Screenplay: Gertrude Purcell

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Gertrude Purcell. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Destry Rides Again

1939 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Marlene Dietrich · James Stewart · Irene Hervey · Mischa Auer

Plot Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local...

7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

If You Could Only Cook

1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Herbert Marshall · Jean Arthur · Leo Carrillo · Lionel Stander

Plot Auto magnate James Buchanan has a fiancée who doesn't love him and a board of directors who won't listen to him. Brooding on a park bench, he meets unemployed Joan...

6.3

33 votes

6.3

33 votes

The Royal Family of Broadway

1930 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor · Cyril Gardner

Cast Ina Claire · Fredric March · Mary Brian · Henrietta Crosman

Plot Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her...

5.5

26 votes

5.5

26 votes

In Old California

1942 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction William McGann

Cast John Wayne · Binnie Barnes · Albert Dekker · Helen Parrish

Plot Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine,...

5.3

72 votes

5.3

72 votes

Follow the Boys

1944 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction A. Edward Sutherland

Cast George Raft · Vera Zorina · Grace McDonald · Charley Grapewin

Plot During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as...

5.3

25 votes

5.3

25 votes

The Invisible Woman

1940 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction A. Edward Sutherland

Cast Virginia Bruce · John Barrymore · John Howard · Charles Ruggles

Plot The eccentric Professor Gibbs puts an ad in the newspaper: "WANTED: A human being willing to become invisible. No remuneration. Box P19." But Gibbs is no crackpot. He really did...

4.9

84 votes

4.9

84 votes

Hitting a New High

1937 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

4.1

36 votes

4.1

36 votes

Redheads on Parade

1935 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

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Paris Underground

1945 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Gregory Ratoff

Cast Constance Bennett · Gracie Fields · George Rigaud · Kurt Kreuger

Plot Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the...

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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction James P. Hogan

Cast Ralph Bellamy · Margaret Lindsay · Charley Grapewin · Mona Barrie

Plot Ellery and his police-inspector father (Charley Grapewin) are summoned to a private hospital by its owner, philanthropist Mrs. Stack (Blanche Yurka). There’ve been some very weird goings-on at the hospital...

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The Witness Chair

1936 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction George Nichols Jr.

Cast Ann Harding · Walter Abel

Plot Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by...

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Another Language

1933 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Edward H. Griffith

Cast Helen Hayes · Robert Montgomery · Louise Closser Hale · John Beal

Plot Stella and Victor meet in Europe, fall deeply in love, and marry soon thereafter. Then they sail back to the States to meet Victor's family, and the honeymoon is over:...

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Mother Carey's Chickens

1938 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

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One Night in the Tropics

1940 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

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Super-Sleuth

1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Benjamin Stoloff

Cast Jack Oakie · Ann Sothern · Eduardo Ciannelli · Alan Bruce

Plot An actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime.

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A Little Bit of Heaven

1940 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Marton

Cast Gloria Jean · Robert Stack · Hugh Herbert · C. Aubrey Smith

Plot The story casts Gloria as a young member of a large Irish working-class family who becomes a singing sensation on a local radio station. The family's new-found wealth causes some...

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Child of Manhattan

1933 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Nancy Carroll · John Boles · Buck Jones · Jessie Ralph

Plot Taxi dancer Madeleine McGonegle (Nancy Carroll) attracts the attention of millionaire Paul Vanderkill (John Boles), and when she becomes pregnant, they get married to avoid a scandal. When the baby...

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Music for Madame

1937 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction John G. Blystone

Cast Nino Martini · Joan Fontaine · Alan Mowbray · Billy Gilbert

Plot A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience. After running away he'll have to find a way to prove his innocence to both...

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Palooka

1934 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Benjamin Stoloff

Cast Jimmy Durante · Lupe Velez · Stuart Erwin · Marjorie Rambeau

Plot Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.

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Cocktail Hour

1933 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Victor Schertzinger

Cast Bebe Daniels · Randolph Scott · Sidney Blackmer · Muriel Kirkland

Plot Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist, rebels against the premise that every woman is destined for matrimony and motherhood, and decides she has...

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