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George Abbott
Director 1887 - 1995

George Abbott

Forestville, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than eight decades. Description above from the... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

7 titles
Damn Yankees!

Damn Yankees!

Stanley Donen, George Abbott 1958 1h 51m

Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.

The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

Stanley Donen, George Abbott 1957 1h 43m

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.

The Cheat

The Cheat

George Abbott 1931 1h 7m 6.0

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff wants to stop spending while he completes business deals that could make them rich.

Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven

George Abbott 1931 1h 16m

A hooker gets followed home by a man she thinks is drunk, but it turns out he's been wounded in a robbery of a radio factory where he used to work. As the police swarm into the seedy tenement, she decides to help him, and the two form an uneasy alliance culminating in a suicide pact.

Secrets of a Secretary

Secrets of a Secretary

George Abbott 1931 1h 11m

Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.

The Sea God

The Sea God

George Abbott 1930 1h 15m

The Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South Pacific.

Half Way to Heaven

Half Way to Heaven

George Abbott 1929 1h 6m

Odd little circus film about trapeze artists and obsessive love.

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