Orry-Kelly was the professional name of Orry George Kelly (31 December 1897 – 27 February 1964), an Australian-American Hollywood costume designer. Until being overtaken by Catherine Martin in 2014, he was the most prolific Australian-born Oscar winner, having won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design.

Biography

Early life

Orry-Kelly was born in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, and was known as Jack Kelly. His father William Kelly was born on the

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and was a gentleman tailor in Kiama. Orry was a name of an ancient king of the Isle of Man. Orry-Kelly was sent to

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at age 17 to study banking, and there he developed his interest in theatre.

Move to the U.S.

Orry-Kelly journeyed to New York City to pursue an acting career and shared an apartment in

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with Charles Phelps (also known as Charlie Spangles) and

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, with whom, he wrote, he had an on-again, off-again relationship until the 1930s.Orry-Kelly. ''Women I've Undressed.'' 2015. Random House Australia. A job painting

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s in a nightclub led to his employment by Fox East Coast studios illustrating titles. He designed costumes and sets for Broadway's Shubert Revues and

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. He served with the

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during World War II until being discharged for alcohol problems.

Hollywood

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After moving to Hollywood in 1932, Orry-Kelly was hired by Warner Bros. as their chief costume designer and he remained there until 1944. He was encouraged to hyphenate his name for film credits in order to appear more exotic. Later, his designs were also seen in films at

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, RKO,

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, and MGM studios. He won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design (for '' An American in Paris'', '' Les Girls'', and ''

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'') and was nominated for a fourth (for '' Gypsy''). In addition to his film work he was also a portrait artist and was permitted to undertake private commissions for gowns and ready to wear dresses. Orry-Kelly worked on many films now considered classics, including '' 42nd Street'', '' The Maltese Falcon'', ''

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'', '' Arsenic and Old Lace'', '' Harvey'', '' Oklahoma!'', ''

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'', and ''

''. He designed for all the great actresses of the day, including

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, Kay Francis, Ruth Chatterton,

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Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...

, Ava Gardner,

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, Barbara Stanwyck, and Merle Oberon. Orry-Kelly was known for his ability to "design for distraction" to compensate for difficult figure shapes. When Orry-Kelly was first assigned to films with Kay Francis they would dissect her parts. She would be dressed in opposition to the role, with the traditional femme fatale or manipulative character in frills and the honest heroine in a tailored, classic suit. Orry-Kelly would apply this aesthetic in the creation of gowns for a number of Bette Davis's characters as well. Orry-Kelly also had the job of creating clothes for the cross-dressing characters played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in ''Some Like It Hot''. His skill is shown by the fact that while ''Some Like It Hot'' was in production, Curtis and Lemmon would go into the ladies' room after eating lunch without being spotted as men. He wrote that when he finished draping Dolores del Río in white

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, "she became a Greek goddess ... she was incredibly beautiful". The elegant clothes he designed for Bergman's character in ''Casablanca'' have been described as "pitch perfect". In addition to designing, Kelly wrote a column, "Hollywood Fashion Parade", for the

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, owned by

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, during the years of

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. Kelly's memoirs, entitled ''Women I've Undressed'' were discovered in the care of a relative, as a result of publicity surrounding Gillian Armstrong's 2015 documentary on Kelly, ''

Women He's Undressed ''Women He's Undressed'' is a 2015 Australian documentary film about costume designer Orry-Kelly. Directed by Gillian Armstrong, it stars Darren Gilshenan, Deborah Kennedy, David E. Woodley, and Lara Cox. Interviewees * Jane Fonda *Angela Lansb ...

''."Gillian Armstrong on her Orry-Kelly film: friendship, fame and homophobia"
by Alexandra Spring, ''

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'', 13 June 2015 The memoir was published for the first time in 2015.

Death

A longtime alcoholic, Orry-Kelly died of

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in Hollywood in 1964 at the age of 66 and was interred in the

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. His pallbearers included

, Tony Curtis,

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and

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and his eulogy was read by

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. He had no living relatives when he died so his personal effects and Academy Awards were stored by Ann Warner, wife of his friend and former boss, Jack. The Oscars were among the items in an exhibition entitled ''Orry-Kelly: Dressing Hollywood,'' at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in August 2015.

Costume design credits

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The Match King ''The Match King'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton. The film starred Warren William and Lili Damita, and follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety matc ...

'' (1932) *''

Frisco Jenny ''Frisco Jenny'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern, and directed by William A. Wellman. Its storyline bears a resemblance to Chatterton's previous hit film, '' Madame X''. Plot In 1906 San Franc ...

