Cornelius MacSunday

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn for girlfriend, Franzi, is accidentally intercepted -- and misread -- by the visiting Princess Anna. As a result, the soldier has no choice but to marry the royal lady and move with her to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Claudette Colbert  •  Miriam Hopkins  •  Charles Ruggles

A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn for girlfriend, Franzi, is accidentally intercepted -- and misread -- by the visiting Princess Anna. As a result, the soldier has no choice but to marry the royal lady and move with her to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Claudette Colbert  •  Miriam Hopkins  •  Charles Ruggles

Crime Without Passion (1934)

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Garmes  •  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Margo  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Stanley Ridges

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Garmes  •  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Margo  •  Whitney Bourne  •  Stanley Ridges

Soak the Rich (1936)

Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Walter Connolly  •  John Howard  •  Mary Taylor  •  Lionel Stander

Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Walter Connolly  •  John Howard  •  Mary Taylor  •  Lionel Stander

Many a Slip (1927)

Charley attempts to invent a non-slippery banana peel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles R. Bowers  •  Harold L. Muller
CAST:  Charles R. Bowers  •  Cornelius MacSunday

Charley attempts to invent a non-slippery banana peel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles R. Bowers  •  Harold L. Muller
CAST:  Charles R. Bowers  •  Cornelius MacSunday