List of the best William A. Seiter movies: Sons of the Desert(1933), Synthetic Sin(1929), The Little Princess(1939), You Were Never Lovelier(1942), The Mad Whirl(1925), Stowaway(1936), Roberta(1935), If You Could Only Cook(1935), What Happened to Jones(1926), Little Giant(1946), This Is My Affair(1937), Dimples(1936) ... ...
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1933
69 Minutes
Director
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charley Chase Mae Busch Dorothy Christy Lucien Littlefield John Elliott Charley Young John Merton William Gillespie Charles McAvoy
husband wife friend veterinarian ruler best friend cheery hilarious madcap lighthearted amusing intense chicago hawaii family home ballroom redemption ship friendship male bonding
When Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1929
72 Minutes
Director
Colleen Moore Antonio Moreno Edythe Chapman Kathryn McGuire Gertrude Howard Gertrude Astor Ray Turner Montagu Love
Famed playwright Donald's latest work flopped because fiancée Betty is too unsophisticated to play the lead. It's time for the flower of Magnolia Gap, Virginia, to get to Gotham for some ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1939
91 Minutes
William A. Seiter Shirley Temple Richard Greene Arthur Treacher Anita Louise Ian Hunter Cesar Romero Marcia Mae Jones Sybil Jason Mary Nash
A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, when her father fights in the Second Boer War. Later, when he is presumed dead she is forced to become a servant.
7.2/10
Musical
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Director
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Adolphe Menjou Leslie Brooks Adele Mara Isobel Elsom Gus Schilling Barbara Brown Douglas Leavitt Catherine Craig Kathleen Howard
dancer band leader father daughter bride sister tender lighthearted buenos aires, argentina wedding club gambling dance romance marriage father/daughter relationship scam forbidden love transformation rise
In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1925
65 Minutes
Director
Barbara Bedford George Fawcett Alec B. Francis May McAvoy Myrtle Stedman Joseph Singleton Jack Mulhall Ward Crane Marie Astaire
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple Robert Young Alice Faye Eugene Pallette Helen Westley Arthur Treacher Allan Lane J. Edward Bromberg
A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Helen Westley Victor Varconi Claire Dodd Luis Alberni Ferdinand Munier Torben Meyer Adrian Rosley
football player designer band leader ex-girlfriend aunt countess lighthearted charming paris shop nightclub fashion love triangle daunting task love transformation discovery 1930s
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
7.0/10
Romance
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Director
automobile executive cook gangster butler fiancée amusing melodramatic new york city manor restaurant park wedding unemployment impersonation kidnapping engagement arrest unlikely romance love quest
An executive lets an attractive cook talk him into taking a job as butler.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1926
70 Minutes
Director
Reginald Denny Marian Nixon Melbourne MacDowell Frances Raymond Otis Harlan Emily Fitzroy Ben Hendricks Jr. William Austin ZaSu Pitts Margaret Quimby Nina Romano
On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies night, ending up disguised in drag and with difficult explanations to make.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1946
91 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Brenda Joyce Jacqueline de Wit George Cleveland Elena Verdugo Mary Gordon Pierre Watkin Donald MacBride Victor Kilian
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
99 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy John Carradine Douglas Fowley
naval officer gangster singer william mckinley theodore roosevelt suspenseful melodramatic white house baltimore jail midwest bank working undercover false accusations deception heist assassination romance underdog quest
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Musical
USA
1936
78 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple Frank Morgan Helen Westley Robert Kent Stepin Fetchit Astrid Allwyn
street performer grandfather wealthy woman nephew fiancée actor cheery winsome tense mushy new york city street mansion theater stage show business theft family poverty scam
Dimples Appleby lives with the pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is performed.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1938
79 Minutes
Director
Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Lucille Ball Ann Miller Frank Albertson Donald MacBride Cliff Dunstan Philip Loeb Philip Wood Alexander Asro
theatrical producer director manager playwright hotel manager detective unrestrained witty hotel new york city ballroom show business broadway theater production debt deception quest pursuit 1930s
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1934
72 Minutes
Director
A gangster becomes enamored with a dowdy, amateur off-key singer and tries to force a producer to put her in his Broadway production.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1931
68 Minutes
Director
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee Lucy Beaumont Jason Robards Sr. DeWitt Jennings Charles Middleton William Scott
Wheeler and Woolsey play two unemployed vaudevillians who get involved in helping an old lady save her moribund drug store. Problems and laughs begin when the villain spikes the Lemon Sodas they are selling.
