Ann Dvorak
I Was an American Spy (1951)
I Was An American Spy is a 1951 American war drama film dramatizing the true story of Claire Phillips, an American of Filipino descent who spied on the Japanese during World War II and was captured, tortured, and sentenced to death before being rescued. The film, produced by Allied Artists and directed by Lesley Selander, starred Ann Dvorak in the ...
Starring: James Whitmore
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone is a 1950 comedy/murder mystery film set on board a train. It stars Marjorie Main and James Whitmore. It is based on the short story "Once Upon a Train " by Stuart Palmer and Craig Rice.
Starring: James Whitmore•Mabel Van Buren•Eugene Pallette
The Return of Jesse James (1950)
The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American western film directed by Arthur Hilton and starring John Ireland, Ann Dvorak and Henry Hull. It was produced and distributed by the independent Lippert Pictures. The film's art direction was by Frank Paul Sylos and Vin Taylor.
Starring: James Whitmore•Richard Barthelmess
Out of the Blue (1947)
Out of the Blue is a 1947 American screwball comedy film based on the short story by Vera Caspary who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars George Brent, Virginia Mayo, Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak and Carole Landis. It was directed by Leigh Jason.
Starring: James Whitmore•Paul Kelly
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami is a 1947 American drama film directed by Albert Lewin. The film stars George Sanders as a ruthless cad who uses women to rise in Parisian society, co-starring Angela Lansbury and Ann Dvorak. It is based on the 1885 Guy de Maupassant novel Bel Ami. The film had a 1946 premiere in Paris, Texas. The score is by Darius M...
Starring: James Whitmore•Charles Ruggles•Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Abilene Town (1946)
Abilene Town is a 1946 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel Trail Town, the production's plot is set in the Old West, in the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas in 1870.
Starring: James Whitmore•Walter Pidgeon•Joe E. Brown•Chester Morris
The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
The Bachelor's Daughters is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Stone and Frederick J. Jackson. It stars Gail Russell, Claire Trevor, Ann Dvorak, Adolphe Menjou, Billie Burke, Jane Wyatt and Eugene List. The film was released on September 6, 1946, by United Artists.
Starring: James Whitmore•Lee Tracy•Lola Lane
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast is a 1945 American musical-drama film starring John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, and Virginia Grey. The movie was scripted by Borden Chase and directed by Joseph Kane.
Starring: James Whitmore•Paul Muni•Charles Bickford
Masquerade in Mexico (1945)
Masquerade in Mexico is a 1945 comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Dorothy Lamour and Arturo de Córdova.
Starring: James Whitmore•John Wayne•Wynne Gibson
Cafe Hostess (1940)
Cafe Hostess is a 1940 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was written by Harold Shumate, based on a story by Tay Garnett and Howard Higgin. Prior to filming the studio had been warned by the MPAA that the film did not comply with its code, but it is unclear whether changes were m...
Starring: James Whitmore•David Manners•Smith Ballew
Girls of the Road (1940)
Girls of the Road is a 1940 American action film, based on an original screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews, directed by Nick Grinde, and produced by Wallace MacDonald.
Starring: James Whitmore•Pat O'Brien•George Brent
Blind Alley (1939)
Blind Alley is a 1939 American film noir crime film directed by Charles Vidor and stars Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Dvorak. The film was adapted from the Broadway play of the same name by James Warwick.
Starring: James Whitmore•Ralph Bellamy•Randolph Scott
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Stronger Than Desire is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon and Ann Dvorak. It is a remake of 1934 film Evelyn Prentice, itself based on the 1933 novel Evelyn Prentice by W.E. Woodward. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edwin B. Willis, overseen by Cedric Gibbons.
Starring: James Whitmore•Preston Foster•Aline MacMahon•Helen Mack•Virginia Bruce
Gangs of New York (1938)
Gangs of New York is a 1938 American film directed by James Cruze and written by Samuel Fuller.
Starring: James Whitmore•Dick Powell
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop is a 1937 drama film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street, his secretary. Edward McWade plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It is the sixth and final film in the Warner Bros. Perry Mason series. It is based on the novel The Case of the Stu...
Starring: James Whitmore•Patricia Ellis•Claire Trevor
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay.
Starring: James Whitmore•Donald Woods•Edward Pawley
Midnight Court (1937)
Midnight Court is a 1937 crime drama film released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film stars Ann Dvorak and John Litel, and was directed by Frank McDonald.
Starring: James Whitmore•Anne Nagel•Dorothy Lamour
Racing Lady (1937)
Racing Lady is a 1937 American drama film produced by RKO Radio Pictures, which premiered in New York City on January 12, 1937, and was released nationally on January 29. Directed by Wallace Fox, the screenplay was written by Dorothy Yost, Thomas Lennon, and Cortland Fitzsimmons, based on a story by Damon Runyon, which had been further expanded by ...
Starring: John Litel•James Whitmore•Rita Johnson
She's No Lady (1937)
She's No Lady is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ann Dvorak, John Trent and Harry Beresford.
Starring: James Whitmore•Louis Prima
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
We Who Are About to Die is a 1937 film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, and John Beal. It was based on a book by David Lansom, who was tried four times for murdering his wife before being set free.
Starring: James Whitmore•Smith Ballew•Lee Bowman
Bright Lights (1935)
Bright Lights is a 1935 film directed by Busby Berkeley.
Starring: James Whitmore•Marjorie Main•Lloyd Bridges
Dr. Socrates (1935)
Dr. Socrates is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Dieterle and starring Paul Muni as a doctor forced to treat a wounded gangster, played by Barton MacLane.
