Allegheny Uprising 1939  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy, Chill Wills, Wilfrid Lawson, Robert Barrat, Moroni Olsen, Ian Wolfe, Eddie Quillan, Wallis Clark, Monte Montague, Olaf Hytten, Eddy Walle, Clay Clement
Set in Ohio before the Revolutionary War, this is the story of Jim Smith (John Wayne), a colonial leader who falls in love with Janie (Claire Trevor)–all the while attacking the regime of provincial governor Captain Swanson (George Sanders) that allows trader Ralph Callendar (Brian Donlevy) to sell firearms to the Indians.
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Appointment for Love 1941  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Rita Johnson, Eugene Pallette, Ruth Terry, Reginald Denny, Cecil Kellaway, J.M. Kerrigan, Gus Schilling, Virginia Brissac, Anne Nagel, Mary Gordon, James Bush, Romaine Callender, Tristram Coffin
Newlyweds Andre (Charles Boyer) and Jane (Margaret Sullavan) live in separate apartments during some harried moments early in their marriage. Their busy schedules are worked out by film's end, and it appears that they will live happily ever after.
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Belle of the Yukon 1944  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western / Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Charles Winninger, Bob Burns, Florence Bates, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, William(2) Marshall, Robert Armstrong, Victor Kilian, Wanda McKay, Edward Fielding, Jane Hale, Harrison Greene, Francis McDonald
Randolph Scott stars as reformed con artist, now dancehall owner Honest John Calhoun who attracts not one but two women–Belle De Valle and Lettie Candless (Gypsy Rose Lee and Dinah Shore)–during the Canadian Gold Rush.
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Borderline 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Roy Roberts, Morris Ankrum, Jose Torvay, Charles(2) Lane, Pepe Hern, Richard Irving, Don Diamond, Nacho Galindo, Grazia Narciso, Clifton Young, Chris-Pin Martin, Frank Yaconelli
U.S. Police officer Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor) goes undercover as a chorus girl to investigate a Mexican drug-smuggling ring. She meets the smugglers, but a rival gang appears on the scene and grabs the drugs and Haley. Haley believes that Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray) is the leader of the rival gang, but he is really another undercover agent. The gang leader is actually Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr). Haley and Macklin suspect each other of being crooks, but, finally, they discover their errors, subdue the gang, and fall in love.
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 Broadway 1942  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Broderick Crawford, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Gwynne, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Brophy, Marie Wilson, Ralf Harolde, Gus Schilling, Arthur Shields, Iris Adrian, Janet Warren, Dorothy Moore
Set during Prohibition, George Raft plays himself and remembers his early days on Broadway in this story of murder in the midst of speakeasies, bootleggers, and gangsters.
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Destroyer 1943 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan, Leo Gorcey, Regis Toomey, Edward Brophy, Warren Ashe, Curt Bois, Lloyd Bridges
World War I veteran U.S. Navy Chief Steve Boleslavski (Edward G. Robinson) tries to invoke his ways on a young crew who do not always see eye-to-eye with him.
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 Dimples 1936 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Stepin Fetchit, Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Delma Byron, Astrid Allwyn, John Carradine, Paul Stanton, Berton Churchill, Delma Byron, Julius Tannen, Billy McClain, Arthur Aylesworth, Jack Clifford
Sylvia "Dimples" Dolores Appleby (Shirley Temple) gathers the crowd with her dancing in the streets of nineteenth-century New York City while her grandfather Eustace Appleby (Frank Morgan) moves among her admirers picking their pockets. This is the story of Dimples' travels from the street to the stage.
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Four Jills in a Jeep 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, Mitzi Mayfair, Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra, John Harvey, Phil Silvers, Dick Haymes, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, George Jessel, James Flavin, Paul Harvey, Bess Flowers
Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair play themselves as they go on a USO tour in 1943 to entertain the troops. This is their story, which is based on an actual trip that they took overseas, as they travel from the United States and visit England and Africa. Their escort, Sergeant Eddie (Phil Silvers), provides highlights, and good musical numbers fill the screen.
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Hot Saturday 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Edward Woods, Lilian Bond, William Collier Sr., Jane Darwell, Rita La Roy, Oscar Apfel, Marjorie Main, Stanley Smith, Rose Coghlan, Jessie Arnold, Grady Sutton, Nora Cecil
Socialite Ruth Brock (Nancy Carroll) is engaged to Bill Fadden (Randolph Scott), but after an argument with him she takes revenge by having an innocent fling with playboy Romer (Cary Grant). Gossip abounds, and her fiance threatens to call off the wedding. Romer tells the real story and wins Ruth as a result.
