Harry Beresford

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Dinner at Eight (1933)

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Marie Dressler  •  John Barrymore  •  Wallace Beery  •  Jean Harlow

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Marie Dressler  •  John Barrymore  •  Wallace Beery  •  Jean Harlow

Doctor X (1932)

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Fay Wray  •  Lee Tracy  •  Preston Foster

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Fay Wray  •  Lee Tracy  •  Preston Foster

Follow the Fleet (1936)

When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Randolph Scott  •  Harriet Nelson

When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Randolph Scott  •  Harriet Nelson

Little Women (1933)

Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Joan Bennett  •  Paul Lukas  •  Edna May Oliver

Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Joan Bennett  •  Paul Lukas  •  Edna May Oliver

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

David Copperfield (1935)

Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Frank Lawton  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Basil Rathbone

Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Frank Lawton  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Basil Rathbone

Night Flight (1933)

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Helen Hayes  •  Clark Gable  •  Lionel Barrymore

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Helen Hayes  •  Clark Gable  •  Lionel Barrymore

A Dog of Flanders (1935)

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sloman
CAST:  Frankie Thomas  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Helen Parrish  •  Ann Shoemaker

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sloman
CAST:  Frankie Thomas  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Helen Parrish  •  Ann Shoemaker

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hamilton
CAST:  Gene Raymond  •  Margaret Callahan  •  Eric Blore  •  Grant Mitchell

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hamilton
CAST:  Gene Raymond  •  Margaret Callahan  •  Eric Blore  •  Grant Mitchell

Postal Inspector (1936)

Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Ricardo Cortez  •  Patricia Ellis  •  Bela Lugosi  •  Michael Loring

Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Ricardo Cortez  •  Patricia Ellis  •  Bela Lugosi  •  Michael Loring

The Dancing Town (1928)

Young kids face off in a dance competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Lawrence
CAST:  Helen Hayes  •  Clarence Nordstrom  •  Ada May  •  Hal Skelly

Young kids face off in a dance competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Lawrence
CAST:  Helen Hayes  •  Clarence Nordstrom  •  Ada May  •  Hal Skelly

Friends Of Mr. Sweeney (1934)

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Dorothy Burgess

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Dorothy Burgess

The Merry Frinks (1934)

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Aline MacMahon  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Allen Jenkins

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Aline MacMahon  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Allen Jenkins

The Go-Getter (1937)

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  George Brent  •  Anita Louise  •  Charles Winninger  •  John Eldredge

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  George Brent  •  Anita Louise  •  Charles Winninger  •  John Eldredge

Scandal for Sale (1932)

A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Rose Hobart  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Claudia Dell

A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Rose Hobart  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Claudia Dell

The Little Minister (1934)

The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  John Beal  •  Alan Hale  •  Donald Crisp

The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  John Beal  •  Alan Hale  •  Donald Crisp

Grand Jury (1936)

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Fred Stone  •  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Russell Hicks

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Fred Stone  •  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Russell Hicks

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Lionel Atwill  •  Gail Patrick  •  Randolph Scott

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Lionel Atwill  •  Gail Patrick  •  Randolph Scott

High Pressure (1932)

Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  William Powell  •  Evelyn Brent  •  John Wray  •  Evalyn Knapp

Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  William Powell  •  Evelyn Brent  •  John Wray  •  Evalyn Knapp

Newsboys' Home (1938)

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin  •  Harold Young
CAST:  Jackie Cooper  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Wendy Barrie  •  Edward Norris

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin  •  Harold Young
CAST:  Jackie Cooper  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Wendy Barrie  •  Edward Norris
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