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Walter Morosco
Born February 1, 1899 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died December 30, 1948 · aged 49
After having written four screenplays and directed one film in 1926, Walter Morosco decided that he was better at producing films, so between 1929 and until his early death in 1949 he produced 37 films in Hollywood and London (1931-1932), among them Al Jolson's classic "Mammy" (1930), ("Wing and a Prayer" (1944) and "Give My Regards to Broadway" (1948). His last film was "Mother Is a Freshman" (…
Known For
Man of Mayfair · 1931Man of Mayfair
★ 8.01931
MovieComedyMusic
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
Mammy · 1930Mammy
★ 6.01930
MovieMusicComedy
Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in cities and towns across the U.S. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe (Lois Moran), but she loves another (Lowell Sherman). Sherman is shot onstage as part of a comedy bit, and it is assumed that Jolson is guilty of putting the bullet in the gun.
Careful, Soft Shoulders · 1942Careful, Soft Shoulders
★ 6.51942
MovieComedyRomance
In this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has become a dress model. She is approached by an American counter-espionage agent who offers her a chance to serve her country. The carefree son of a naval official receives a similar offer. He is asked to secure secret Naval plans. Unbeknownst to them, the man they work for is actually a Nazi spy. The two dupes finally figure it out, and the spy kidnaps them. Somehow they escape and break up the spy ring.
Lily Christine · 1932Lily Christine
★ 10.01932
MovieDramaRomance
Lily is threatened with divorce by her husband after spending an innocent night with friend Rupert Harvey.
Margie · 1946Margie
★ 7.11946
MovieComedyRomance
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
Sentimental Journey · 1946Sentimental Journey
★ 6.41946
MovieDrama
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.
Aren't We All? · 1932Aren't We All?
★ 8.01932
MovieComedyRomance
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
Wing and a Prayer · 1944Wing and a Prayer
★ 6.71944
MovieWarAction
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
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