Screenplay: Jerome Chodorov

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


Direction William Wyler

Synopsis Documentary about the 25th and last bombing mission of a B17, the "Memphis Belle". The "Memphis Belle" took part in a great bombing raid on sub-pens in Wilhelmshafen, Germany. On their way they encounterd heavy AA fire and interceptors.

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6.7

128 votes

6.7

128 votes

My Sister Eileen

1955 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Richard Quine

Cast Janet Leigh · Jack Lemmon · Betty Garrett · Bob Fosse

Synopsis Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more...

6.4

366 votes

6.4

366 votes

My Sister Eileen

1942 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Hall

Cast Rosalind Russell · Brian Aherne · Janet Blair · George Tobias

Synopsis Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living...

6.2

51 votes

6.2

51 votes

The Tunnel of Love

1958 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Doris Day · Richard Widmark · Gig Young · Gia Scala

Synopsis The Pooles are unable to have a baby after years of trying. They apply to the Rock-A-Bye Adoption Agency, and are assigned Miss Novick as an investigator. Through a farfetched mis-communication she gets a very bad impression of Augie Poole...

5.3

124 votes

5.3

124 votes

Rich Man, Poor Girl

1938 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Reinhold Schünzel

Cast Robert Young · Ruth Hussey · Lew Ayres · Lana Turner

Synopsis A rich businessman wants to marry his secretary, but first he has to pass muster with her middle-class family.

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The Man from Texas

1948 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Leigh Jason

Cast James Craig · Lynn Bari · Johnny Johnston · Una Merkel

Synopsis James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe (Bari). Throughout the film, he tells his worried wife "just one...

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Those Endearing Young Charms

1945 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Allen

Cast Robert Young · Laraine Day · Ann Harding · Marc Cramer

Synopsis Army private Jerry, on leave, soon regrets introducing his girl Helen to love-em-and-leave-em pal Lieut. Hank Travers. Helen is smart enough to see Hank for what he is, but falls hard for him all the same. Can she turn Hank,...

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The Gentleman from Louisiana

1936 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pichel

Cast Eddie Quillan · Charles Sale · Charlotte Henry · John Miljan

Synopsis In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals.

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Happy Anniversary

1959 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

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A Talent for Murder (TV)

1984 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alvin Rakoff

Cast Angela Lansbury · Laurence Olivier · Hildegarde Neil · Charles Keating

Synopsis A famed mystery writer (Dame Angela Lansbury) and her doctor ex-lover (Sir Laurence Olivier) solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

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Murder in the Big House

1942 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction B. Reeves Eason

Cast Van Johnson · Faye Emerson · George Meeker · Frank Wilcox

Synopsis When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy. His investigation reveals that the condemned man was about to reveal some damaging information about the connection between the city's corrupt political...

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Carlotta the Mad Empress

1939 · Movie · 72 min. · Mexico

Direction Miguel Contreras Torres

Cast Medea de Novara · Conrad Nagel · Jason Robards Sr. · Lionel Atwill

Synopsis The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.

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Two Girls on Broadway

1940 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction S. Sylvan Simon

Cast Lana Turner · Joan Blondell · George Murphy · Kent Taylor

Synopsis Eddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat...

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Louisiana Purchase

1941 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Irving Cummings

Cast Bob Hope · Vera Zorina · Victor Moore · Irène Bordoni

Synopsis Graft is rampant in the government of a "mythical" Louisiana, and the arrival of U.S. Senate investigator Loganberry brings panic. The chief miscreants shift the blame on to their innocent tool, Jim Taylor, who to save himself must "compromise" the...

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Dulcy

1940 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction S. Sylvan Simon

Cast Ann Sothern · Ian Hunter · Roland Young · Reginald Gardiner

Synopsis A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

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Reported Missing!

1937 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Milton Carruth

Cast William Gargan · Jean Rogers · Dick Purcell · Hobart Cavanaugh

Synopsis A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.

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Wonderful Town (TV)

1958 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Mel Ferber · Herbert Ross

Cast Rosalind Russell · Sydney Chaplin · Jacquelyn McKeever · Joseph Buloff

Synopsis As stated in Matthew Algeo's book "Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Roadtrip", "Harry and Bess Truman saw this stage play in New York in 1953 at the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway. It was...

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Junior Miss

1945 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Peggy Ann Garner · Stephen Dunne · Allyn Joslyn · Faye Marlowe

Synopsis New York teenager gets involved in everyone's lives by playing cupid. She turns the household upsidedown and gets her dad fired by fixing up her uncle with the boss's daughter.

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Conspiracy

1939 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Allan Lane · Linda Haynes · Robert Barrat · Charley Foy

Synopsis American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorized message ashore as the ship approaches his war-poised homeland. Carlson is shot in cold blood when he jumps ship and Kendall, implicated in the espionage, swims ashore...

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Devil's Playground

1937 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Richard Dix · Dolores del Rio · Chester Morris · George McKay

Synopsis Submarine officers Dorgan and Mason battle on land for the affections of dance-hall girl Carmen. She marries Dorgan but makes a play for Mason when her husband is on duty.

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