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

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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

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The Heart of New York

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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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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