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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