Screenplay: Jerome Chodorov
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jerome Chodorov. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
1944 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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...
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
Plot 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
Plot 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)....
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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
Plot 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...
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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
Plot 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
Direction David Miller
Cast David Niven · Mitzi Gaynor · Carl Reiner · Loring Smith
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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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
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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
Plot 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....
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Louisiana Purchase
1941 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Bob Hope · Vera Zorina · Victor Moore · Irène Bordoni
Plot 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...
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Dulcy
1940 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction S. Sylvan Simon
Cast Ann Sothern · Ian Hunter · Roland Young · Reginald Gardiner
Plot 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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
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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
Plot 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
Plot 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...
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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
Plot 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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