Screenplay: Bradford Ropes

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Bradford Ropes. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


42nd Street

1933 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast Dick Powell · Ruby Keeler · Warner Baxter · Ginger Rogers

Plot A sickly Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) puts his all into what may be his last show, only to face a disaster when leading lady Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) sprains her...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The Time of Their Lives

1946 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Marjorie Reynolds · Binnie Barnes

Plot Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

5.6

28 votes

5.6

28 votes

Pirates of Monterey

1947 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker

Cast Maria Montez · Rod Cameron · Mikhail Rasumny · Phillip Reed

Plot Captain Phillip Kent, a soldier of fortune, and his friend Sergeant Pio, journey from Mexico City to Monterey on a secret mission. Their assignment consists in delivering state-of-the art new...

5.1

70 votes

5.1

70 votes

Melody Ranch

1940 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Gene Autry · Jimmy Durante · Ann Miller · Barton MacLane

Plot With a longer-than-usual running time on original release and booked and sold to the exhibitors as a "Gene Autry Special", which Republic would do once a year from 1939-1943 in...

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True to the Army

1942 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast Judy Canova · Allan Jones · Ann Miller · Jerry Colonna

Plot She's a high wire walker whose witness to a murder and seeks refuge at her boyfriend's army camp as the most unconvincing man imaginable.

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Go Into Your Dance

1935 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo · Michael Curtiz

Cast Al Jolson · Ruby Keeler · Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane

Plot Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants...

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Angels with Broken Wings

1941 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Bernard Vorhaus

Cast Binnie Barnes · Gilbert Roland · Mary Lee · Billy Gilbert

Plot Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is about to marry Guy Barton, a wealthy businessman. But Mexican divorces have been declared...

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Ridin' on a Rainbow

1941 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Gene Autry · Smiley Burnette · Mary Lee · Carol Adams

Plot When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money...

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Hit Parade of 1941

1940 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John H. Auer

Cast Kenny Baker · Frances Langford · Hugh Herbert · Mary Boland

Plot A small radio station is saved of getting bankrupt by a backer, who invests money for a TV equipment...

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Why Girls Leave Home

1945 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction William Berke

Cast Lola Lane · Sheldon Leonard · Pamela Blake · Elisha Cook Jr.

Plot Diana Leslie (Pamela Blake) is rescued from drowning by reporter Chris Williams (Sheldon Leonard). The latter believes it is an attempted murder rather than the suicide indicated by a note,...

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Steppin' in Society

1945 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Esway

Cast Edward Everett Horton · Gladys George · Ruth Terry · Robert Livingston

Plot A prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that forces him to seek refuge in a shady nightclub where he is mistaken by the mobsters for a highly...

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Cowboy and the Senorita

1944 · Movie · 51 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Roy Rogers · Trigger · Mary Lee · Dale Evans

Plot Bad guy Craig Allen, gambler and town boss, tries to take a gold mine inherited by innocent Chip Williams on her seventeenth birthday. Roy and his pal 'Teddy' Bear ride...

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Hullabaloo

1940 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Frank Morgan · Virginia Grey · Dan Dailey · Billie Burke

Plot A movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career - all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!).

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Buck Privates Come Home

1947 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Tom Brown · Nat Pendleton

Plot Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates...

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Sunbonnet Sue

1945 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Murphy

Cast Gale Storm · Phil Regan · George Cleveland · Minna Gombell

Plot Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's daughter who loves nothing more...

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Ice-Capades Revue

1942 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

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Ship Ahoy

1942 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Eleanor Powell · Red Skelton · Bert Lahr · Virginia O'Brien

Plot Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for...

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Lord Jeff

1938 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast Freddie Bartholomew · Mickey Rooney · Charles Coburn · Herbert Mundin

Plot Spoilt child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is...

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Stage Mother

1933 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Charles Brabin

Cast Alice Brady · Maureen O'Sullivan · Franchot Tone · Phillips Holmes

Plot A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become...

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Man from Music Mountain

1943 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

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