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Tag Archives: Alfred Santell
Winterset (1936) Alfred Santell, Burgess Meredith, Margo, Eduardo Ciannelli
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Read More »
The Patent Leather Kid (1927) Alfred Santell, Richard Barthelmess, Molly O’Day, Lawford Davidson
A boxer has difficulty balancing his sport with a budding romance Read More »
Daddy Long Legs (1931) Alfred Santell, Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel
Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott Read More »
The Hairy Ape (1944) Alfred Santell, William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder
Hank Smith, a brutish stoker on board a freighter, is appalled when Mildred Douglas Read More »
A Feather in Her Hat (1935) Alfred Santell, Pauline Lord, Basil Rathbone, Louis Hayward
A loving mother tells her son that he isn’t hers so that the boy will be able to climb out of their poor surroundings. Read More »
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937) Alfred Santell, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan
In a fantastically art-deco hospital, young Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished Janet Healy Read More »
Having Wonderful Time (1938) Alfred Santell, Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin
Ginger Rogers, an overworked New York office girl, seeks 2 weeks of rest and relaxation at a camp in the Catskills. Read More »
Orchids and Ermine (1927) Alfred Santell, Colleen Moore, Jack Mulhall, Sam Hardy
A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire. Read More »
That Brennan Girl (1946) Alfred Santell, James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. Read More »
Mexicana (1945) Alfred Santell, Tito Guízar, Constance Moore, Leo Carrillo, Music, Romance
In this musical comedy, a popular Mexican singer finds himself tiring of the constant adulation of rabidly adoring females Read More »
Polly of the Circus (1932) Alfred Santell, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith, Comedy, Drama, Romance
After Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is injured while acting, she’s brought to the home of a nearby ministry, John Hartley. Read More »
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942) Alfred Santell, Dorothy Lamour, Richard Denning, Jack Haley, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young girl’s parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. Read More »
Breakfast for Two (1937) Alfred Santell, Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Comedy, Romance
Playboy Jonathan Blair wakes up after a night on the town to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Read More »
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) Alfred Santell, Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Drama
John Shadwell, a promising politician, is married to Laura but is in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his home town. Read More »