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1. Scarface (1932)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson | Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins
Votes: 30,419
2. The Good Earth (1937)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch
Votes: 5,421
3. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 420
4. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis
Votes: 14,483 | Gross: $1.42M
5. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, History, War
A gentle widower, enraged at German atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 978 | Gross: $1.30M
6. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,772
7. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 434
8. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,047
9. Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Passed | 132 min | Comedy, Romance, War
A young soldier arrives in NYC and, before heading overseas to WWII, visits Stage Door Canteen, where famous actresses and entertainers volunteer to entertain soldiers.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker
Votes: 1,839
10. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
11. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Passed | 86 min | Biography, Drama, History
The biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods
Votes: 3,161
12. Juarez (1939)
Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,558
13. Black Fury (1935)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan, Barton MacLane
Votes: 1,070
14. Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 3,198
15. The Last Angry Man (1959)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
An aspiring journalist's story of his aged uncle doctor leads to the uncle's life being profiled on TV.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler
Votes: 1,033
16. A Song to Remember (1945)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of Frederic Chopin.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde, Nina Foch
Votes: 1,622
17. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
18. Bordertown (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 2,010
19. Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Drama
A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, Vittorio Manunta, Luisa Rossi
Votes: 241
20. Hudson's Bay (1940)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, John Sutton
Votes: 501
21. Hi, Nellie (1934)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Robert Barrat
Votes: 601
22. We Are Not Alone (1939)
Approved | 112 min | Crime, Drama, History
A husband hires a lonely, pretty young Austrian woman to work as a nanny for his son. His wife becomes instantly jealous and things take turn for the worst. Meanwhile, World War II is in the air, and anti-German sentiment is on the rise.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Paul Muni, Una O'Connor, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson
Votes: 386
23. The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953 TV Special)
113 min
The 25th Academy Awards and the first time the ceremony is broadcast on television. Held on March 19th, 1953 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, it is hosted by Bob Hope and honors the films of 1952.
Directors: Bill Bennington, John Rich | Stars: Bob Hope, Anne Baxter, Edgar Bergen, Jacques Bergerac
Votes: 215
24. Dr. Socrates (1935)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat
Votes: 527
25. Counter-Attack (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, War
During WW2, a Mexican stand-off ensues between a group of German soldiers and a team of Soviet fighters trapped together in the basement of a bombed-out Russian building.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks, Harro Meller
Votes: 566
26. Saints and Sinners (1962–1963)
60 min | Drama
Nick Alexander works for the New York Bulletin as an investigative reporter and is willing to go to great lengths for a story. His colleagues are supportive and take the place of any family or social life.
Stars: Nick Adams, John Larkin, Richard Erdman, Nicky Blair
Votes: 146
27. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
This was an anthology series which aired live. It often featured adaptations of one-act stage plays.
Stars: Guy Kibbee, Faye Emerson, John Conte, Vicki Cummings
Votes: 53
28. The Valiant (1929)
66 min | Drama
After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his ... See full summary »
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Johnny Mack Brown, DeWitt Jennings
Votes: 541
29. The World Changes (1933)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat-packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon, Donald Cook
Votes: 527
30. The Woman I Love (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Colin Clive
Votes: 183
31. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Documentary
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle ... See full summary »
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Don Wilson, Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Una Merkel
Votes: 127
32. Seven Faces (1929)
78 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Berthold Viertel | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Lester Lonergan, Russell Gleason
Votes: 76
33. Angels of Mercy (1940)
5 min | Short
Short film in support of the Red Cross showing civilian volunteers'work, radio and movie personalities at a fund-raising gala and encouraging recruitment. Deanna Durbin performs a song dedicated to the nurses.
Stars: Deanna Durbin, Don Ameche, Edward Arnold, Gene Autry
34. For Auld Lang Syne (1938)
7 min | Documentary, Short, Music
James Cagney introduced himself and proceeded to identify the attending guests as they arrived at this benefit function, most of whom stepped up to a microphone to be interviewed on the ... See full summary »
Stars: John Barrymore, Freddie Bartholomew, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney
Votes: 187
35. A Dream Comes True (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Documentary, Short
The making and premiere of Max Reinhardt's stage production adaptation of William Shakespeare's William Shakespeare.
Stars: Addison Richards, Ross Alexander, Binnie Barnes, Freddie Bartholomew
Votes: 252
36. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Stars attend a barbecue at the Racquet Club; Frank Morgan's new business enterprise, The Trading Post, a country store in modern style, is seen. The annual Academy Awards are presented: ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Tom Brown, Frank Capra, Leo Carrillo, Bette Davis
Votes: 166
37. Ship's Reporter (1948–1952)
15 min | Short, Talk-Show
WJZ-TV, New York series that ran from 1948 to 1952. Host Jack Mangan interviews Dracula (1931) star Bela Lugosi.
Stars: Jack Mangan, The Andrews Sisters, Charles Atlas, Lauren Bacall
38. The 10th Annual Tony Awards (1956 TV Special)
Stars: Ed Begley, Jack Carter, Julie Harris, Helen Hayes
39.
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
Episode:
The Valiant
(1948)
Drama
Director: Garry Simpson | Stars: Curtis Cooksey, Augusta Dabney, Whitford Kane, Paul Muni
40.
The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
Episode:
The People Versus Johnston
(1953)
30 min | Drama
A criminal lawyer volunteers to defend a truck driver who appears certain to be convicted on circumstantial evidence.
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Paul Muni, Adele Jergens, Onslow Stevens, Rex Reason
41.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
A Letter from the Queen
(1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Once an internationally respected statesman, former Senator Ryder is now in his 90s, and his life is turned upside down when a young history scholar, Walter Shelley, decides he wants one of... See full summary »
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Polly Bergen, Jocelyn Brando, Paul Muni
42.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Counsellor-at-Law
(1948)
Drama
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Bert Lytell, Paul Muni, Olive Deering
43.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Last Clear Chance
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A veteran lawyer must defend his own son when the latter is threatened with disbarment.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Luther Adler, Richard Boone, Eithne Dunne, John Hoyt
44.
Saints and Sinners (1962–1963)
Episode:
A Shame for the Diamond Wedding
(1962)
60 min | Drama
About to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary, an elderly couple announce plans for divorce.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Nick Adams, John Larkin, Richard Erdman, Robert F. Simon
45.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Paul Muni
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf are this evening's panelists. First up is Mr. Al Fowler, an Iowa native and Navy man, who flew into the eye of Hurrican Connie... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 38
46.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
The Movies Learn to Talk
(1959)
Documentary, History
Stars: John Barrymore, Harold Bauer, Warner Baxter, Charles Boyer
47.
The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014– )
Lux Radio Theater: Life of Louis Pasteur
(2020 Podcast Episode)
History
ComicWeb presents "Academy Award": a broadcast from April 13, 1946 titled "The Story of Louis Pasteur". The cast includes Paul Muni, reprising his title role from the 1936 film.
Star: Paul Muni