Leo McCarey — Director (9)
Duck Soup (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Duck Soup
director: Leo McCarey actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx
other title: La guerra lampo dei fratelli Marx / En tosset diktator
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Going My Way (1944) [Movie] TMDB
Going My Way
director: Leo McCarey actor: Bing Crosby / Barry Fitzgerald
other title: La mia via / O Bom Pastor
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Make Way for Tomorrow
director: Leo McCarey actor: Victor Moore / Beulah Bondi
other title: Cupo tramonto / A Cruz dos Anos
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?
Good Sam (1948) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB
Good Sam
director: Leo McCarey actor: 加里·库珀 / Ann Sheridan
other title: 굿 샘 / A Felicida Bate à Sua Porta
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.
Mighty Like a Moose (1926) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Mighty Like a Moose
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charley Chase / Vivien Oakland
other title: Le Mari à double face
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
The Uneasy Three (1925) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Uneasy Three
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charley Chase / Fred Kelsey
Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) has Charley Chase playing the mastermind of a dimwitted trio of thieves who plan on stealing a priceless jewel.
Love Affair (1939) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Love Affair
director: Leo McCarey actor: Irene Dunne / Charles Boyer
other title: Un grande amore / Ruhelose Liebe
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
Pass the Gravy (1928) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Pass the Gravy
director: Leo McCarey / Fred Guiol actor: Max Davidson / Martha Sleeper
other title: Und ein stolzer Hahn dazu
Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feuding between the two men. When their children announce their engagement the two men decide to bury the hatchet and Davidson suggests a dinner at his house. He gives his young son, Ignatz, two dollars to buy a chicken but the boy pockets the money and kills Schultz' first place rooster instead. Once seated at the table all but Schultz discover what they are eating and desperately try to hide the bad news from Schultz who is sure to kill Davidson if he knows the truth.