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Tag Archives: Richard Thorpe
The Devil Plays (1931) Richard Thorpe, Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton, Thomas E. Jackson

A mystery novelist’s detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed. Read More »
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) Richard Thorpe, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Comedy, Romance, War

1944. Hapless Second Lieutenant Merle Wye of the US army’s intelligence service is dismayed that he has not seen any action – he imagining himself as a suave undercover agent Read More »
The Toy Wife (1938) Richard Thorpe, Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance

‘The toy wife’ or how to spoil your own life and the lives of others by being fickle and frivolous. Read More »
Challenge to Lassie (1949) Richard Thorpe, Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Drama, Family

In Edinburgh in 1860, sheep herder Jock Gray finds a Collie puppy on the loose. When she is unclaimed, he takes her as his own and calls her Lassie. Read More »
Three Little Words (1950) Richard Thorpe, Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Red Skelton, Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can’t continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Read More »
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) Richard Thorpe, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson, Comedy, Romance

A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.
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Love Is a Headache (1938) Richard Thorpe, Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Comedy, Romance

It’s a screwball comedy about Broadway star Carlotta Lee (Gladys George) who is pushed by her press agent (Ted Healy) into adopting an orphaned brother and sister Read More »
The Earl of Chicago (1940) Richard Thorpe, Victor Saville, Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, Drama

Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Read More »
This Time For Keeps (1947) Richard Thorpe, Esther Williams, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante, Comedy, Musical, Romance

A singing soldier (Johnny Johnston) newly returned home finds himself discontent to work in his father’s opera company or pick up where he left off with his girlfriend. Having met an aquacade showgirl (Esther Williams) while in the service, he reintroduces himself. Romance blossoms.
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