Known for Directing
Filmography
19 films


A Night in Casablanca
1946 · 1h 25m · US
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.


To Have and Have Not
1945 · 1h 40m · US
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.


The Mask of Dimitrios
1944 · 1h 35m · US
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.


In This Our Life
1942 · 1h 37m · US
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.


The Maltese Falcon
1941 · 1h 40m · US
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.


Sergeant York
1941 · 2h 14m · US
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.


The Great Lie
1941 · 1h 48m · US
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.


Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 · 1h 43m · US
German scientist Paul Ehrlich makes remarkable advancements in the field of medical diagnostics with his research in cellular staining with dyes. His work results in new knowledge about tuberculosis, but also leads to his contraction of the disease. Ehrlich travels to Egypt, where he investigates diphtheria and earns more accolades. Eventually, his research in treating diseases leads to the development of a 'magic bullet' treatment for syphilis.


The Old Maid
1939 · 1h 35m · US
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.


The Sisters
1938 · 1h 39m · US
Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.


Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · 1h 34m · US
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.


Kid Galahad
1937 · 1h 42m · US
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.


Call It a Day
1937 · 1h 30m · US
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.


Black Legion
1937 · 1h 23m · US
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.


Frisco Kid
1935 · 1h 17m · US
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.


The Irish in Us
1935 · 1h 24m · US
A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain's daughter.
Breach of Promise
Breach of Promise
1932 · 1h 4m · US
A pre-Code drama.


The Law Forbids
1924 · 1h · US
Paul and Rhoda Remsen, having marital difficulties, separate; and each is awarded custody of their child Peggy for 6 months of the year. Rhoda and Peggy move to a farm town, while Paul remains in the big city to write a play for actress Inez Lamont, who is in love with him. Peggy knows that her mother still loves Paul, so she flees to the big city to explain the situation to her father.


The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 · 1h 53m · US
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.