4 Movies Starring Una Merkel

Broadway Melody of 1936

Broadway Melody of 1936

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1935-09-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (974 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jack McGowan (screen play)

Sid Silvers (screen play)

Moss Hart (based on an original story by)

Harry W. Conn (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lilian, if she can dance in his new show. Bert Keeler, a paper man, gets this information and is writing about this in his column in an slight unfriendly way. Gordon's old class mate Irene Forster, a tap dancer from Albany also tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lilian insists in getting this part herself. So Irene Forster, Bert Keeler and Gordon's secretary Kitty start a little game to get Irene the leading role.

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1940-11-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

72 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (5006 Reviews)

Director:

Edward F. Cline

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

W.C. Fields (original screen play)

Fullplot:

Egbert Sousè, "accent grave over the e", henpecked by his whole family, is recruited to replace a drunken film director, then seems to have captured a bank robber and is hired as guard in the Lompoc Bank, where Og Oggilby, his daughter's fiancèe, is teller. Sousè persuades Og to embezzle $500 to buy phony stock; then the bank examiner shows up. Can Sousè keep him occupied for four days? The climax is an extended chase sequence.

Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1941-04-11

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2225 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Frank Butler (screenplay)

Don Hartman (screenplay)

Don Hartman (based on a story by)

Sy Bartlett (based on a story by)

Fullplot:

Chuck and his pal Fearless flee a South African carnival when their sideshow causes a fire. After several similar escapades, they've finally saved enough to return to the USA, when Chuck spends it all on a "lost" diamond mine. But that's only the beginning; before long, a pair of attractive con-women have tricked our heroes into financing a comic safari, featuring numerous burlesque jungle adventures...

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (1338 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Glenville

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Tennessee Williams (play)

James Poe (screenplay)

Meade Roberts (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Since childhood, spinster Alma Winemiller has loved handsome young Dr. John Buchanan, Jr.. But John has fallen hard for Rosa Zacharias, the town's sultry vamp, and descends into a seamy nightlife while ignoring Alma's dreams of romance and possible marriage.

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