Carousel was adapted from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical of the same name--which, in turn, was based on...
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Screenwriter
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1956
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One of the most ambitious productions ever turned out by Monogram studios, Song of My Heart represented the directorial debut...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1947
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In this comedy, an adaptation of the play The Animal Kingdom, a liberal, social reformist photographer falls in love with a...
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Producer
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1946
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Like the John Steinbeck novel on which it is based, Tortilla Flat is not so much a movie as a series of warm-hearted...
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Screenwriter
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1942
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Made just before America's entry into World War II, Paris Calling is one of the earliest French Underground adventures. When...
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Producer, Screenwriter
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1941
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A serious journalist is sent to France and forced to write fashion fluff pieces. Tiring of this, she decides to sneak off to...
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Screenwriter
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1940
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In this comedy, a young woman is determined to spend a weekend with her lover before he takes off to Europe for his new job....
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Producer
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1939
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They Made Me a Criminal opens in New York, depicting the latest victory in the ring for Johnny Bradfield (John Garfield), a...
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Producer
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1939
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Louis Armstrong steals the show as the groom to Jeepers Creepers, a skittish racehorse that can only settle down and run when...
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Producer
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1939
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Fannie Hurst's Sister Act was the source for this money-making Warners weeper. The four daughters of the title are played by...
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Associate Producer
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1938
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In this backwoods musical, two feudin' families provide the basis of the action. The tale begins as the head of one family...
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Producer
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1937
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In this lively musical, an eccentric philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 with the stipulation...
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Producer
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1937
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Producer
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1937
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Pulp fiction writer Max Brand's 1936 creation Dr. Kildare made his screen debut in the amiable person of Joel McCrea in this...
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Producer
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1937
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Anything Goes is a fun-filled but hardly faithful adaptation of the same-named Cole Porter Broadway musical, with additional...
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Producer
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1936
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1936
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Producer
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1935
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After a false start in 1932, Paramount's Big Broadcast series was jump-started in late 1935 with The Big Broadcast of 1936....
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Producer
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1935
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Love in Bloom ostensibly stars George Burns and Gracie Allen,but the team is actually comedy relief for the romantic leads,...
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Producer
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1935
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Producer
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1935
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Producer, Screenwriter
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1934
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We're Not Dressing is a bouncy musical-comedy variation of J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton -- complete with a happier...
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Producer
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1934
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Bolero stars George Raft as Raoul de Barre, an arrogant dancer who rises to fame in the years prior to, during, and after WW...
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Producer
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1934
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In this romantic musical, a carnival knife thrower's assistant falls for a Parisian tour guide who earns money wearing a...
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Producer, Screenwriter
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1933
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William Faulkner's novel Sanctuary was a notorious bestseller upon its publication in 1931, and while it was successful...
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Producer
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1933
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This musical comedy stars Maurice Chevalier as (what else?) a Parisian playboy with a song and a kiss for every beautiful...
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1933
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1932
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1932
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1932
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Screen Story
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1932
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"So much for Carlotta" muses the head of German Espionage (Lewis Stone), shortly after secret agent Karen Morley is put to...
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Screenwriter
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1932
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Based on a play by William DuBois, Pagan Lady top-bills Evelyn Brent as the title character, a "woman of the world" named Dut...
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Screenwriter
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1931
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Producer, Screenwriter
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1931
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This simple tale of peace-loving hillbillies defeating a gang of outlaws was based on a story by Joseph Hergesheimer and was...
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Screenwriter
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1930
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"Boudoir Diplomat" was, of course, a 1930s euphemism for a wealthy man who slept around. Ian Keith plays Baron Valmi, who...
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Screenwriter
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1930
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Ronald Colman plays the "black sheep" of a wealthy British family, sent to South Africa so that he'll be as far away from...
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Screenwriter
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1930
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Producer, Screenwriter
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1929
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A vaudevillian working in a third-rate burlesque show suffers marital turmoil when success swells his head in this silent...
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Screenwriter
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1929
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Screenwriter
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1928
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Based on the oft-filmed play by Kenyon Nicholson, The Barker represented the talking-picture debut of silent-screen favorite...
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Screenwriter
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1928
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The strange and terrible things that the lust for gold can do to the soul comprise the message of this innovative, epic...
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1928
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Screenwriter
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1928
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In 1927, Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress with her performance in this film, among the most...
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Play Author, Screenwriter
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1927
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The Love Mart was based on The Code of Victor Jallot, an adventure yarn by Edward Childs Carpenter. The story is set in Old...
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Screenwriter
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1927
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It has often been reported that Howard Hawks tried and failed to create an "art" film with Paid to Love, only to return to...
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Screenwriter
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1927
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The Lady in Ermine was based on the Rudolph Schanzer-Ernest Wellisch operetta of the same name. Corinne Griffith stars as...
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Screenwriter
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1927
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Directed with his usual dry wit by the talented and underrated Harry D'Arrast, Gentleman of Paris was based on a short story...
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Screenwriter
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1927
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This sentimental comedy begins when four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage...
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Screenwriter
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1926
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Skyrocket was a vehicle for non-actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce, a former Ziegfeld dancer who managed to get herself into the...
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1926
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1926
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1926
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Filmgoers of the silent era liked to see crooks reform -- it was a popular theme in motion pictures. This drama, adapted from...
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Screenwriter
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1926
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A bulky, verbose novel by Herman Suderman was the source for the exquisitely silent Flesh and the Devil. On leave from the...
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Screenwriter
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1926
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Fashions for Men was a satirical play by Franz Molnar. In the hands of film company First National, it became a sincere,...
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Screenwriter
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1925
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Screenwriter
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1925
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This silent adaptation of Franz Lehar's famous operetta (in which precious little of the original story was retained) was a...
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Screenwriter
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1925
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Ramon Novarro and Barbara LaMarr, the featured players who made such an impression in The Prisoner of Zenda, reunite in this...
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Play Author
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1924
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With its racy title and emphasis on jazz parties and youth, this romantic drama was a typical mid-'20s release. But being an...
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Screenwriter
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1924
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Two of the silent screen's major stars, beautiful blonde Alice Terry and British-born Conway Tearle, starred in this lavishly...
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Screenwriter
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1924
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