Edward McWade

Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.

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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Raymond Massey  •  Jack Carson

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Raymond Massey  •  Jack Carson

Frisco Kid (1935)

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Donald Woods

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Donald Woods

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  Victor Mature  •  Carole Landis  •  Laird Cregar

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  Victor Mature  •  Carole Landis  •  Laird Cregar

Jezebel (1938)

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Henry Fonda  •  George Brent  •  Margaret Lindsay

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Henry Fonda  •  George Brent  •  Margaret Lindsay

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Warren William  •  Alison Skipworth  •  Arthur Treacher

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Warren William  •  Alison Skipworth  •  Arthur Treacher

The Monster (1925)

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland West
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Johnny Arthur  •  Gertrude Olmstead  •  Hallam Cooley

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland West
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Johnny Arthur  •  Gertrude Olmstead  •  Hallam Cooley

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Gene Tierney  •  Jackie Cooper  •  Henry Hull

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Gene Tierney  •  Jackie Cooper  •  Henry Hull

They Won't Forget (1937)

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Gloria Dickson  •  Edward Norris  •  Otto Kruger

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Gloria Dickson  •  Edward Norris  •  Otto Kruger

Three Comrades (1938)

A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Margaret Sullavan  •  Franchot Tone  •  Robert Young

A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Margaret Sullavan  •  Franchot Tone  •  Robert Young

Woman of the Year (1942)

Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Fay Bainter  •  Reginald Owen

Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Fay Bainter  •  Reginald Owen

White Banners (1938)

A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Fay Bainter  •  Jackie Cooper  •  Bonita Granville

A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Fay Bainter  •  Jackie Cooper  •  Bonita Granville

Crash Dive (1943)

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Anne Baxter  •  Dana Andrews  •  James Gleason

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Anne Baxter  •  Dana Andrews  •  James Gleason

Zenobia (1939)

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Oliver Hardy  •  Harry Langdon  •  Billie Burke  •  Alice Brady

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Oliver Hardy  •  Harry Langdon  •  Billie Burke  •  Alice Brady

The Big Shot (1931)

A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick  •  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Eddie Quillan  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Belle Bennett  •  Roscoe Ates

A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick  •  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Eddie Quillan  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Belle Bennett  •  Roscoe Ates

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lewis Stone  •  Walter Brennan  •  William Gargan

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lewis Stone  •  Walter Brennan  •  William Gargan

The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Pert Kelton  •  El Brendel  •  James Gleason

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Pert Kelton  •  El Brendel  •  James Gleason

They Asked For It (1939)

In this crime drama, the owner and chief editor of a newspaper gets together with two college pals and begins looking into the strange death of an old hermit who lived on the fringe of town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  William Lundigan  •  Joy Hodges  •  Michael Whalen  •  Isabel Jewell

In this crime drama, the owner and chief editor of a newspaper gets together with two college pals and begins looking into the strange death of an old hermit who lived on the fringe of town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  William Lundigan  •  Joy Hodges  •  Michael Whalen  •  Isabel Jewell

The Big Noise (1936)

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Guy Kibbee  •  Warren Hull  •  Alma Lloyd  •  Dick Foran

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Guy Kibbee  •  Warren Hull  •  Alma Lloyd  •  Dick Foran

Here's to Romance (1935)

Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Nino Martini  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Anita Louise  •  Maria Gambarelli

Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Nino Martini  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Anita Louise  •  Maria Gambarelli

Let's Get Married (1937)

Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn. From Wikipedia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Ida Lupino  •  Walter Connolly  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Raymond Walburn

Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn. From Wikipedia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Ida Lupino  •  Walter Connolly  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Raymond Walburn
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