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
Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast Ronald Colman · Peggy Cummins · Vanessa Brown · Richard Haydn
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...
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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.
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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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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
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Charles Sale · Dickie Moore · Lois Wilson · Ralf Harolde
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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...
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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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