Direction: Mitchell Leisen

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Claudette Colbert · Don Ameche · John Barrymore · Mary Astor

Synopsis Midnight (1939) follows the story of Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert), an American performer in Paris who finds herself unemployed, penniless, and unlucky. A charming taxi driver (Don Ameche) offers to take her around the city to find work as a...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Charles Boyer · Olivia de Havilland · Paulette Goddard · Victor Francen

Synopsis Hold Back the Dawn (1941) follows the story of Georges Iscovescu, a charming Romanian-French gigolo with aspirations to enter the United States. However, his journey is halted in Mexico due to the quota system. In a strategic move, he decides...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Mary Anderson · Roland Culver · Virginia Welles

Synopsis To Each His Own (1946) follows the journey of a woman who, due to societal pressures, is compelled to relinquish her newborn son to avoid public disgrace. Despite this heart-wrenching decision, she remains a constant, albeit distant, presence in her...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Fred MacMurray · Beulah Bondi · Elizabeth Patterson

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Jean Arthur · Edward Arnold · Ray Milland · Luis Alberni

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · John Lund · Jane Cowl · Phyllis Thaxter

Synopsis No Man of Her Own (1950) follows the story of Helen Ferguson, portrayed by Barbara Stanwyck, a young woman who finds herself in a delicate situation. Pregnant and alone, she adopts a new persona to escape her troubled past. However,...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Carole Lombard · Fred MacMurray · Ralph Bellamy · Astrid Allwyn

Synopsis Hands Across the Table (1935) follows the story of Reggie Allen, a charming manicurist with a strategic plan to secure a wealthy husband. Her client, Allen Macklyn, a wealthy former aviator confined to a wheelchair, becomes smitten with her. However,...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Gene Tierney · John Lund · Miriam Hopkins · Thelma Ritter

Synopsis The Mating Season (1951) follows the story of Val McNulty, a hardworking professional with ambitions, who swiftly falls for and marries Maggie Carleton, a socialite with no personal wealth. They settle into a modest apartment, living on Val's income. Meanwhile,...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Fredric March · Evelyn Venable · Guy Standing · Katharine Alexander

Synopsis Death Takes a Holiday (1934) follows the story of Death, who, feeling weary and curious about humanity's fear of him, decides to experience life from a different perspective. Assuming the guise of the charming Prince Sirki, he becomes a guest...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Claudette Colbert · Fred MacMurray · Ilka Chase · Richard Haydn

Synopsis No Time for Love (1943) follows the tale of an engineer, Jim Ryan, portrayed by Fred MacMurray, and a female photographer, Katherine Grant, played by Claudette Colbert. The narrative begins when Katherine inadvertently causes Jim to lose his job at...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Claudette Colbert · Ray Milland · Dennis O'Keefe · George Zucco

Synopsis Arise, My Love (1940) follows the story of Tom Martin, an American who fought in the Spanish Civil War and is now facing execution by the victorious Fascists in 1939. Reporter Augusta 'Gusto' Nash, driven by the allure of a...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Roddy McDowall · Susan Oliver · Paul Comi · Byron Morrow

Synopsis The Twilight Zone: People Are Alike All Over (TV) (1959) follows the journey of biologist Sam Conrad, who is set to embark on a mission to Mars. Conrad is apprehensive about the unknown, but his mission commander, Mark Marcusson, assures...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Rosalind Russell · Fred MacMurray · Macdonald Carey · Constance Moore

Synopsis Take a Letter, Darling (1942) follows the story of Tom Verney, a talented but financially challenged artist portrayed by Fred MacMurray. In a twist of fate, Tom secures a position as a secretary for the formidable advertising executive, A. M....

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Paulette Goddard · Ray Milland · Patric Knowles · Reginald Owen

Synopsis Kitty (1945) unfolds in the bustling streets of London, 1783, where a spirited young woman, Kitty, crosses paths with the renowned painter Gainsborough in an unusual encounter—she swipes his shoes. Intrigued by her charm, Gainsborough captures her likeness in a...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Ida Lupino · Martin Balsam · Jerome Cowan · Ted de Corsia

Synopsis The Twilight Zone: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (TV) (1959) follows the story of a former actress, Barbara Trenton, who is trapped in her glory days, endlessly watching and revering her films from a quarter-century past. Her devoted maid, Sally, is deeply...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Joe Morrison · Gertrude Michael · Helen Mack

Synopsis Four Hours to Kill! (1935) follows the story of a seasoned detective who finds himself with a brief window of time before he must hand over a dangerous fugitive. With "four hours to kill," he decides to pass the time...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Ray Milland · Marlene Dietrich · Murvyn Vye · Bruce Lester

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Marlene Dietrich · Fred MacMurray · Aline MacMahon · Stanley Ridges

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Alan Ladd · Wanda Hendrix · Francis Lederer · Joseph Calleia

Synopsis Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) follows the gripping tale of Webb Carey, who ventures back to Orta, a town near Milan, with a mission to uncover the traitor responsible for the downfall of his World War II OSS team and the...

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Carole Lombard · Fred MacMurray · Dorothy Lamour · Anthony Quinn

Synopsis Swing High, Swing Low (1937) follows the story of Maggie King, who encounters soldier Skid Johnson on his final day of service in Panama. Despite initial reluctance, Maggie agrees to a celebratory date with Skid. Their night out takes a...