Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

출생 : 1910-06-03, Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York, USA

사망 : 1990-04-23

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich Maria Remarque. Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in So Proudly We Hail! (1943). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paulette Goddard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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This Is Bob Hope...
actress in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited)
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
(archive footage)
In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.) to examine the production history of "The Great Dictator", the film's importance as a satire, and legacy.
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory.
The Casting Couch
(archive footage)
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
댓츠 엔터테인먼트! 3
(archive footage)
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(archive footage)
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Herself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
The Snoop Sisters
Norma Treat
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are the authors of murder-mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. This TV pilot film became a series of rotating movies the following season.
Time of Indifference
Mariagrazia
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
The Phantom
Mrs. Harris
The Phantom, along with canine companion Devil, investigate wicked doings at the plantation of Mrs. Harris. An unsold TV pilot based on the popular superhero.
The Unholy Four
Angie
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.
Charge of the Lancers
Tanya
The downward spiral of the quality of films Paulette Goddard appeared in in the 1950's would cause a gravitational blackout to anyone viewing them in a single day, but with some of the all-time great schlock names serving as the producers---Sam Katzman, the Danziger brothers, Albert Zugsmith and---gasp---Sigmund Neufeld--- the results easily met the low expectations.
Paris Model
Betty Barnes
A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.
Sins of Jezebel
Jezebel
Biblical costume drama starring Paulette Goddard as the beautiful pagan Jezebel, corruptor of men.
Vice Squad
Mona Ross
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
Babes in Bagdad
Kyra
The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer.
The Torch
Mariá Dolores Peñafiel
The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change.
Anna Lucasta
Anna Lucasta
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.
Bride of Vengeance
Lucretia Borgia
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
Hazard
Ellen Crane
As part of a bet, a compulsive gambler agrees to marry the winner, a professional gambler. Before he can "collect," she skips town. The gambler hires a private detective to track her down so he can collect his "winnings."
On Our Merry Way
Martha Pease
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?
An Ideal Husband
Laura Cheveley
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.
정복되지 않는 사람들
Abby
1763년 중죄인 애비 헤일은 영국에서 처형을 당하거나 또는 식민지에서 도제사리로 보내져 14년간 노역을 하든 둘 중 하나를 선택해야 하는 여인의 약정에 입찰하기 위해 두 사람은 런던에서 버지니아로 돌아가는 같은 배에 타고 있다. 승자인 홀덴은 친절하게 그녀에게 자유를 말하고 그의 약혼자를 만나러 배로 간다. 패자는 계약을 무효로 하고 여인을 국경지방으로 데리고 간다.
Variety Girl
Paulette Goddard
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Suddenly It's Spring
Mary Morely
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
어느 하녀의 일기
Producer
1900년대 초반, 셀레스틴은 노르망디의 한 가정에서 하녀로 일하기 위해 파리를 떠나온다. 그녀는 노르망디 지방의 유지이자 충실한 왕정복고주의자인 랑레이르의 집에서 일하게 된다. 그런데 그 새로운 가정은 괴이하기 짝이 없다. 집주인인 백작은 집안의 모든 여인을 침대로 끌어들여 임신시키는 고약한 습관을 가지고 있고, 그 부인은 자신의 아들을 집에 붙들어 놓기 위해 셀레스틴을 이용한다. 랑레이르의 집사 또한 셀레스틴을 유혹하고, 랑레이르의 이웃이자 공화당 지지자인 모저 대령도 그녀에게 관심을 가진다. 그러나 정작 셀레스틴의 관심사는 오로지 부유한 남자와 결혼하여 다시는 일 하지 않아도 되는 것이다. 유쾌한 소극와 멜로드라마를 잘 혼합해 놓은 이 영화는 르누아르의 미국시절 최고의 작품 중 하나로 손꼽히는 작품이다. 아버지 오귀스트 르누아르의 절친한 친구이자 후원자였던 옥타베 미르보의 소설을 바탕으로 한 작품으로, 인간사에 있어 비극과 희극은 피할 수 없는 것이라고 보는 르누아르의 생각이 잘 드러나 있다.
어느 하녀의 일기
Célestine
1900년대 초반, 셀레스틴은 노르망디의 한 가정에서 하녀로 일하기 위해 파리를 떠나온다. 그녀는 노르망디 지방의 유지이자 충실한 왕정복고주의자인 랑레이르의 집에서 일하게 된다. 그런데 그 새로운 가정은 괴이하기 짝이 없다. 집주인인 백작은 집안의 모든 여인을 침대로 끌어들여 임신시키는 고약한 습관을 가지고 있고, 그 부인은 자신의 아들을 집에 붙들어 놓기 위해 셀레스틴을 이용한다. 랑레이르의 집사 또한 셀레스틴을 유혹하고, 랑레이르의 이웃이자 공화당 지지자인 모저 대령도 그녀에게 관심을 가진다. 그러나 정작 셀레스틴의 관심사는 오로지 부유한 남자와 결혼하여 다시는 일 하지 않아도 되는 것이다. 유쾌한 소극와 멜로드라마를 잘 혼합해 놓은 이 영화는 르누아르의 미국시절 최고의 작품 중 하나로 손꼽히는 작품이다. 아버지 오귀스트 르누아르의 절친한 친구이자 후원자였던 옥타베 미르보의 소설을 바탕으로 한 작품으로, 인간사에 있어 비극과 희극은 피할 수 없는 것이라고 보는 르누아르의 생각이 잘 드러나 있다.
