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Best of Enemies (1933)

Killer In The Mirror (1986)

Characters As Source Material

Dead Ringer (1964)

Whispering City (1947)

Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)

Not a Ladies' Man (1942)

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Lawyer Man (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I'm A Charter Member

Lawyer Man (1932) -- (Movie Clip) He Could Hide Behind A Circular Staircase

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Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Best of Enemies (1933)

Writer (Feature Film)

Killer In The Mirror (1986)

Characters As Source Material

Dead Ringer (1964)

Whispering City (1947)

Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)

Not a Ladies' Man (1942)

Parachute Nurse (1942)

This Time for Keeps (1942)

Broadway Limited (1941)

Original Screenplay

Turnabout (1940)

Additional Dialogue

Down Argentine Way (1940)

The Gorilla (1939)

The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Contract Writer

Submarine Patrol (1938)

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

Exclusive (1937)

The Witness Chair (1936)

Swing Time (1936)

Contract Writer

Walking on Air (1936)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Contract Writer

We're Only Human (1935)

To Beat the Band (1935)

It Happened in New York (1935)

Redheads on Parade (1935)

Transient Lady (1935)

Contract Writer

Gift of Gab (1934)

The Big Shakedown (1934)

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)

Contract Writer

Additional Dialogue

The Dragon Murder Case (1934)

The White Parade (1934)

Helldorado (1934)

Contr on Special seq

42nd Street (1933)

Central Airport (1933)

Lawyer Man (1933)

She Had to Say Yes (1933)

Private Detective 62 (1933)

Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)

Best of Enemies (1933)

Parachute Jumper (1933)

Producer (Feature Film)

Gift of Gab (1934)

Associate Producer

Life Events

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Lawyer Man (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I'm A Charter Member Feeling frisky after an unexpected offer to join a fancy uptown law firm, Lower East Side lawyer Tony (William Powell) is surprised to find the babe he’s ogling is his own savvy secretary Olga (Joan Blondell), their dinner date ensuing, William Dieterle directing, in Warner Bros.’ Lawyer Man, 1932.

Lawyer Man (1932) -- (Movie Clip) He Could Hide Behind A Circular Staircase His career apparently soaring, as a new partner in an uptown firm, lawyer Tony (William Powell) with barkeep Mike (John Sheehan) gets buttonholed by Gilmurry (David Landau), whom he just skewered in court, then gets his head turned by showgirl Jenny (Claire Dodd), Sheila Terry her wing-gal, in Warner Bros.’ Lawyer Man, 1932.

Lawyer Man (1932) -- (Movie Clip) It Takes A Good Man After beating uptown corporate lawyer Bentley (Alan Dinehart) in court, William Powell, a shade less suave than usual as Lower East Side lawyer Tony, is surprised to be invited to visit, and still more to be offered a gig, early in Warner Bros.’ Lawyer Man, 1932, also starring Joan Blondell, from a Max Trell novel.

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Mucho Gusto! From the top, Warner Bros. with Alfred E. Green directing adapts the headline technique to find goofy pilots Bill and Toodles (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frank McHugh) partying in Nicaragua, their companions not credited, Thomas E. Jackson their superior, in Parachute Jumper, 1933, also starring Bette Davis.

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Sugarville, Alabama Had Me In Central Park, in the suit he’s sharing with his equally-broke out-of-work pilot buddy, discouraged Bill (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) gets approached by Bette Davis as “Alabama,” with suitable accent masking her New England ancestry, early in the Warner Bros. action-comedy Parachute Jumper, 1933.

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) He Must Need The Money Now kinda-platonic Manhattan roommates, Bette Davis as unemployed stenographer “Alabama” and jobless ex-military pilot Bill (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) visit an air show, where he finagles an impromptu gig, Leon Ames reassuring Bette, in one of her earliest, and least favorite Warner Bros. features, Parachute Jumper, 1933.

Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Want To Hear All About You Immediately from director Paul Henreid’s credit, at the Rosedale Cemetery southwest of downtown Los Angeles, Bette Davis off a bus to a funeral, where she meets a veiled person who seems to have the same voice, in Dead Ringer, 1964, co-starring Karl Malden and Peter Lawford.

Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Money's No Object Trick shots from director Paul Henried, directing two Bette Davises, as newly-acquainted long-estranged twin sisters, financially stressed Edie having lured wealthy Margaret to her home, making her confess to stealing her now-deceased husband, her scheme revealed, in Dead Ringer, 1964.

Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Thank God That's Over Comments and voices have suggested that Edie, whom we’ve met, and her veiled companion, are both Bette Davis, the former brought home by the latter from what we learn was her husband’s funeral, with further exposition, early in Dead Ringer, 1964, directed by Paul Henreid.

Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) The Prize You Get We’ve just met Karl Malden as cop Jim, visiting his sweetheart, LA bar-owner Edie (Bette Davis), who’s just been to the funeral of her wealthy and long-estranged twin sister’s husband, who was her own former lover, their meeting having upset her, to his frustration, early in Dead Ringer 1964.

Dead Ringer (1964) -- (Movie Clip) I Forgot How To Spell The Name Bette Davis is formerly down-and-out Edie, successfully having taken the place of her wealthy enemy twin-sister Margaret, whom she murdered, at her first society event, friend Dede (Jean Hagen) bringing her to Tony (Peter Lawford), about whom she knows nothing, in Dead Ringer, 1964.

42nd Street (1933) -- (Movie Ciip) It's The Tight Shoes Guy Kibbee is Dillon the financier, swooning over Broadway diva star Dorothy (Bebe Daniels) at a party in her apartment, Ginger Rogers (as "Anytime Annie") with the best line, in 42nd Street, 1933.

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