Frances Moffett

If I Had a Million (1932)

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog  •  Ernst Lubitsch  •  H. Bruce Humberstone  •  Norman Z. McLeod  •  William A. Seiter  •  Lothar Mendes  •  James Cruze  •  Stephen Roberts
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Charles Laughton  •  George Raft  •  Jack Oakie

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog  •  Ernst Lubitsch  •  H. Bruce Humberstone  •  Norman Z. McLeod  •  William A. Seiter  •  Lothar Mendes  •  James Cruze  •  Stephen Roberts
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Charles Laughton  •  George Raft  •  Jack Oakie

No One Man (1932)

When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Corrigan
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Paul Lukas  •  Juliette Compton

When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Corrigan
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Paul Lukas  •  Juliette Compton

Sinners in the Sun (1932)

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Chester Morris  •  Adrienne Ames  •  Alison Skipworth

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Chester Morris  •  Adrienne Ames  •  Alison Skipworth

Working Girls (1931)

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Judith Wood  •  Dorothy Hall  •  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  Paul Lukas

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Judith Wood  •  Dorothy Hall  •  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  Paul Lukas

Under-Cover Man (1932)

When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Flood
CAST:  George Raft  •  Nancy Carroll  •  Lew Cody  •  Roscoe Karns

When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Flood
CAST:  George Raft  •  Nancy Carroll  •  Lew Cody  •  Roscoe Karns

The Road to Reno (1931)

Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Lilyan Tashman  •  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  Peggy Shannon  •  William 'Stage' Boyd

Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Lilyan Tashman  •  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  Peggy Shannon  •  William 'Stage' Boyd

Dancers in the Dark (1932)

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Burton
CAST:  Miriam Hopkins  •  Jack Oakie  •  William Collier Jr.  •  Eugene Pallette

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Burton
CAST:  Miriam Hopkins  •  Jack Oakie  •  William Collier Jr.  •  Eugene Pallette

The Secret Call (1931)

The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Walker
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Peggy Shannon  •  William B. Davidson  •  Charles Trowbridge

The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Walker
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Peggy Shannon  •  William B. Davidson  •  Charles Trowbridge