Buddy Messinger

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Citizen Kane (1941)

BrilliantClassic

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Orson Welles  •  Agnes Moorehead  •  Ruth Warrick

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Orson Welles  •  Agnes Moorehead  •  Ruth Warrick

Modern Times (1936)

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A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Henry Bergman  •  Tiny Sandford

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Henry Bergman  •  Tiny Sandford

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

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Victor Francen

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Charles Boyer  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Victor Francen

Hullabaloo (1940)

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Frank Morgan  •  Virginia Grey  •  Dan Dailey  •  Billie Burke

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Frank Morgan  •  Virginia Grey  •  Dan Dailey  •  Billie Burke

Idiot's Delight (1939)

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Clark Gable  •  Edward Arnold  •  Charles Coburn

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Clark Gable  •  Edward Arnold  •  Charles Coburn

Fast and Loose (1939)

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  Rosalind Russell  •  Reginald Owen  •  Ralph Morgan

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  Rosalind Russell  •  Reginald Owen  •  Ralph Morgan

Four Girls in White (1939)

Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Sylvan Simon
CAST:  Florence Rice  •  Una Merkel  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Mary Howard

Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Sylvan Simon
CAST:  Florence Rice  •  Una Merkel  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Mary Howard

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leon Errol  •  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  Zasu Pitts

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leon Errol  •  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  Zasu Pitts

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Fred Allen  •  Mary Martin  •  Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Fred Allen  •  Mary Martin  •  Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Wings Over Honolulu (1937)

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Wendy Barrie  •  William Gargan  •  Kent Taylor

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Wendy Barrie  •  William Gargan  •  Kent Taylor

Brooklyn Orchid (1942)

Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  William Bendix  •  Joe Sawyer  •  Marjorie Woodworth  •  Grace Bradley

Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  William Bendix  •  Joe Sawyer  •  Marjorie Woodworth  •  Grace Bradley

The Hoodlum (1919)

A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Ralph Lewis  •  Kenneth Harlan  •  T.D. Crittenden

A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Ralph Lewis  •  Kenneth Harlan  •  T.D. Crittenden

Stage Mother (1933)

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Alice Brady  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Franchot Tone  •  Phillips Holmes

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Alice Brady  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Franchot Tone  •  Phillips Holmes

An All American Toothache (1936)

Thelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Meins
CAST:  Thelma Todd  •  Patsy Kelly  •  Johnny Arthur  •  Mickey Daniels

Thelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Meins
CAST:  Thelma Todd  •  Patsy Kelly  •  Johnny Arthur  •  Mickey Daniels

Midnight Madonna (1937)

A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhandedly taken by her estranged father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Flood
CAST:  Warren William  •  Mady Correll  •  Kitty Clancy  •  Edward Ellis

A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhandedly taken by her estranged father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Flood
CAST:  Warren William  •  Mady Correll  •  Kitty Clancy  •  Edward Ellis

Hot Stuff (1929)

An uptight society aunt sends her too sexy niece to college so she can land a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Alice White  •  Louise Fazenda  •  William Bakewell  •  Doris Dawson

An uptight society aunt sends her too sexy niece to college so she can land a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Alice White  •  Louise Fazenda  •  William Bakewell  •  Doris Dawson

Three of a Kind (1936)

A truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A drama of greed and society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Chick Chandler  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Berton Churchill  •  Patricia Farr

A truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A drama of greed and society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Chick Chandler  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Berton Churchill  •  Patricia Farr

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Mickey Rooney  •  George Barbier

Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Mickey Rooney  •  George Barbier

Shadows (1922)

Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathen', only to reveal hypocrisy amid the self-righteous township.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Forman
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Marguerite De La Motte  •  Harrison Ford  •  John St. Polis

Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathen', only to reveal hypocrisy amid the self-righteous township.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Forman
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Marguerite De La Motte  •  Harrison Ford  •  John St. Polis
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