Frances Drake

Screwball comedy caper starring Oscar-winners James Stewart ("It's A Wonderful Life," "The Shop Around the Corner") and Claudette Colbert ("It Happened One Night") about an on-the-lam private detective who enlists the help of a poetess in order to prove his death-row client innocent.

This wisecracking classic scripted by screwball master Ben Hecht stars James Stewart and Claudette Colbert in their only screen pairing. He's a private eye on the run, she's a dizzy poet he takes hostage...and takes on the adventure of her life.

This wisecracking classic scripted by screwball master Ben Hecht stars James Stewart and Claudette Colbert in their only screen pairing. He's a private eye on the run, she's a dizzy poet he takes hostage...and takes on the adventure of her life.

Screwball comedy caper starring Oscar-winners James Stewart and Claudette Colbert about an on-the-lam private detective who enlists the help of a poetess in order to prove his death-row client innocent.

Gangster Buck Gordon hopes his son Nick will follow in his criminal footsteps, but his efforts are foiled by his ex-wife, who has married Governor Bancroft (Standing). Furious, Buck blackmails his ex-wife, threatening to expose her shady past to her new husband. Nick comes to his mother's aid by shooting and killing his father, but refuses to give a motive, even when he is sentenced to hang for the crime. Based on the play, "The Noose."

A vile gangster pushes Brown toward a life of crime, ordering him to kill a horse jockey. He refuses. The crook tells Brown, who's oblivious to his real parents, that he is his dad and that the Governor's wife is his mom! Brown guns him down and is soon sentenced to hang. Drake, as Brown's gal pal, is precious. Gleckler is great as his slimy dad. Based on a Broadway play.

A vile gangster pushes Brown toward a life of crime, ordering him to kill a horse jockey. He refuses. The crook tells Brown, who's oblivious to his real parents, that he is his dad and that the Governor's wife is his mom! Brown guns him down and is soon sentenced to hang. Drake, as Brown's gal pal, is precious. Gleckler is great as his slimy dad. Based on a Broadway play.

Gangster Buck Gordon hopes his son Nick will follow in his criminal footsteps, but his efforts are foiled by his ex-wife, who has married Governor Bancroft (Standing). Furious, Buck blackmails his ex-wife, threatening to expose her shady past to her new husband. Nick comes to his mother's aid by shooting and killing his father, but refuses to give a motive, even when he is sentenced to hang for the crime. Based on the play, "The Noose."

The night before Mary Clay's (Joan Crawford) wedding, her flaky fiance Dillon elopes with someone else. Mary's friend Jeff grabs his chance to buck up the jilted bride - and pitch some woo. Then Dillon reenters Mary's life and she must choose between the two men.

In Peter Lorre's first American film, he portrays a mad doctor in love with a married woman whose husband is tragically injured in a train accident.

Here comes the bride - there goes the groom! The night before Mary Clay's (Joan Crawford) wedding, her flaky fiancé Dillon elopes with someone else. Mary's friend Jeff grabs his chance to buck up the jilted bride - and pitch some woo. Then Dillon reenters Mary's life and she must choose between the two men. Since Clark Gable plays Jeff and Robert Montgomery plays Dillon, it's a choice any woman would love to make! The three stars prove marriage is a funny affair in this snappy, sophisticated comedy. Director W.S. Van Dyke (The Thin Man), scriptwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve) and supporting comedy virtuosos Rosalind Russell, Billie Burke and Arthur Treacher put extra sparkle in the wedding punch.