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I'll Be Yours 1947 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, Adolphe Menjou, William Bendix, Walter Catlett, Franklin Pangborn, William Trenk, Joan Shawlee, Patricia Alphin, William Brooks
This musical remake of 1935's "The Good Fairy" stars Deanna Durbin as a small-town girl who heads to NYC in hopes of making it big in show business. She takes a job as an usherette at a music hall where she meets a millionaire (Adolphe Menjou) and a struggling lawyer (Tom Drake). She falls in love with the lawyer and tries to get the millionaire to give a job to her love. Deanna sings her heart out.
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A Lady Takes a Chance 1943 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western / Romance
aka: The Cowboy and the Girl
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Hans Conried, Mary Field, Don Costello, Grady Sutton, Grant Withers, Eddy Waller, John Philliber, Jean Stevens, Ariel Heath, Tom Fadden, Joan Blair
Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur) takes a break from her job in New York and goes on vacation in the West. She takes in a rodeo, and handsome cowboy Duke Hudkins (John Wayne) gets hurled into her lap by a bucking bronco. After the rodeo, Mollie misses her bus and is stranded. She shares a hotel room with Duke and his sidekick Waco (Charles Winninger) and falls in love with Duke. When Duke teaches Mollie frontier activities and tries to get her drunk, Mollie becomes upset and leaves. She heads back to New York, but Duke now realizes that he has fallen for Mollie and follows her to tell her that he loves her.
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Little Giant 1946 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce, Jacqueline deWit, Elena Verdugo, Mary Gordon, Margaret Dumont, George Cleveland, George Chandler, Pierre Watkin
Bud Abbott takes on two roles in this story about a shy vacuum cleaner salesman (Lou Costello) who is trying to live up what his demanding bosses–John Morrison (Bud Abbott) and Tom Chandler (Bud Abbott)–expect of him.
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The Little Princess 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher, Sybil Jason, Miles Mander, E.E. Clive, Mary Nash, Marcia Mae Jones, Beryl Mercer, Deidre Gale, Ira Stevens, Eily Malyon
Sara Crewe (Shirley Temple) is left in an exclusive boarding school in England when her father Captain Reginald Crew (Ian Hunter) marches off to serve in the Boer War. After it is reported that he is killed in action, Sara is left penniless and must work as a servant–until her father returns alive.
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The Moon's Our Home 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Charles Butterworth, Beulah Bondi, Walter Brennan, Spencer Charters, Lucien Littlefield, Margaret Hamilton, Brandon Hurst, Andrea Leeds
The most interesting facet about this film is that its stars had been married and divorced in real life before working together on this project. This is a comedy/drama about problems encountered by a newly wed couple.
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Nice Girl? 1941 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, Robert Benchley, Helen Broderick, Ann Gillis, Anne Gwynne, Elisabeth Risdon, Nana Bryant
In this first "adult" role for Deanna Durbin, she plays Jane Dana–who falls asleep in Richard Calvert's (Franchot Tone) home and must now protect her reputation.
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One Touch of Venus 1948 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Tom Conway, Sara Allgood, Arthur O'Connell, James Flavin, George Meeker, Olga San Juan, James Flavin, Hugh Herbert, Anne Nagel, Russ Conway, Eddie Parker
This musical comedy is taken from the Broadway show and involves a department store statue of Venus (Ava Gardner) coming to life after being kissed by employee Eddie Hatch (Robert Walker). Love becomes the order of the day, and Venus and Eddie dance in Central Park. The love affair continues for 24 hours until Venus returns to her pedestal and her immobile form.
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 Roberta 1935 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Claire Dodd, Luis Alberni, Lucille Ball, Victor Varconi, Ferdinand Munier, Torben Meyer, Adrian Rosley, Bodil Rosing, Lynne Carver, Mary Forbes
Football star John Kent (Randolph Scott) travels to Paris with "Huck" Haines' (Fred Astaire) band. But, when the band is told by the proprietor that he does not want them to perform, they head to John's Aunt Roberta's (Helen Westley) posh fashion boutique. They meet Huck's old girlfriend Lizzie (Ginger Rogers) who is now the singer Comtesse Schyarwenka, and she finds a job for the band. Meanwhile, Aunt Roberta passes away, and John inherits the boutique and enters into a partnership with Aunt Roberta's assistant Stephanie (Irene Dunne). This is a very early Astaire/Rogers pairing, and it is worthwhile viewing.
