List of the best Al Shean movies: Symphony of Living(1935), It Could Happen to You(1937), Traveling Saleslady(1935), The Great Waltz(1938), San Francisco(1936), Broadway Serenade(1939), Tish(1942), Live, Love and Learn(1937), Ziegfeld Girl(1941) ... ...
Drama
USA
1935
82 Minutes
Evelyn Brent Al Shean Lester Lee
There is this old concertmaster of the Cosmopolitian Orchestra and he is about to realize his life-long ambition of appearing as a soloist with the orchestra, when an accident robs him of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Max "Pa" Barrett
Alan Baxter Andrea Leeds Owen Davis Jr. Astrid Allwyn Walter Kingsford Al Shean
(1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately...
Comedy
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Schmidt
Joan Blondell Glenda Farrell William Gargan Hugh Herbert Grant Mitchell Ruth Donnelly Al Shean Johnny Arthur Mary Treen Joseph Crehan
Angela Twitchell is the daughter of a tooth-paste manufacturer, Rufus K. Twitchell, who has monopolized the business for many years that he has grown conservative, and his rivals have begin... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Cellist
Luise Rainer Fernand Gravey Miliza Korjus Hugh Herbert Lionel Atwill Curt Bois Leonid Kinskey Al Shean Minna Gombell George Houston Bert Roach
composer wife opera singer father count publisher airy creative melodramatic vienna café theater street palace ambition romance music infidelity devotion rise
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II - Schani to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. ... See full summary »
Adventure
1936
115 Minutes
Professor
Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Jessie Ralph Ted Healy Shirley Ross Al Shean
singer nightclub owner pretty woman real estate agent melodramatic emotional tender san francisco lottery love music opera salvation natural disasters love underdog rivalry 1900s
A Barbary Coast gambler (Clark Gable) loves his new saloon singer (Jeanette MacDonald), then loses her in the 1906 earthquake panic.
Musical
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Herman
Jeanette MacDonald Lew Ayres Ian Hunter Frank Morgan Wally Vernon Rita Johnson Virginia Grey William Cargan Katharine Alexander Al Shean Esther Dale
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
84 Minutes
Rev. Ostermaier
Marjorie Main ZaSu Pitts Aline MacMahon Susan Peters Lee Bowman Guy Kibbee Virginia Grey Richard Quine Ruby Dandridge Al Shean Gerald Oliver Smith
When a busybody (Marjorie Main) tries setting up her nephew with a friend's daughter, he instead falls for the daughter of his aunt's enemy.
Romance
USA
1937
78 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Robert Benchley Helen Vinson Mickey Rooney Monty Woolley E.E. Clive Charles Judels Maude Eburne Harlan Briggs Al Shean
painter socialite sailor art dealer husband wife amusing madcap outlandish small town new york city central park art gallery poverty art world rags to riches romance alcohol marriage love
Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the ... See full summary »
Musical
1941
131 Minutes
James Stewart Judy Garland Lana Turner Hedy Lamarr Tony Martin Jackie Cooper Ian Hunter Charles Winninger Edward Everett Horton Paul Kelly Eve Arden
girl father boyfriend socialite violinist vaudevillian emotional spirited new york city stage apartment ziegfeld follies vaudeville father/daughter relationship ambition show business career vs. love rise sacrifice love
An elevator operator (Lana Turner), a vaudevillian (Judy Garland) and a violinist's wife cope with sudden fame as chorus girls.