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Victor Schertzinger
Director 1888 - 1941

Victor Schertzinger

Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include Paramount on Parade (co-director, 1930), Something to Sing About (1937), and the... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

7 titles
Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar

Victor Schertzinger 1941 1h 31m 6.0

Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

Victor Schertzinger 1941 1h 26m 6.0

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city.

Road to Singapore

Road to Singapore

Victor Schertzinger 1940 1h 25m 6.0

Bing Crosby an Bob Hope star in the first of the 'Road to' movies as two playboys trying to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour...

Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River

Victor Schertzinger 1940 1h 32m 6.0

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.

The Mikado

The Mikado

Victor Schertzinger 1939 1h 31m

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum.

One Night of Love

One Night of Love

Victor Schertzinger 1934 1h 24m

Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.

Forgotten Faces

Forgotten Faces

Victor Schertzinger 1928 1h 31m

A petty thief who robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don't want the bad publicity, is finally caught and sent to Sing Sing. After good behavior, he gets an emergency permission for a return home, so that he may save his daughter from the hands of her disreputable mother.

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