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

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

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

Not rated

Not rated