Screenplay: Arthur Caesar
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Arthur Caesar. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Anne of the Indies
1951 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Jacques Tourneur
Cast Jean Peters · Louis Jourdan · Debra Paget · Herbert Marshall
Plot The film begins with the sea battle where Anne's (Jean Peters) pirate ship attacks a trade ship that was on its way to Europe from the South America. As a...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Clark Gable · William Powell · Myrna Loy · Leo Carrillo
Plot Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy star in this aptly titled film about best friends who end up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with...
6.8
736 votes
6.8
736 votes
The Stolen Jools (S)
1931 · Movie · 20 min. · United States
Direction William McGann · John G. Adolfi · Victor Heerman · Harold S. Bucquet
Cast Buster Keaton · Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Wallace Beery
Plot Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft...
5.6
32 votes
5.6
32 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
The Life of the Party
1930 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast Winnie Lightner · Irene Delroy · Jack Whiting · Charles Butterworth
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Transient Lady
1935 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Edward Buzzell
Cast Gene Raymond · Henry Hull · Frances Drake · June Clayworth
Plot A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
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The Star Maker
1939 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast Bing Crosby · Louise Campbell · Linda Ware · Ned Sparks
Plot The life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.
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I Accuse My Parents
1944 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Sam Newfield
Cast Mary Beth Hughes · Robert Lowell · John Miljan · Vivienne Osborne
Plot Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs...
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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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Arson, Inc.
1949 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction William Berke
Cast Robert Lowery · Anne Gwynne · Edward Brophy · Marcia Mae Jones
Plot Fireman Joe Martin comes to suspect that fires occurring in the warehouse and home of a furrier may have been deliberately set in order to cover thefts. He goes undercover,...
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Her Majesty, Love
1931 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Marilyn Miller · Ben Lyon · W.C. Fields · Leon Errol
Plot The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes...
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Obey the Law
1933 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Benjamin Stoloff
Cast Leo Carrillo · Dickie Moore · Lois Wilson · Henry Clive
Plot A good-hearted and patriotic Italian immigrant barber Tony Pasqual (Leo Carrillo) who takes pity on embittered war veteran Bob Richards (Eddie Garr). When Richards robs him, Pasqual responds by helping...
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Three Faces East
1930 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast Constance Bennett · Erich von Stroheim · Anthony Bushell · William Holden
Plot A beautiful British intelligence agent attempts to reveal the identity and motives of a powerful German spy during World War 1.
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Harry Lachman
Cast Linda Darnell · Shepperd Strudwick · Virginia Gilmore · Jane Darwell
Plot Edgar Allen Poe led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his...
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Fireman, Save My Child
1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Joe E. Brown · Evalyn Knapp · Lilian Bond · Guy Kibbee
Plot Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money...
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Side Show
1931 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast Winnie Lightner · Charles Butterworth · Evalyn Knapp · Donald Cook
Plot The delightful Winnie Lightner stars in this comedy-drama as Pat, a traveling carnival troupe member who does everything from high diving to hula dancing, with time left over to romance...
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Napoleon's Barber
1928 · Movie · 32 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Otto Matieson · Natalie Golitzen · Frank Reicher · Helen Ware
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The Heart of New York
1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Joe Smith · Charles Dale · George Sidney · Ruth Hall
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Adventure in Washington
1941 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast Herbert Marshall · Virginia Bruce · Gene Reynolds · Samuel S. Hinds
Plot The senator (Herbert Marshall) works to reform a delinquent youth who is working as a Senate page boy.
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Northwest Rangers
1942 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Joseph M. Newman
Cast James Craig · William Lundigan · Patricia Dane · John Carradine
Plot Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler.
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