Young would-be producer Doug Tyler meets singer Pat Thatcher twice, and makes the wrong impression both times. Read More »
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Love Before Breakfast (1936) Walter Lang, Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero
Kay Colby (Carole Lombard) is a Park Avenue beauty with two suitors: Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero) Read More »
The King and I (1956) Walter Lang, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno
Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has been contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1940) Walter Lang, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
No More Orchids (1932) Walter Lang, Carole Lombard, Lyle Talbot, Walter Connolly
At the urging of her curmudgeon old grandfather Jerome Cedric (C. Aubrey Smith) Read More »
Coney Island (1943) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend Read More »
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie
Vaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the “Big Time”, which are compounded by his drinking problem. Read More »
With a Song in My Heart (1952) Walter Lang, Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne
Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Read More »
Carnival (1935) Walter Lang, Lee Tracy, Sally Eilers, Jimmy Durante
“Chick” Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names “Poochy.” Read More »
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) Walter Lang, Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain
“Cheaper By the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island to Montclair, New Jersey Read More »
Theres No Business Like Show Business (1954) Walter Lang, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O’Connor
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. Read More »
Sitting Pretty (1948) Walter Lang, Robert Young, Maureen O’Hara, Clifton Webb, Comedy
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Read More »
Song of the Islands (1942) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Comedy, Musical, Romance
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O’Brien. Read More »
Meet the Baron (1933) Walter Lang, Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, Comedy
The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they’re greeted as heroes. Read More »
But Not for Me (1959) Walter Lang, Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, Comedy, Romance
Russ Ward, after 30 years of producing Broadway plays, is ready to quit. His secretary, Ellie Brown, on being given notice, tells him she loves him. Read More »