Vincent Sherman

Trouble in High Timber Country (1980)

A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his three sons, his daughter and his nephew in this pilot film to "The Yeagers" TV series that actually ended ...

Bogie (1980)

The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall. ...

Women at West Point (1979)

A fictionalized drama about the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1976 and the reactions they faced. ...

Lady of the House (1978)

A dramatization of the life of Sally Stanford, who operated a bordello in the northern California town of Sausalito, and eventually went on to be elected mayor of the town. ...

The Last Hurrah (1977)

The longtime head of a powerful political machine is determined to win a fourth election and stay in power, despite challenges to his regime by young, dissatisfied opponents, and his worries that his age and his ill health may have an effect on the electio ...

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes (1967)

This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the ...

The Second Time Around (1961)

In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections. ...

A Fever in the Blood (1961)

A judge, a district attorney and a U.S. senator, each hoping to be elected the next governor, attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. ...

Ice Palace (1960)

Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy and rugged activist leader Thor Storm, two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry ...

The Young Philadelphians (1959)

Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of h ...

The Naked Earth (1958)

Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives and adventures, on the banks of a river infested with crocodiles. ...

The Garment Jungle (1957)

Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line. ...

Defend My Love (1956)

As part of a story, a reporter goes to meet Elisa, a young woman he met a few years ago on a trial on which she was finally exonerated. ...

Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)

A girl owns a horse, and hires a boy as a trainer. The horse enters a race and is injured. The boy takes job at another stable and is semi-seduced by the stable siren. The girl finally rehabilitates the horse then enters it in a big race. ...

Lone Star (1952)

Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha ...

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer. ...

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them. ...

Harriet Craig (1950)

A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family. ...

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob. ...

Backfire (1950)

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Be ...

The Hasty Heart (1949)

In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace. ...

Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces. ...

The Unfaithful (1947)

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created. ...

Nora Prentiss (1947)

Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. Whe ...

Janie Gets Married (1946)

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper. ...

Pillow to Post (1945)

With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the ...

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty. ...

In Our Time (1944)

It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see the sights though out the city. He wishes to marry, but his family is against plain Jennifer ...

A Present with a Future (1943)

In a short scene a mother explains to her children, Jenny and Billy, why they received war bonds as Christmas presents, even though the mother can afford to give them more expensive gifts. Davis then steps out of character and asks moviegoers to buy war bo ...

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives. ...

The Hard Way (1943)

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty. ...

All Through the Night (1942)

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship. ...

Sergeant York (1941)

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI. ...

Underground (1941)

A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries t ...

Flight from Destiny (1941)

After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forg ...

The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. ...

Saturday's Children (1940)

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet. ...

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes a ...

Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion. ...

The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders. ...

King of the Underworld (1939)

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she ...

Heart of the North (1938)

A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound freighter's cargo. ...

My Bill (1938)

An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children. ...

Crime School (1938)

In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards ...

Sodankylä Forever (2010)

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has playe ...

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved int ...

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he wa ...

Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture (2006)

Short documentary about the "woman's picture" at Warner Brothers. ...

Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength (2005)

Produced by Warner Brothers as one of the extras to the DVD release of MR. SKEFFINGTON (1944), this short documentary has a variety of talking heads describing the origins and impact of the film on its original release, as well as explaining how and why it ...

The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005)

The Joan Crawford crime thriller, The Damned Don't Cry (1950), is the topic of discussion for various interviewees. ...

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family. ...

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Flei ...

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)

Daniel Anker's 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood's complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The questions it raises go right the very nature of how film functions in ...

Rita (2003)

Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth. ...

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywo ...

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)

In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their associati ...

Forever Hollywood (1999)

Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles. ...

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace (1996)

Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril. ...

Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricat ...

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)

An insider's account of Jack Warner, a founding father of the American film industry. This feature length documentary provides the rags to riches story of the man whose studio - Warner Bros - created many of Hollywood's most classic films. Includes extensi ...

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)

Narrated by actor Christopher Lee, this documentary details the life of timeless Hollywood adventure hero and sex symbol Errol Flynn, who swung his way into the hearts of the world's moviegoers with a sword and an errant grin. Interviews with friends and f ...

Girl in Danger (1934)

Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster. ...

Midnight Alibi (1934)

An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father. ...

Hell Bent for Love (1934)

As a result of arresting a nightclub singer, Millie Garland, for speeding, Tim Daley, of the California Highway Patrol, incurs the enmity of the gangster, "Trigger" Talano, who frames him and brings about his disgrace; but Tim organizes a band ox ex-crimin ...

One Is Guilty (1934)

Police Inspector Steve Trent is called to the Radford Arms, a high-rise apartment building that has been taken over by a bank and its apartments now-unoccupied. ...

The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)

An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case. ...

Speed Wings (1934)

A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by brothers Tim and Jerry are stolen and suspicion falls on their office secretary Mary Stuart. But she can pilo ...

Counsellor at Law (1933)

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past. ...