Direction: Archie Mayo
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Archie Mayo. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Great American Broadcast
1941 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Cesar Romero · Alice Faye · Jack Oakie · John Payne
Plot After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is...
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Four Sons
1940 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Don Ameche · Eugenie Leontovich · Mary Beth Hughes · Alan Curtis
Plot When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot (Ameche), Nazi supporter (Curtis), artist in America (Lowery), and heroic German soldier (Ernest)....
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Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo · Michael Curtiz
Cast Al Jolson · Ruby Keeler · Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane
Plot Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants...
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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction B. Reeves Eason · Archie Mayo
Cast Jackie Coogan · Mattie Witting · Maurice Costello · Pat Hartigan
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Street of Women
1932 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Kay Francis · Roland Young · Alan Dinehart · Gloria Stuart
Plot A married architect, stuck in a loveless marriage, due to his daughter, has an an affair with a dress designer (Natalie). Just when he's ready to ask his wife for...
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Wide Open
1930 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Edward Everett Horton · Patsy Ruth Miller · Louise Fazenda · Vera Lewis
Plot A nervous woman-shy office clerk, already troubled by an amorous female co-worker, suddenly has to deal with a very forward and attractive young woman who has sneaked into his apartment...
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Confirm or Deny
1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Don Ameche · Joan Bennett · Roddy McDowall · John Loder
Plot Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in...
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Charley's Aunt
1941 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Jack Benny · Kay Francis · James Ellison · Anne Baxter
Plot In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
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The Expert
1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Charles Sale · Dickie Moore · Lois Wilson · Ralf Harolde
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Give Me Your Heart
1936 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Kay Francis · George Brent · Roland Young · Patric Knowles
Plot An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father.
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Sweet and Low-Down
1944 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Benny Goodman · Linda Darnell · Jack Oakie · Lynn Bari
Plot After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman (Himself) and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when...
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Loretta Young · Aline MacMahon · Guy Kibbee
Plot Prizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. He hides out at a health farm for invalid children and begins to lose his cynicism under the...
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Youth Takes a Fling
1938 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Joel McCrea · Andrea Leeds · Frank Jenks · Dorothea Kent
Plot McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a...
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Under 18
1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Marian Marsh · Anita Page · Regis Toomey · Warren William
Plot A wealthy theatrical producer entices a desperately poor young woman to visit his penthouse. The innocent girl doesn't realize that the lecherous fellow is planning to do much more than...
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Desirable
1934 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Jean Muir · George Brent · Verree Teasdale · John Halliday
Plot A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Call It a Day
1937 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Olivia de Havilland · Ian Hunter · Anita Louise · Alice Brady
Plot The first day of spring has a profound affect on the Hilton family. The father, an accountant, finds himself unable to work, and when he tries to work, he is...
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I Married a Doctor
1936 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Pat O'Brien · Josephine Hutchinson · Ross Alexander · Guy Kibbee
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Warren William · Genevieve Tobin · Patricia Ellis · Lyle Talbot
Plot Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner...
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The Crimson City
1928 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Myrna Loy · John Miljan · Leila Hyams · Sojin
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Vengeance
1930 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Jack Holt · Dorothy Revier · Philip Strange · George C. Pearce
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