A detective who has “four hours to kill” before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer Read More »
Tag Archives: Mitchell Leisen
Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) Mitchell Leisen, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Zasu Pitts
Airline pilot Jack Gordon (Fred MacMurray) on a flight from New York to San Francisco Read More »
The Girl Most Likely (1958) Mitchell Leisen, Jane Powell, Cliff Robertson, Keith Andes
Dotie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live ‘the life’. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. Read More »
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Mitchell Leisen, Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard
Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Read More »
Swing High, Swing Low (1937) Mitchell Leisen, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. Read More »
Bolero (1934) Wesley Ruggles, Mitchell Leisen, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Drama, Music
This is the story of an egotistical nightclub dance performer named Raoul, his determination to succeed at all costs Read More »
Midnight (1939) Mitchell Leisen, Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Comedy, Romance
Showgirl Eve, stranded in Paris without a sou, befriends taxi driver Tibor Czerny, then gives him the slip to crash a party. Read More »
Kitty (1945) Mitchell Leisen, Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Drama, History
London, 1783: Kitty, a saucy wench of the slums, meets the painter Gainsborough by stealing his shoes. Read More »
Darling, How Could You! (1951) Mitchell Leisen, Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman, Comedy
Based on James Barrie’s play “Alice Sit-By-The-Fire”. In turn-of-the-century New York, a young girl who believes she’s learned “the seamy side of life” from a risque play takes it upon herself to rescue her estranged mother from what appears to be a steamy love affair. Read More »
No Man of Her Own (1950) Mitchell Leisen, Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Drama, Film-Noir
In a mansion in Caulfield, Illinois, Patrice Harkness and Bill Harkness are waiting for the police. Read More »
Frenchman’s Creek (1944) Mitchell Leisen, Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Adventure, Drama, Romance
An English lady bored with London society brings her 2 children to their country home. Read More »
Lady in the Dark (1944) Mitchell Leisen, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Drama, Musical, Romance
Ginger Rogers, “Allure” magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuos daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why. Read More »
Golden Earrings (1947) Mitchell Leisen, Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Adventure, Romance, War
On the eve of World War II (1939) English officer Ralph Denistoun is in Nazi Germany on an espionage mission to recover a poison gas formula from Prof. Read More »
Murder at the Vanities (1934) Mitchell Leisen, Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll’s Vanities Read More »
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) Mitchell Leisen, Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Drama, Thriller
Webb Carey returns to Orta, near Milan, to find out who betrayed his World War II O.S.S. team and caused the death of several villagers. Read More »