'' (1932) *''

20,000 Years in Sing Sing ''20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film set in Sing Sing Penitentiary, the maximum security prison in Ossining, New York, starring Spencer Tracy as an inmate and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. It was directed by Mic ...

'' (1932) *''

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'' (1932) *'' Silver Dollar'' (1932) *'' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932) *'' You Said a Mouthful'' (1932) *''

They Call It Sin ''They Call It Sin'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Loretta Young as a farmer's daughter who follows a traveling salesman to New York City, only to discover he already is engaged. Plot Small-to ...

'' (1932) *''

Scarlet Dawn ''Scarlet Dawn'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by William Dieterle and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Nancy Carroll as refugees from the Russian Revolution. It is based on the novel ''Revolt'' by Mary C. McCall, Jr. P ...

'' (1932) *'' Three on a Match'' (1932) *'' The Cabin in the Cotton'' (1932) *'' The Crash'' (1932) *'' One Way Passage'' (1932) *'' Tiger Shark'' (1932) *'' Life Begins'' (1932) *'' Two Against the World'' (1932) *'' Crooner'' (1932) *'' Winner Take All'' (1932) *''

The Rich Are Always with Us ''The Rich Are Always with Us'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Austin Parker is based on the novel of the same n ...

'' (1932) *'' So Big!'' (1932) *'' The Working Man'' (1933) *'' Lady Killer'' (1933) *'' Son of a Sailor'' (1933) *'' Convention City'' (1933) *'' The House on 56th Street'' (1933) *'' Havana Widows'' (1933) *''

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'' (1933) *'' College Coach'' (1933) *''

The Kennel Murder Case ''The Kennel Murder Case'' is a 1933 murder mystery novel written by S. S. Van Dine with fictional detective Philo Vance investigating a complex locked-room mystery. Plot summary One of the Coe brothers is found dead in his bedroom, locked f ...

'' (1933) *'' Goodbye Again'' (1933) *'' Captured!'' (1933) *''

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'' (1933) *''

Mary Stevens, M.D. ''Mary Stevens, M.D.'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon and based on the story by Virginia Kellogg. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 22, 19 ...

'' (1933) *'' She Had to Say Yes'' (1933) *'' The Narrow Corner'' (1933) *'' Baby Face'' (1933) *'' The Mayor of Hell'' (1933) *''Breadline'' (1933) *'' The Life of Jimmy Dolan'' (1933) *'' Private Detective 62'' (1933) *''

The Silk Express ''The Silk Express'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and written by Houston Branch and Ben Markson. The film, starring Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges and Arthur Hohl, was rel ...

'' (1933) *'' Gold Diggers of 1933'' (1933) *'' Ex-Lady'' (1933) *'' Lilly Turner'' (1933) *'' Picture Snatcher'' (1933) *'' Elmer, the Great'' (1933) *''The Adopted Father'' (1933) *'' Central Airport'' (1933) *'' The Little Giant'' (1933) *'' The Mind Reader'' (1933) *'' The Keyhole'' (1933) *'' Girl Missing'' (1933) *''

Blondie Johnson ''Blondie Johnson'' is a 1933 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell and Chester Morris. It was produced by Warner Bros. Plot Set during the Great Depression, Blondie Johnson (Joan Blondell) quits her ...

'' (1933) *'' Grand Slam'' (1933) *'' Mystery of the Wax Museum'' (1933) *''

Ladies They Talk About ''Ladies They Talk About'' is a 1933 pre-Code American crime drama directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lyle Talbot. The film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a ba ...

'' (1933) *'' 42nd Street'' (1933) *'' Hard to Handle'' (1933) *''

Parachute Jumper ''Parachute Jumper'' is a 1933 American pre-Code black-and-white comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. Based on a story by Rian James titled "Some Call It Love", it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis and Frank McHugh. Plot Ma ...

'' (1933) *'' Employees' Entrance'' (1933) *'' The King's Vacation'' (1933) *''

Lawyer Man ''Lawyer Man'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle, based on the novel by Max Trell. The film stars William Powell and Joan Blondell. It was produced by Warner Bros. By the time of the release, several actors we ...

'' (1933) *'' Heat Lightning'' (1934) *'' Wonder Bar'' (1934) *'' As the Earth Turns'' (1934) *''Fashion Follies'' (1934) *'' Fashions of 1934'' (1934) *'' Mandalay'' (1934) *'' Dark Hazard'' (1934) *'' I've Got Your Number'' (1934) *''

Bedside ''Bedside'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Warren William, Jean Muir and Allen Jenkins. Plot A man passes himself off as a doctor. Cast * Warren William as Bob Brown * Jean Muir as Caroline Grant * Allen Jenkins as Sam Sparks * ...

