List of the best Edward Buzzell movies: Virtue(1932), At the Circus(1939), A Woman of Distinction(1950), Fast Company(1938), Honolulu(1939), Best Foot Forward(1943), Married Bachelor(1941), The Youngest Profession(1943), The Get-Away(1941), Keep Your Powder Dry(1945), The Omaha Trail(1942), Ship Ahoy(1942) ... ...
Drama
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Director
Carole Lombard Pat O'Brien Mayo Methot Ward Bond Shirley Grey Jack LaRue
woman cab driver waitress prostitute boyfriend gangster melodramatic amusing tense new york city coney island cab apartment restaurant false accusations prostitution marriage reputation murder second chance
A relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York street girl and a good-hearted cab driver, but other matters keep getting in their way, including financial problems and a murder.
Comedy
USA
1939
87 Minutes
Director
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Margaret Dumont Eve Arden Nat Pendleton Kenny Baker Fritz Feld Florence Rice
circus performer attorney thief moll conductor campy hilarious outlandish circus united states money business deception show business music pursuit adventure 1930s
The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Director
dean professor father publicist love interest amusing madcap new england college academia publicity single life unlikely romance matchmaking love transformation 1950s
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Director
Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice Claire Dodd Shepperd Strudwick Louis Calhern Nat Pendleton Douglas Dumbrille Mary Howard George Zucco Minor Watson Don Douglas
A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Director
Eleanor Powell Robert Young George Burns Gracie Allen Rita Johnson Clarence Kolb Jo Ann Sayers Ann Morriss Willie Fung Cliff Clark Ed Gargan
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Director
Lucille Ball William Gaxton Virginia Weidler Tommy Dix Nancy Walker Gloria DeHaven Kenny Bowers June Allyson Jack Jordan Beverly Tyler Chill Wills
lucille ball cadet girlfriend agent amusing madcap lighthearted military academy school dance fame school social event music song and dance growing up discovery 1940s
Lucille Ball accepts a cadet's invitation to a military academy's senior prom in order to boost her career.
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Director
Robert Young Ruth Hussey Felix Bressart Lee Bowman Sheldon Leonard Sam Levene
A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.
Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Director
Virginia Weidler Edward Arnold John Carroll Jean Porter Marta Linden Dick Simmons Ann Ayars Agnes Moorehead Marcia Mae Jones Raymond Roe Scotty Beckett
teen girl best friend mother father governess playful spirited new york city hotel apartment celebrities family deception jealousy misunderstanding quest growing up 1940s
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Director
Robert Sterling Donna Reed Charles Winninger Henry O'Neill Dan Dailey Don Douglas Ernest Whitman Grant Withers Chester Gan Charles Wagenheim Guy Kingsford
sister fbi agent convict criminal doctor beautiful woman thrilling gritty chicago headquarters hideout prison train station illinois bank robbery undercover operations jailbreak moral dilemma assumed identity deception
A G-man is sent to prison to befriend a suspected robbery ringleader and then helps him break out to gain his confidence.
Drama
1945
93 Minutes
Director
Lana Turner Laraine Day Susan Peters Agnes Moorehead Bill Johnson Natalie Schafer Lee Patrick Marta Linden June Lockhart Jess Barker Michael Kirby
A debutante (Lana Turner), a serviceman's bride (Susan Peters) and a girl (Laraine Day) from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
Western
1942
61 Minutes
Director
James Craig Adele Pearce Dean Jagger Edward Ellis Chill Wills Donald Meek Howard da Silva Harry Morgan Morris Ankrum Kermit Maynard
native american cowboy fiancée wild suspenseful engaging wild west omaha railroad tracks railroad cowboys romance adventure quest 1940s
A drifter (James Craig) leads a railroad expedition through Indians and a bad guy's (Dean Jagger) gang.
Musical, Comedy
1942
95 Minutes
Director
Eleanor Powell Red Skelton Bert Lahr Virginia O'Brien William Post Jr. Stuart Crawford
dancer writer spy best friend agent leader cheery madcap spirited broadway theater ship stage cabin nightclub dressing room espionage undercover operations dance writing mistaken identity
A hack writer (Red Skelton) and his sidekick (Bert Lahr) meet a tap dancer (Eleanor Powell) duped by Axis spies on a cruise to Puerto Rico.
Drama
1933
71 Minutes
Director
Fay Wray Gene Raymond Claire Dodd Arthur Pierson Claude Gillingwater Frank Albertson Frank Conroy
wife husband architect singer lawyer judge melodramatic spirited gripping los angeles courtroom nightclub apartment romantic dilemma false accusations career vs. love starting over murder trial marital problems rise
Emasculated by his wife's (Fay Wray) success as an attorney, an architect (Gene Raymond) moonlights as a nightclub singer and is accused of murder.