Walter Lang — Director (16)
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But Not for Me (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
But Not for Me
director: Walter Lang actor: Clark Gable / Carroll Baker …
other title: Ma non per me / Bei mir nicht …
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.
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The Blue Bird (1940) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Blue Bird
director: Walter Lang actor: Shirley Temple / Spring Byington …
other title: Alla ricerca della felicità / O Pássaro Azul …
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
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Brothers (1930) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Brothers
director: Walter Lang actor: Bert Lytell / Dorothy Sebastian …
Bob Naughton and Eddie Connolly are identical-twin brothers that were separated in infancy. Bob is raised by a rich lawyer, has all the advantages, but is a drunk with no moral character. Eddie is a pianist in a speak-easy but a man of high character. Bob commits a murder and Eddie is blamed and faces life in prison.
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The Magnificent Dope (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Magnificent Dope
director: Walter Lang actor: Henry Fonda / Lynn Bari …
other title: Le Nigaud magnifique / Así vivo yo
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
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Sentimental Journey (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Sentimental Journey
director: Walter Lang actor: John Payne / Maureen O'Hara …
other title: Conflicto sentimental
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
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State Fair (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
State Fair
director: Walter Lang actor: Jeanne Crain / Dana Andrews …
other title: A Feira da Vida / Jahrmarkt der Liebe …
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
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On the Riviera (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
On the Riviera
director: Walter Lang actor: Danny Kaye / Gene Tierney …
other title: Divertiamoci stanotte / Ved Rivieraen …
In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.
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Can-Can (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Can-Can
director: Walter Lang actor: Frank Sinatra / Shirley MacLaine …
other title: Can-can
A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righteous judge. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her lawyer boyfriend.
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Sitting Pretty (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sitting Pretty
director: Walter Lang actor: Robert Young / Maureen O'Hara …
other title: Governante rubacuori / Belvedere räumt auf …
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
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Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Cheaper by the Dozen
director: Walter Lang actor: Clifton Webb / Jeanne Crain …
other title: Dodici lo chiamano papà / Det er mængden der gør det …
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
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Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Snow White and the Three Stooges
director: Walter Lang actor: Moe Howard / Larry Fine …
other title: Biancaneve e i tre compari / Schneewittchen & The Three Stooges …
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Fortunia, a noble king and his lovely young queen lack but one blessing to make their joy complete. The queen gives birth to a daughter named Snow White, but dies soon after. The king mourns her, but in time, he remarries because of the pleading of his people. His new queen is a beautiful, but evil woman who soon becomes jealous of Snow White's beauty.
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Star Dust (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Star Dust
director: Walter Lang actor: Linda Darnell / John Payne …
other title: Estrellas fugaces / La Rançon de la gloire …
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
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The Jackpot (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Jackpot
director: Walter Lang actor: James Stewart / Barbara Hale …
other title: La fortuna si diverte / Radiomania …
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred.