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Tag Archives: William A. Seiter
Is My Face Red? (1932) William A. Seiter, Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond
Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. Read More »
Dear Brat (1951) William A. Seiter, Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe, Edward Arnold
Mirian Wilkins, teen-age daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rahabilitation of Criminals and Read More »
The Lady Wants Mink (1953) William A. Seiter, Dennis O’Keefe, Ruth Hussey, Eve Arden
For her birthday Ritchie Connors gives his wife Nora a coat from the store where he works. Read More »
Room Service (1938) William A. Seiter, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
The Marx Brothers try and put on a play before their landlord finds out that they have run out of money. Read More »
Girl Crazy (1932) William A. Seiter, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona Read More »
It’s a Date (1940) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. Read More »
Belle of the Yukon (1944) William A. Seiter, Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore
Set in the days of the great Canadian Gold Rush, this rousing musical stars Randolph Scott as a “reformed” Read More »
Nice Girl? (1941) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan
A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Roberta (1935) William A. Seiter, Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. Read More »
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) William A. Seiter, Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen
Three manicurists hope to become entertainers through the auspices of their wisecracking agent (Fred Allen). Read More »
If You Could Only Cook (1935) William A. Seiter, Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo
Auto magnate James Buchanan has a fiancée who doesn’t love him and a board of directors who won’t listen to him. Read More »
Little Giant (1946) William A. Seiter, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. Read More »
Professional Sweetheart (1933) William A. Seiter, Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Zasu Pitts
Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood, in order to sell the sponsor’s product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. Read More »
You Were Never Lovelier (1942) William A. Seiter, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou
The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. Read More »