Kitty
Kitty
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Duffy's Tavern
Paulette Goddard
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
I Love a Soldier
Evelyn Connors
During World War II in San Francisco, Eve Morgan and her single girlfriends spend their days welding ships and their nights dancing with soldiers and sailors shipping out that night. Eve is determined to avoid any romantic entanglements until the war is over she refuses to spend her days and nights worrying about getting bad news about a man she has fallen for. But she doesn't count on meeting a soldier who is determined to change her mind.
Standing Room Only
Jane Rogers
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
So Proudly We Hail
Lt. Joan O'Doul
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
The Crystal Ball
Toni Gerard
A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.
The Forest Rangers
Celia Huston Stuart
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. Butch loves Don but he, poor fool, won't notice her as a woman; instead he meets socialite Celia in town and elopes with her. The action plot (Don's pursuit of the fire starter) parallels Tana's comic efforts to scare tenderfoot Celia back to the city.
리프 더 와일드 윈드
Loxi Claiborne
키웨스트에 해적들이 우글거리면서 배를 일부러 난파 시켜 화물을 건지고 이익을 얻고 있었다. 주빌리의 선장인 잭 스튜어트도 부선장이 해적과 손을 잡고 배신을 해서 화물을 잃게 되었다. 키웨스트에서 록시 클레이본을 만나게 되고 사랑을 하게 된다. ​ 데보로사가 있는 찰스턴으로 돌아간 잭은 킹 커틀러의 짓이라는 걸 알지만 아무도 증거를 찾지 못한다. 데보로사의 직원인 잭은 증기선인 써던크로스를 지휘하는 것이 소원이지만 배가 난파하여 펠리칸호를 타고 대기하게 됐다. 록시는 데보로 준장을 만나기 위해 찰스턴으로 가지만 데보로사의 변호사인 스티브 톨리버를 만나게 된다. ​ 잭을 돕기 위해 스티브를 계속 만나는데 스티브는 록시를 사랑하게 된다. 록시는 잭과 결혼을 하려고 하지만 스티브가 그걸 막는다. 킹 커틀러는 잭과 스티브를 고래잡이 배에 팔아 넘기려고 하지만 실패한다. 잭은 자신이 써던크로스의 지휘를 맡게 된 사실을 알게 된다. 하지만 아팠던 데보로 준장이 죽고 스티브가 데보로 회장이 된다. 그렇게 되면 자신이 지휘를 하지 못하게 될 거란 걸 킹으로부터 들은 잭은 킹과 돈을 잡고 일부러 써던크로스를 난파 시키기로 한다. ​ 써던크로스는 난파당하고 재판을 하게 된다. 재판을 하는 과정에서 배에 록시의 사촌인 드루실라가 몰래 탔다는 사실이 드러난다. 증거를 찾기 위해 잭과 스티브는 난파당한 배를 찾아간다. 바다 속에서 왕문어가 나타나 스티브가 위험에 빠진다. ​ 잭은 스티브를 구하고 자신은 죽는다. 해적들의 모든 소행이 밝혀지자 킹의 동생인 댄을 사랑하는 드루실라가 죽은 걸 알고, 킹의 모든 짓을 이야기하려 하지만 킹은 동생을 쏴 죽인다. 위기의 상황에서 필 선장은 킹을 죽이고 록시와 스티브는 연인으로 발전한다.
Star Spangled Rhythm
Paulette Goddard
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
The Lady Has Plans
Sidney Royce
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.
Nothing But the Truth
Gwen Saunders
Gwen Saunders teams up with her uncle's employee, Steve Bennett, in an attempt to double her $10,000 investment in the family firm. If she can reach the $20,000 mark, her uncle T.T. Ralston will match the figure. Steve bets that if he can spend an entire day without telling a lie, Ralston and his business partners must double Gwen's money. Bennett then earns the enmity of everyone involved in his attempt to win the bet.
홀드 백 더 돈
Anita O'Shaughnessy
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
Pot o' Gold
Molly McCorkle
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.
