Engineering a $20,000 robbery, Mary and Joe draw up a pact to spend all the money foolishly and then commit suicide. Read More »
Tag Archives: George Abbott
Half Way to Heaven (1929) George Abbott, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Jean Arthur, Paul Lukas
Odd little circus film about trapeze artists and obsessive love.?? Jean Arthur stars as Greta, a trapeze star with a traveling circus. Read More »
The Pajama Game (1957) George Abbott, Stanley Donen, Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney
Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half cent an hour increase and they won’t take no for an answer. Read More »
The Sea God (1930) George Abbott, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Adventure
This South Seas adventure yarn stars Fay Wray and Richard Arlen, both of whom seem to struggle a little with the new sound technology. Read More »
Damn Yankees! (1958) George Abbott, Stanley Donen, Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Comedy, Musical, Sport, Romance
Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant. Read More »
Manslaughter (1930) George Abbott, Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Emma Dunn, Romance, Drama
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before. Upon her release, she realizes that she is in love wiht the District Attorney who reluctantly prosecuted her case, a man who was in love with her but who she had previously scorned.
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