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Tag Archives: Allan Dwan
Around the World (1943) Allan Dwan, Kay Kyser, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics Read More »
Suez (1938) Allan Dwan, Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella
De Lesseps is a young aristocrat who conceives the idea for the Suez Canal. Read More »
Black Sheep (1935) Allan Dwan, Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, Tom Brown
On a cruise ship a professional gambler comes to the aid of a young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son. Read More »
Silver Lode (1954) Allan Dwan, John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode Read More »
Heidi (1937) Allan Dwan, Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher
Eight-year-old Heidi is orphaned and her selfish maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with Adolph Kramer Read More »
Hollywood Party (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. Read More »
The Gorilla (1939) Allan Dwan, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz
When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. Read More »
Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961) Allan Dwan, Ron Randell, Debra Paget, Elaine Stewart
Mobster Ron Candell is set up by his underlings – principally Andy Damon – and is convicted of murder. Read More »
Navy Wife (1935) Allan Dwan, Claire Trevor, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Darwell
Hawaiian naval nurse Trevor weds widowed officer Bellamy partly because he has a crippled daughter. Read More »
Zaza (1923) Allan Dwan, Gloria Swanson, H.B. Warner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Romance, Drama
Zaza (Gloria Swanson) is an actress and the favorite at an theater in a small French town and she dreams of performing in Paris. Read More »
East Side, West Side (1927) Allan Dwan, George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald, Drama, Romance, Sport
Following his mom and stepfather were murdered in a barge crash, John Breen is rescued from a East Side toughs from the Lipvitches. Read More »
Chances (1931) Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell, Drama, Romance, War
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anthony Bushell are the Prescott brothers and both are in love with the same woman, Molly (Rose Hobart). Read More »
Human Cargo (1936) Allan Dwan, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Bonnie Brewster (Claire Trevor) and “Packy” Campbell (Brian Donlevy), rival reporters on competing newspapers Read More »
Flight Nurse (1953) Allan Dwan, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Biography, Drama, War
A routine film on the surface, Flight Nurse is quite original in showing war from the point of view of a nurse who is as comely as as she is generous. Read More »