Starring: James Whitmore•Gail Russell
G Men (1935)
G Men is a 1935 Warner Bros. crime film starring James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay and Lloyd Nolan in his film debut. According to Variety, the movie was one of the top-grossing films of 1935. The supporting cast features Robert Armstrong and Barton MacLane.
Starring: James Whitmore•Rhonda Fleming•John Ireland
Sweet Music (1935)
Sweet Music is a 1935 American musical film directed by Alfred E. Green, written by Jerry Wald, Carl Erickson and Warren Duff, and starring Rudy Vallée, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan, Robert Armstrong and Allen Jenkins. It was released by Warner Bros. on February 23, 1935.
Starring: James Whitmore•Adda Gleason•Mabel Van Buren
Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
Friends of Mr. Sweeney is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Warren B. Duff, Sid Sutherland, F. Hugh Herbert and Erwin S. Gelsey. It is based on the 1925 novel Friends of Mr. Sweeney by Elmer Davis. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat, Berton Churchill and Dorothy Burgess. The...
Starring: Eugene Pallette•James Whitmore•Richard Barthelmess
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Franchot Tone, Jean Muir and Margaret Lindsay. The film's pre-release title was Just Out of College. A news item in Daily Variety notes that Warner Bros. was sued for $250,000 by Ronald Wagoner and James F. Wickizer who contended that the film was based on the...
Starring: James Whitmore•Winifred Allen•Paul Kelly
Heat Lightning (1934)
Heat Lightning is a 1934 Pre-Code drama film starring Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, and Preston Foster. It is based on the play of the same name by Leon Abrams and George Abbott.
Starring: James Whitmore•Smith Ballew•Bette Davis
Housewife (1934)
Housewife is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring George Brent, Bette Davis, and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay by Manuel Seff and Lillie Hayward is based on a story by Hayward and Robert Lord.
Starring: James Whitmore•Douglas Fairbanks Jr.•Helen Morgan
I Sell Anything (1934)
I Sell Anything is a 1934 American film directed by Robert Florey and starring Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak, and Claire Dodd. It was produced by First National Pictures. Robert Florey directed.
Starring: James Whitmore•Pat O'Brien
Massacre (1934)
Massacre is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak as its Native American protagonists, and also features Charles Middleton, Sidney Toler, Claire Dodd and Clarence Muse.
Starring: James Whitmore•Rudy Vallée
Midnight Alibi (1934)
Midnight Alibi is a 1934 pre-Code crime comedy-drama directed by Alan Crosland, produced by First National Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros. and starring Richard Barthelmess. Midnight Alibi is an adaptation of Damon Runyon's 1933 short story The Old Doll's House.
Starring: James Whitmore•Rudy Vallée
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Murder in the Clouds is a 1934 American action film dealing with aviation. The film stars Lyle Talbot and Ann Dvorak, and is directed by D. Ross Lederman. Although standard formula "B" film fare, it was notable as the screenplay and original story was written by Dore Schary as a freelance writer, during one of his periods when he was fired from a m...
Starring: James Whitmore•David Manners
Side Streets (1934)
Side Streets, also known in the UK as A Woman in Her Thirties, is a 1934 American romantic melodrama film starring Aline MacMahon and Paul Kelly. The screenplay concerns a spinster who hires, then marries, a destitute sailor who is not always faithful.
Starring: James Whitmore•Spencer Tracy•Bette Davis
College Coach (1933)
College Coach is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role.
Starring: James Whitmore•Pat O'Brien•George Brent
The Way to Love (1933)
The Way to Love is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Maurice Chevalier and Ann Dvorak. Edward Everett Horton was the principal featured player.
Starring: James Whitmore•George Raft
Crooner (1932)
Crooner is a 1932 American pre-Code musical drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring David Manners along with Ann Dvorak and Ken Murray. It concerns the abrupt rise and fall of a popular crooner, Teddy Taylor.
Starring: James Whitmore•Jean Muir
Love Is a Racket (1932)
Love Is a Racket is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Ann Dvorak. The movie was written by Courtney Terrett from the novel by Rian James, and directed by William A. Wellman.
Starring: James Whitmore•Aline MacMahon
Scarface (1932)
Scarface is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the 1929 novel by Armitage Trail which was inspired by Al Capone. The film stars Paul Muni as Italian immigrant gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte, a gangster who violently rises through...
Starring: James Whitmore•Gail Russell•Charles 'Chic' Sale
Sky Devils (1932)
Sky Devils, also known as Ground Hogs, is a 1932 American Pre-Code aviation comedy film, starring Spencer Tracy as a draft dodger who blunders into a war zone.
Starring: James Whitmore•Dick Powell
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy. The script was based on the play Tinsel Girl by Maurine Dallas Watkins.
Starring: James Whitmore•Franchot Tone
Stranger in Town (1932)
Stranger in Town is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Charles "Chic" Sale and Ann Dvorak.
Starring: James Whitmore•Jean Muir•Adda Gleason
The Man Hater (1917)
The Man Hater is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Winifred Allen, Jack Meredith and Harry Neville. Future star Ann Dvorak appeared in the film as a child actress.
Starring: James Whitmore•Mabel Van Buren
Ramona (1916)
Ramona is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. The film's runtime is about three hours and is considered to be lost with only reel 5 preserved at the Library of Congress.
Starring: Winifred Allen•Charles 'Chic' Sale•James Whitmore