세컨드 코러스
Ellen Miller
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
북서 기마 순찰대
Louvette Corbeau
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
위대한 독재자
Hannah
세계대전에서 패배한 토매니아국에 힌켈이라는 독재자가 나타나 악명을 떨친다. 한편, 힌켈과 닮은꼴 외모의 이발사 찰리는 국가의 유태인 탄압정책으로 인해 곤경에 처하지만 병사로 참전했던 전쟁에서 우연히 구해줬던 슐츠 장교의 도움을 받아 위기를 모면한다. 독재자 힌켈의 악행은 갈수록 도를 더해가고, 찰리는 유태인 수용소에 끌려가게 되지만 기지를 부려 탈옥에 성공한다. 하지만 이발사와 똑같은 얼굴을 한 힌켈이 탈옥범으로 오해 받아 감옥에 잡혀 들어가게 되는데…
더 고스트 브레이커스
Mary Carter
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
고양이와 카나리아
Joyce Norman
Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.
여자들
Miriam Aarons
100명의 여성이 등장하는 동안 단 한 명의 남성도 등장하지 않는 ‘여성들만의 영화’. 뉴욕 맨하튼에 사는 상류층 여자들의 우정과 질투, 사랑 등을 다룬 작품으로 클레어 부스 루스의 연극이 원작이다. 「위대한 개츠비」의 F. 스콧 피츠제럴드와 극작가 도널드 오그든 스튜어트가 각본에 참여했다.
Dramatic School
Nana
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
The Young in Heart
Leslie Saunders
The Carletons make a living as card sharks and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the train station, they meet Miss Fortune, a very wealthy but lonely elderly lady. As a reward for saving her life after the train derails, Miss Fortune invites the Carletons to come live with her. The family hopes that by winning her affection, they can eventually be named sole beneficiaries in her will. But will a change of heart soften their mercenary feelings before that time comes?
The Bohemian Girl
Gypsy Vagabond
Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.
모던 타임즈
A Gamin
산업의 기계화와 대공황이 맞물려 힘든 시절, 공장의 컨베이어 벨트 위에서 하루 종일 나사못 조이는 일을 하는 찰리. 찰리는 반복되는 작업에 착란 현상을 일으키고, 눈에 보이는 모든 것을 조여버리는 강박 관념에 빠지고 만다. 그는 급기야 정신 병원에 가게 되고, 거리를 방황하다 시위 군중에 휩쓸려 감옥살이까지 하게 된다. 몇 년 후 감옥에서 풀려난 찰리는 부모를 잃고 고아가 된 한소녀를 만난다. 그녀의 도움으로 카페에서 일하게 되고 서로를 의지하며 새로운 희망을 가진다. 둘은 행복하고 단란한 가정을 꿈꾸며 일자리를 찾아 헤매지만 매번 다시 거리로 내몰리고 마는데...
Kid Millions
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
The Bowery
Blonde (uncredited)
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
로마 스캔들
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
All at Sea
Self
"All at Sea" is a short documentary of Cooke, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard all on Chaplin's yacht on an afternoon sail.
The Kid from Spain
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
Girl Grief
Student
Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school.
Pack Up Your Troubles
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.
Show Business
Blonde Train Passenger (uncredited)
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
The Mouthpiece
Platinum Blonde at Party (Uncredited)
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.
Ladies of the Big House
Inmate in Midst of Crowd (uncredited)
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
Palmy Days
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") with Eddie Cantor as an assistant to a phoney psychic, who is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge. Complications ensue when the psychic and his gang attempt to rub the payroll.
The Girl Habit
Lingerie salesgirl
A Lothario tries to get arrested as protection from the gangster husband who has threatened him.
도시의 거리
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
마물리안은 30년대 할리우드에서 꾸준히 상상력이 넘치는 작업을 해온 감독으로 독특한 스타일과 매체를 다루는 숙련된 솜씨 모두를 갖추었다. 러시아에서 그는 스타니슬랍스키의 이론을 실천하던 연출가였던 전력을 살려 뉴욕에서 연극을 연출하다가 영화계에 입문하게 된다. 실험적이고 시적인 양식에 이끌려 이미 퇴색해버린 자연주의적인 색채를 버리고 연기와 춤, 음악, 맛깔스러운 대사, 무대 장식과 색깔을 조화롭게 연출할 줄 알았다. 노래와 춤이 섞인 드라마에 복합적인 카메라 움직임을 사용해서 정서를 극대화하고, 사운드의 효과를 잘 표현했다는 평가를 받는다. 는 갱스터의 사랑이야기로, 생략적인 내러티브의 사용이 돋보이고, 사실적인 대사와 움직임에 능통하며, 카메라의 구도도 탁월하게 사용되었다. 아이러니와 시니컬리즘에 입각한 그의 코미디는 루비치의 영화보다 훨씬 더 예민한 취향과 감각을 구사한다. 초기 작품은 루비치, 르네 클레르, 조지 큐커, 막스 오퓔스와 유사함을 보이고, 미넬리에게도 영향을 주었다. (부산시네마센터 2011 - [개관영화제]백화열전)
Whoopee!
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
The Locked Door
Girl on Rum Boat (uncredited)
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.
Berth Marks
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville. It was only their second sound film, but a silent version was also made for cinemas at the time that were not equipped to show talkies.