Screenplay: Viña Delmar
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Viña Delmar. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Make Way For Tomorrow
1937 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Leo McCarey
Cast Victor Moore · Beulah Bondi · Fay Bainter · Thomas Mitchell
Plot An elderly couple has lived together for 50 years but they have just lost their home to a bank. Their five children are sorry to hear that, but they don't...
8.1
3K votes
8.1
3K votes
The Awful Truth
1937 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Leo McCarey
Cast Cary Grant · Irene Dunne · Ralph Bellamy · Alexander D'Arcy
Plot Jerry and Lucy Warriner lead madcap screwball high society lives in New York City. Despite being very happy, they start to doubt each other's fidelity. Finally they decide to divorce....
7.4
2K votes
7.4
2K votes
Hands Across the Table
1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Mitchell Leisen
Cast Carole Lombard · Fred MacMurray · Ralph Bellamy · Astrid Allwyn
Plot Beautiful manicurist Reggie Allen has a plan to marry for money. One of her clients, paraplegic ex-aviator Allen Macklyn, is rich and has an eye for Reggie. However, things get...
6.8
349 votes
6.8
349 votes
Sadie McKee
1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Joan Crawford · Gene Raymond · Franchot Tone · Edward Arnold
Plot The life of Sadie McKee takes many twists and turns. She starts as the daughter of the cook for the well off Alderson family. Lawyer Michael Alderson likes Sadie but...
6.7
82 votes
6.7
82 votes
The Great Man's Lady
1942 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Brian Donlevy · K.T. Stevens
Plot A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
6.6
178 votes
6.6
178 votes
Bad Girl
1931 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Frank Borzage
Cast Sally Eilers · James Dunn · Minna Gombell · Frank Darien
Plot Based on a novel by Vina Delmar, Bad Girl stars Sally Eilers as heroine Dot Haley. The title notwithstanding, Dot isn't bad at all. She enters into a decent marriage...
6.4
105 votes
6.4
105 votes
Chance at Heaven
1933 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Ginger Rogers · Joel McCrea · Marian Nixon · Andy Devine
Plot An ambitious mechanic is tempted to desert his wonderful girlfriend when a silly but rich debutante falls for him.
5.7
38 votes
5.7
38 votes
Marido y mujer
1932 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Bert E. Sebell
Cast Conchita Montenegro · George J. Lewis · Rosita Granada · Allan Garcia
Plot Spanish language remake of the film "Bad Girl".
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Dance Hall
1929 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction Melville W. Brown
Cast Olive Borden · Arthur Lake · Ralph Emerson · Margaret Seddon
Plot A dance trophy winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to believe he's in love with her.
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King of Burlesque
1936 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Warner Baxter · Alice Faye · Jack Oakie · Mona Barrie
Plot Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.
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Playing Around
1930 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Alice White · Chester Morris · William Bakewell · Richard Carlyle
Plot New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go. She...
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Cynthia
1947 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Elizabeth Taylor · George Murphy · S.Z. Sakall · Mary Astor
Plot Sickly girl finds an outlet in music.
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Uptown New York
1932 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Victor Schertzinger
Cast Jack Oakie · Shirley Grey · Leon Ames · George Cooper
Plot Pat and Max are in love and share an intimate relationship. However, after Max receives his surgeon's diploma, his parents have arranged a marriage for him with a woman from...
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About Mrs. Leslie
1954 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Daniel Mann
Cast Shirley Booth · Robert Ryan · Marjie Millar · Alex Nicol
Plot Mrs. Leslie, rooming house landlady, reminisces in flashbacks about her past as a cafe entertainer and her involvement with the mysterious George Leslie, who originally hires her as a vacation...
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Pick-up
1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Marion Gering
Cast George Raft · Sylvia Sidney · Lilian Bond · William Harrigan
Plot The scheme of a pair of married con artiss goes awry when their victim dies, and they care both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries...
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