Screenplay: James V. Kern

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by James V. Kern. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Eddie Cantor · Bette Davis · Olivia de Havilland

Plot Eddie Cantor insists upon being chairman of the Cavalcade of Stars benefit show, in return for the use of his vocalist, Dinah Shore. Cantor disrupts the producers' plans with his...

5.1

48 votes

5.1

48 votes

You'll Find Out

1940 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Kay Kyser · Peter Lorre · Boris Karloff · Bela Lugosi

Plot Kay Kyser and his orchestra are hired to entertain at the birthday party of a young heiress at a creepy old mansion, where they uncover a plot against her life....

4.9

83 votes

4.9

83 votes

Never Say Goodbye

1946 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction James V. Kern

Cast Errol Flynn · Eleanor Parker · Lucile Watson · S.Z. Sakall

Plot Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 8-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with...

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Shine on Harvest Moon

1944 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Ann Sheridan · Dennis Morgan · Jack Carson · Irene Manning

Plot Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

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That's Right - You're Wrong

1939 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Kay Kyser · Adolphe Menjou · May Robson · Lucille Ball

Plot Radio sensation Kay Kyser and his band are lured to Hollywood to make a movie, but the screenwriters assigned to the project have difficulty tailoring a script to Kyser's persona.

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Her Kind of Man

1946 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Frederick de Cordova

Cast Dane Clark · Janis Paige · Zachary Scott · Faye Emerson

Plot A nightclub singer (Janis Paige) is caught between a big-time gangster (Zachary Scott) and a tough Broadway columnist (Dane Clark).

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East Side of Heaven

1939 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Bing Crosby · Joan Blondell · Mischa Auer · Irene Hervey

Plot A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.

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If I Had My Way

1940 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Bing Crosby · Gloria Jean · Charles Winninger · El Brendel

Plot A construction worker takes charge of the daughter of a fellow worker killed in an accident. He brings the girl to New York to try to find her uncle. When...

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The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Jack Benny · Alexis Smith · Dolores Moran · Allyn Joslyn

Plot Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee ("The Coffee that Makes You Sleep") Program, the band's third trumpeter dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly...

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The Doughgirls

1944 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction James V. Kern

Cast Ann Sheridan · Alexis Smith · Jack Carson · Jane Wyman

Plot Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and...

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Playmates

1941 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Kay Kyser · John Barrymore · Lupe Velez · Ginny Simms

Plot Lulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (John Barrymore),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader...

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Look Who's Laughing

1941 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Edgar Bergen · Charlie McCarthy · Jim Jordan · Marian Jordan

Plot Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of Wistful Vista.

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