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- DirectorOtto BrowerGregory RatoffStarsJean HersholtDon AmecheAllen JenkinsAustrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsLoretta YoungDon AmecheKent TaylorHalf-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsJanet GaynorLoretta YoungConstance BennettThree working girls in Budapest pool their resources to get a better apartment and impress their dates. One dates a nobleman and, learning of her rejection by him, considers poison. Another drinks the poison by mistake and lands a physician for herself. The third marries a businessman. The first girl gets a shop of her own.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieAdolphe MenjouDon AmecheAmerican theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerAlice FayeDon AmecheThe O'Leary brothers--honest Jack and roguish Dion--become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsTyrone PowerLoretta YoungDon AmecheA financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsDon AmecheAnn SothernSlim SummervilleA man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends' divorce. A girl who he thinks is a process server thinks he's a gangster. So do the sheriff and his men.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsAlice FayeThe Ritz BrothersDon AmecheStarving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals George Macrae over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsLoretta YoungDon AmecheFrances DrakeDuring the Spanish Civil War, a detective from Scotland Yard falls in love with a woman he had believed to be a jewel thief.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieDon AmecheJean HersholtBandleader (Romero) and manager (Ameche) discover skater (Henie) in Norway. They become rivals after she returns with them to America.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerAlice FayeDon AmecheThis send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDon AmecheSimone SimonRobert YoungTwo young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsDon AmecheArleen WhelanGregory RatoffIrish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDon AmecheThe Ritz BrothersBinnie BarnesD'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheJohn BarrymoreA chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsDon AmecheLoretta YoungHenry FondaThe story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
- DirectorIrving CummingsBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsAlice FayeDon AmecheJ. Edward BrombergStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsDon AmecheAndrea LeedsAl JolsonMore fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsAlice FayeDon AmecheHenry FondaThe life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsDon AmecheEugenie LeontovichMary Beth HughesAfter the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableCarmen MirandaAn American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsAlice FayeDon AmecheCarmen MirandaAn entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableRobert CummingsSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsDon AmecheMary MartinOscar LevantBroadway director Lloyd Lloyd (Don Ameche) and composer Dick Rayburn (Oscar Levant) search for talent down South and discover singer Cindy Lou Bethany (Mary Martin) who surprises them with her voice and striptease.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsRosalind RussellDon AmecheKay FrancisAn author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.
- DirectorArchie MayoFritz LangStarsDon AmecheJoan BennettRoddy McDowallNewsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsHenry FondaLynn BariDon AmecheDwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsDon AmecheJoan BennettBillie BurkeA South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsDon AmecheJanet BlairJack OakieFollowing three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can neither sing, act nor dance does not deter Samson. His press agent, Ken Douglas, lives in a theatrical boarding house run by his friend from vaudeville, Larry Martin, where he meets Jeanie Maxwell, singing teacher and aspiring songwriter from, of course, Altoona, Pa., who has come to New York to sell her songs. Samson is not interested in her songs as much as he is her stage abilities, but he can't get rid of Donna. Ken is also plugging for Samson to use the vaudeville acts, living at the boarding house, who can't get work because there is no more vaudeville, despite the fact that some of the acts are examples of what killed vaudeville in the first place. The show appears to have potential, with the exception of Donna, when Ken convinces her she is the perfect "outdoorable girl" for a publicity campaign and takes her to the countryside. Samson frames them as being dangerous counterfeiters and they are arrested by the country sheriff, and Samson rushes Jeanie into the star role for the final dress rehearsal. But Donna is released from jail, returns to the show for opening night and it is a miserable flop. Jeanie returns to Altoona, Samson goes on a drunken binge and Ken tries to save the show by convincing Donna into quitting.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGene TierneyDon AmecheCharles CoburnAn old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsDon AmecheFrances DeeHarry CareyIn a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who had passed on. One evening, Lew and his wife, Agnes (Frances Dee), reminisce lovingly about their son, "Rusty" (Richard Crane), when a telegram arrives from the Navy Department informing them that "Rusty" had been killed in action. Lew becomes bitter, avoids people, refuses to go near the family drugstore. "Gramp" appears before Lew and takes him in hand and together, they revisit the past: Lew's childhood; "Gramp" as a Civil War veteran; Lew's courtship of Agnes; the birth of "Rusty"; Lew as a WWI soldier; Rusty's boyhood days and into his attempt to decide between Lenore Prentiss and Gretchen Barry, and how Lenore becomes his girl just before he joins the Navy. This excursion into the past takes away Lew's bitterness and he now sees what America means.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDon AmecheDana AndrewsWilliam EytheIn WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsCarmen MirandaDon AmecheWilliam BendixIn 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsFred AllenJack BennyDon AmecheThe ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheDick ForanA newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.
