Screenplay: Robert Lord
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Robert Lord. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 47
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...
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
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Richard Dix · Ann Harding · Edna May Oliver · Guy Kibbee
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...
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
The Johnstown Flood
1926 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast George O'Brien · Florence Gilbert · Janet Gaynor · Anders Randolf
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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.
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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...
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