James Seymour
Рождение : 1895-04-23, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Смерть : 1976-01-29
Original Film Writer
The story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway.
Screenplay
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years... Based on the novel "No Nightingales" by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon.
Writer
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
Screenplay
A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical music and turns his nose up at this vulgar "popular" music, but she believes he can be a success at it and sets out to turn him around.
Writer
Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The Panda. His plucky sister Joan aids the police in their investigations, but Rex’s disappearance sets in motion a chain of violent and incomprehensible events when blackmail turns to murder...
Writer
A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where he confronts crime mastermind 'The Tiger' and his gang as they plan to smuggle gold bullion out of the country. Written by Doug Sederberg
Director
A Chicago gangster steals jewels and frames his band leader double.
Adaptation
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
Production Supervisor
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
Screenplay
Падение фондового рынка в 1929 году привело Америку к великой депрессии, и ко всему прочему, упал интерес зрителей к музыкальному театру, ведь на экраны вышло звуковое кино. В связи с этим театральный режиссер Честер Кент лишился работы на Бродвее, но он не из тех, кто привык отступать.
Однажды зайдя в сетевую аптеку его, озарила мысль об организации сети актерских бригад, выступающих перед сеансами кино по всей Америке. И о чудо, идея сработала, и теперь его театрально развлекательное агентство стало лучшим в стране и возможно во всем мире…
Screenplay
Барни Хопкинс готовит новое шоу на Бродвее, но за день до этого его закрывают, а реквизит и костюмы конфискуют за неоплаченные счета. На дворе «Великая депрессия» и весь коллектив, оказавшись на улице, вынужден голодать. Нет возможности устроиться на работу и трем подружкам Кэрол, Трикси и Поли. Несладко им пришлось и они готовы уже опустить руки, но случайно одна из девушек узнает о том, что Хопкинс готовит новую пьесу…
Screenplay
Во время подготовки к новому масштабному мюзиклу неопытной девушке приходится заменить главную звезду представления.
Screenplay
Адвокат-идеалист Антон Адам попадает в заголовки газет, когда он успешно преследует известного нью-йоркского рэкетира по имени Гилмерри. Внезапная известность Адама привлекает внимание известного юриста Грэнвилла Бентли, который просит Адама стать партнером его юридической фирмы. Но карьера Адама резко ухудшается, когда его подставляют Гилмерри и сексуальная актриса в сфабрикованном иске о нарушении обещания. Единственная постоянная в жизни Адама - это верность и безответная любовь его секретарши Ольги.
Dialogue
A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.
Screenplay
Buck is a hard working lumberjack, but likes to have fun. Buck's father is the foreman and wants Buck to take over when he retires. Buck is in love with Honey, a show-girl on the carnival boat, but she won't live in a lumberjack camp.
Screenplay
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
Adaptation
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
Writer
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.