Direction: William A. Seiter
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by William A. Seiter. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Room Service
1938 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast The Marx Brothers · Groucho Marx · Harpo Marx · Chico Marx
7.2
6K votes
7.2
6K votes
Sons of the Desert
1933 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Charley Chase · Mae Busch
Plot When Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the...
6.6
784 votes
6.6
784 votes
If I Had a Million
1932 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Ernst Lubitsch · Norman Taurog · Norman Z. McLeod · William A. Seiter
Cast Gary Cooper · Charles Laughton · George Raft · Jack Oakie
Plot Buoyant, star-studded comedy about a dying steel tycoon (Richard Bennett) who randomly selects eight people from a phone book and gives them each a million dollars. Among the lucky recipients...
6.6
856 votes
6.6
856 votes
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Fred Astaire · Rita Hayworth · Adolphe Menjou · Isobel Elsom
Plot The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put...
6.5
618 votes
6.5
618 votes
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Herbert Marshall · Jean Arthur · Leo Carrillo · Lionel Stander
Plot Auto magnate James Buchanan has a fiancée who doesn't love him and a board of directors who won't listen to him. Brooding on a park bench, he meets unemployed Joan...
6.3
33 votes
6.3
33 votes
Roberta
1935 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Irene Dunne · Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Randolph Scott
Plot Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt,...
6.3
170 votes
6.3
170 votes
Way Back Home
1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Phillips Lord · Effie Palmer · Frank Albertson · Bette Davis
Plot Seth Parker takes in Robbie Turner and protects him from his cruel father Rube. When the father disappears, Seth intends to raise Robbie as his own son. The vindictive father...
6.0
29 votes
6.0
29 votes
One Touch of Venus
1948 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Robert Walker · Ava Gardner · Dick Haymes · Eve Arden
Plot A window dresser in a department store feels a strange attraction to a mannequin in the display. One night he impulsively kisses her; she comes to life and reveals herself...
6.0
647 votes
6.0
647 votes
Nice Girl?
1941 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Deanna Durbin · Franchot Tone · Walter Brennan · Robert Stack
5.9
25 votes
5.9
25 votes
Chance at Heaven
1933 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Ginger Rogers · Joel McCrea · Marian Nixon · Andy Devine
Plot An ambitious mechanic is tempted to desert his wonderful girlfriend when a silly but rich debutante falls for him.
5.7
38 votes
5.7
38 votes
Destroyer
1943 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Edward G. Robinson · Glenn Ford · Marguerite Chapman · Edgar Buchanan
Plot Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is...
5.7
70 votes
5.7
70 votes
Hot Saturday
1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Nancy Carroll · Cary Grant · Randolph Scott · Edward Woods
Plot Scandal erupts after a young woman (Nancy Carroll) innocently spends the night with a notorious playboy (Cary Grant) and neglects to tell her fiancé (Randolph Scott). a clever, somewhat twisted...
5.6
42 votes
5.6
42 votes
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast John Wayne · Claire Trevor · George Sanders · Robert Barrat
Plot In British colonial America, Captain Swanson's adherence to the rules results in Trader Callendar's selling to the Indians under cover of a government permit. Jim Smith won't sit still for...
5.5
181 votes
5.5
181 votes
Borderline
1950 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Fred MacMurray · Claire Trevor · Raymond Burr · José Torvay
Plot Customs agents are looking for information about Pete Ritchie, who is involved in smuggling drugs into the US. Police officer Madeleine Haley goes undercover in order to gain Ritchie's confidence,...
5.5
129 votes
5.5
129 votes
Make Haste to Live
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Dorothy McGuire · Stephen McNally · Mary Murphy · Edgar Buchanan
Plot Crystal 'Chris' Benson, a single mother in a small New Mexico town, senses a shadowy menace stalking her in the night. She acquires a gun and makes arrangements anticipating her...
5.4
43 votes
5.4
43 votes
Diplomaniacs
1933 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Bert Wheeler · Robert Woolsey · Marjorie White · Phyllis Barry
Plot Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians...
5.3
23 votes
5.3
23 votes
Belle of the Yukon
1944 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Randolph Scott · Gypsy Rose Lee · Dinah Shore · Bob Burns
Plot Set in the days of the great Canadian Gold Rush, this rousing musical stars Randolph Scott as a "reformed" con artist-turned-dance hall owner whose girlfriend, singer Gypsy Rose Lee, tries...
4.9
24 votes
4.9
24 votes
The Richest Girl in the World
1934 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Miriam Hopkins · Joel McCrea · Fay Wray · Beryl Mercer
Plot A witty Norman Krasna script distinguishes this airy romantic comedy. Millionairess Dorothy Hunter (Miriam Hopkins) is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally...
4.9
33 votes
4.9
33 votes
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Jean Arthur · John Wayne · Charles Winninger · Phil Silvers
Plot A New York bank clerk,Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur), in the late 1930s, finds that her cherished dream of making a 17-day all-expenses-paid bus trip to the Pacific Coast and back,...
4.8
27 votes
4.8
27 votes
The Mad Whirl
1925 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast May McAvoy · Jack Mulhall · Myrtle Stedman · Barbara Bedford
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