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
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Lily Pons · Jack Oakie · Eric Blore · Edward Everett Horton
4.1
36 votes
4.1
36 votes
Redheads on Parade
1935 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Norman Z. McLeod
Cast John Boles · Dixie Lee · Jack Haley · Raymond Walburn
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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
Direction Rowland V. Lee
Cast Anne Shirley · Ruby Keeler · James Ellison · Fay Bainter
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One Night in the Tropics
1940 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction A. Edward Sutherland
Cast Allan Jones · Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Nancy Kelly
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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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