Screenplay: George S. Kaufman

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by George S. Kaufman. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


A Night at the Opera

1935 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast The Marx Brothers · Groucho Marx · Harpo Marx · Chico Marx

Plot Moved by a strange sense of business, Groucho gets all the stars of the Milano Opera on a boat headed to New York. Two stowaways also travel on the same...

8.3

45K votes

8.3

45K votes

You Can't Take it With You

1938 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast James Stewart · Jean Arthur · Lionel Barrymore · Edward Arnold

Plot The stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful company owned by his greedy father Anthony P. Kirby. Kirby Sr....

8.1

8K votes

8.1

8K votes

Stage Door

1937 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Gregory La Cava

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Ginger Rogers · Adolphe Menjou · Andrea Leeds

Plot Terry Randall, rich society beauty, has decided to see if she can break into the Broadway theatre scene without her family connections. She goes to live in a theatrical boarding...

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Dinner at Eight

1933 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Marie Dressler · John Barrymore · Wallace Beery · Jean Harlow

Plot Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Her husband Oliver is in failing health, and he is also worried because someone is...

7.2

853 votes

7.2

853 votes

The Late George Apley

1947 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

7.0

659 votes

7.0

659 votes

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1942 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Bette Davis · Ann Sheridan · Monty Woolley · Elisabeth Fraser

Plot A pompous writer and critic forced to stay with a midwestern family during the winter thoroughly disrupts their well-ordered lives. Original play (1939) by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

6.9

830 votes

6.9

830 votes

Silk Stockings

1957 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Rouben Mamoulian

Cast Fred Astaire · Cyd Charisse · Janis Paige · Peter Lorre

Plot Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns in this delightful 1957 comedy, a cold war update of the classic Ninotchka. Cyd Charisse, having previously wrapped her endless legs...

6.7

693 votes

6.7

693 votes

The Cocoanuts

1929 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley · Robert Florey

Cast The Marx Brothers · Groucho Marx · Harpo Marx · Chico Marx

Plot Mr. Hammer runs a bankrupt Florida hotel. He'll try anything to make money, even make love to rich Mrs. Potter. But his main scheme, selling real estate, is in danger...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

The Solid Gold Cadillac

1956 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Richard Quine

Cast Judy Holliday · Paul Douglas · Fred Clark · John Williams

Plot CEO of International Projects Edward McKeever (Paul Douglas) resigns to go help the military get bills passed through congress. It's a noble effort that sees him relinquishing control of the...

6.3

155 votes

6.3

155 votes

Roman Scandals

1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Eddie Cantor · Ruth Etting · Gloria Stuart · Edward Arnold

Plot A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden...

5.8

48 votes

5.8

48 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

Not So Dumb

1930 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Marion Davies · Elliott Nugent · Raymond Hackett · Franklin Pangborn

Plot Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.

5.2

28 votes

5.2

28 votes

Once in a Lifetime

1932 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Russell Mack

Cast Jack Oakie · Sidney Fox · Aline MacMahon · Russell Hopton

Plot Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

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Dancing in the Dark

1949 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Irving Reis

Cast William Powell · Mark Stevens · Betsy Drake · Adolphe Menjou

Plot Conceited film star Emery Slade was on top in 1932; in 1949, he's broke and still insufferable. Fox producer Crossman enlists Slade's aid to persuade broadway star Rosalie Brooks to...

Not rated

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June Moon

1931 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction A. Edward Sutherland

Cast Jack Oakie · Frances Dee · Wynne Gibson · Harry Akst

Plot Aspiring lyricist Fred Stevens leaves Schenectady for New York City, with hopes of making it big in the songwriting business.

Not rated

Not rated

You Can't Take It with You (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hal Kanter · Bob LaHendro

Cast Harry Morgan · Lois Nettleton · Richard Sanders · Lisa Aliff

Plot The show takes place in Staten Island, New York. Unlike the stage play and film versions, the TV show was set in the then-modern era of the late 1980s. Martin...

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Not rated

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series)

1950 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alex Segal · Lawrence Carra · Charles S. Dubin · Frank Telford

Cast Charles Dingle · Nina Foch · James Dunn · Wright King

Plot Dramatic anthology series presenting plays adopted from Pulitzer Prize winning stories, plays, novels, etc.

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The Expert

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

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Three Sailors and a Girl

1953 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Jane Powell · Gordon MacRae · Gene Nelson · Sam Levene

Plot Three navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. When they meet the show's female star attraction, they're sold. Have they become...

Not rated

Not rated

George Washington Slept Here

1942 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Jack Benny · Ann Sheridan · Charles Coburn · Percy Kilbride

Plot New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have...

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Not rated