Sidney Lanfield — Director (14)
The Meanest Man in the World (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Meanest Man in the World
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Jack Benny / Priscilla Lane
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
The Trouble with Women (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Trouble with Women
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Ray Milland / Teresa Wright
A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating. There is trouble, when he falls in love with her, unaware of who she is.
Hat Check Girl (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Hat Check Girl
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Sally Eilers / Ben Lyon
Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and others before she falls in love with millionaire playboy Buster Collins. Gerry is supported by her girlfriend Jessie.
The Lady Has Plans (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Lady Has Plans
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.
King of Burlesque (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
King of Burlesque
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Warner Baxter / Alice Faye
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
Skirts Ahoy! (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Skirts Ahoy!
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Esther Williams / Joan Evans
other title: Faldas a bordo
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
Red Salute (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Red Salute
other title: El soldadito del amor
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.
Standing Room Only (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Standing Room Only
other title: Tutto esaurito
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
My Favorite Blonde (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
My Favorite Blonde
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Bob Hope / Madeleine Carroll
other title: Geliebte Spionin / La Blonde de mes rêves
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
Station West (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Station West
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Dick Powell / Jane Greer
other title: La città della paura / La Cité de la peur
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.