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Room Service 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson, Cliff Dunstan, Donald MacBride, Philip Loeb, Charles Halton, Philip Wood, Alexander Asro, William Ruhl, Frank Otto, Donald Kerr
A destitute producer, Gordon Miller (Groucho Marx), has found rooms at the Great White Way hotel for the cast of the play he is preparing to stage. When they face eviction because hotel bills are not being paid, Miller, his director Harry Binelli (Chico Marx), and business manage Faker Englund (Harpo Marx) come up with a scheme. They convince the playwright, Leo Davis (Frank Albertson) that he has contracted a contagious disease and that he and the cast cannot be moved from the hotel. An amusing comedy.
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Sons of the Desert 1933 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy, Lucien Littlefield, John Elliott, Robert Cummings, Charlita, Bob Burns, Jimmy Aubrey, Don Brodie, John Merton, Sam Lufkin, Billy Gilbert
This is one of the funniest of the Laurel and Hardy films as Stan and Ollie play husbands who invent many alibis to their wives so they can attend their lodge convention in Chicago. Ollie pretends to be sick, and a veterinarian prescribes an ocean voyage to cure his ills. Because Ollie's wife Lottie (Mae Busch) gets seasick, Stan goes with Ollie on the supposed sea voyage, but, instead, they head off to Chicago. All goes well, but when they return, they learn that the ship they were supposed to have been sailing on has sunk, and the alibi does not work.
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Stowaway 1936 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher, Philip Ahn, J. Edward Bromberg, Astrid Allwyn, Allan Lane, Robert Greig, Jayne Regan, Willie Fung, Paul McVey, Julius Tannen
An orphaned girl, Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple), stows away aboard ship and befriends a playboy millionaire, Tommy Randall (Robert Young). Ching-Ching next plays Cupid and arranges for Randall and Susan Parker (Alice Faye) to meet. Marriage follows, and–of course–Ching-Ching is adopted by the happy couple.
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Susannah of the Mounties 1939 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Martin Good Rider, J. Farrell MacDonald, Moroni Olsen, Victor Jory, Lester Matthews, Leyland Hodgson, Charles Irwin, Maurice Moscovitch, Herbert Evans, Jack Luden, John Sutton, Larry Dods
Following her parents' massacre in an Indian raid, Susannah (Shirley Temple) is taken in and raised by Canadian Mounted Policeman Monty (Randolph Scott). She befriends the son of an Indian chief and helps settle a major problem between the Indians and the railroad.
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This Is My Affair 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, John Carradine, Frank Conroy, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Fowley
Lieutenant Perry (Robert Taylor) is a federal agent who becomes involved in the assassination of President McKinley. Nightclub singer Lil Duryca (Barbara Stanwyck) is his love interest.
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Three Blind Mice 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Jane Darwell, Franklin Pangborn, Elisha Cook Jr.
In this oft-told tale, three young women leave home and head to California in search of handsome, rich men. Pretty well done.
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Up in Central Park 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Albert Sharpe, Tom Powers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Thurston Hall, Mary Field, Moroni Olsen, Howard Freeman
Set in the early 1900s, this musical is about a reporter (Dick Haymes) who exposes the evils of Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed (Vincent Price).
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You Were Never Lovelier 1942 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom, Leslie Brooks, Adele Mara, Gus Schilling, Barbara Brown, Kirk Alyn, Kathleen Howard, Douglas Leavitt, Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, Catherine Craig, Stanley Brown, Larry Parks
Wealthy Argentinean Eduardo Acuna (Adolphe Menjou) tries to marry off his daughter Marcia (Rita Hayworth) to a "proper" suitor, but in the meantime, Marcia falls in love with an out-of-work American dancer, Robert Davis (Fred Astaire).
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| 1. Allegheny Uprising (1939)
2. Appointment for Love (1941)
3. Belle of the Yukon (1944)
4. Borderline (1950)
5. Broadway (1942)
6. Dear Brat (1951)
7. Destroyer (1943)
8. Dimples (1936)
9. Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
10. Hot Saturday (1932)
11. I'll Be Yours (1947)
12. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
aka: The Cowboy and the Girl
13. Little Giant (1946)
14. The Little Princess (1939)
15. The Moon's Our Home (1936)
16. Nice Girl? (1941)
17. One Touch of Venus (1948)
18. Roberta (1935)
19. Room Service (1938)
20. Sons of the Desert (1933)
21. Stowaway (1936)
22. Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
23. This Is My Affair (1937)
24. Three Blind Mice (1938)
25. Up in Central Park (1948)
26. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
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