Screenplay: Maude T. Howell

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Maude T. Howell. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Man Who Played God

1932 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Bette Davis · Violet Heming · André Luguet

Plot Montgomery Royale. He returns to New York with this sister, friend Mildred and fiancée Grace. He becomes philanthropic, using binoculars and lip reading to decide what anonymous gifts to bestow...

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5.3

34 votes

Old English

1930 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

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The King's Vacation

1933 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Marjorie Gateson · Dudley Digges · Patricia Ellis

Plot A king finds himself with no purpose in his reign, abdicates his throne to return to the wife and child he left many years ago when he was called to...

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A Successful Calamity

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Mary Astor · Evalyn Knapp · Grant Mitchell

Plot Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children (Peggy and Eddie). To test his family's...

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The Expert

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

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The Last Gentleman

1934 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast George Arliss · Edna May Oliver · Janet Beecher · Charlotte Henry

Plot In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once...

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The Working Man

1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Bette Davis · Theodore Newton · Hardie Albright

Plot Shoe manufacturer John Reeves turns his business over to his conceited nephew when his rival dies. On vacation, he runs into his rivals heirs who are living it up on...

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Voltaire

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Doris Kenyon · Margaret Lindsay · Alan Mowbray

Plot Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire...

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Alexander Hamilton

1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Doris Kenyon · Dudley Digges · June Collyer

Plot With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days...

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Cardinal Richelieu

1935 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast George Arliss · Maureen O'Sullivan · Edward Arnold · Cesar Romero

Plot Arliss etches another historical portrayal of France's unscrupulous cardinal who controlled Louis XIII (Arnold). Good cast supports star.

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The Millionaire

1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John G. Adolfi

Cast George Arliss · Florence Arliss · David Manners · Evalyn Knapp

Plot A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.

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