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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