'' (1934) *''

Hi, Nellie! ''Hi, Nellie!'' is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell. A newspaper editor is demoted to writing an advice column for refusing to go along with the crowd in declaring a missing lawye ...

'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *'' Easy to Love'' (1934) *'' The Big Shakedown'' (1934) *'' Sweet Adeline'' (1934) *'' I Sell Anything'' (1934) *'' Murder in the Clouds'' (1934) *'' The Secret Bride'' (1934) *'' Babbitt'' (1934) *''

Flirtation Walk ''Flirtation Walk'' is a 1934 American romantic musical film written by Delmer Daves and Lou Edelman, and directed by Frank Borzage. It focuses on a soldier (Dick Powell) who falls in love with a general's daughter (Ruby Keeler) during the gene ...

'' (1934) *'' I Am a Thief'' (1934) *'' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1934) *''

Big Hearted Herbert ''Big Hearted Herbert'' is a 1934 domestic comedy film starring Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee as a middle-aged couple. It is based on the Broadway play of the same name by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson, which was in turn based on the sho ...

'' (1934) *'' The Firebird'' (1934) *''

The St. Louis Kid ''The St. Louis Kid'' is a 1934 drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring James Cagney. Plot A truck driver A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster, or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Aus ...

'' (1934) *'' Happiness Ahead'' (1934) *''

Kansas City Princess ''Kansas City Princess'' is a 1934 American comedy film starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by William Keighley with a script written by Sy Bartlett and Manuel Seff. Warner Bros. sought to duplicate the success of ' ...

'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *''

A Lost Lady ''A Lost Lady'' is a 1923 novel by American writer Willa Cather. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester, who live in the Western town of Sweet Water along the Transcontinental Railroad. Throughout the ...

'' (1934) *'' The Case of the Howling Dog'' (1934) *'' British Agent'' (1934) *'' Desirable'' (1934) *''

The Dragon Murder Case ''The Dragon Murder Case'' (first published in 1934) is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934, starring Warren William as Vance. Plot A guest at an estate in ...

'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *'' Side Streets'' (1934) *'' Housewife'' (1934) *''

The Personality Kid ''The Personality Kid'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland, starring Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell. The film was based on a story by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 7, 1934. A young ...

'' (1934) *''

Friends of Mr. Sweeney ''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. Th ...

'' (1934) *''

A Very Honorable Guy ''A Very Honorable Guy'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Alan Dinehart, Irene Franklin and Hobart Cavanaugh. It was released by Wa ...

'' (1934) *''

Midnight Alibi ''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 st ...

'' (1934) *''

Return of the Terror ''Return of the Terror'' is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Peter Milne and Eugene Solow. The film stars Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, and Frank McHugh, and features Robert Barrat and Irving P ...

'' (1934) *'' Here Comes the Navy'' (1934) *'' Dr. Monica'' (1934) *'' The Circus Clown'' (1934) *'' Fog Over Frisco'' (1934) *'' The Key'' (1934) *'' The Merry Frinks'' (1934) *'' Smarty'' (1934) *''

He Was Her Man ''He Was Her Man'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mob film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, and Victor Jory. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon. Plot Flicker Hayes (Cagney) informs the police after he sets up two men to be caught in a phony ...

'' (1934) *'' Merry Wives of Reno'' (1934) *''Upperworld'' (1934) *''

Twenty Million Sweethearts ''Twenty Million Sweethearts'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, and The Mills Brothers. The film was remade in 1949 as '' My Dream Is Yours''. Plot Ag ...

'' (1934) *'' Harold Teen'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *''

A Modern Hero ''A Modern Hero'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romance drama film starring Richard Barthelmess and directed by G. W. Pabst. It is based on the novel with the same title by Louis Bromfield. It was Pabst's only American talking film and the next ...

'' (1934) *''

Gambling Lady ''Gambling Lady'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Pat O'Brien. Plot Mike Lee raises his daughter Lady Lee to be as honest a gambler as he is. When he gets t ...

'' (1934) *'' Jimmy the Gent'' (1934) *'' Journal of a Crime'' (1934) *'' Stars Over Broadway'' (1935) *'' The Payoff'' (1935) *''

I Found Stella Parish ''I Found Stella Parish'' is a 1935 melodrama starring Kay Francis as a beloved actress whose dark secret is revealed to the world.. Plot In London, Stella Parish (Kay Francis) has her greatest stage triumph in a play produced and directed by Ste ...

