Stephen Goosson is a Assistant Art Director and Art Direction American born on 24 march 1889 at Grand Rapids (USA)
Stephen Goosson
Stephen Goosson participated to
84 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
13 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Art
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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 Art Direction
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 Art Direction
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. , 1h41
Directed by George SidneyOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Sports films,
Musical filmsActors Red Skelton,
Esther Williams,
Basil Rathbone,
Bill Goodwin,
Jean Porter,
Nana BryantRoles Art Direction
Rating63%
In Los Angeles, popular songwriter Steve Elliott (Red Skelton) prepares to marry Caroline Brooks (Esther Williams), who has pledged to give up her job as a college swimming instructor once she has wed. Likewise, Steve plans to quit his songwriting career, even though New York producer George Adams (Basil Rathbone) has already hired him to write new songs for a water ballet show. , 1h45
Directed by Frank CapraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Films about marriageActors Clark Gable,
Claudette Colbert,
Walter Connolly,
Alan Hale,
Roscoe Karns,
Jameson ThomasRoles Art Direction
Rating80%
Spoiled heiress Ellen "Ellie" Andrews has eloped with pilot and fortune-hunter "King" Westley against the wishes of her extremely wealthy father, Alexander, who wants to have the marriage annulled as he is aware that Westley is only really interested in her money. Jumping ship in Florida, she runs away, boarding a bus to New York City, to reunite with her new spouse, when she meets fellow bus passenger Peter Warne, a freshly out-of-work newspaper reporter. Soon Warne recognizes her and gives her a choice: If she will give him an exclusive on her story, he will help her reunite with Westley. If not, he will tell her father where she is. Ellie agrees to the first choice. As they go through several adventures together, Ellie loses her initial disdain for him and begins to fall in love. When they have to hitchhike, Peter fails to draw attention until Ellie displays a shapely leg to Danker, the next driver. When they stop en route, Danker tries to steal their luggage; but Peter seizes his car. Nearing the end of their journey, Ellie confesses her love to Peter. When the owners of the motel in which they are staying notice that Peter's car is gone, they expel Ellie. Believing Peter has deserted her, Ellie telephones her father, who agrees to let her marry Westley. Meanwhile, Peter has obtained money from his editor to marry Ellie, but misses her on the road. Although Ellie has no desire to be with Westley, she believes Peter has betrayed her for the reward money, and agrees to have a second, formal wedding to Westley. On her wedding day, she finally reveals the whole story. When Peter comes to Ellie's home, Mr. Andrews offers him the reward money, but Peter insists on being paid only his expenses: a paltry $39.60. When Ellie's father presses him for an explanation of his odd behavior, Peter admits he loves Ellie, and storms out. Westley arrives for his wedding via Kellett K-3 Autogyro NC12691; but at the wedding ceremony, Mr. Andrews reveals Peter's refusal of the reward money to Ellie, sends her to Peter, and pays Westley off., 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 Art Direction
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., 1h24
Directed by Victor SchertzingerOrigin USAGenres Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Grace Moore,
Tullio Carminati,
Lyle Talbot,
Mona Barrie,
Jane Darwell,
Jessie RalphRoles Art Direction
Rating56%
Opera singer Mary Barrett (Grace Moore) leaves to study music in Milan, Italy to the disappointment of her family in New York City. Mary gets a job at the Cafe Roma, where Giulio Monteverdi (Tullio Carminati), a famous vocal coach, hears her sing. Giulio promises to make Mary a star if she will allow him to control her life. He also tells her that there cannot be any romance between the two of them, as that would distract from the process of growing her talent. Mary discovers she has stagefright as she prepares for a tour of provincial opera houses, however Giulio helps her overcome it., 2h2
Directed by Frank CapraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalistsActors Gary Cooper,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward Arnold,
Walter Brennan,
Spring Byington,
James GleasonRoles Art Direction
Rating75%
Infuriated at being told to write one final column after being laid off from her newspaper job, Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) prints a letter from a fictional unemployed "John Doe" threatening suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of society's ills. When the letter causes a sensation among readers, and the paper's competition suspects a fraud and starts to investigate, editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) is persuaded to rehire Mitchell, who schemes to boost the newspaper's sales by exploiting the fictional John Doe. From a number of derelicts who show up at the paper claiming to have written the original letter, Mitchell and Connell hire John Willoughby (Gary Cooper), a former baseball player and tramp in need of money to repair his injured arm (by Bonesetter Brown), to play the role of John Doe. Mitchell starts to pen a series of articles in Doe's name, elaborating on the original letter's ideas of society's disregard for people in need., 1h55
Directed by Frank CapraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about journalistsActors Gary Cooper,
Jean Arthur,
George Bancroft,
Lionel Stander,
Douglass Dumbrille,
Raymond WalburnRoles Art Direction
Rating77%
During the Great Depression, Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), the co-owner of a tallow works, part-time greeting card poet, and tuba-playing inhabitant of the (fictional) hamlet of Mandrake Falls, Vermont, inherits 20 million dollars from his late uncle, Martin Semple. The scheming attorney of his uncle, John Cedar (Douglass Dumbrille), locates Deeds and takes him to New York City. Cedar gives his cynical troubleshooter, ex-newspaperman Cornelius Cobb (Lionel Stander), the task of keeping reporters away from Deeds. Cobb is outfoxed, however, by star reporter Louise "Babe" Bennett (Jean Arthur), who appeals to Deeds' romantic fantasy of rescuing a damsel in distress by masquerading as a poor worker named Mary Dawson. She pretends to faint from exhaustion after "walking all day to find a job" and worms her way into his confidence. Bennett proceeds to write a series of enormously popular articles mocking Longfellow's hick ways and odd behavior, giving him the nickname "Cinderella Man., 1h39
Directed by Charles Vidor,
Earl BellamyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Sports films,
Bullfighting filmsActors Rita Hayworth,
Glenn Ford,
Victor Jory,
Luther Adler,
Margaret Wycherly,
Ron RandellRoles Art Direction
Rating61%
Following the plot of the classic opera, "Carmen," this story follows the wild gypsy's adventures as a siren and bandit. Carmen (Rita Hayworth) lures an innocent soldier (Glenn Ford) to his ruin, getting him expelled from the army. He then turns to banditry, killing Carmen's husband (Victor Jory) and others. The drama culminates in an ending with the innocent soldier repenting of his sins and dying., 2h12
Directed by Frank Capra,
Andrew MartonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films about Tibet,
Political filmsActors Ronald Colman,
Jane Wyatt,
Sam Jaffe,
John Howard,
H. B. Warner,
Edward Everett HortonRoles Art Direction
Rating75%
Before returning to England to become the new Foreign Secretary, writer, soldier and diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) has one last task in 1935 China: to rescue 90 Westerners in the city of Baskul. He flies out with the last few evacuees, just ahead of armed revolutionaries., 1h36
Directed by Frank CapraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaActors May Robson,
Warren William,
Guy Kibbee,
Glenda Farrell,
Ned Sparks,
Walter ConnollyRoles Art Direction
Rating73%
The story focuses on Apple Annie, an aging and wretched fruit seller in New York City, whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. Louise has been led to believe her mother is a society matron named Mrs. E. Worthington Manville who lives at the Hotel Marberry. Annie discovers her charade is in danger of being uncovered when she learns Louise is sailing to New York with her fiancé Carlos and his father, Count Romero.