Screenplay: Ernest Pagano
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ernest Pagano. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 29
Shall We Dance?
1937 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Eric Blore
Synopsis Ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer he's fallen for but barely knows, musical star Linda Keene. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie...
6.8
705 votes
6.8
705 votes
Spite Marriage
1929 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Edward Sedgwick · Buster Keaton
Cast Buster Keaton · Dorothy Sebastian · Edward Earle · Leila Hyams
Synopsis Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances, he dons someone else's tuxedo and races to the theatre. When Trilby's co-star boyfriend gets engaged to a socialite,...
6.6
225 votes
6.6
225 votes
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Fred Astaire · Rita Hayworth · Adolphe Menjou · Isobel Elsom
Synopsis The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, sister #2, because they have their husbands...
6.5
618 votes
6.5
618 votes
The Matinee Idol
1928 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Bessie Love · Johnnie Walker · Ernest Hilliard · Lionel Belmore
Synopsis A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
6.5
76 votes
6.5
76 votes
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Ginger Rogers · James Stewart · James Ellison · Beulah Bondi
Synopsis Assistant biology professor Peter Morgan (James Stewart) falls in love with and marries nightclub singer Francey (Ginger Rogers) while he is in New York to fetch his wayward cousin home. On returning to the small town university run by his...
6.4
357 votes
6.4
357 votes
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Fred Astaire · Rita Hayworth · John Hubbard · Robert Benchley
Synopsis After his wife discovers a telltale diamond bracelet, impresario Martin Cortland tries to show he's not chasing after showgirl Sheila Winthrop. Choreographer Robert Curtis gets caught in the middle of the boss's scheme. Army conscription offers Robert the perfect escape...
6.3
310 votes
6.3
310 votes
Carefree
1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Ralph Bellamy · Luella Gear
Synopsis Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with Dr. Flagg. When he tries to use hypnosis to...
6.3
381 votes
6.3
381 votes
A Damsel in Distress
1937 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Fred Astaire · George Burns · Gracie Allen · Joan Fontaine
Synopsis Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X." After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau (bumping into dancer Jerry Halliday,...
6.1
234 votes
6.1
234 votes
Allez Oop (S)
1934 · Movie · 21 min. · United States
Direction Buster Keaton · Charles Lamont
Cast Buster Keaton · Dorothy Sebastian · George J. Lewis · Harry Myers
Synopsis A man working in a clock repair shop meets a woman who brings in her watch to be fixed. When the watch has been repaired, he personally delivers it to her, and soon after that they go to the circus...
6.1
27 votes
6.1
27 votes
The Gold Ghost (S)
1934 · Movie · 20 min. · United States
Direction Buster Keaton · Charles Lamont
Cast Buster Keaton · Warren Hymer · Dorothy Dix · Roger Moore
Synopsis Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
5.7
30 votes
5.7
30 votes
Frontier Gal
1945 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Yvonne De Carlo · Rod Cameron · Andy Devine · Fuzzy Knight
Synopsis Johnny Hart (Rod Cameron) is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a saloon owned by singer Lorena Dumont (Yvonne de Carlo). The...
4.8
88 votes
4.8
88 votes
Old Man Rhythm
1935 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · George Barbier · Barbara Kent · Grace Bradley
Synopsis A businessman enrolls as a college freshman in order to break up his son's relationship with a gold-digger.
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That's the Spirit
1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Peggy Ryan · Jack Oakie · June Vincent · Gene Lockhart
Synopsis A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
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Fired Wife
1943 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Robert Paige · Louise Allbritton · Diana Barrymore · Walter Abel
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Son of a Sailor
1933 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Joe E. Brown · Jean Muir · Frank McHugh · Thelma Todd
Synopsis Sailor Handsome from the aircraft carrier Saratoga meets in San Francisco Helen, a relative of his admiral. Invited at his home he meets a friend from his ship who has invented an autopilot for the planes. Two spies are trying...
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Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
1933 · Movie · 20 min. · United States
Direction Harry Edwards
Cast Andy Clyde · Ethel Sykes · Bud Jamison · Shirley Temple
Synopsis A schoolteacher helps his friend Dora by getting his students to help him to make a radio commercial.
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Super-Sleuth
1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Benjamin Stoloff
Cast Jack Oakie · Ann Sothern · Eduardo Ciannelli · Alan Bruce
Synopsis 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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The Merry Monahans
1944 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Donald O´Connor · Peggy Ryan · Jack Oakie · Ann Blyth
Synopsis The Merry Monahans is one of the higher-budgeted Universal musicals of the 1940s, even though the storyline is strictly grade-B material. During the first two decades of the 20th century the film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch...
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That Night with You
1945 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Franchot Tone · Susanna Foster · David Bruce · Louise Allbritton
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Fight for Your Lady
1937 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Benjamin Stoloff
Cast John Boles · Jack Oakie · Ida Lupino · Margot Grahame
Synopsis Ham Hamilton knows that gold-digger Marcia Trent is only after Robert Densmore for his money, so he tells Marcia that Robert is broke and she calls off the announced wedding. Disappointed and ready to die, Robert goes to Budapest, with...
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