Mel Ruick

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Eleanor Powell  •  George Murphy  •  Frank Morgan

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Eleanor Powell  •  George Murphy  •  Frank Morgan

Kiss of Death (1947)

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Victor Mature  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Coleen Gray  •  Richard Widmark

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Victor Mature  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Coleen Gray  •  Richard Widmark

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Sonja Henie  •  John Payne  •  Glenn Miller  •  Milton Berle

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Sonja Henie  •  John Payne  •  Glenn Miller  •  Milton Berle

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Judy Garland  •  George Murphy  •  Charles Winninger  •  Douglas McPhail

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Judy Garland  •  George Murphy  •  Charles Winninger  •  Douglas McPhail

Sinner Take All (1936)

A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errol Taggart
CAST:  Bruce Cabot  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Joseph Calleia  •  Stanley Ridges

A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errol Taggart
CAST:  Bruce Cabot  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Joseph Calleia  •  Stanley Ridges

We Who Are Young (1940)

A man violates company policy by getting married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold S. Bucquet
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  John Shelton  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Grant Mitchell

A man violates company policy by getting married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold S. Bucquet
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  John Shelton  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Grant Mitchell

Taxi (1953)

A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Constance Smith  •  Neva Patterson  •  Blanche Yurka

A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Constance Smith  •  Neva Patterson  •  Blanche Yurka

Shipmates Forever (1935)

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Ruby Keeler  •  Lewis Stone  •  Ross Alexander

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Ruby Keeler  •  Lewis Stone  •  Ross Alexander

There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Hugh Herbert  •  Peggy Moran  •  Tom Brown  •  Guy Kibbee

A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Hugh Herbert  •  Peggy Moran  •  Tom Brown  •  Guy Kibbee

The President's Mystery (1936)

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Betty Furness  •  Sidney Blackmer  •  Evelyn Brent

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Betty Furness  •  Sidney Blackmer  •  Evelyn Brent

Navy Blues (1937)

A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he pursues her, he discovers that she is quite beautiful and that he has competition -- but his rival has more sinister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Dick Purcell  •  Mary Brian  •  Warren Hymer  •  Joe Sawyer

A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he pursues her, he discovers that she is quite beautiful and that he has competition -- but his rival has more sinister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Dick Purcell  •  Mary Brian  •  Warren Hymer  •  Joe Sawyer

Music in My Heart (1940)

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Tony Martin  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Edith Fellows  •  Alan Mowbray

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Tony Martin  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Edith Fellows  •  Alan Mowbray

Torture Money (1937)

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold S. Bucquet
CAST:  Edwin Maxwell  •  George Lynn  •  Murray Alper  •  King Baggot

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold S. Bucquet
CAST:  Edwin Maxwell  •  George Lynn  •  Murray Alper  •  King Baggot

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Gene Tierney  •  Spring Byington  •  Laird Cregar

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Gene Tierney  •  Spring Byington  •  Laird Cregar

Man-Made Monster (1941)

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Anne Nagel  •  Frank Albertson

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Anne Nagel  •  Frank Albertson

He Married His Wife (1940)

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Nancy Kelly  •  Mary Boland  •  Cesar Romero

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Nancy Kelly  •  Mary Boland  •  Cesar Romero

Kitty Foyle (1940)

Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Dennis Morgan  •  James Craig  •  Eduardo Ciannelli

Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Dennis Morgan  •  James Craig  •  Eduardo Ciannelli

Remember the Day (1941)

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  John Payne  •  Shepperd Strudwick  •  Ann E. Todd

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  John Payne  •  Shepperd Strudwick  •  Ann E. Todd

Man From Headquarters (1942)

A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Frank Albertson  •  Joan Woodbury  •  Dick Elliott  •  Byron Foulger

A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Frank Albertson  •  Joan Woodbury  •  Dick Elliott  •  Byron Foulger