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Zoe Akins is a Scriptwriter American born on 20 october 1886
Zoe Akins est une scénariste américaine née le 30 octobre 1886 à Humansville, Missouri (États-Unis), décédée le 29 octobre 1958 à Los Angeles (États-Unis).
(1933)
(Theatre Play)
(1930)
(Dialogue)
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Zoe Akins
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 october 1886
Death 29 october 1958 (at 72 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Birth 20 october 1886
Death 29 october 1958 (at 72 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Zoe Akins est une scénariste américaine née le 30 octobre 1886 à Humansville, Missouri (États-Unis), décédée le 29 octobre 1958 à Los Angeles (États-Unis).
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(1933)(Theatre Play)
(1930)(Dialogue)
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The Sad Horse (1959)
, 1h17Directed by James B. Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors David Ladd, Chill Wills, Rex Reason, Patrice Wymore, Gregg Palmer, Eve Brent
Roles Story
Rating63%
Stage Struck (1958)
, 1h35Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Herbert Marshall, Christopher Plummer, Pat Harrington, Jr.
Roles Theatre Play
Rating59%
Une jeune femme débarque à New York afin de faire carrière comme actrice.
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, William Powell, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun
Roles Theatre Play
Rating67%
Resourceful Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall), spunky Loco Dempsey (Betty Grable), and ditzy Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe) rent a luxurious Sutton Place penthouse in New York City from Freddie Denmark (David Wayne), who is avoiding the IRS by living in Europe. The women plan to use the apartment to attract rich men and marry them. When money is tight, Schatze pawns some of Freddie's furniture, without his knowledge. To their dismay, as winter approaches, the furnishings continue to be sold off as they have no luck.
Desire Me (1947)
, 1h31Directed by Jack Conway, Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart, George Zucco, Morris Ankrum, Cecil Humphreys
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Marise Aubert aime son mari, Paul (Robert Mitchum), mais souffre d'un sentiment de culpabilité qu’elle confie au Dr Leclair (Cecil Humphreys), psychiatre.
The Old Maid (1939)
, 1h35Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, James Stephenson
Roles Theatre Play
Rating73%
Set during the American Civil War, the story focuses on Charlotte Lovell and her cousin Delia, whose wedding day is disrupted when her former fiance Clem Spender returns following a two-year absence. Delia proceeds to marry Jim Ralston, and Charlotte comforts Clem, who enlists in the Union Army and is later killed in battle. Shortly after his death, Charlotte discovers she is pregnant with Clem's child, and in order to escape the stigma of an illegitimate child, she journeys West to have her baby, a daughter she names Clementina (or "Tina").
Zaza (1938)
, 1h23Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr, Helen Westley, Constance Collier, Genevieve Tobin
Rating63%
A glamorous female singer (Colbert) has an affair with a married man (Marshall).
The Toy Wife (1938)
, 1h35Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Barbara O'Neil, H. B. Warner, Alma Kruger
Rating58%
Set during the American Civil War, The Toy Wife tells the story of Frou-Frou, a 16-year-old coquette. She has been in France to attend a prestigious school, but is now returning to her family plantation in Louisiana. Craving to go to New Orleans, she fakes a toothache to visit a dentist there. She is chaperoned by Madame Vallaire, but soon ditches her to attend a ball. There, she meets Vaillare's son Andre, a wastral whom she is immediately attracted to.
Conquest (1937)
, 1h53Directed by Clarence Brown, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) launches an unsuccessful seduction of the Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo), who is married to a much older man (Henry Stephenson), but she resists until convinced that giving in will save Poland. After her husband annuls their marriage and Napoleon divorces the Empress Josephine, the pair are free to formalize their happy relationship, but Napoleon shocks her by announcing his decision to wed the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria for political reasons. While he doesn't expect it to impact his relationship with Marie, she leaves him, without ever telling him that she is expecting his child.
Show Boat (1936)
, 1h53Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, Helen Westley
Rating73%
The musical's story spans about forty years, from the late 1880s to the late 1920s. Magnolia Hawks is an eighteen-year-old on her family's show boat, the Cotton Palace which travels the Mississippi River putting on shows. She meets Gaylord Ravenal, a charming gambler, falls in love with him, and eventually marries him. Together with their baby daughter, the couple leaves the boat and moves to Chicago, where they live off Gaylord's gambling winnings. After about ten years, he experiences an especially bad losing streak and leaves Magnolia, out of a sense of guilt that he is ruining her life because of his losses. Magnolia is forced to bring up her young daughter alone. In a parallel plot, Julie LaVerne (the show boat's leading actress, who is part African-American, but "passing" as white) is forced to leave the boat because of her background, taking Steve Baker (her white husband, to whom, under the state's law, she is illegally married) with her. Julie is eventually also abandoned by her husband, and she becomes an alcoholic. Magnolia's becomes a success on the stage in Chicago. Twenty-three years later Magnolia and Ravenal are reunited at the theater in which Kim, their daughter, is appearing in her first Broadway starring role.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
, 1h34Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer
Rating78%
Source: During the Great Depression, Godfrey "Smith" Parke (William Powell) is living alongside other men down on their luck at the city dump. One night, spoiled socialite Cornelia Bullock (Gail Patrick) offers him five dollars ($83 in 2013) to be her "forgotten man" for a scavenger hunt. Annoyed, he advances on her, causing her to retreat and fall on a pile of ashes. She leaves in a fury, much to the glee of her younger sister, Irene (Carole Lombard). After talking with her, Godfrey finds her to be kind, if a bit scatter-brained. He offers to go with Irene to help her beat Cornelia.
