Screenplay: Robert Lord

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Robert Lord. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Heroes for Sale

1933 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Aline MacMahon · Loretta Young · Gordon Westcott

Synopsis A war veteran (Richard Barthelmess) whose cowardly comrade (Gordon Westcott) has accepted all the glory for his heroism battles a morphine addiction, then starts life anew in Chicago, where he prospers as the co-owner of a labor-saving laundry machine and...

7.2

314 votes

7.2

314 votes

Five Star Final

1931 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Marian Marsh · H.B. Warner · Anthony Bushell

Synopsis Editor Hinchecliffe wants to boost circulation for his "New York Gazette" and city editor Randall puts his top reporter on a 20-year-old murder case in which Nancy Vorhees shot her lover. As she is now a happy wife and mother,...

7.1

153 votes

7.1

153 votes

Frisco Jenny

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Ruth Chatterton · Louis Calhern · Helen Jerome Eddy · Donald Cook

Synopsis Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses....

6.9

130 votes

6.9

130 votes

One Way Passage

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast William Powell · Kay Francis · Aline MacMahon · Frank McHugh

Synopsis Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. On board, Dan romances Joan Ames, a terminally ill socialite. She is unaware...

Max

6.8

126 votes

6.8

126 votes

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Spencer Tracy · Bette Davis · Arthur Byron · Lyle Talbot

Synopsis Sent to Sing Sing prison, influential crook Spencer Tracy is unregenerate and refuses to adhere to the rules. While in solitary confinement, Tracy reconsiders his attitude. Thanks to the correctional facility's compassionate warden (Arthur Byron), Tracy becomes a model prisoner,...

6.7

560 votes

6.7

560 votes

The Little Giant

1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Mary Astor · Helen Vinson · Russell Hopton

Synopsis Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who...

6.6

32 votes

6.6

32 votes

The Conquerors

1932 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

6.6

28 votes

6.6

28 votes

Dames

1934 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright · Busby Berkeley

Cast Joan Blondell · Dick Powell · Ruby Keeler · ZaSu Pitts

Synopsis Multi-millionaire Ezra Ounce wants to start a campaign against 'filthy' forms of entertainment, like Broadway-Shows. He comes to his relatives families and makes them members of his morale-boosting campaign. But Jimmy, another relative is producing a show, starring Ezra's niece...

6.5

56 votes

6.5

56 votes

The Purchase Price

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · George Brent · Lyle Talbot · Hardie Albright

Synopsis Torch singer Joan Gordon, tiring of her relationship with small-time hood and racketeer Eddie Fields, flees to Montreal and becomes the mail-order bride of down-to-earth farmer Jim Gilson. Their chance for happiness is threatened by Gilson's own stubborness, a lecherous...

Max

6.5

61 votes

6.5

61 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

So Big!

1932 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · George Brent · Dickie Moore · Bette Davis

Synopsis Selina lived well until her father Simeon died. Her aunts sold the estate and put her in a boarding school. As an adult she wants to be a teacher in farming country. She falls in love with and marries Pervus,...

6.4

76 votes

6.4

76 votes

Black Legion

1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Dick Foran · Erin O'Brien-Moore · Ann Sheridan

Synopsis When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

6.4

242 votes

6.4

242 votes

Hard to Handle

1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast James Cagney · Mary Brian · Allen Jenkins · Ruth Donnelly

Synopsis Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is over, he's forced to come up with a series...

6.4

42 votes

6.4

42 votes

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Busby Berkeley

Cast Dick Powell · Adolphe Menjou · Gloria Stuart · Alice Brady

Synopsis In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. Prentiss, who is backing the show wants her daughter Ann to marry the millionaire T. Mosely Thorpe, but Ann falls in...

6.1

62 votes

6.1

62 votes

Bordertown

1935 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Paul Muni · Bette Davis · Margaret Lindsay · Eugene Pallette

Synopsis Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark's border town casino. Charlie's wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Marie kills her husband, making it look like suicide. She tells Johnny she committed murder for...

6.1

181 votes

6.1

181 votes

Dr. Socrates

1935 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Paul Muni · Ann Dvorak · Barton MacLane · Robert Barrat

Synopsis A small-town doctor gets mixed up with gangsters.

5.8

39 votes

5.8

39 votes

Man Wanted

1932 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Kay Francis · David Manners · Una Merkel · Andy Devine

Synopsis Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. After a short time, he is an executive decision maker...

5.6

25 votes

5.6

25 votes

Not rated

Winner Take All

1932 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast James Cagney · Marian Nixon · Guy Kibbee · Dickie Moore

Synopsis A prize fighter tries to help an invalid and her baby.

Not rated

Not rated

Housewife

1934 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast George Brent · Bette Davis · Ann Dvorak · John Halliday

Synopsis Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife...

Not rated

Not rated