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

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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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