6.6/10
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Nancy Carroll Randolph Scott Edward Woods William Collier Jane Darwell Rita La Roy Oscar Apfel Jessie Arnold Grady Sutton
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
6.6/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1939
78 Minutes
William A. Seiter Shirley Temple Randolph Scott Margaret Lockwood J. Farrell MacDonald Maurice Moscovich Moroni Olsen Victor Jory Martin Good Rider
Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the Mountie is saved from ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1943
86 Minutes
Director
Jean Arthur John Wayne Charles Winninger Phil Silvers Mary Field Don Costello John Philliber Grady Sutton
new yorker rodeo rider sidekick tour guide suitor hilarious spirited heartwarming new york city bus american west rodeo saloon small town city vs. country tourism opposites attract unlikely romance journey love
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her simpy city suitors.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
86 Minutes
Director
singer manager baron best friend amusing melodramatic charming new york city ship barbershop nightclub success show business singing romance dreams rise love 1930s
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Director
James Dunn Mae Clarke Neil Hamilton Sidney Toler Warren Hymer Stanley Fields Madge Bellamy Frank Melton Raymond Hatton Jack LaRue Arthur Treacher
Two reporters plan to marry but the bride is left waiting at the altar because her groom has gone undercover to expose gang activity.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1933
63 Minutes
Director
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Marjorie White
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Director
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
89 Minutes
Director
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young Joel McCrea David Niven Stuart Erwin Marjorie Weaver Pauline Moore Binnie Barnes Jane Darwell Leonid Kinskey Spencer Charters Franklin Pangborn
woman sister wealthy man rancher impostor bartender lighthearted amusing playful kansas santa barbara, calif. club hotel ranch fortune hunters sister relationship impersonation inheritance marriage romance
Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her... See full summary »
6.3/10
Adventure
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Claire Trevor George Sanders Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Moroni Olsen Chill Wills Wilfrid Lawson John Hamilton Eddie Quillan Ian Wolfe
soldier professor trader captain love interest general patriotic rousing charming fiery pennsylvania small town trading post philadelphia jail treason battle native americans abuse of power false accusations
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
6.3/10
War
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Director
welder officer lieutenant captain crew member japanese soldier brash inspiring spirited pacific ocean ship san diego naval warfare world war ii submarine air raids sinking ship respect transformation adventure
A new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1932
81 Minutes
Director
Phillips Lord Effie Palmer Bette Davis Frank Albertson Frankie Darro Dorothy Peterson Stanley Fields Oscar Apfel Sophia M. Lord Bennett Kilpack Raymond Hunter
Seth Parker takes in Robbie Turner and protects him from his cruel father Rube. When the father disappears, Seth intends to raise Robbie as his own son. The vindictive father attacks Mary ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Director
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Eddie Quillan Dorothy Lee Mitzi Green Kitty Kelly Arline Judge Stanley Fields Lita Chevret Chris-Pin Martin
cab driver gambler villain wife brat city slicker madcap outlandish hilarious intricate arizona small town casino ranch sheriff's office hijinks bad behavior election city vs. country relocation
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dangerous, to keep away from girls, but he decides to open a dude ranch there. He asks his ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1930
68 Minutes
Director
Joe E. Brown Lawrence Gray Laura Lee Walter Pidgeon Ona Munson Frank McHugh May Boley Harvey Clark Anders Randolf Sam Cantor Arthur Hoyt
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
90 Minutes
Director
newspaper owner mobster daughter boyfriend sheriff archaeologist suspenseful thrilling new mexico small town california cliff office house secret past mother/daughter relationship courtship marriage secret identity stalking
After serving 18 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, a mobster is paroled and returns to a New Mexico town to exact his revenge on the woman responsible for his conviction.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Director
Mona Freeman Billy De Wolfe Edward Arnold Natalie Wood Lyle Bettger Mary Philips
Woman gets involved with a crook trying to reform.
5.7/10
Romance
USA
1931
75 Minutes
Director
Two young lovers are building their house, but their relatives don't stop interfering, finally cutting off the young man's income and alienating them, but he is impressing everybody by ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1930
62 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young David Manners Conway Tearle J. Farrell MacDonald Harry Stubbs Myrtle Stedman Myrna Loy Ray Hallor Dorothy Matthew Yola d'Avril
Richard Carewe has raised his deceased friend's son from childhood with the help of his housekeeper and her beautiful daughter, Phyllis. He arranges a marriage between Phyllis and the boy, ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Director
Al Ritz Harry Ritz Jimmy Ritz Joan Davis Tony Martin Gloria Stuart Fred Stone Nat Pendleton Dick Baldwin Joan Marsh
student coach athlete girlfriend brother lighthearted spirited madcap college football field classroom football big break scandal secret underdog discovery rivalry 1930s
When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.
Drama
1945
90 Minutes
Director
Sonja Henie Michael O'Shea Bill Johnson
A figure skater's (Sonja Henie) boozing husband (Michael O'Shea) joins an ice show after being barred from hockey for life.
Musical, Comedy
1948
81 Minutes
Director
Robert Walker Ava Gardner Dick Haymes Eve Arden Olga San Juan Tom Conway James Flavin Sara Allgood
A window dresser's (Robert Walker) kiss brings a statue (Ava Gardner) of the Roman goddess of love to life.
Comedy
1932
67 Minutes
Director
Helen Twelvetrees Ricardo Cortez Robert Armstrong Jill Esmond Arline Judge Clarence Muse Sidney Toler Fletcher Norton
A muckraking journalist's belief that nothing and no one is sacred takes a toll on his personal and professional lives.
Musical, Comedy
1940
103 Minutes
Director
Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon Samuel S. Hinds S.Z. Sakall Lewis Howard Cecilia Loftus Henry Stephenson Eugene Pallette Joe King Fritz Feld
actress singer theatrical producer love interest mother father airy lighthearted charming new york city honolulu backstage stage mother/daughter relationship theater love triangle failing career show business rivalry love
A Broadway star (Kay Francis) and her daughter (Deanna Durbin) become rivals for a role and a millionaire (Walter Pidgeon) in Hawaii.
Drama
1924
70 Minutes
Director
Baby Peggy Gladys Hulette Frank Currier Lucy Beaumont Edward Earle Martin Turner Elizabeth Mackey Martha Mattox
A modest man unknowingly has a daughter with a woman from an affluent family. Through a series of coincidences he is accidentally reunited with his daughter during a burglary, forcing the family to confront its secrets.
Musical, Comedy
1947
93 Minutes
Director
Louise Ginglebusher (Deanna Durbin) falls for a lawyer (Tom Drake) in New York but strings along a meat tycoon.
Romance
1941
95 Minutes
Director
Deanna Durbin Franchot Tone Walter Brennan Robert Stack Robert Benchley Helen Broderick
teen girl teen boy principal older man father businessman melodramatic winsome charming endearing new york state house school office town love triangle scandal parenthood may-december romance young love
A high-school principal's teenage daughter (Deanna Durbin) acts out her crush on an older man (Franchot Tone) in New York.
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