Morris Stoloff is a Music Director born on 30 july 1898
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff participated to
133 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
17 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
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, 3h38
Directed by David Lean,
Noël HowardOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
Films based on plays,
Le désertActors Peter O'Toole,
Alec Guinness,
Anthony Quinn,
Jack Hawkins,
Omar Sharif,
José FerrerRoles Music Coordinator
Rating82%
Part I
In 1935, Lawrence is killed in a motorcycle accident. At his memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, a reporter tries to gain insights into this remarkable, enigmatic man from those who knew him, with little success.
, 1h58
Directed by Fred Zinnemann,
Earl BellamyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Burt Lancaster,
Montgomery Clift,
Deborah Kerr,
Donna Reed,
Frank Sinatra,
Ernest BorgnineRoles Music Director
Rating75%
In 1941, bugler and career soldier Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) transfers to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes (Philip Ober) has heard he is a talented middleweight boxer and wants him to join his regimental team in order to secure a promotion. Prewitt refuses, having stopped fighting because he blinded his sparring partner and close friend over a year before. Holmes is adamant, but so is Prewitt., 2h9
Directed by Frank Capra,
Charles VidorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about children,
Politique,
Scoutisme,
Political films,
White House in fictionActors Jean Arthur,
James Stewart,
Claude Rains,
Edward Arnold,
Charles Lane,
Thomas MitchellRoles Music Director
Rating80%
The governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert "Happy" Hopper (Guy Kibbee), has to pick a replacement for recently deceased U.S. Senator Sam Foley. His corrupt political boss, Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), pressures Hopper to choose his handpicked stooge, while popular committees want a reformer, Henry Hill. The governor's children want him to select Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), the head of the Boy Rangers. Unable to make up his mind between Taylor's stooge and the reformer, Hopper decides to flip a coin. When it lands on edge – and next to a newspaper story on one of Smith's accomplishments – he chooses Smith, calculating that his wholesome image will please the people while his naïveté will make him easy to manipulate., 1h55
Directed by Joshua LoganOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors William Holden,
Kim Novak,
Betty Field,
Rosalind Russell,
Susan Strasberg,
Cliff RobertsonRoles Conductor
Rating69%
Hal Carter (William Holden) is a former college football star, adrift and unemployed after army service and a failed Hollywood acting career. On Labor Day (September 5, 1955), he arrives by freight train in a Kansas town to visit his fraternity friend, Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson), the son of a wealthy grain elevator owner, Mr. Benson (Raymond Bailey). Working for his breakfast by doing chores in the backyard of kindly Mrs. Potts (Verna Felton), Hal presents to Bomber (Nick Adams), Madge Owens (Kim Novak), her sister Millie (Susan Strasberg), and her mother (Betty Field). The later is hoping Madge will marry Alan, which would thus raise both Madge and herself into the town's highest, respectable social circles. Alan wants to marry Madge, but his father thinks she is beneath him. Madge, even when being Alan fiancé, doesn't really loves Alan and is weary of being liked only because she is pretty., 2h8
Directed by Alfred E. GreenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Larry Parks,
Evelyn Keyes,
William Demarest,
Bill Goodwin,
Ludwig Donath,
Scotty BeckettRoles Original Music Composer
Rating71%
American burlesque performer Steve Martin (William Demarest) offers to play a song for his audience, if they agree to sing along. Only one person does sing, a young boy named Asa Yoelson (Scotty Beckett). Steve is bowled over by the boy's voice, but Asa realizes he should be singing at the synagogue with his father, Cantor Yoelson (Ludwig Donath). Asa arrives late, and is later reprimanded by his strict father. Asa is reluctant to explain where he was, but Steve Martin visits the Yoelsons' home. He explains that he heard Asa sing at the burlesque house, and that he wants Asa to be part of his act. Papa Yoelson refuses to consider it., 2h6
Directed by Frank CapraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors James Stewart,
Jean Arthur,
Lionel Barrymore,
Edward Arnold,
Mischa Auer,
Ann MillerRoles Music Director
Rating77%
Successful banker Anthony P. Kirby (Edward Arnold) has just returned from Washington, D.C., where he was effectively granted a government-sanctioned munitions monopoly, which will make him very rich. He intends to buy up a 12-block radius around a competitor's factory to put him out of business, but there is one house that is a holdout to selling. Kirby instructs his real estate broker, John Blakely (Clarence Wilson), to offer a huge sum for the house, and if that is not accepted, to cause trouble for the family. , 1h51
Directed by George SidneyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicalsActors Rita Hayworth,
Frank Sinatra,
Kim Novak,
Barbara Nichols,
Hank Henry,
Elizabeth PattersonRoles Conductor
Rating65%
The setting is San Francisco; Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra) is a second-rate singer, a heel known for his womanizing ways (calling women "mice"), but charming and funny. When Joey meets Linda English (Kim Novak), a naive chorus girl, he has stirrings of real feelings. However, that does not stop him from romancing a former flame and ex-stripper (Joey says, "She used to be 'Vera...with the Vanishing Veils'"), now society matron Vera Prentice-Simpson (Rita Hayworth), a wealthy, willful, and lonely widow, in order to convince her to finance his dream, "Chez Joey", a night club of his own., 1h43
Directed by George Cukor,
Earl BellamyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Judy Holliday,
Broderick Crawford,
William Holden,
Howard St. John,
Barbara Brown,
Claire CarletonRoles Music Director
Rating74%
Uncouth tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) goes to Washington, D.C. with his brassy girlfriend, Emma "Billie" Dawn (Judy Holliday), and his crooked lawyer, Jim Devery (Howard St. John), to "influence" a politician or two. The lawyer also presses Harry to marry Billie on the grounds that a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband., 1h31
