Charles Brackett is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Additional Writing American born on 26 november 1892 at Saratoga Springs (USA)
Charles Brackett
Charles Brackett participated to
54 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
12 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Producer

, 2h19
Directed by Walter LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Adventure,
Historical,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Politique,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicals,
Children's films,
Films about language and translation,
Films about royaltyActors Deborah Kerr,
Yul Brynner,
Rita Moreno,
Maureen Hingert,
Martin Benson,
Alan MowbrayRoles Producer
Rating73%




Strong-willed, widowed schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok from Wales with her young son Louis after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut. The two are introduced to the Kralahome, King Mongkut's confidante and Siam's prime minister. His severe countenance makes Louis apprehensive, but Anna refuses to be intimidated and convinces him to disguise his fear ("I Whistle a Happy Tune"). The Kralahome explains he has come to escort them to the Royal Palace where they will live – a violation of Anna's contract, which calls for them to live in a separate house outside the walls of the palace. Despite her threat to return to Singapore, Anna reluctantly disembarks with Louis and the Kralahome.Scriptwriter

, 1h41
Directed by Billy WilderOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about writers,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Ray Milland,
Jane Wyman,
Howard Da Silva,
Phillip Terry,
Doris Dowling,
Frank FaylenRating78%




Thursday - An alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam, is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick, who is trying to discourage his drinking. When Don’s girlfriend Helen comes to see them off, she mentions in passing that she has two tickets for a concert, to which Don urges Wick to accompany her. Don heads for Nat’s Bar, deliberately missing his train, and then sneaks back into the flat to drink some cheap whisky he has bought, avoiding Helen who is worried about him being left alone.
, 1h50
Directed by Billy Wilder,
Charles C. Coleman,
Gerd OswaldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Noir,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about writers,
Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Films about television,
Mise en scène d'un scénariste,
Films about psychiatryActors William Holden,
Gloria Swanson,
Erich von Stroheim,
Nancy Olson,
Robert Emmett O'Connor,
Fred ClarkRating83%




At a Sunset Boulevard mansion, the body of Joe Gillis floats in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.
, 1h38
Directed by Jean NegulescoOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
RomanceThemes La fin du monde,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
RMS Titanic in fiction,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Films about seafaring accidents or incidentsActors Clifton Webb,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Robert Wagner,
Audrey Dalton,
Harper Carter,
Thelma RitterRating69%




At the last minute, a wealthy American expatriate in Europe, Richard Sturges (Clifton Webb), buys a steerage-class ticket for the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic from a Basque immigrant. Once aboard he seeks out his runaway wife, Julia (Barbara Stanwyck). He discovers she is trying to take their two unsuspecting children, 18-year-old Annette (Audrey Dalton) and ten-year-old Norman (Harper Carter), to her hometown of Mackinac, Michigan, to raise as down-to-earth Americans rather than rootless elitists like Richard himself.Director

, 1h45
Directed by Billy Wilder,
Charles BrackettOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about dogs,
Musical filmsActors Bing Crosby,
Joan Fontaine,
Roland Culver,
Lucile Watson,
Richard Haydn,
Harold VermilyeaRating59%




At the turn of the twentieth century, traveling salesman Virgil Smith (Bing Crosby) journeys to Vienna, Austria hoping to sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the recent American invention could spur its popularity with the Austrian people. At the same time, Countess Johanna Augusta Franziska von Stoltzenberg-Stolzenberg (Joan Fontaine) and her father, Baron Holenia, are celebrating the fact their black poodle Scheherezade has been selected to mate with the emperor's poodle. As they depart from the palace, they meet Virgil and his white fox terrier Buttons, whose scuffle with Scheherezade leads to a discussion about class distinctions.
, 1h43
Directed by Blake Edwards,
Charles BrackettOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Bing Crosby,
Fabian Forte,
Tuesday Weld,
Nicole Maurey,
Richard Beymer,
Patrick AdiarteRating59%




Wealthy restauranteur Harvey Howard (Bing Crosby), a self-made man, widower and owner of "Harvey Howard Smokehouses", decides to go back to college at the age of 51 and earn a bachelor's degree. He faces opposition from his grown snobbish children, as well as a generation gap between himself and his much-younger fellow students. The first day in school he finds that just convincing older students, faculty and the admin personnel is a humorous task. He enrolls and receives freshman rooming, and is up front about his determination to be "just another freshman". Being assigned a quad rooming arrangement, this sets the standard for the upcoming years. Dealing with the student press, the dorm adviser and making that first toast with sauerkraut juice to seal their bond to complete their four years together.Scriptwriter

