List of the best William Collier movies: A Successful Failure(1934), Street Scene(1931), After Tomorrow(1932), Hot Saturday(1932), The Murder Man(1935), Cain and Mabel(1936) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1934
62 Minutes
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Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney William Collier Beulah Bondi Estelle Taylor Max Montor David Landau Matt McHugh Russell Hopton Greta Grandstedt Tom H. Manning Adele Watson
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Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interacts with each other during a summer heatwave.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Willie Taylor
Charles Farrell Marian Nixon Minna Gombell William Collier Josephine Hull William Pawley Greta Grandstedt Ferdinand Munier Nora Lane
Engaged couple faces financial and family troubles that obstruct their marriage.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Harry Brock
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
"Pop" Grey
Spencer Tracy Virginia Bruce Lionel Atwill Harvey Stephens Robert Barrat James Stewart William Collier Bobby Watson William Demarest John Sheehan Lucien Littlefield
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When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Pat "Pop" Walters
Marion Davies Clark Gable Allen Jenkins Roscoe Karns Walter Catlett Robert Paige Hobart Cavanaugh Ruth Donnelly Pert Kelton William Collier Sammy White
A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.