Cinematography: William Rees
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by William Rees. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Maltese Falcon
1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast Bebe Daniels · Ricardo Cortez · Dudley Digges · Una Merkel
Plot Sam Spade is quite the womanizer. When his secretary tells him the new customer waiting outside his office is a knockout, he wastes no time before seeing her. It turns...
6.7
251 votes
6.7
251 votes
Fashions of 1934
1934 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast William Powell · Bette Davis · Frank McHugh · Hugh Herbert
Plot Sherwood Nash is a swindler who bootlegs Paris fashions for sale at cut-rate prices. His assistant Lynn poses as An American interested in a dress and Snap conceals a camera...
6.1
90 votes
6.1
90 votes
The Kennel Murder Case
1933 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast William Powell · Mary Astor · Eugene Pallette · Ralph Morgan
Plot Archer Coe has been found dead in his locked bedroom. The cops consider it suicide, but Philo believes otherwise. When the Coroner shows up, he finds that Archer had been...
5.8
256 votes
5.8
256 votes
Expensive Women
1931 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Hobart Henley
Cast Dolores Costello · H.B. Warner · Warren William · Anthony Bushell
Plot A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
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Housewife
1934 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast George Brent · Bette Davis · Ann Dvorak · John Halliday
Plot Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial...
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A Fool's Advice (Meet the Mayor)
1932 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Ralph Ceder
Cast Frank Fay · Nat Pendleton · Edward J. Nugent · Ruth Hall
Plot An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
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Scarlet Pages
1930 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Elsie Ferguson · Marian Nixon · John Halliday · Grant Withers
Plot Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find...
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The Personality Kid
1934 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Pat O'Brien · Glenda Farrell · Claire Dodd · Robert Gleckler
Plot Ritzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until they have the money to build a better life. However, he has other...
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Sit Tight
1931 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Winnie Lightner · Joe E. Brown · Paul Gregory · Claudia Dell
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Midnight Alibi
1934 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Richard Barthelmess · Ann Dvorak · Helen Chandler · Helen Lowell
Plot A gambler hides out for some gangsters in an old lady's house. Later he's arrested for murder but the old woman provides him with an alibi by saying he was...
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From Headquarters
1933 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast George Brent · Margaret Lindsay · Eugene Pallette · Robert Barrat
Plot A wealthy Broadway playboy is found dead. He was actually a vicious blackmailer. It's up to police lieutenant Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates like...
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A Modern Hero
1934 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Cast Richard Barthelmess · Jean Muir · Marjorie Rambeau · Verree Teasdale
Plot Pierre is a young and handsome circus rider whose mother has long tolerated his amorous adventures but becomes genuinely concerned when he actually falls in love. She reveals to him...
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Under a Texas Moon
1930 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Frank Fay · Raquel Torres · Myrna Loy · Armida
Plot A cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
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The Office Wife
1930 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon · Michael Curtiz
Cast Dorothy Mackaill · Lewis Stone · Natalie Moorhead · Hobart Bosworth
Plot Larry Fellowes of Fellowes Publishing wants Kate to write her next book about the 'Office Wife'. The personal secretary/stenographer spends more time with the busy executive and makes more decisions...
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The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Warren William · Mary Astor · Allen Jenkins · Grant Mitchell
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The Singer of Naples
1935 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Howard Bretherton · Moreno Cuyar
Cast Enrico Caruso Jr. · Mona Maris · Carmen Río · Alfonso Pedroza
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Boy of Mine
1923 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction William Beaudine
Cast Ben Alexander · Henry B. Walthall · Irene Rich · Rockcliffe Fellowes
Plot A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes when neither Bill nor his mother can put up any more with the father's...
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Don't Bet on Blondes
1935 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Robert Florey
Cast Warren William · Claire Dodd · Guy Kibbee · William Gargan
Plot Gambler and bookmaker "Odds" Owen decides that the insurance racket is a business that offers better odds and less risk, and this appeals to him and he sets up shop....
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Going Highbrow
1935 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Robert Florey
Cast Guy Kibbee · ZaSu Pitts · Edward Everett Horton · Ross Alexander
Plot Cora and Matt have tons of money and have spent a lot just to be accepted into New York society. The problem is that New York society has very little...
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Convention City
1933 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Joan Blondell · Adolphe Menjou · Dick Powell · Mary Astor
Plot The plot revolves around the convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. Throughout the film, the employees of Honeywell Rubber are mainly concerned with drinking and sex. President...
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