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Producer 1887 - 1953

William Jacobs

Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Jacobs (October 31, 1887 - September 30, 1953) was an American screenwriter and producer for Warner Bros. He wrote 13 Hollywood movies and produced 59 more, including musicals. Jacobs joined Warner Bros. as a screenwriter in... Read full bio →

Filmography

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14 titles
Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

David Butler 1953 1h 41m 6.5

Doris Day and Howard Keel fuss, feud and fall in love as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. At first curvaceous Calamity is too durned busy fighting Indians and cracking a bullwhip to pay mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume. She soon changes her mind when Katie Brown arrives in town.

April in Paris

April in Paris

David Butler 1952 1h 40m 5.0

A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.

Lullaby of Broadway

Lullaby of Broadway

David Butler 1951 1h 32m 6.0

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful Broadway star with a mansion in Manhattan. She doesn't know that her mother is actually a burnt-out cabaret singer with a love for whiskey.

Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain

William Keighley 1950 1h 23m 7.0

A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West for the faltering Confederacy.

Montana

Montana

Ray Enright 1950 1h 16m

An Australian sheepman comes to Montana looking for grazing space, and is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

David Butler 1949 1h 46m

Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star

Whiplash

Whiplash

Lewis Seiler 1948 1h 31m

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss

Vincent Sherman 1947 1h 51m 7.0

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

My Wild Irish Rose

My Wild Irish Rose

David Butler 1947 1h 41m

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

The Verdict

The Verdict

Don Siegel 1946 1h 26m

Forced to retire because his techniques are deemed "old-fashioned," a Scotland Yard detective and his friend conspire to dupe a young arrogant detective by committing the perfect murder.

Shadow of a Woman

Shadow of a Woman

Joseph Santley 1946 1h 18m

Brooke's brief marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that he is starving his son from a prior marriage to death in order to claim his inheritance.

Danger Signal

Danger Signal

Robert Florey 1945 1h 18m

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother.

Conflict

Conflict

Curtis Bernhardt 1945 1h 26m 6.0

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut

Peter Godfrey 1945 1h 42m 6.0

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

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