- DirectorFrank RyanStarsMyrna LoyDon AmecheRhys WilliamsCountry girl Jane Budden goes to the big city determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Hiram Maxim, a struggling inventor. After their marriage, his inventions become successful. Their happiness is complete when they have two children and Maxim's portrait is given a place in the National Hall of Science.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDon AmecheCatherine McLeodRoscoe KarnsA poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsClaudette ColbertRobert CummingsDon AmecheChronic sleepwalker Alison Courtland thinks that a mysterious man wearing horned-rimmed eye glasses is out to kill her but her husband blames her tired imagination.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsDorothy LamourDon AmecheJanis CarterA cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.
- DirectorRoy RichStarsDon AmecheGenine GrahamGaby FehlingInternational private detective gets mixed up with Indian sect murders in Switzerland.
- DirectorDallas BowerStarsDon AmecheIan HunterFred Baker
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Angie DickinsonJack KellyThe murder of a socialite leads to a sensational trial, with a close governor's race hanging on its outcome.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsDon AmecheMartha HyerSusan GordonTeenage Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined after the shock she suffered from her glamorous socialite mother Jessica's fiery death. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money Jessica left him. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her stepmother is conspiring with her lover, Maxwell Reed, to trick the troubled girl into leading them to Jessica's missing diamond necklace.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsJames FranciscusShirley KnightLeslie NielsenA corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsRobert MorseStefanie PowersPhil SilversNewly assigned to duty in the coast guard at Newport Beach, a young ensign finds himself involved in romantic complications, as well as with jewel thieves, whose antics contribute to moments of hysteria and hilarity.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsBrian KeithTony CurtisErnest BorgnineTensions grow between the small army base and people from the nearby town. Despite well intentions of people from both sides it all escalates after the big dance in town.
- DirectorPeter TewksburyStarsKenneth MarsDon AmecheJill JaressJack Shepherd is an ex-football star who has become a minister. The comedy revolves around his efforts to adjust to this new life given his quick temper and tendency to put his foot in his mouth.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsMichael BurnsMonie EllisDon AmecheGidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsTom SelleckJames Whitmore Jr.Lane BradburyThis unsold TV pilot set in Hawaii is about two PIs hired by an airline company to retrieve a stolen jet, the company's latest prototype.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph BellamyA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
- DirectorBill PerskyStarsDon AmecheKatherine HelmondRobin BachA pair of shrewd grandparents are forced to take temporary custody of their two city-raised grandchildren.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsDon AmecheWilford BrimleyHume CronynWhen a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsBob HopeDon AmecheJayne MeadowsAn over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsGeorge C. ScottDon AmecheSylvia SidneyTwo long time friends, Jack Stobbs (George C. Scott) and Art Riddle (Don Ameche), have a fun and laughable adventure trying to spend the rest of their days fishing.
- DirectorWilliam DearStarsJohn LithgowMelinda DillonMargaret LangrickThe Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyPaul BatesGarcelle BeauvaisAn extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
- DirectorDavid MametStarsDon AmecheJoe MantegnaRobert ProskyShoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDon AmecheWilford BrimleyCourteney CoxThe seniors return to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth?
- DirectorJackson HunsickerStarsDon AmecheBurgess MeredithBill MaynardA gang of thieves has pulled a huge jewel heist, but has had to hide out in a tiny South African village posing as members of a fraternal order called The Oddballs. As they wait for their buyer to arrive and take the jewels off their hands, they receive word that the Grand Wizard of the Oddballs is planning to make an inspection visit that threatens to blow their cover. Adding to the confusion, the son of a bushman chieftain has arrived in town seeking a "wizard" who can restore water to his people, and of course he assumes that the Oddballs, dressed in the costumes of their order, are the wizards he wants.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsSylvester StalloneOrnella MutiPeter RiegertA gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
- DirectorMark TinkerStarsCindy PickettMax GailJonathan BrandisA bittersweet look at life in Middle America in 1963 as seen through the experiences of the McGuire family. This was a pilot which was not picked up as a TV-series.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsTom SelleckDon AmecheAnne JacksonA slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after.
- DirectorJames KeachStarsJane SeymourStephen MeadowsSteve RailsbackAfter a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her at a Scottsdale motel.
- DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsMichael J. FoxSally FieldDon AmecheA fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners.
- DirectorJessie NelsonStarsRay LiottaWhoopi GoldbergTina MajorinoIn 1959, a widower hires a kindly housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.