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Marx Brothers Collection - A Girl In Eve... (4 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Marx Brothers
Director: David Miller, William A. Seiter, Chester Erskine
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A GIRL IN EVERY PORT: One of Groucho Marx's few films without his brothers. In an attempt to get rich quick, scheming sailors Benny Linn and Tim Dunnevan use a small inheritance to buy two race-horses, which they hide aboard their ship. However, several unusual circumstances complicate their plans, ..read more »

67% from 145 members

Borderline on DVD (1950)
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr
Director: William A. Seiter
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Two undercover agents fall in love whilst working to bring down a drug gang.

36% from 27 members

A Lady Takes A Chance on DVD (1943)
Starring: John Wayne, Jean Arthur, Charles Winninger
Director: William A. Seiter, Henry Ha
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Whilst taking a bus trip of the West, Molly Truesdale meets rodeo rider Duke Hudkins and falls in love on the spot...

56% from 115 members

You Were Never Lovelier on DVD (1942)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou
Director: William A. Seiter
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South American hotel magnate Edwardo Acuna (Adolphe Menjou) has a thorn in his side. Maria (Rita Hayworth), his beautiful nubile daughter, refuses to seriously consider marriage. A traditional patriarch, Mr. Acuna wants his girls married off one by one. So until Maria's mated, he won't allow either ..read more »

66% from 506 members

Allegheny Uprising on DVD (1939)
Starring: John Wayne, George Sanders, Claire Trevor
Director: William A. Seiter
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John Wayne plays a rugged frontier settler who will do anything to stop an opportunistic British officer from selling weapons to the Indians.

58% from 7 members

Susannah Of The Mounties on DVD (1939)
Starring: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood
Director: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter
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Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian west. A mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the mountie is saved by Shirley's intervention with the Indian chief.

72% from 46 members

The Little Princess on DVD (1939)
Starring: Shirley Temple, Richard Green, Ian Hunter
Director: William A. Seiter, Walter Lang
Certificate:
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Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's popular children's book and stage play, THE LITTLE PRINCESS features one of Shirley Temple's most memorable performances and her first Technicolor appearance. Temple stars as Sara Crewe, a little rich girl who is enrolled in a prestigious boarding school while her ..read more »

68% from 458 members

Stowaway on DVD (1936)
Starring: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Robert Young
Director: William A. Seiter
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An an orphan on the streets of Shanghai inadvertently lands on a ship to America, with two new parents who just love to hate each other.

59% from 140 members

Dimples on DVD (1936)
Starring: Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan
Director: William A. Seiter
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Shirley's grandfather is a charming oldster who supplements his income with a little pickpocketry. When grandpa is caught thieving from a wealthy lady, Shirley takes the blame and her honesty unexpectedly leads to a career in showbiz.

56% from 48 members

Roberta on DVD (1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irene Dunne
Director: William A. Seiter
Certificate:
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Ginger plays a mysterious countess and Fred a band leader in this exuberant musical set in Paris. Adapted from the Broadway hit by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach with songs 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and 'Lovely to Look At.' Lucille Ball has a cameo role in the fashion show sequence. Academy Award ..read more »

71% from 205 members

Laurel And Hardy - Sons Of The Desert on DVD (1933)
Starring: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Mae Busch
Director: William A. Seiter
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Lodge members Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy take a solemn oath to attend the 80th-annual Sons of the Desert Convention (read: annual binge) in Chicago. That is, Ollie takes the oath, but Stanley balks. When asked why, Stanley answers that he's afraid his wife won't let him go. Ollie is appalled: ..read more »

71% from 2,149 members

Nice Girl? on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan
Director: William A. Seiter
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Set in small town America. Features the songs: 'Perhaps', 'Beneath The Lights Of Home', 'The Old Folks At Home', 'Love At Last' and 'Thank You, America'.

55% from 113 members

Up In Central Park on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price
Director: William A. Seiter
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Set in New York in the 1880s, this drama tells the story of a young girl, fresh off the boat from Ireland.

56% from 100 members

I'll Be Yours on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, William Bendix
Director: William A. Seiter
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Beautiful but inexperienced Louise Ginglebusher finds herself in over her head after she feels forced to invent a fictitious fiance when put under pressure by well-to-do businessman J. Conrad Nelson.

56% from 109 members

William A. Seiter facts

5 most recent films

Marx Brothers Collection - A Girl In Every Port/The Cocoanuts/Room Service/Love Happy - 3.5 stars
Borderline - 2.0 stars
A Lady Takes A Chance - 3.0 stars
You Were Never Lovelier - 3.5 stars
Allegheny Uprising - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Laurel And Hardy - Sons Of The Desert - 3.5 stars
Roberta - 3.5 stars
The Little Princess - 3.5 stars
Marx Brothers Collection - A Girl In Every Port/The Cocoanuts/Room Service/Love Happy - 3.5 stars
You Were Never Lovelier - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Borderline - 2.0 stars
Dimples - 3.0 stars
Allegheny Uprising - 3.0 stars
Susannah Of The Mounties - 3.5 stars
Nice Girl? - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Shirley Temple - 4 times - show films
Fred Astaire - 3 times - show films
Randolph Scott - 3 times - show films
Deanna Durbin - 3 times - show films
Marx Brothers - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Walter Lang - 2 times - show films
David Miller - 1 times - show films
Chester Erskine - 1 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 1 times - show films
Henry Ha - 1 times - show films