'' (1935) *''

Shipmates Forever ''Shipmates Forever'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves. Set at the United States Naval Academy, the film stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, John Arledge, Eddie Acuff, ...

'' (1935) *''

Personal Maid's Secret ''Personal Maid's Secret'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and written by Lillie Hayward and F. Hugh Herbert. The film stars Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise, Ruth Donnelly, Arthur Treacher and Fra ...

'' (1935) *'' I Live for Love'' (1935) *'' The Goose and the Gander'' (1935) *'' Little Big Shot'' (1935) *'' Page Miss Glory'' (1935) *'' Going Highbrow'' (1935) *'' We're in the Money'' (1935) *'' The Irish in Us'' (1935) *'' Bright Lights'' (1935) *''

Broadway Gondolier ''Broadway Gondolier '' (1935) is a musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film was released by Warner Bros., and featured Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Adolphe Menjou. Plot Richard "Dick" Purcell (Dick Powell), a taxi driver, aspires to ach ...

'' (1935) *'' Stranded'' (1935) *'' Oil for the Lamps of China'' (1935) *''

The Girl from 10th Avenue ''The Girl from 10th Avenue'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on the 1914 play ''Outcast'' by Hubert Henry Davies. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Men on Her M ...

'' (1935) *'' In Caliente'' (1935) *'' Go into Your Dance'' (1935) *''

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'' (1935) *'' The Florentine Dagger'' (1935) *'' Traveling Saleslady'' (1935) *'' Gold Diggers of 1935'' (1935) *'' Living on Velvet'' (1935) *'' While the Patient Slept'' (1935) *'' The Right to Live'' (1935) *'' The Woman in Red'' (1935) *'' Devil Dogs of the Air'' (1935) *'' Bordertown'' (1935) *'' Maybe It's Love'' (1935) *'' The White Cockatoo'' (1935) *'' Dangerous'' (1935) *'' The Widow from Monte Carlo'' (1935) *''

'' (1935) *''

Broadway Hostess ''Broadway Hostess'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy musical film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Wini Shaw, Genevieve Tobin and Lyle Talbot. The film was nominated at the 1935 Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Directio ...

'' (1935) *'' Miss Pacific Fleet'' (1935) *'' Frisco Kid'' (1935) *'' Gold Diggers of 1937'' (1936) *'' Three Men on a Horse'' (1936) *''

Here Comes Carter ''Here Comes Carter'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Roy Chanslor. The film stars Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell and Anne Nagel. Last film produced by First National Pictures and released on October 2 ...

'' (1936) *'' Polo Joe'' (1936) *'' Isle of Fury'' (1936) *''

Cain and Mabel ''Cain and Mabel'' is a 1936 romantic comedy film designed as a vehicle for Marion Davies in which she co-stars with Clark Gable. The story had been filmed before, in 1924, by William Randolph Hearst's production company, Cosmopolitan, as a sile ...

'' (1936) *'' Give Me Your Heart'' (1936) *'' Stage Struck'' (1936) *'' China Clipper'' (1936) *''

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'' (1936) *'' Satan Met a Lady'' (1936) *'' The White Angel'' (1936) *''

Hearts Divided ''Hearts Divided'' is a 1936 American musical film about the real-life marriage between American Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson and Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. It stars Marion Davies and Dick Powell as the couple. The film was a remake ...

'' (1936) *'' Murder by an Aristocrat'' (1936) *'' The Golden Arrow'' (1936) *'' The Law in Her Hands'' (1936) *'' Sons o' Guns'' (1936) *''The Gentleman from Big Bend'' (1936) *''

I Married a Doctor ''I Married a Doctor'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and written by Casey Robinson. It is an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s novel Main Street. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Guy Kib ...

'' (1936) *''

The Singing Kid ''The Singing Kid'' is a 1936 American musical film directed by William Keighley and written by Warren Duff and Pat C. Flick. Starring Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts, Edward Everett Horton, Lyle Talbot and Allen Jenkins, it was released ...

'' (1936) *''Snowed Under'' (1936) *'' Colleen'' (1936) *'' The Walking Dead'' (1936) *''

The Petrified Forest ''The Petrified Forest'' is a 1936 American film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay was writ ...

