List of the best Sidney Lanfield movies: The Hound of the Baskervilles(1939), My Favorite Blonde(1942), The Last Gentleman(1934), The Lemon Drop Kid(1951), Sorrowful Jones(1949), Standing Room Only(1944), You'll Never Get Rich(1941), Station West(1948), Moulin Rouge(1934), Wake Up and Live(1937), Sing, Baby, Sing(1936), Love and Hisses(1937) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
80 Minutes
Director
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Richard Greene Wendy Barrie Lionel Atwill John Carradine Beryl Mercer Mary Gordon E.E. Clive Morton Lowry Ralph Forbes
sherlock holmes wealthy man doctor watson escaped convict relative dog suspenseful witty fascinating england london devonshire mansion swamp town legends monsters superstition murder plot detective work
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Comedy
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Madeleine Carroll Gale Sondergaard George Zucco Lionel Royce Walter Kingsford Victor Varconi Otto Reichow Charles Cane Crane Whitley Erville Alderson
spy beautiful woman vaudevillian nazi fugitive amusing cheery spirited new york city train chicago california theater show business espionage frame-up mistaken identity secret codes world war ii escape
Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Director
George Arliss Edna May Oliver Janet Beecher Charlotte Henry Ralph Morgan Edward Ellis Frank Albertson Rafaela Ottiano Donald Meek Joseph Cawthorn Harry C. Bradley
millionaire son granddaughter sister lawyer adopted son offbeat witty massachusetts house memorial service inheritance greed family schemes eccentricity reconciliation love quest 1930s
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell Lloyd Nolan Jane Darwell Andrea King Fred Clark Jay C. Flippen William Frawley Harry Bellaver Sid Melton Ben Welden
A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.
Comedy
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Mary Jane Saunders William Demarest Bruce Cabot Thomas Gomez Tom Pedi Paul Lees Houseley Stevenson Ben Welden Emmett Vogan
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1944
82 Minutes
Director
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Edward Arnold Roland Young Hillary Brooke Porter Hall Clarence Kolb Anne Revere Isabel Randolph Marie McDonald Veda Ann Borg
During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
88 Minutes
Director
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Robert Benchley John Hubbard Osa Massen Frieda Inescort Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Donald MacBride
dancer chorus girl captain wife boyfriend producer uplifting lighthearted amusing new york city nightclub army base boot camp jail dance military draft love triangle marriage deception adventure
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
Western
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Director
Dick Powell Jane Greer Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives Tom Powers Gordon Oliver Steve Brodie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Burr Regis Toomey Olin Howland
secret agent captain mine owner financier lawyer partner gritty dark saloon outpost mine hotel stagecoach mill undercover operations theft gold murder business romance
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Musical, Romance
USA
1934
69 Minutes
Director
Constance Bennett Franchot Tone Tullio Carminati Helen Westley Andrew Tombes Russ Brown Hobart Cavanaugh Georges Renavent Fuzzy Knight Russ Columbo Connee Boswell
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
91 Minutes
Director
Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye
bandleader gossip columnist starlet vaudevillian singer playful engaging witty new york city nightclub apartment stage feud performance stage fright unexpected success singing rivalry rescue 1930s
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Director
Alice Faye Adolphe Menjou Gregory Ratoff Ted Healy Patsy Kelly Tony Martin
Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.
Musical
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Director
Walter Winchell Simone Simon Bert Lahr Joan Davis Dick Baldwin Ruth Terry Douglas Fowley Chick Chandler Charles Williams Georges Renavent Charles Judels
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Director
Sonja Henie Adolphe Menjou Don Ameche Jean Hersholt The Ritz Brothers Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Ned Sparks Montagu Love Leah Ray Albert Conti
ice skater manager reporter wife comedian secretary amusing lighthearted switzerland inn casino ice-skating rink new york city madison square garden olympic games show business ice skating investigation exploitation romance
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Comedy
USA
1930
76 Minutes
Director
Arthur Lake Dixie Lee Olga Baclanova Johnny Arthur John Wayne Charles Judels
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
Romance
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Young Hardie Albright Harry Bowen Allan Cavan Eddy Chandler Jack Cheatham Joe Dominguez Ruth Donnelly Tom Dugan Cliff Edwards
The rebellious daughter of an army general becomes involved with a communist agitator, much to the consternation of her father, who instead attempts to pair her with a handsome yet dim-witted soldier.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
109 Minutes
Director
Esther Williams Joan Evans Vivian Blaine Barry Sullivan Keefe Brasselle Dean Miller Margalo Gillmore Jeff Donnell Thurston Hall Russell `Bubba' Tongay Kathy Tongay
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
Drama
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Director
Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartment house resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him. He and Joan's roommate Noreen become ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1943
76 Minutes
Director
soldier fiancé friend girlfriend camp director hilarious frenetic heartwarming emotional army base weight-loss resort woods marriage commitment infidelity camping schemes shallowness love rivalry
When Cornelia Figeson (ZaSu Pitts) and two of her friends are ditched by their husbands and left to suffer through physical fitness exercises at a weight-loss camp, they rebel by recruiting some local talent from a neighboring army base for fun.