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1969
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In danger of losing his job, TV-producer David Wayne hopes to cook up a real ratings winner by building a network special...
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Dr. Sam Abelman
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1959
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The official credits for the Italian-made Stranger on the Prowl read: "written and directed by Andrea Forzano." In truth,...
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The Man
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1952
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In this comedy, Paul Muni plays a recently murdered gangster who finds himself roasting in Hell. Muni can't believe that he's...
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Eddie Kagle,Judge Parker
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1946
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One of the most successful filmed biographies of the 1940s, A Song to Remember alleges to be the true story of Polish...
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Professor Joseph Elsner
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1945
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This drama is based on a Broadway play, One Against Seven, which in turn is based on the Russian play Pobyeda. Set during WW...
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Alexei Kulkov
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1945
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This star-studded musical drama was largely financed by Theatre Guild, with all proceeds going to various wartime fundraising...
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1943
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Scripted by Irwin Shaw from a story by C. S. Forester (of "Captain Horatio Hornblower" fame), Commandos Strike at Dawn is a...
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Erik Toresen
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1942
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This sweeping drama chronicles the foundation a Canadian institution: the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. Set in the 17th...
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Pierre Esprit Radisson
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1940
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Juarez was originally designed to concentrate almost exclusively on the tragedy of Hapsburg Emperor Maximillian, whose...
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Benito Pablo Juarez
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1939
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A violin-playing British doctor's life changes forever after he takes in a distraught Austrian ballerina who tries to kill...
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Dr. David Newcome
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1939
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The Movies March On was Number 12, volume 9 of Louis de Rochemont's March of Time series. Narrated by the stentorian...
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1939
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The second of Paul Muni's biographical films for Warner Bros., the Oscar-winning The Life of Emile Zola is by far the best,...
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Emile Zola
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1937
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Director Anatole Litvak's first Hollywood film was a remake of his French success L'Equipage, itself based on a novel by...
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Lt. Claude Maury
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1937
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Wang Lung
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1937
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"Every time Paul Muni parts his beard and looks through a microscope, we lose a million dollars." Producer Jack Warner's...
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Louis Pasteur
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1936
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Paul Muni is a prominent physician who is kidnapped by gangsters and forced to tend the needs of head crook Barton MacLaine....
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Dr. Caldwell
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1935
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Paul Muni stars in this drama about a romantic triangle that leads to madness and murder. Overly enthusiastic Mexican...
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Johnny Ramirez
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1935
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Like many 1930s Warner Bros. films, Black Fury drew its inspiration from the headlines. The story is adapted from a true-life...
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Joe Radek
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1935
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Bradshaw
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1934
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This well-wrought drama chronicles the rise and fall of a midwestern family dynasty from the mid 1800s through the Great...
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Orin Nordholm, Jr.
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1933
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Warner Bros.' hard-hitting chain-gang movie was a faithful adaptation of the similarly titled autobiography of Robert Elliot...
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James Allen
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1932
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Completed in mid-1930, Scarface, based on Armitage Trail's novel of the same name, might have been the first of the great...
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Tony Camonte
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1932
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Adapted from Richard Connell's short story A Friend of Napoleon, Seven Faces was a tour de force for the multitalented...
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Diablero,Don,Franz Schubert,Papa Chibou,Willie Smith
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1929
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James Dyke
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1929
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