Esther Muir

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A Day at the Races (1937)

FunnyBrilliantClassicWhimsical

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Allan Jones

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Allan Jones

Fury (1936)

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Walter Abel  •  Bruce Cabot

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Walter Abel  •  Bruce Cabot

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Walter Brennan

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Walter Brennan

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

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Kelly
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Gene Kelly  •  Judy Garland  •  Mickey Rooney

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Kelly
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Gene Kelly  •  Judy Garland  •  Mickey Rooney

I'll Take Romance (1937)

Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward H. Griffith
CAST:  Grace Moore  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Helen Westley  •  Stuart Erwin

Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward H. Griffith
CAST:  Grace Moore  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Helen Westley  •  Stuart Erwin

The Law West of Tombstone (1938)

A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Tryon
CAST:  Harry Carey  •  Tim Holt  •  Evelyn Brent  •  Jean Rouverol

A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Tryon
CAST:  Harry Carey  •  Tim Holt  •  Evelyn Brent  •  Jean Rouverol

The Girl and the Gambler (1939)

An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Tim Holt  •  Steffi Duna  •  Donald MacBride

An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Tim Holt  •  Steffi Duna  •  Donald MacBride

Sweepings (1933)

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Eric Linden  •  William Gargan  •  Gloria Stuart

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Eric Linden  •  William Gargan  •  Gloria Stuart

The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)

In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang of hood's leader resists his attempts. More trouble ensues when the dancer helps a convict gain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  George Murphy  •  Anne Shirley  •  William Gargan  •  Richard Barthelmess

In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang of hood's leader resists his attempts. More trouble ensues when the dancer helps a convict gain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  George Murphy  •  Anne Shirley  •  William Gargan  •  Richard Barthelmess

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

Romance in the Dark (1938)

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Gladys Swarthout  •  John Boles  •  John Barrymore  •  Claire Dodd

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Gladys Swarthout  •  John Boles  •  John Barrymore  •  Claire Dodd

Battle Of Broadway (1938)

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Gypsy Rose Lee  •  Raymond Walburn

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Gypsy Rose Lee  •  Raymond Walburn

City Girl (1938)

In this tearful crime melodrama, a waitress becomes so taken with her dream of living in posh luxury and comfort that she leaves her honest boyfriend the district attorney to take up with a notorious gangster who lavishes her with stolen furs and fabulous diamonds. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Phyllis Brooks  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Robert Wilcox  •  Douglas Fowley

In this tearful crime melodrama, a waitress becomes so taken with her dream of living in posh luxury and comfort that she leaves her honest boyfriend the district attorney to take up with a notorious gangster who lavishes her with stolen furs and fabulous diamonds. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Phyllis Brooks  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Robert Wilcox  •  Douglas Fowley

On Again-Off Again (1937)

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Marjorie Lord  •  Bert Wheeler  •  Robert Woolsey  •  Patricia Wilder

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Marjorie Lord  •  Bert Wheeler  •  Robert Woolsey  •  Patricia Wilder

Stolen Paradise (1940)

Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis J. Gasnier
CAST:  Leon Janney  •  Eleanor Hunt  •  Esther Muir  •  Wilma Francis

Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis J. Gasnier
CAST:  Leon Janney  •  Eleanor Hunt  •  Esther Muir  •  Wilma Francis

Sailor's Luck (1933)

U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Sally Eilers  •  Victor Jory  •  Sammy Cohen

U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Sally Eilers  •  Victor Jory  •  Sammy Cohen

Western Jamboree (1938)

Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Jean Rouverol  •  Esther Muir

Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Jean Rouverol  •  Esther Muir

High Hat (1937)

An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clifford Sanforth
CAST:  Frank Luther  •  Dorothy Dare  •  Lona Andre  •  Gavin Gordon

An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clifford Sanforth
CAST:  Frank Luther  •  Dorothy Dare  •  Lona Andre  •  Gavin Gordon

The Gay Deception (1935)

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Francis Lederer  •  Frances Dee  •  Benita Hume  •  Alan Mowbray

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Francis Lederer  •  Frances Dee  •  Benita Hume  •  Alan Mowbray
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