Camille (1936)
, 1h49Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films, Fictional prostitutes
Actors Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Laura Hope Crews, Lenore Ulric
Rating72%
The film tells of Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo). She's born into a lower-class family, but in time becomes the well known Dame Camille living in high society in Paris.
Accused (1936)
, 1h23Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Dolores del Río, Florence Desmond, Edward Rigby, Basil Sydney, Moore Marriott
Roles Histoire
Rating56%
Two dance partners become embroiled in a murder mystery when one of the dancers is accused of murder.
Outcast Lady (1934)
, 1h17Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Henry Stephenson, Leo G. Carroll, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Hugh Williams
Rating54%
Bien qu'ils s'aiment beaucoup, Iris March et son amour d'enfance, Napier Harpenden, font face à la désapprobation du père de Napier, Sir Maurice, qui considère la relativement pauvre Iris et son frère alcoolique Gerald comme un obstacle à l'avenir politique de son fils. Napier suggère qu'ils attendent qu'il s'établisse dans le service diplomatique britannique en Inde pour se marier, et Iris accepte à contrecœur. Après quatre ans d'attente, cependant, Iris cède à la pression de Gerald et accepte la demande en mariage de Boy Fenwick, un riche ami de son frère qui l'aime depuis longtemps. Lorsque Napier apprend les fiançailles d'Iris, il quitte l'Inde pour assister à son mariage en Angleterre. Juste avant la cérémonie, une femme étrange tend à Iris une note pliée, qu'Iris empoche sans la lire. Puis, le premier soir de sa lune de miel française, Iris se souvient de la note et commence à la lire devant Boy. Troublée par la note, Iris essaie de la jeter, mais Boy insiste pour la lire lui-même. Quand Iris demande gentiment si la note, qui affirme que, sous un faux nom, Boy a commis et purgé une peine de prison pour un crime odieux, est vraie, Boy répond par l'affirmative. Bien qu'Iris accepte courageusement la confession, Boy a honte et saute par la fenêtre de l'hôtel. Masters, et Hilary, un ami de la famille, apprennent le secret de Boy, mais comme Iris refuse de révéler la raison du suicide de Boy à qui que ce soit d'autre, elle est soupçonnée à la fois de l'avoir poussé par la fenêtre et d'avoir causé sa mort par son comportement. Malgré leur amour pour elle, même Napier et Gerald, qui adoraient Boy, soupçonnent Iris de trahison et lui tournent le dos. Ainsi condamnée par sa famille et ses amis, Iris s'installe en France et s'affirme comme la veuve la plus célèbre d'Europe. Cinq ans plus tard, Hilary informe Iris que Gerald est gravement malade et vit dans la misère et elle retourne immédiatement en Angleterre pour le voir. Après avoir vu Napier et entendu parler de ses fiançailles avec la respectable Venice, Iris se rend chez son frère. Toujours en colère contre sa sœur, Gerald, tuberculeux et ivre, refuse de la voir, et craignant qu'il ne meure sans lui pardonner, Iris accepte de laisser Hilary lui dire la vérité sur Boy. Gerald meurt sans connaître le secret mais pardonne à sa sœur. Bien que soulagée par le pardon de Gerald, Iris retourne en France et tombe dans un état fébrile. Lorsqu'il apprend la maladie d'Iris, Napier, maintenant marié, qui vient de se distinguer comme leader parlementaire, se précipite pour être avec elle. Quand Venice voit Iris et Napier ensemble, elle comprend la profondeur de leur amour mais, à cause du passé inexpliqué d'Iris, elle craint pour son mari. Incapable de garder le secret de Boy plus longtemps, Hilary dit enfin la vérité à Napier et Venice, et Venisc accepte généreusement le divorce. Portée par l'idée que Napier lui a pardonné sans connaître le secret de Boy, Iris récupère et se prépare à affronter Sir Maurice. Bien que Sir Maurice renonce à sa condamnation d'Iris lorsque Napier lui parle enfin de Boy, Iris n'arrive pas à mener à accepter ce divorce et se suicide avec sa voiture.
Morning Glory (1933)
, 1h14Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan, C. Aubrey Smith, Don Alvarado
Roles Theatre Play
Rating63%
Eva Lovelace (Katharine Hepburn) is a performer from a small town who has hoped since childhood to make it big on Broadway. She goes to auditions and tries to get a role in an upcoming play that would help her make it to the big time. While there, one other actress auditioning makes the cut as she is under contract with the company, but in fact the boss would love to get rid of this pest of a woman. A theatre coach (C Aubrey Smith), whom she meets while waiting to talk to Louis Easton (Adolphe Menjou), agrees to give her acting lessons.
Christopher Strong (1933)
, 1h18Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Ralph Forbes, Helen Chandler, Margaret Lindsay
Rating62%
During a scavenger hunt, Lady Cynthia Darrington (Katharine Hepburn) is paired with an unlikely match. Lady Cynthia, a strong-spirited aviator, is over the age of 21 but has never had a lover nor an affair because she is too devoted to her work. In the game, she falls in love, however, with Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive), a member of parliament. She has an affair with him after her prize-winning around-the world flight, much to the distress of his wife, Lady Elaine (Billie Burke) and their daughter, Monica (Helen Chandler).