Jay Eaton

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A Night at the Opera (1935)

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood  •  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Kitty Carlisle

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood  •  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Kitty Carlisle

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Alice Brady

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Alice Brady

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Jean Arthur  •  George Bancroft  •  Lionel Stander

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Jean Arthur  •  George Bancroft  •  Lionel Stander

The Big Sleep (1946)

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lauren Bacall  •  John Ridgely  •  Martha Vickers

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lauren Bacall  •  John Ridgely  •  Martha Vickers

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Veronica Lake  •  William Bendix  •  Howard Da Silva

Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Veronica Lake  •  William Bendix  •  Howard Da Silva

The Major and the Minor (1942)

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Ray Milland  •  Rita Johnson  •  Robert Benchley

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Ray Milland  •  Rita Johnson  •  Robert Benchley

The Unfaithful (1947)

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Lew Ayres  •  Zachary Scott  •  Eve Arden

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Lew Ayres  •  Zachary Scott  •  Eve Arden

Whirlpool (1950)

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Richard Conte  •  José Ferrer  •  Charles Bickford

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Richard Conte  •  José Ferrer  •  Charles Bickford

Lady for a Day (1933)

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Warren William  •  May Robson  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Glenda Farrell

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Warren William  •  May Robson  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Glenda Farrell

Libeled Lady (1936)

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Spencer Tracy

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Spencer Tracy

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Don Ameche  •  Charles Coburn  •  Marjorie Main

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Don Ameche  •  Charles Coburn  •  Marjorie Main

The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Constance Bennett  •  Frank Morgan  •  Fay Wray

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Constance Bennett  •  Frank Morgan  •  Fay Wray

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Thurston Hall

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Thurston Hall

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Claude Rains  •  Walter Abel  •  George Coulouris

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Claude Rains  •  Walter Abel  •  George Coulouris

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Leo Carrillo

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Leo Carrillo

Break of Hearts (1935)

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Moeller
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Charles Boyer  •  John Beal  •  Jean Hersholt

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Moeller
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Charles Boyer  •  John Beal  •  Jean Hersholt

Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Adele Jergens  •  Rand Brooks  •  Dave Barry

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Adele Jergens  •  Rand Brooks  •  Dave Barry

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (1951)

The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  Lucille Norman  •  Virginia Gibson  •  Dennis Morgan

The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  Lucille Norman  •  Virginia Gibson  •  Dennis Morgan

Born to Love (1931)

Classic

A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul L. Stein
CAST:  Constance Bennett  •  Joel McCrea  •  Paul Cavanagh  •  Frederick Kerr

A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul L. Stein
CAST:  Constance Bennett  •  Joel McCrea  •  Paul Cavanagh  •  Frederick Kerr

Passion Flower (1930)

A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. de Mille
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Kay Johnson  •  Charles Bickford  •  Winter Hall

A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. de Mille
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Kay Johnson  •  Charles Bickford  •  Winter Hall
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