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Tag Archives: Sidney Lanfield
Sorrowful Jones (1949) Sidney Lanfield, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Read More »
Half Angel (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Read More »
One in a Million (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden. Read More »
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sidney Lanfield, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene
On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad Read More »
Wake Up and Live (1937) Sidney Lanfield, Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell. Read More »
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin, Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran’s girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Read More »
Broadway Bad (1933) Sidney Lanfield, Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Drama
Showgirl Joan Blondell, supported by her friend Ginger Rogers, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing. Read More »
Skirts Ahoy! (1952) Sidney Lanfield
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. Read More »
The Trouble with Women (1947) Sidney Lanfield, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Brian Donlevy, Comedy
Milland is charming as Gilbert Sedley, an innocent professor – he’s apparently been isolated working in the Orient too long – who is baffled by his strong reactions to a young newspaper reporter, Kate Farrell (Teresa Wright). Why does he think of Niagara Falls whenever he’s around her?
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