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Geraldine (1954)

Geraldine (1954)

She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

About Face (1952)

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

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Kennel Murder Case, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) The Well-Known Fancier

Kennel Murder Case, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Someone Miscalculated

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Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Geraldine (1954)

Geraldine (1954)

She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

About Face (1952)

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

April Showers (1948)

My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

High Tide (1947)

Additional Dialogue

The Verdict (1946)

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

Step Lively (1944)

Lady, Let's Dance! (1944)

Original Screenplay

White Savage (1943)

They Meet Again (1941)

They Meet Again (1941)

Private Affairs (1940)

Rancho Grande (1940)

Rancho Grande (1940)

Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)

The House of Fear (1939)

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

Contract Writer

San Quentin (1937)

God's Country and the Woman (1937)

Polo Joe (1936)

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)

The Walking Dead (1936)

Earthworm Tractors (1936)

Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)

Mary Jane's Pa (1935)

The Woman in Red (1935)

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Return of the Terror (1934)

Registered Nurse (1934)

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

From Headquarters (1933)

Convention City (1933)

Footlight Parade (1933)

Come Across (1929)

Come Across (1929)

Nothing To Wear (1928)

Modern Mothers (1928)

The Head of the Family (1928)

Object--Alimony (1928)

The Michigan Kid (1928)

Modern Mothers (1928)

The Way of the Strong (1928)

Nothing To Wear (1928)

Say It With Sables (1928)

The Matinee Idol (1928)

Beware of Blondes (1928)

Name the Woman (1928)

The Sporting Age (1928)

The Great Mail Robbery (1927)

The Silver Slave (1927)

Home Struck (1927)

Hook and Ladder No. 9 (1927)

The Great Mail Robbery (1927)

The Great Mail Robbery (1927)

Hook and Ladder No. 9 (1927)

The College Widow (1927)

Headlines (1925)

When the Desert Calls (1922)

What Fools Men Are (1922)

Queen of the Moulin Rouge (1922)

Little Italy (1921)

Life Events

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Kennel Murder Case, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) The Well-Known Fancier Opening scene, introducing William Powell as sleuth Philo Vance, also Robert Barrat as "Archer Coe," Mary Astor as his ward "Hilda," Paul Cavanagh as English "Sir Thomas," plus exposition, from Warner Bros.' The Kennel Murder Case, 1933.

Kennel Murder Case, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Someone Miscalculated Beginning his detective work, Philo Vance (William Powell) with Sergeant Heath (Eugene Pallette), D-A Markham (Robert McWade) and Wrede (Ralph Morgan), secretary to the deceased, considering possibilities, in The Kennel Murder Case, 1933.

Gold Diggers Of 1935 (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Our Brief Summer Season A dazzling though delicate opening by Busby Berkeley, to an untitled tune by Harry Warren, no vocals and no stars but remarkable design, shooting and editing, leading to Grant Mitchell addressing his hotel staff, in Gold Diggers Of 1935, 1935, starring Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart.

April Showers (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Make Empty Seats Laugh! Opening from a screenplay by Peter Milne based on a story by the vaudevillian turned radio and Broadway raconteur Joe Laurie Jr., introducing leads Jack Carson and Ann Sothern as the fictional “Two Tymes,” performing a chestnut by Percy Wenrich and Edward Madden, in Warner Bros.’ April Showers, 1948.

April Showers (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Have A Cigar! Vaudeville stars since their son Buster (Robert Ellis) joined their act, the Tymes (Jack Carson, Ann Sothern) arrive for their big gig in New York and find out from Barnes (Joseph Crehan) that they’re not legal, Billy Curtis walking in with the solution, and Mel Blanc providing the nutty dubbed voice, in Warner Bros.’ April Showers, 1948.

April Showers (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Small Tyme! In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, Robert “Bobby” Ellis in his first scene in a performance that won him a rare “special certificate” citation from the A.M.P.A.S, as precocious Buster “Small” Tyme, home from military school to his vaudevillian parents’ (Jack Carson, Ann Sothern) hotel, S.Z. Sakall the proprietor, in April Showers, 1948.

She's Working Her Way Through College -- (Movie Clip) Delayed By Wolves Angela (Virginia Mayo), burlesque star and new gal on campus, en route to class where charming Professor Palmer (Ronald Reagan), her former high-school teacher, is working his spell, in She's Working Her Way Through College, 1952.

She's Working Her Way Through College -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be Loving You Professor (Ronald Reagan) Palmer presiding, erstwhile burlesque star Angela (Virginia Mayo) and jock Don (Gene Nelson) offer Vernon Duke and Sammy Cahn's I'll Be Loving You, staged by LeRoy Prinz, in She's Working Her Way Through College, 1952

She's Working Her Way Through College -- (Movie Clip) Hot-Garters Gertie Tons of quality if short on plausibility, Ronald Reagan ("Professor Palmer") enters a Times Square burlesque joint where ex-student Angela (Virginia Mayo), under a stage name, offers Harry Warren and Al Dubin's With Plenty Of Money And You, opening She's Working Her Way Through College, 1952.

Kennel Murder Case, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Touch That Body Socialite Hilda (Mary Astor) proves herself a straight shooter when she walks in on society sleuth Philo Vance (William Powell), supported by law and order (Robert McWade, Eugene Pallette), investigating the death of her skinflint uncle, early in The Kennel Murder Case, 1934, directed by Michael Curtiz.

Kennel Murder Case, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Unsolved Murders This is William Powell in a different movie from his capable colleagues, as Philo Vance, deducing what must have happened to the missing murder suspect, Arthur Hohl as servant Gamble, Robert McWade as prosecutor Markham, Eugene Pallette as cop Heath, in The Kennel Murder Case, 1931.

San Quentin (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Tough On Kids Like You Pat O’Brien is Army officer Steve who’s about to take a leave to run a prison, who’s just met night club singer May (Ann Sheridan), who’s interested, but their chat is interrupted when her kid brother Joe (Humphrey Bogart) shows up, early in Warner Bros.’ San Quentin, 1937.

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