Isabelle, have all grown into spoiled adults, but Emma lovingly indulges them all, making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else.
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones
Roles Writer
Rating72%
Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to train and to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but his efforts are consistently stymied by his alcoholism. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler, Lee Phelps, Jack Baxley
Rating65%
Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo), telling him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris left Anna to be raised by relatives on a St. Paul farm 15 years before, and hasn't seen her since.
Directed by Lionel Barrymore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Catherine Dale Owen, Oliver Hardy, Ullrich Haupt, Lionel Belmore, Nance O'Neil
Roles Writer
Rating56%
The story takes place in Russia in the year 1910. Yegor (Lawrence Tibbett), a dashing (as well as singing) bandit leader meets Princess Vera (Catherine Dale Owen) at a mountain inn. They fall in love, but the relationship is shattered when Yegor kills Vera's brother, Prince Serge, for raping his sister, Nadja, and driving her to suicide. Yegor kidnaps Vera, forcing her to live a life of lowly servitude among the bandits. Vera manages to outwit Yegor, who is captured by soldiers and flogged. Vera begs Yegor's forgiveness. Although still in love with each other, they realize they cannot be together, at least for the time being.
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Romance
Actors Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Mary Doran, Cecil Cunningham
Rating57%
A young woman is upset by the knowledge that her father is divorcing her mother in order to marry another woman. Her own feelings change, however, when she falls in love with a young man who turns out to be the son of her father's new love.
Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Robert Montgomery, Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Kent (Robert Montgomery), a young law-abiding man kills someone while driving drunk, is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. In an overcrowded prison designed for 1800 and actually holding 3000, he is placed in a cell with Butch (Wallace Beery) and Morgan (Chester Morris), the two leaders of the inmates. Butch is alternately menacing and friendly, while Morgan tries to help out the frightened, inexperienced youngster, but Kent rebuffs his overtures.
, 1h42
Directed by Howard Hawks, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Myrna Loy, Vince Barnett, Robert McWade, Walter Huston, Otto Kruger, Arthur Hoyt
Roles Story
Rating62%
While working as a barroom bouncer, sailor Steve Morgan (Max Baer) impresses alcoholic ex-boxing manager "the Professor" (Walter Huston) with his skills. The Professor talks Steve into entering a prize fight with an up-and-coming boxer to make money for both of them.
Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vilma Bánky, Walter Byron, Walter Byron, Louis Wolheim, George Davis, William Orlamond
Roles Story
Rating62%
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Among those, 10 have good markets following the box office.
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Add to a movie listThe Champ (1979)
, 2h3Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Joan Blondell
Roles Story
Rating68%
Billy Flynn, an ex-boxing champion, is now a horse trainer in Hialeah, Florida. He makes just enough money to raise his little son T.J., of whom Flynn has full custody of since his wife Annie left him, seven years before the events of the film. T.J. worships "The Champ," who has gambling debts and begins working on a comeback to give his boy a better future. Suddenly Annie shows up again and wants to become a part of T.J.'s life.
Min and Bill (1930)
, 1h6Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, DeWitt Jennings, Don Dillaway
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Min Divot (Marie Dressler) runs a dockside inn. She has been raising Nancy Smith (Dorothy Jordan) as her own since her prostitute mother, Bella (Majorie Rambeau) left her at the inn as an infant. Min frequently argues with fisherman Bill (Wallace Beery). Despite Bill's near constant drinking, he and Min care for each other. She and Bill are the only ones who know the real identity of Nancy's real, still living, mother.
Emma (1932)
, 1h12Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, Barbara Kent, Dale Fuller
Roles Story
Rating69%
Inventor Frederick Smith's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby, Ronnie, leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper Emma. Twenty years later, after Smith's inventions have made the family rich, the affable Ronnie, who is Emma's favorite, arrives home from college, announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot. The other Smith children, Bill, Gypsy and Isabelle, have all grown into spoiled adults, but Emma lovingly indulges them all, making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else.
The Champ (1931)
, 1h25Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones
Roles Writer
Rating72%
Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to train and to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but his efforts are consistently stymied by his alcoholism. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.
Anna Christie (1930)
, 1h29Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler, Lee Phelps, Jack Baxley
Rating65%
Chris Christofferson (George F. Marion), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo), telling him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris left Anna to be raised by relatives on a St. Paul farm 15 years before, and hasn't seen her since.
The Rogue Song (1930)
, 1h44Directed by Lionel Barrymore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Catherine Dale Owen, Oliver Hardy, Ullrich Haupt, Lionel Belmore, Nance O'Neil
Roles Writer
Rating56%
The story takes place in Russia in the year 1910. Yegor (Lawrence Tibbett), a dashing (as well as singing) bandit leader meets Princess Vera (Catherine Dale Owen) at a mountain inn. They fall in love, but the relationship is shattered when Yegor kills Vera's brother, Prince Serge, for raping his sister, Nadja, and driving her to suicide. Yegor kidnaps Vera, forcing her to live a life of lowly servitude among the bandits. Vera manages to outwit Yegor, who is captured by soldiers and flogged. Vera begs Yegor's forgiveness. Although still in love with each other, they realize they cannot be together, at least for the time being.
Their Own Desire (1929)
, 1h5Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Romance
Actors Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Mary Doran, Cecil Cunningham
Rating57%
A young woman is upset by the knowledge that her father is divorcing her mother in order to marry another woman. Her own feelings change, however, when she falls in love with a young man who turns out to be the son of her father's new love.
The Big House (1930)
, 1h27Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Robert Montgomery, Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Kent (Robert Montgomery), a young law-abiding man kills someone while driving drunk, is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. In an overcrowded prison designed for 1800 and actually holding 3000, he is placed in a cell with Butch (Wallace Beery) and Morgan (Chester Morris), the two leaders of the inmates. Butch is alternately menacing and friendly, while Morgan tries to help out the frightened, inexperienced youngster, but Kent rebuffs his overtures.
, 1h42Directed by Howard Hawks, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Myrna Loy, Vince Barnett, Robert McWade, Walter Huston, Otto Kruger, Arthur Hoyt
Roles Story
Rating62%
While working as a barroom bouncer, sailor Steve Morgan (Max Baer) impresses alcoholic ex-boxing manager "the Professor" (Walter Huston) with his skills. The Professor talks Steve into entering a prize fight with an up-and-coming boxer to make money for both of them.
The Awakening (1928)
, 1h30Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vilma Bánky, Walter Byron, Walter Byron, Louis Wolheim, George Davis, William Orlamond
Roles Story
Rating62%