George Bancroft
Young Tom Edison (1940)
Young Tom Edison is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released in 1940. Edison, the Man, starring Spencer Tracy, followed two months later, completing the two-part stor...
Starring: Ann Sothern•Chester Conklin•Warner Oland
Espionage Agent (1939)
Espionage Agent is a pre–World War II spy melodrama produced by Hal B. Wallis in 1939. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Espionage Agent, like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy. This was unlike many other movie studios during this period that did not want to antagonize foreign governments.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Evelyn Brent•Noah Beery
A Doctor's Diary (1937)
A Doctor's Diary is a 1937 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor and written by David Boehm and Samuel Ornitz. The film stars George Bancroft, Helen Burgess, John Trent, Ruth Coleman, Ronald Sinclair and Molly Lamont. The film was released on January 22, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Betty Compson
Racketeers in Exile (1937)
Racketeers in Exile is a 1937 American crime film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring George Bancroft, Evelyn Venable and Wynne Gibson.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Joel McCrea•Mary Astor
Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
Hell-Ship Morgan is a 1936 American romantic drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by Harold Shumate.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Clive Brook
Elmer and Elsie (1934)
Elmer and Elsie is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Gilbert Pratt and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns, George Barbier, Nella Walker and Charles Sellon. The film was released on August 4, 1934, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Charles Farrell
Blood Money (1933)
Blood Money is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Rowland Brown about a crooked bail bondsman named Bill Bailey, played by George Bancroft, with Chick Chandler as crime boss Drury Darling, Judith Anderson as Drury's sister and Bailey's lover, and Frances Dee as a thrill-seeking, larcenous beauty who fatefully catches Bailey's eye...
Starring: Ann Sothern•Wynne Gibson•Nancy Carroll
Lady and Gent (1932)
Lady and Gent is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts for Paramount, featuring a young Charles Starrett, Syd Saylor and an early supporting role by John Wayne.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Joel McCrea
The World and the Flesh (1932)
The World and the Flesh is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett. The film stars George Bancroft, Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, George E. Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Max Wagner and Harry Cording. The film was released on April 22, 1932, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Fredric March
Rich Man's Folly (1931)
Rich Man's Folly is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Edward E. Paramore Jr. and Grover Jones. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames, Juliette Compton, David Durand, Dorothy Peterson, and Harry Allen. The film was released on November 14, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. This modern adaptati...
Starring: Ann Sothern•Wynne Gibson
Scandal Sheet (1931)
Scandal Sheet is a 1931 American crime film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, Vincent Lawrence and Max Marcin. The film stars George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook, Regis Toomey, Lucien Littlefield, Gilbert Emery and Harry Beresford. The film was released on January 31, 1931, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Miriam Hopkins•Mickey Rooney
Derelict (1930)
Derelict is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis and William "Stage" Boyd. The film was released on November 22, 1930, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Evelyn Venable
Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
Ladies Love Brutes is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Bancroft, Mary Astor, and Fredric March. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based on the play Pardon My Glove by Zoë Akins.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Frances Fuller•Fay Bainter
The Mighty (1929)
The Mighty is a 1929 American action film directed by John Cromwell.
Starring: Helen Burgess•Brenda Marshall•Ann Sothern
Thunderbolt (1929)
Thunderbolt is a 1929 American Pre-Code proto-noir film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall and Eugenie Besserer. It tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his former girlfriend.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Tom Mix•Chester Conklin
The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Bancroft, Paul Lukas, Olga Baclanova, and Nancy Carroll. The story and screenplay were written by Doris Anderson.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Wyndham Standing•Mabel Ballin
The Docks of New York (1928)
The Docks of New York is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the John Monk Saunders story The Dock Walloper.
Starring: Noah Beery•Ann Sothern•Mabel Ballin
The Drag Net (1928)
The Drag Net, also known as The Dragnet, is a 1928 American silent crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures based on the story "Nightstick" by Oliver H.P. Garrett. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg from an original screen story and starring George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent.
Starring: Nancy Carroll•Ann Sothern•William Powell
The Showdown (1928)
The Showdown is a 1928 silent American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress. In 2013 the Library of Congress print was shown at Capitolfest at Rome, New York.
Starring: Nancy Carroll•Ann Sothern
The Rough Riders (1927)
The Rough Riders is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Victor Fleming, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Noah Beery, Sr., Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, and Mary Astor. The picture is fictional account of Theodore Roosevelt's military unit in Cuba. This film had an alternate release title, The Trumpet Call. The cinematograp...
Starring: Charles Farrell•Ann Sothern•Frances Fuller•Fay Wray
Tell It to Sweeney (1927)
Tell It to Sweeney is a 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Gregory La Cava and written by Monte Brice, Kerry Clarke, George Marion Jr. and Percy Heath. The film stars Chester Conklin, George Bancroft, Jack Luden, Doris Hill, Frank Bond and William H. Tooker. The film was released on September 24, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Richard Arlen•Ann Sothern
Underworld (1927)
Underworld is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft. The film launched Sternberg's eight-year collaboration with Paramount Pictures, with whom he would produce his seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich. Journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht won an Academy Awa...
Starring: Nancy Carroll•Ann Sothern•Miriam Hopkins
White Gold (1927)
White Gold is a 1927 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by William K. Howard.
Starring: Ann Sothern•Olga Baclanova
The Deadwood Coach (1924)
The Deadwood Coach is a 1924 American silent Western film written and directed by Lynn Reynolds. It is based on the 1908 novel The Orphan by Clarence E. Mulford. The film stars Tom Mix, George Bancroft, Doris May, Lucien Littlefield, Frank Coffyn, and Jane Keckley. The film was released on December 7, 1924, by Fox Film Corporation.
Starring: Tom Mix•Ann Sothern
The Journey's End (1921)
The Journey's End is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Hugo Ballin and starring Mabel Ballin, George Bancroft and Wyndham Standing.
Starring: Wyndham Standing•Mabel Ballin•Ann Sothern