Elliott Nugent
Director · 1896 – 1980 · Dover, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896, Dover, Ohio - August 9, 1980, New York City) was an American actor, writer, and film director. He successfully made the transition from silent film to sound. He directed The Cat and the Canary (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films Never Say Die (1939) and My Favorite Brunette (1947). Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play The Male Animal (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney. He also directed the 1942 Warner Bros. film version of The Male Animal, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Nugent's autobiography Events Leading Up to the Comedy (1965) skips over large portions of Nugent's life and work, but deals honestly with the alcoholism that largely ended his career. Nugent was the son of veteran actor J.C. Nugent who sometimes wrote or acted with Elliott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elliott Nugent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movie8.0ComedyRomanceWhen a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide his life.
Virtuous Husband
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.4ComedyEarly MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical complications that result when she marries in haste.
Wise Girls
1929 · 5 votes
Movie6.3ComedyRomanceA young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · 20 votes
Movie4.7ComedyDramaScheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
So This Is College
1929 · 9 votes
Movie6.5DramaRomanceA beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
Romance
1930 · 19 votes
Movie9.0Drama1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
My Girl Tisa
1948 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DramaRomanceA bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.
The Single Standard
1929 · 8 votes
Movie6.0ComedyElizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
Three Cornered Moon
1933 · 8 votes
Movie6.5ComedyMusicA failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
Strictly Dynamite
1934 · 4 votes
Movie5.9CrimeDramaA trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
The Unholy Three
1930 · 22 votes
Movie4.7DramaA barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.
The Sins of the Children
1930 · 10 votes
Movie5.3ComedyRomanceNot-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
Not So Dumb
1930 · 9 votes
Movie6.5DramaCary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
The Last Flight
1931 · 14 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA virtuous lawyer falls for a beautiful but extravagant woman, leading him into financial trouble as he tries to keep up with her wasteful spending, ultimately testing their relationship and his principles.
For the Love o' Lil
1930 · 1 votes