Direction: Alexander Hall

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Robert Montgomery · Evelyn Keyes · Claude Rains · Rita Johnson

Synopsis Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Rosalind Russell · Brian Aherne · Janet Blair · George Tobias

Synopsis Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Loretta Young · Ray Milland · Reginald Gardiner · Gail Patrick

Synopsis June Cameron has written a best seller about spinsters: women are men's equals and don't need them for fulfillment. Through a series of errors and misunderstandings, the press believes she's married Tim Sterling, a university instructor she's just met. Her...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Barbara O'Neil · John Beal · Wendy Barrie

Synopsis Law professor John Lindsay volunteers to clean up the corruption and graft in his town when the authorities seem unable to do so. When the gangsters infiltrate his staff, he recruits his law students to form an army of law...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Rosalind Russell · Lee Bowman · Adele Jergens · Charles Winninger

Synopsis Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but frowning on the impulsive, as represented by a favorite comic...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Rita Hayworth · Larry Parks · Marc Platt · Roland Culver

Synopsis Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show....

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Rosalind Russell · Melvyn Douglas · Binnie Barnes · Allyn Joslyn

Synopsis Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months, just to see if they are truly compatible. The husband tries various tricks to lure his wife into bed, but she trumps his...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Adolphe Menjou · Dorothy Dell · Charles Bickford · Shirley Temple

Synopsis The film tells the story of "Marky" (Temple), whose father gives her to a gangster-run gambling operation as a "marker" (collateral) for a bet. When the man loses his bet and commits suicide, the gangsters are left with the girl...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Cary Grant · Janet Blair · James Gleason · Ted Donaldson

Synopsis Smalltime crookster and showman Jerry Flynn is desperately searching for a new act to promote in order to save him from ruin. He meets a boy on the street who claims to have a dancing caterpillar called Curly. Flynn seizes...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Joan Crawford · Melvyn Douglas · Roland Young · Billie Burke

Synopsis Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book on some of her tough ways. With no time for men, the effect an attractive...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Jane Wyman · Ray Milland · Aldo Ray · Leon Ames

Direction Alexander Hall · Vincente Minnelli

Cast William Powell · Hedy Lamarr · James Craig · Fay Bainter

Synopsis Astronomer Powell, pre-occupied with recent developments in his work, doesn't devote sufficient time to his marriage, so wife Hedy seeks guidance from the neighborhood astrologer.

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Ronald Reagan · Charles Coburn · Ruth Hussey · Edmund Gwenn

Synopsis The Norton family is in a turmoil due to faultfinding grandma Louisa. Strongly urged to find outside interests, Louisa starts dating grocer Hammond; their necking among the teenagers shocks the latter (!), and Louisa's architect son Hal isn't too thrilled...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Mae West · Paul Cavanagh · Gilbert Emery · Marjorie Gateson

Synopsis When her fiancée Buck Gonzales is killed, dance hall queen Cleo Borden inherits his wealth. Included are oil wells supervised by British engineer Carrington, whom Cleo sets out to win by becoming a "lady." She races her horse in Buenos...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Guy Standing · Rosalind Keith · Tom Brown · Richard Cromwell

Synopsis Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his days in the "old" navy, especially about his part in the Battle of Manila Bay under...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Gladys Swarthout · Jan Kiepura · Philip Merivale · Benny Baker

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Mario Lanza · Doretta Morrow · James Whitmore · Dean Miller

Synopsis Opera singer superstar Renato Rossano is drafted into the U.S. Army. His Sergeant, "Bat" Batterson is an opera fan who admires Rossano and wishes Rossano to appraise his sister's singing voice. The rest of his platoon as well as the...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast George Raft · Ellen Drew · Hugh Herbert · ZaSu Pitts

Synopsis Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a young thoroughbred, which he quickly calls in. He discovers the other owner to...

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Carole Lombard · Chester Morris · Adrienne Ames · Alison Skipworth

Synopsis A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast George Raft · Jean Parker · Anna May Wong · Kent Taylor

Synopsis Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seamy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs a smoky nightclub. He falls for a low-class, white pickpocket,...