Writing
George M. Cohan
Born July 3, 1878 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died November 5, 1942 · aged 64
No biography available.
Known For
Sons of the Desert · 1933Sons of the Desert
★ 7.11933
MovieComedy
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.
Yankee Doodle Dandy · 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy
★ 7.01942
MovieDramaMusic
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
The Phantom President · 1932The Phantom President
★ 6.51932
MovieComedyMusic
Too bad for the presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. But as election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Elmer, the Great · 1933Elmer, the Great
★ 5.11933
MovieComedy
Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy.
Seven Keys to Baldpate · 1916Seven Keys to Baldpate
★ 8.01916
MovieThrillerMystery
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
Hit-the-Trail Holliday · 1918Hit-the-Trail Holliday
1918
MovieComedy
Bartender Billy Holliday loses his job for refusing to supply drinks to minors at the behest of his employer. In the little country town he wanders into looking for work he finds two elements, the wets and the drys. When he meets the daughter of the leader of the drys, he casts in his lot with them, and when the leader of the wet faction threatens vengeance, Billy is instantly on the job. At a meeting of prohibitionists, which the brewery element seeks to disrupt by the introduction of a number of roughnecks, Holliday takes the platform and nullifies their efforts with a fiery speech. He finally succeeds in putting the wet element out of business--and in winning the love of Edith Jason.
Little Nellie Kelly · 1940Little Nellie Kelly
★ 6.81940
MovieComedyFamily
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
The Miracle Man · 1932The Miracle Man
★ 5.91932
Movie
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
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