Directed by Leo McCareyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films based on plays,
Films about marriageActors Irene Dunne,
Cary Grant,
Ralph Bellamy,
Alexander D'Arcy,
Cecil Cunningham,
Molly LamontRoles Music Director
Rating76%
Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant) returns home from a trip, which he falsely says was to Florida, to find that his wife, Lucy (Irene Dunne), is not at home. When she returns in the company of her handsome music teacher, Armand Duvalle (Alexander D'Arcy), Jerry learns that Lucy spent the night in the country with Armand, after his car, they claim, broke down unexpectedly. Lucy then discovers that Jerry did not actually go to Florida, though he went so far as to get an artificial tan and write multiple fake letters home to convince her that he did. Mutual suspicions result in divorce., 1h49
Directed by Robert Rossen,
Don Siegel,
Sam NelsonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Political filmsActors Broderick Crawford,
John Ireland,
Joanne Dru,
John Derek,
Mercedes McCambridge,
Ralph DumkeRoles Music Director
Rating73%
The story of the rise of politician Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion is depicted in the film. He goes into politics, railing against the corruptly run county government, but loses his race for county treasurer, in the face of unfair obstacles placed by the local machine. Stark teaches himself law, and as a lawyer, continues to fight the local establishment, championing the local people and gaining popularity. He eventually rises to become a candidate for governor, narrowly losing his first race, then winning on his second attempt. Along the way he loses his innocence and becomes as corrupt as the politicians he once fought against. When his son becomes paralyzed following a drunk driving accident that kills a female passenger, Stark's world starts to unravel and he discovers that not everyone can be bought off., 1h32
Directed by Delmer DavesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
WesternActors Glenn Ford,
Van Heflin,
Felicia Farr,
Leora Dana,
Henry Jones,
Robert EmhardtRoles Conductor
Rating75%
In the Arizona Territory of the 1880s, rancher Dan Evans (Van Heflin) and his young sons witness a stagecoach holdup. The boys want to try to intervene, but their father warns them that it would be useless to act when they are so heavily outnumbered. When the stagecoach driver overpowers one of the robbers and uses him as a human shield, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford), the leader of the gang, callously shoots both men dead., 2h21
Directed by George Cukor,
Charles VidorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Dirk Bogarde,
Capucine,
Geneviève Page,
Patricia Morison,
Ivan Desny,
Martita HuntRoles Music Supervisor
Rating60%
Jeune pianiste de talent et salué par la critique, Franz Lizst n'en reste pas moins un personnage torturé par la solitude. À l'occasion d'une tournée européenne, le jeune artiste fait la rencontre de la princesse Caroline Sayn-Wittengenstei. Tous deux entament une idylle à double tranchant puisque cette nouvelle relation a une conséquence négative sur les performances de Franz., 1h34
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Films about religion,
Sports films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing films,
Films based on playsActors Robert Montgomery,
Evelyn Keyes,
Claude Rains,
Rita Johnson,
Edward Everett Horton,
James GleasonRoles Music Director
Rating74%
Boxer and amateur pilot Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery), affectionately known as "the Flying Pug", flies his small aircraft to his next fight in New York City, but crashes when a control cable severs. His soul is "rescued" by 7013 (Edward Everett Horton), an officious angel who assumed that Joe could not have survived. Joe's manager, Max "Pop" Corkle (James Gleason), has his body cremated. In the afterlife, the records show his death was a mistake; he was supposed to live for 50 more years. The angel's superior, Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), confirms this, but since there is no more body, Joe will have to take over a newly dead corpse. Mr. Jordan explains that a body is just something that is worn, like an overcoat; inside, Joe will still be himself. Joe insists that it be someone in good physical shape, because he wants to continue his boxing career. Joe keeps saying the body they find "has to be in the pink"., 1h44
Directed by George Stevens,
Budd BoetticherOrigin USAGenres War,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors Jean Arthur,
Joel McCrea,
Charles Coburn,
Richard Gaines,
Bruce Bennett,
Frank SullyRoles Music Director
Rating75%
During World War II, retired millionaire Benjamin Dingle (Charles Coburn) arrives in Washington, D.C. as an adviser on the housing shortage and finds that his hotel suite will not be available for two days. He sees an ad for a roommate and talks the reluctant young woman, Connie Milligan (Jean Arthur), into letting him sublet half of her apartment. Comedy ensues when the two clumsily get in each other's way while arising and preparing for work. Connie makes things work by keeping to an exacting schedule, including eating breakfast and leaving for work at precise times. Then Dingle runs into Sergeant Joe Carter (Joel McCrea), who has no place to stay while he waits to be shipped overseas. Dingle generously rents him half of his half., 1h47
Directed by Budd Boetticher,
Charles VidorOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Rita Hayworth,
Gene Kelly,
Phil Silvers,
Otto Kruger,
Eve Arden,
Lee BowmanRoles Music Director
Rating66%
Rusty (Rita Hayworth), a chorus girl working at a nightclub run by her boyfriend Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), is given a chance for stardom by the wealthy magazine editor John Coudair (Otto Kruger), who years earlier had been in love with her grandmother, Maribelle Hicks. Offered an opportunity to be a highly paid cover girl, Rusty would faithfully remain with her nightclub act if only Danny would ask her. He doesn't want to stand in her way, so he picks an argument to send her packing. Rusty becomes a star on Broadway after appearing in a musical produced by Coudair's wealthy friend, Noel Wheaton (Lee Bowman), and decides to get married to Wheaton. At the last second she leaves the wedding and reunites with Danny.