Screenplay: William A. Drake
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by William A. Drake. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Grand Hotel
1932 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Edmund Goulding
Cast Greta Garbo · John Barrymore · Joan Crawford · Wallace Beery
Plot Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he missed...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Henry King · Otto Brower
Cast Spencer Tracy · Nancy Kelly · Richard Greene · Walter Brennan
Plot An American newspaper searches Africa for a lost explorer.
6.5
156 votes
6.5
156 votes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Alfred L. Werker
Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Ida Lupino · George Zucco
Plot Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) goes head to head against his archenemy, Professor Moriarty (George Zucco), who's planning to steal the Star of Delhi gem from the Crown Jewels. To keep...
6.3
621 votes
6.3
621 votes
Strange Justice
1932 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Victor Schertzinger
Cast Marian Marsh · Reginald Denny · Richard Bennett · Norman Foster
Plot Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Close to...
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Goldie Gets Along
1933 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Malcolm St. Clair
Cast Lili Damita · Charles Morton · Sam Hardy · Nat Pendleton
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The Three Musketeers
1939 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast Don Ameche · Jimmy Ritz · Harry Ritz · Al Ritz
Plot A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of...
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