A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) more movies like this

directed by Elia Kazan
featuring Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Ann Garner

One-time movie song-and-dance man James Dunn won an Academy Award for his "comeback" performance in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Based on the best-selling novel by Betty Smith, the film relates the trials and tribulations of a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement family. The father, Dunn, is a likable but irresponsible alcoholic whose dreams of ...

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Bright Eyes (1934) more movies like this

directed by David Butler
featuring Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Judith Allen, Lois Wilson

Despite stiff competition like Poor Little Rich Girl and Heidi, Bright Eyes is arguably the best of Shirley Temple's 1930s vehicles. The little curly-top is cast as Shirley Blake, daughter of Mary Blake (Lois Wilson), the widowed housemaid of snooty J. Wellington and Anita Smythe (Theodore Von Eltz and Dorothy Christy). Though continually ...

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Baby, Take a Bow (1934) more movies like this

directed by Harry Lachman
featuring Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart, Ray Walker

Shirley Temple's first starring vehicle casts her as the button-cute daughter of ex-convict Eddie Ellison (James Dunn) and his wife Kay (Claire Trevor). Ellison and his old cellmate Larry Scott (Ray Walker) manage to land jobs as chauffeurs for a wealthy family. When a valuable string of pearls disappears, both men are fired and Eddie is accused ...

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Stand up and Cheer (1934) more movies like this

directed by Hamilton MacFadden
featuring Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, John Boles

For something that was supposed to be a "feel good" movie, Fox Studios' Stand Up and Cheer seems curiously grim when seen today. Based on an idea by Will Rogers, the story concerns the efforts by the (never-seen) President of the United States to get the public's mind off the Depression. To this end, he appoints Broadway impresario Lawrence ...

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Hold That Woman (1940) more movies like this

directed by Sam Newfield
featuring James Dunn, Frances Gifford, George Douglas, Martin Spellman, Rita La Roy

James Dunn and Frances Gifford were husband and wife when they costarred in PRC's Hold That Woman. Dunn plays Jimmy Parker, ace operative for Skip Tracers Ltd., a process-serving firm. Repossessing a radio from a recalcitrant debtor, Jimmy finds a fortune in stolen jewels hidden inside the box. Arrested for theft, Parker spends the rest of the ...

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Hearts in Bondage (1936) more movies like this

directed by Lew Ayres
featuring James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners, Charlotte Henry, Henry B. Walthall

First-time director Lew Ayres performs miracles on a tiny budget in the Civil War drama Hearts in Bondage. The story offers a romanticized version of the events leading up to the battle between the "ironclads" Monitor and Merrimac. Northern naval officer Kenneth (James Dunn), the nephew of Monitor designer John Ericsson (Fritz Leiber) is ...

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Shadows over Shanghai (1938) more movies like this

directed by Charles Lamont
featuring James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Linda Gray, Robert H. Barrat, Paul Sutton

The bloom of youth had long faded on actor James Dunn when he starred in Shadows Over Shanghai. Even so, he is fairly convincing as hotshot newspaperman Johnny McGinty, on assignment in war-torn China (courtesy of the General Service Studios backlot). McGinty is one of several interested parties involved in a stolen Chinese amulet, which allegedly ...

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The Living Ghost (1942) more movies like this

directed by William Beaudine
featuring James Dunn

A true "guilty pleasure" crime melodrama with horror movie touches, the low-budget The Living Ghost stars future Academy award-winner James Dunn as Nick Trayne, a retired detective hired to look into the mysterious disappearance of banker Walter Craig. Working with Craig's pert secretary Billie Hilton (Joan Woodbury), Nick is questioning Craig's ...

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Son of the Navy (1940) more movies like this

directed by William Nigh
featuring James Dunn, Jean Parker, Martin Spellman, William Royle, Selmar Jackson

In this Navy drama, a young sailor finds himself interested in everything but marriage. But then he encounters a runaway orphan who sees the sailor and decides that he would do anything to make him become his father. He begins dogging the salt, who does everything he can to get rid of the troublesome kid. Eventually he can't help but care for the ...

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Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (1948) more movies like this

directed by Michael Gordon, William Castle
featuring Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Lionel Stander, Florence Bates

Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven deserves a historical footnote as director William Castle's only comedy western. Future Wild Bill Hickok star Guy Madison plays Eddie Taylor, a lonesome cowboy who falls in love with city-gal Perry Dunkin (Diana Lynn). The couple "meets cute" in Brooklyn, where the two have migrated to seek their fortunes. The plot veers ...

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365 Nights in Hollywood (1934) more movies like this

directed by George Marshall
featuring James Dunn, Alice Faye, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant, John Bradford

A midwestern girl heads for Hollywood in hopes of becoming a star. She is accompanied by two good buddies and this comedy chronicles their adventures in Tinseltown. It all begins when the new arrivals enroll in a bogus acting school run by two con artists. A wealthy entrepreneur shows up looking to invest his money. One of the greedy grifters ...

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The Ghost and the Guest (1943) more movies like this

directed by William Nigh
featuring James Dunn, Florence Rice, Mabel Todd, Sam McDaniel, Robert Dudley

Comedian Morey Amsterdam and cartoonist Milt Gross were responsible for the script of the low-budget comedy The Ghost and the Guest. James Dunn and Florence Rice play newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye, who spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, the Fryes are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching for a fortune in ...

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That Brennan Girl (1946) more movies like this

directed by Alfred Santell
featuring James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks

In this melodrama, a self-absorbed mother unwittingly teaches her daughter some terrible habits. From her, the girl learns that she should simply take everything she wants without considering the consequences of her actions. Her conniving tactics make her rich, but unlucky in love. Fortunately, her second husband teaches her some important life ...

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