Directing
Walter Lang
Born August 10, 1896 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died February 7, 1972 · aged 75
Walter Lang was an American film director.
Known For
The Baroness and the Butler · 1938The Baroness and the Butler
★ 5.31938
MovieComedyDrama
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
The King and I · 1956The King and I
★ 7.11956
MovieRomanceHistory
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
Cheaper by the Dozen · 1950Cheaper by the Dozen
★ 6.41950
MovieComedyDrama
"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.
Greenwich Village · 1944Greenwich Village
★ 6.71944
MovieComedyMusic
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Claudia and David · 1946Claudia and David
★ 7.51946
MovieDramaComedy
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Song of the Islands · 1942Song of the Islands
★ 7.01942
MovieComedyMusic
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.
Hello Sister · 1930Hello Sister
★ 3.01930
MovieDrama
Olive Borden plays a modern jazz maiden who is forced to be good for six months or lose out on her grandfather's inheritance.
But Not for Me · 1959But Not for Me
★ 6.31959
MovieComedyRomance
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.
Movies
The Baroness and the Butler · 1938The Baroness and the Butler
★ 5.31938
MovieComedyDrama
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
The King and I · 1956The King and I
★ 7.11956
MovieRomanceHistory
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
Cheaper by the Dozen · 1950Cheaper by the Dozen
★ 6.41950
MovieComedyDrama
"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.
Greenwich Village · 1944Greenwich Village
★ 6.71944
MovieComedyMusic
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Claudia and David · 1946Claudia and David
★ 7.51946
MovieDramaComedy
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Song of the Islands · 1942Song of the Islands
★ 7.01942
MovieComedyMusic
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.
Hello Sister · 1930Hello Sister
★ 3.01930
MovieDrama
Olive Borden plays a modern jazz maiden who is forced to be good for six months or lose out on her grandfather's inheritance.
But Not for Me · 1959But Not for Me
★ 6.31959
MovieComedyRomance
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.
Meet the Baron · 1933Meet the Baron
★ 5.31933
MovieComedy
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
The Great Profile · 1940The Great Profile
★ 6.81940
MovieComedy
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.
The Little Princess · 1939The Little Princess
★ 6.71939
MovieFamilyDrama
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
There's No Business Like Show Business · 1954There's No Business Like Show Business
★ 6.11954
MovieMusicComedy
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Desk Set · 1957Desk Set
★ 7.01957
MovieComedyRomance
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.
The Earth Woman · 1926The Earth Woman
★ 8.01926
MovieDramaRomance
The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
The Big Fight · 1930The Big Fight
★ 4.51930
MovieActionDrama
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
The Blue Bird · 1940The Blue Bird
★ 5.81940
MovieFamilyFantasy
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.
Snow White and the Three Stooges · 1961Snow White and the Three Stooges
★ 5.71961
MovieAdventureComedy
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.
Cock o' the Walk · 1930Cock o' the Walk
★ 3.91930
MovieDramaMusic
Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he manages to get himself feared and hated by most of the married men in Buenos Aires.
Can-Can · 1960Can-Can
★ 6.71960
MovieMusicComedy
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.
Call Me Madam · 1953Call Me Madam
★ 6.21953
MovieComedyRomance
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
The Night Flyer · 1928The Night Flyer
★ 6.51928
MovieThrillerAction
Jimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the proprietress of the local lunch counter. His rival, Bat Mullins, is engineer of the new mail train scheduled to make a competition run. When Mullins overturns the new train, Bradley completes the run and earns the contract for his company by delivering the mail in record time on No. 99. A promotion to engineer helps him win Kate.
Sally in Our Alley · 1927Sally in Our Alley
★ 10.01927
MovieComedyRomance
Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy preparing their meals and keeping the house, while the old men bask in the attention she gives them. However, this happy home is broken up when Sally wealthy aunt appears on the scene and takes Sally back to her luxurious penthouse in order to give her the advantages of money and social position. But Sally's heart is back across the river with her plumber sweetheart, Jimmie Adams.
On the Riviera · 1951On the Riviera
★ 6.11951
MovieComedyMusic
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.
Coney Island · 1943Coney Island
★ 6.31943
MovieComedyMusic
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.