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

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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

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The Singer of Naples

1935 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

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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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