, 1h50
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch,
John WatersOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Political films,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Greta Garbo,
Melvyn Douglas,
Bela Lugosi,
Ina Claire,
Sig Ruman,
Felix BressartRating77%




Three Russians, Iranov (Sig Ruman), Buljanov (Felix Bressart), and Kopalsky (Alexander Granach), are in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Upon arrival, they meet Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas), on a mission from the Russian Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), who wants to retrieve her jewelry before it is sold. He corrupts them and talks them into staying in Paris. The Soviet Union then sends Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova (Greta Garbo), a special envoy whose goal is to go through with the jewelry sale and bring back the three men. Rigid and stern at first, she slowly becomes seduced by the West and the Count, who falls in love with her.
, 1h57
Directed by John Lodge,
George CukorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about families,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Katharine Hepburn,
Joan Bennett,
Jean Parker,
Frances Dee,
Douglass Montgomery,
Edna May OliverRating71%




Set in Concord, Massachusetts, during and after the American Civil War, the film is a series of vignettes focusing on the struggles and adventures of the four March sisters and their mother, affectionately known as Marmee (Spring Byington), while they await the return of their father, who serves as a colonel and a chaplain in the Union Army. Spirited tomboy Jo (Katharine Hepburn), who caters to the whims of their well-to-do Aunt March (Edna May Oliver), dreams of becoming a famous author, and she writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children. Amy (Joan Bennett) is pretty but selfish, Meg (Frances Dee) works as a seamstress, and sensitive Beth (Jean Parker) practices on her clavichord, an aging instrument sorely in need of tuning.
, 1h36
Directed by Billy WilderOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
ThrillerThemes Films set in Africa,
Spy films,
Théâtre,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Le désert,
Guerre du désertActors Franchot Tone,
Anne Baxter,
Akim Tamiroff,
Erich von Stroheim,
Peter van Eyck,
Fortunio BonanovaRating72%




Corporal John Bramble (Franchot Tone) is the sole survivor of a British tank crew after a major battle with Erwin Rommel's victorious Afrika Korps. Delirious, he stumbles across the North African desert into the Empress of Britain, a small, isolated hotel owned by Farid (Akim Tamiroff). The staff consists of just Frenchwoman Mouche (Anne Baxter), as the cook has fled and the waiter Davos was killed the night before by German bombing.
, 2h2
Directed by Mitchell LeisenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
MelodramaThemes Films about adoption,
Films about childrenActors Olivia de Havilland,
Mary Anderson,
John Lund,
Roland Culver,
Phillip Terry,
Victoria HorneRoles Story
Rating75%




In World War II London, fire wardens Josephine "Jody" Norris (Olivia de Havilland) and Lord Desham (Roland Culver) keep a lonely vigil. When Jody saves Desham's life, they become better acquainted. With a bit of coaxing, the ageing spinster tells the story of her life, leading to a flashback.
, 1h49
Directed by Henry KosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Christmas films,
Films about religion,
Films about angelsActors Cary Grant,
Loretta Young,
David Niven,
Monty Woolley,
James Gleason,
Gladys CooperRoles Writer
Rating75%




Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven), troubled with funding the building of a new cathedral, prays for divine guidance. His plea is seemingly answered by a suave angel named Dudley (Cary Grant), who reveals his identity only to the clergyman. 
, 1h56
Directed by Billy Wilder,
Charles C. Coleman,
Gerd OswaldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Jean Arthur,
Marlene Dietrich,
John Lund,
Millard Mitchell,
Stanley Prager,
William MurphyRating72%




In 1947, a United States congressional committee which includes prim Phoebe Frost of Iowa (Jean Arthur) arrives in post-World War II Berlin to visit the American troops stationed there. Phoebe hears rumors that cabaret torch singer Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich), suspected of being the former mistress of either Hermann Göring or Joseph Goebbels, is being protected by an unidentified American officer. She enlists Captain John Pringle (John Lund) to assist in her investigation, unaware he is Erika's current lover.