Herbert Fields

Películas

Annie Get Your Gun
Writer
TV Movie musical of wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Annie Get Your Gun
Musical
A live television adaptation of the popular musical about sharpshooter Annie Oakley joining Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and falling in love with her co-star, Frank Butler.
Dearest Enemy
Musical
This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when Mary Lindley Murray, under orders from General George Washington, detained General William Howe and his British troops by serving them cake, wine and conversation in her Kips Bay, Manhattan home long enough for some 4,000 American soldiers, fleeing their loss in the Battle of Brooklyn, to reassemble in Washington Heights and join reinforcements to make a successful counterattack.
Todos a cubierta
Musical
Tres marinos, T. Martin , V. Damone y R. Tamblyn tienen 48 horas de permiso en San Francisco que utilizan, entre muchos enredos y peripecias, para cortejar a sus chicas, A. Miller, J. Powell, y D. Reynolds y salvar de las garras de un mundano empresario a J. Powell que quiere ser artista. La escena final, en la cubierta de un buque de guerra, es el famoso "Hallelujah!" de V. Youmans, cantado por las damiselas y bailado por la maravillosa Ann Miller.
La reina del oeste
Musical
Basada en una obra de Broadway, cuenta la historia de la risueña Annie Oakley. Ella es una pistolera y acróbata profesional del circo temático de Buffalo Bill, donde su mayor desafío no será dar en el blanco, sino ganar el corazón de un guapo colega. (FILMAFFINITY)
Con acento francés
Story
Douglas Sirk, el rey del melodrama desgarrador, dirige una comedia musical, sustentada por unos actores de múltiples recursos, sobre las dificultades de la pronunciación francesa. Ameche se empeña en que Lamour se haga pasar por una actriz nacida en la tierra de L'amour.
Up in Central Park
Theatre Play
El reportero de un periódico y la hija de un funcionario de inmigración se unen para denunciar la corrupción que existe en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Something for the Boys
Novel
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene...
La Dubarry era una dama
Theatre Play
Un tipo adinerado se enamora de la artista de un club nocturno, que a su vez ama a un bailarín. Ante el dilema de casarse por dinero o por amor, ella opta por lo primero. Pero el millonario sufre un accidente, y sueña que se encuentra en la época de Luis XV, y que él es monarca que persigue a madame Du Barry, que, claro está, tiene el rostro de su amada. Simpática comedia musical rodada en technicolor, que combina la época actual con de la Francia cortesana. Cuenta con buenos trabajos de Lucille Ball y Gene Kelly, éste cantando los temas musicales "Do I Love You" y "Song of the Rebellion".
Let's Face It
Theatre Play
Un soldado estacionado en una base del ejército quiere casarse con su novia, pero no tienen dinero. Tres compañeras del trabajo de ella quieren volver con sus maridos, y contratan al soldado y a dos de sus amigos para "acompañarlas durante el fin de semana. Los maridos se presentan de repente.
Papá se casa
Screenplay
Una actriz famosa tiene que ganarse a una familia ya hecha cuando se casa con un magnate naviero.
Honolulu
Screenplay
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.
Joy of Living
Story
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Fools for Scandal
Screenplay
An incognito Hollywood star (Carole Lombard) in Paris meets a penniless nobleman (Fernand Gravet) who follows her to London.
Love Before Breakfast
Screenplay
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Sweet Surrender
Story
Anti-war propaganda musical set on an ocean liner.
Ship Cafe
Writer
The singing stoker and the vamp.
Candidata a millonaria
Screenplay
Regi Allen trabaja como manicurista en un hotel de lujo y su sueño es casarse con un millonario para dejar de trabajar. Uno de sus clientes es un adinerado paralítico que podría responder a sus expectativas. Sin embargo, en su camino se cruza Theodore Drew III, un playboy arruinado que igualmente trata de casarse con una mujer rica que solucione sus problemas económicos.
The Virginia Judge
Treatment
Walter C. Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Stepin Fetchit
People Will Talk
Screenplay
Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter, Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the daughter just how distasteful domestic bickering appears; She enters into an agreement with Henry that they will fake a fuss to serve as an object lesson. Clarice's will to play the game and her sense of humor play out at about the same time when Henry's remarks become more pointed as the charade goes on. Their fake fight is soon a real barn-burner.
Paree, Paree
Novel
A young American man in Paris spots a beautiful woman in a crowd and is instantly smitten, but soon loses sight of her. Later, as he and several friends are sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe and he is describing her to them, he sees her again. His friends begin to tease him about her, and he bets them that he can win her love in 30 days even though he has no money.
Down to Their Last Yacht
Story
Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.
Let's Fall in Love
Screenplay
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Let's Fall in Love
Story
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
The Hot Heiress
Story
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
50 Million Frenchmen
Screenplay
In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman with out spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchman to stop him.
Leathernecking
Writer
Chick Evans is a Marine private in Honolulu, Hawaii. He falls for society girl Delphine Witherspoon, and begins to scheme as to how to win her over.
Hit the Deck
Story
A sailor finds himself the object of a cafe owner's affections.