'' (1936) *'' Freshman Love'' (1936) *'' Ceiling Zero'' (1936) *'' Hollywood Hotel'' (1937) *''

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'' (1937) *'' It's Love I'm After'' (1937) *''

That Certain Woman ''That Certain Woman'' is a 1937 American drama film written and directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and Anita Louise. It is a remake of Goulding's 1929 film '' The Trespasser'', Gloria Swanson's first sound film. ...

'' (1937) *'' Confession'' (1937) *'' The Singing Marine'' (1937) *'' Ever Since Eve'' (1937) *'' Another Dawn'' (1937) *'' Kid Galahad'' (1937) *'' The Go Getter'' (1937) *'' Call It a Day'' (1937) *'' Marked Woman'' (1937) *''Grand Passion'' (1937) *'' Green Light'' (1937) *'' Stolen Holiday'' (1937) *'' Tovarich'' (1937) *''

Comet Over Broadway ''Comet over Broadway'' (1938) is an American film starring Kay Francis and released by Warner Brothers. John Farrow stepped in as director when Busby Berkeley became ill, but Farrow was uncredited on the film. Plot Eve Appleton (Francis), wife ...

'' (1938) *'' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938) *'' The Sisters'' (1938) *''

Secrets of an Actress ''Secrets of an Actress'' is a romantic drama film directed by William Keighley, and starring Kay Francis, George Brent, and Ian Hunter in 1938. It is about a love triangle between a stage actress, her financial backer, and his friend. Plot summ ...

Women Are Like That ''Women Are Like That'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and written by Horace Jackson. The film stars Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper, Thurston Hall and Grant Mitchell. The film was released by ...

'' (1938) *'' Jezebel'' (1938) *'' On Your Toes'' (1939) *'' The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'' (1939) *'' The Old Maid'' (1939) *'' When Tomorrow Comes'' (1939) *'' Indianapolis Speedway'' (1939) *'' Juarez'' (1939) *'' Dark Victory'' (1939) *'' Women in the Wind'' (1939) *'' The Oklahoma Kid'' (1939) *''

Wings of the Navy ''Wings of the Navy '' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring George Brent, Olivia de Havilland and John Payne. Like many of the Warner Bros. features in the pre-World War II era, it was intended to serve as propagand ...

'' (1939) *'' King of the Underworld'' (1939) *'' The Letter'' (1940) *'' A Dispatch from Reuters'' (1940) *'' No Time for Comedy'' (1940) *'' My Love Came Back'' (1940) *''

All This, and Heaven Too ''All This, and Heaven Too'' is a 1940 American drama film made by Warner Bros.-First National Pictures, produced and directed by Anatole Litvak with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was adapted by Casey Robinson from the 1938 ...

'' (1940) *''

The Sea Hawk ''The Sea Hawk'' is a 1915 novel by Rafael Sabatini. The story is set over the years 1588–1593 and concerns a retired Cornish seafaring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being ...

'' (1940) *''

'Til We Meet Again ''Til We Meet Again'' is a 1940 romance film directed by Edmund Goulding and Anatole Litvak and starring Merle Oberon and George Brent as two doomed, star-crossed lovers. It is a remake of the 1932 film ''One Way Passage'' and itself was remade i ...

'' (1940) *'' Virginia City'' (1940) *'' The Maltese Falcon'' (1941) *'' The Little Foxes'' (1941) *''

The Bride Came C.O.D. ''The Bride Came C.O.D.'' is a 1941 American screwball romantic comedy starring James Cagney as an airplane pilot and Bette Davis as a runaway heiress, and directed by William Keighley. Although the film was publicized as the first screen pairin ...

'' (1941) *''Throwing a Party'' (1941 short) *'' Million Dollar Baby'' (1941) *'' Affectionately Yours'' (1941) *'' The Great Lie'' (1941) *''The Lady and the Lug'' (1941 short) *'' The Strawberry Blonde'' (1941) *'' Honeymoon for Three'' (1941) *''

'' (1942) *''

George Washington Slept Here ''George Washington Slept Here'' is a 1942 comedy film starring Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride, and Hattie McDaniel. It was based on the 1940 play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, adapted by Everet ...

'' (1942) *'' Now, Voyager'' (1942) *''

In This Our Life ''In This Our Life'' is a 1942 American drama film, the second to be directed by John Huston. The screenplay by Howard Koch is based on the 1941 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Ellen Glasgow. The cast included the establishe ...

