List of the best Garson Kanin movies: Bachelor Mother(1939), The Great Man Votes(1939), Next Time I Marry(1938), They Knew What They Wanted(1940), Some Kind of a Nut(1969) ... ...
Romance
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Director
Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn Frank Albertson E.E. Clive Ferike Boros Ernest Truex Leonard Penn Paul Stanton Frank M. Thomas Edna Holland
orphan playboy father mother grandfather baby hilarious heartwarming spirited department store orphanage apartment new york city abandonment marriage mother/child relationship love growing up love sacrifice
An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Director
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
64 Minutes
Director
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Lee Bowman Granville Bates Mantan Moreland Elliott Sullivan Murray Alper Robert Homans Dick Elliott Florence Lake Cyrus W. Kendall
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Director
immigrant foreman waitress emotional melodramatic village san fernando valley house infidelity love triangle underdog rivalry love 1930s
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
Comedy
USA
1969
90 Minutes
Director
Dick Van Dyke Angie Dickinson Rosemary Forsyth Zohra Lampert Elliott Reid Pippa Scott
In this comedy-satire on conformity, Dick Van Dyke plays a Manhattan bank teller who grows a beard when he develops a rash from a bee sting. He is promptly fired from his job while his ... See full summary »