William A. Wellman

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Wild Boys of the Road
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Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road 1933

Wild Boys of the Road

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy’s mother has been out of work for months when Eddie’s father loses his job. Eager not to ...
Roxie Hart
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Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart 1942

Roxie Hart

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she ...
The Boob
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The Boob

The Boob 1926

The Boob

To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.
Safe in Hell
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Safe in Hell

Safe in Hell 1931

Safe in Hell

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by ...
Maybe It’s Love
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Maybe It’s Love

Maybe It's Love 1930

Maybe It’s Love

A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president (George Irving). The nominal leading man is Tommy ...
The Purchase Price
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The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price 1932

The Purchase Price

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their ...
Beggars of Life
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Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life 1928

Beggars of Life

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight ...
Heroes for Sale
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Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale 1933

Heroes for Sale

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his ...
My Man and I
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My Man and I

My Man and I 1952

My Man and I

In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant ...
College Coach
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College Coach

College Coach 1933

College Coach

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore ...
Frisco Jenny
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Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny 1932

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption ...
It’s a Big Country
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It’s a Big Country

It's a Big Country 1951

It’s a Big Country

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios’ ...
Gallant Journey
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Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey 1946

Gallant Journey

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn ...
Nothing Sacred
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Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred 1937

Nothing Sacred

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Magic Town
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Magic Town

Magic Town 1947

Magic Town

Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the ...
The Iron Curtain
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The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain 1948

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned ...
A Star Is Born
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A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born 1937

A Star Is Born

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of ...