'' (1942) *'' Murder in the Big House'' (1942) *'' Always in My Heart'' (1942) *'' Kings Row'' (1942) *'' Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' (1942) *'' The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (1942) *'' Old Acquaintance'' (1943) *''

Princess O'Rourke ''Princess O'Rourke'' is a 1943 American romantic comedy film directed and written by Norman Krasna (in Krasna's directorial debut), and starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn. Krasna won the 1944 Oscar for Best Origin ...

'' (1943) *'' Watch on the Rhine'' (1943) *'' This Is the Army'' (1943) *'' Mission to Moscow'' (1943) *'' Edge of Darkness'' (1943) *'' The Hard Way'' (1943) *'' Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944) *''

Mr. Skeffington ''Mr. Skeffington'' is a 1944 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman, based on the 1940 novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim. The film stars Bette Davis as a beautiful but self-centered woman who has many suitors but marries Jo ...

'' (1944) *'' The Adventures of Mark Twain'' (1944) *'' The Dolly Sisters'' (1945) *'' Conflict'' (1945) *''

The Corn Is Green ''The Corn Is Green'' is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in September 1938; with Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat and Williams himself portraying Mo ...

'' (1945) *''

Temptation Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals.Webb, J.R. (Sep 2014). Incorporating Spirituality into Psychology of temptation: Conceptualization, measurement, and clinical implications. Sp ...

'' (1946) *'' London Town'' (1946) *'' A Stolen Life'' (1946) *'' Mother Wore Tights'' (1947) *''

Something in the Wind ''Something in the Wind'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Deanna Durbin, Donald O'Connor, and John Dall. Durbin's third husband Charles David said she "hated" making her last three films and that she ...

'' (1947) *''

Ivy ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and ...

'' (1947) *'' The Shocking Miss Pilgrim'' (1947) *''

Rogues' Regiment ''Rogues' Regiment'' is a 1948 film noir action film directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Märta Torén, and Vincent Price. It is the first American feature film to be set in the First Indochina War. Plot An American Intelligence ...

'' (1948) *'' Larceny'' (1948) *'' For the Love of Mary'' (1948) *''

One Touch of Venus ''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1943 musical with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S. J. Perelman and Nash, based on the 1885 novella ''The Tinted Venus'' by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, and very loosely spoofing the Pygmal ...

'' (1948) *'' Berlin Express'' (1948) *''

A Woman's Vengeance ''A Woman's Vengeance'' is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Rachel Kempson, and Mildred Natwick. The screenplay by Aldous Huxley was bas ...

'' (1948) *'' Night Song'' (1948) *'' Undertow'' (1949) *'' Once More, My Darling'' (1949) *'' Johnny Stool Pigeon'' (1949) *''

Take One False Step ''Take One False Step'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Chester Erskine and starring William Powell and Shelley Winters. Plot Married college professor Andrew Gentling reluctantly agrees to have a drink with Catherine Sykes, ...

'' (1949) *''

The Lady Gambles ''The Lady Gambles'' is a 1949 American film noir drama film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston and Stephen McNally. Plot When his estranged wife Joan is found badly beaten after using loaded dice in a back ...

'' (1949) *''

Caught Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the ball, from a legitimate delivery, with the bat, and the ball is caught by the bowler or a fielder before it hits the ground. If the ball h ...

'' (1949) *'' Family Honeymoon'' (1949) *'' Harvey'' (1950) *'' South Sea Sinner'' (1950) *'' Deported'' (1950) *'' One Way Street'' (1950) *'' Woman in Hiding'' (1950) *'' An American in Paris'' (1951) *'' Under the Gun'' (1951) *''

The Star ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'' (1952) *'' Pat and Mike'' (1952) *'' The Lady Says No'' (1952) *'' Oklahoma!'' (1955) *''

'' (1958) *'' Wonderful Town'' (1958 television film) *'' Too Much, Too Soon'' (1958) *'' Les Girls'' (1957) *''

'' (1959) *'' The Hanging Tree'' (1959) *'' A Majority of One'' (1961) *'' Two for the Seesaw'' (1962) *'' Gypsy'' (1962) *'' The Chapman Report'' (1962) *''

Five Finger Exercise ''Five Finger Exercise'' is a 1962 American drama film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Frederick Brisson from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on the play by Peter Shaffer. The film ...

'' (1962) *'' Sweet Bird of Youth'' (1962) *'' Sunday in New York'' (1963) *'' Irma la Douce'' (1963) *''

In the Cool of the Day ''In the Cool of the Day'' is a 1963 British-American romantic drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Metrocolor and Panavision. The film is directed by Robert Stevens and starring Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, a ...

'' (1963)

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