List of the best Herb Anderson movies: The Benny Goodman Story(1955), I Bury the Living(1958), The Male Animal(1942), The Body Disappears(1941), Night Passage(1957), Dive Bomber(1941), My Man Godfrey(1957), Excuse My Dust(1951), Rascal(1969), That Way With Women(1947), Battleground(1949), Love and Learn(1947) ... ...
Biography
USA
1955
116 Minutes
John Hammond Jr.
Steve Allen Donna Reed Berta Gersten Herb Anderson Robert F. Simon Sammy Davis Sr. Dick Winslow Barry Truex David Kasday Hy Averback Wilton Graff
musician mother father critic sister heartwarming inspiring endearing chicago carnegie hall benny goodman jazz fame romantic dilemma musical performance cultural differences rise love 1930s
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1958
75 Minutes
Jess Jessup
Richard Boone Theodore Bikel Peggy Maurer Herb Anderson Howard Smith Robert Osterloh Russ Bender Matt Moore Ken Drake Glen Vernon Lynn Bernay
man caretaker uncle friend newlywed lieutenant chilling suspenseful tense frightening small town cemetery cottage basement police station gravediggers playing god supernatural phenomenon curse guilt
Cemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners.
Comedy
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Michael Barnes
Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Jack Carson Joan Leslie Herb Anderson Don DeFore Hattie McDaniel Eugene Pallette
professor dean student wife ex-boyfriend trustee uplifting emotional family home university midwest free speech censorship love triangle education career rivalry transformation 1940s
It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
George Worthington "Doc" Appleby
Jeffrey Lynn Jane Wyman Edward Everett Horton David Bruce Herb Anderson Marguerite Chapman Craig Stevens Willie Best Ivan F. Simpson Charles Halton Wade Boteler
young man fiancé young woman professor friend daughter lighthearted amusing endearing college family home mental institution operating room courtroom bachelor party race against time invisibility science practical jokes marrying for money
Comedy about an invisible man.
Western
USA
1957
90 Minutes
Will Renner
James Stewart Audie Murphy Dan Duryea Dianne Foster Elaine Stewart Brandon de Wilde Jay C. Flippen Herb Anderson Robert Wilke Hugh Beaumont Jack Elam
outlaw gunslinger lawman railroad tycoon brother robber gritty suspenseful wild west colorado train train robbery brotherhood theft old west moral dilemma pursuit quest 19th century
A fired railroad man is re-hired and trusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.
Adventure
USA
1941
133 Minutes
Chubby
Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Alexis Smith Regis Toomey Allen Jenkins Craig Stevens Herb Anderson Moroni Olsen Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt
pilot doctor best friend surgeon girlfriend intense fiery engaging airplane san diego hospital laboratory aviation medical experiments navy surgery research death discovery quest
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Comedy
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Hubert
June Allyson David Niven Jessie Royce Landis Martha Hyer Eva Gabor Jeff Donnell Robert Keith Jay Robinson Herb Anderson Eric Sinclair Fred Essler
The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ben Parrott
Red Skelton Sally Forrest Macdonald Carey Monica Lewis William Demarest Raymond Walburn Jane Darwell Lillian Bronson Herb Anderson Paul Harvey
inventor girlfriend pretty woman rival amusing lighthearted indiana small town inventions cars competition romance song and dance rivalry quest discovery love 1890s
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
84 Minutes
Mr. Pringle
Steve Forrest Bill Mumy Pamela Toll Elsa Lanchester Henry Jones Bettye Ackerman Jonathan Daly John Fiedler Richard Erdman Herb Anderson
A young boy's summer vacation is brightened by a special friend, a young raccoon whom he names "Rascal".
Drama
USA
1947
84 Minutes
Melvyn Pfeiffer
Dane Clark Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet Alan Hale Craig Stevens Barbara Brown Don McGuire John Ridgely Richard Erdman Herb Anderson Howard Freeman
A bored automobile industry tycoon assumes a false identity, buys a half interest in a gas station, and plays matchmaker for his daughter.
War
USA
1949
118 Minutes
Van Johnson John Hodiak Ricardo Montalban George Murphy Marshall Thompson Jerome Courtland Don Taylor Bruce Cowling James Whitmore Douglas Fowley Leon Ames
mexican-american soldier general nazi chaplain inspiring patriotic thrilling europe belgium battlefield world war ii military bravery battle of the bulge underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
83 Minutes
Jack Carson Robert Hutton Martha Vickers Janis Paige Otto Kruger Barbara Brown Tom D'Andrea Florence Bates Craig Stevens Don McGuire John Alvin
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
James Stewart Rosalind Russell Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Louise Beavers Allyn Joslyn Clarence Kolb Robert Greig J.M. Kerrigan Lawrence Grossmith Robert E. O'Connor
playwright actress socialite ex-husband director charming amusing emotional small town new york city party theater love triangle writing success regret broadway love rise rivalry
Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the ... See full summary »
War
1940
90 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien George Brent Jeffrey Lynn Alan Hale Frank McHugh Dennis Morgan William Lundigan Dick Foran Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Henry O'Neill
private captain lieutenant soldier chaplain brash gripping rousing america germany war bravery fraternity rebellion world war i rise sacrifice growing up 1910s
A Brooklyn brawler (James Cagney) joins Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) and Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's (George Brent) Irish-American regiment in World War I.