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Lloyd Bacon
Director 1889 - 1955

Lloyd Bacon

San Jose, California, USA

Lloyd Bacon was an American stage and silent-era screen actor who is most remembered as a film director, making films in virtually all genres. Among the 130 films he directed is the 1933 Warner Bros. classic 42nd Street.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

25 titles
She Couldn't Say No

She Couldn't Say No

Lloyd Bacon 1954 1h 29m 4.0

An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.

Walking My Baby Back Home

Walking My Baby Back Home

Lloyd Bacon 1953 1h 35m

A young man from a wealthy New York family pursues a career as the leader of a dance band. Musical.

The Frogmen

The Frogmen

Lloyd Bacon 1951 1h 36m 6.0

The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

Golden Girl

Golden Girl

Lloyd Bacon 1951 1h 48m

Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.

Mother Is a Freshman

Mother Is a Freshman

Lloyd Bacon 1949 1h 21m 4.0

Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money.

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring

Lloyd Bacon 1949 1h 27m

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

You Were Meant for Me

You Were Meant for Me

Lloyd Bacon 1948 1h 32m 6.0

1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, but it is the 1929 Crash that makes things really tough for the both of them.

Captain Eddie

Captain Eddie

Lloyd Bacon 1945 1h 48m

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.

The Sullivans

The Sullivans

Lloyd Bacon 1944 1h 52m

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

Lloyd Bacon 1943 2h 6m 7.8

Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.

Lloyd Bacon 1942 1h 36m

A hoodlum tries to go legit to buy a dog tract but needs investment money which he plans to get by robbing a bank, tunning in from a neighboring luggage shop. He takes over the luggage shop but is thwarted by its unexpected success.

Honeymoon for Three

Honeymoon for Three

Lloyd Bacon 1941 1h 15m

Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy Danish girl which he barely remembers. She remembers him, very well.

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

Lloyd Bacon 1940 1h 38m

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

Lloyd Bacon 1939 1h 21m 6.8

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

A Slight Case of Murder

A Slight Case of Murder

Lloyd Bacon 1938 1h 25m 6.5

a film noir expert gets involved in real-life drama that imitates the movies he knows so much about...

San Quentin

San Quentin

Lloyd Bacon 1937 1h 10m 7.0

Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.

Marked Woman

Marked Woman

Lloyd Bacon 1937 1h 36m 9.3

Set in the underworld of Manhattan, Marked Woman tells the story of a woman who dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters. The women of the story are "hostesses". What is implied, but not stated clearly is that they are prostitutes, who work in a gambling den in the city.

Gold Diggers of 1937

Gold Diggers of 1937

Lloyd Bacon 1936 1h 41m 6.0

When two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.

Wonder Bar

Wonder Bar

Lloyd Bacon 1934 1h 24m 7.0

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy

Lloyd Bacon 1934 1h 27m

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher

Lloyd Bacon 1933 1h 17m 7.0

An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

Lloyd Bacon 1933 1h 44m 7.0

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

42nd Street

42nd Street

Lloyd Bacon 1933 1h 29m 7.5

When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton

Lloyd Bacon 1932 1h 6m 6.0

A nurse, bored with her job, becomes a private detective and becomes embroiled in a complex murder case.

So Long Letty

So Long Letty

Lloyd Bacon 1929 1h 4m 6.0

Uncle Claude goes on vacation with his granddaughters and meets and dislikes boisterous Letty. When he finds nephew Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife, unaware that he is married to Letty. To get a check from Uncle Claude, the two couples switch spouses.

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