Herman J. Mankiewicz Movies

  • 1942
    Stand by for Action

    Stand by for Action

    Stand by for Action

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    U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his...

    Stand by for Action
  • 1930
    Laughter

    Laughter

    Laughter

    4.7141930HD

    Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions...

    Laughter
  • 1928
    Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

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    In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the opposition's scheme to ruin Cowles' reputation. At the risk of...

    Love and Learn
  • 1928
    The Drag Net

    The Drag Net

    The Drag Net

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    Captain Timothy 'Two Gun' Nolan is appointed head of the New York detective force, and as his first act, rounds up every criminal in town. Gang boss...

    The Drag Net
  • 1929
    The Mighty

    The Mighty

    The Mighty

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    In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that...

    The Mighty
  • 1944
    See Here, Private Hargrove

    See Here, Private Hargrove

    See Here, Private Hargrove

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    Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic...

    See Here, Private Hargrove
  • 1929
    The Man I Love

    The Man I Love

    The Man I Love

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    Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress...

    The Man I Love
  • 1934
    Stamboul Quest

    Stamboul Quest

    Stamboul Quest

    4.951934HD

    In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish...

    Stamboul Quest
  • 1935
    After Office Hours

    After Office Hours

    After Office Hours

    6.41935HD

    A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

    After Office Hours
  • 1928
    Abie's Irish Rose

    Abie's Irish Rose

    Abie's Irish Rose

    01928HD

    When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families.

    Abie's Irish Rose
  • 1931
    Ladies' Man

    Ladies' Man

    Ladies' Man

    4.0831931HD

    A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in...

    Ladies' Man
  • 1930
    Men Are Like That

    Men Are Like That

    Men Are Like That

    91930HD

    A loud-mouthed lout alienates everyone except his patient wife.

    Men Are Like That
  • 1934
    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    5.71934HD

    Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent...

    The Show-Off
  • 1932
    Dancers in the Dark

    Dancers in the Dark

    Dancers in the Dark

    4.81932HD

    A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a...

    Dancers in the Dark
  • 1928
    Something Always Happens

    Something Always Happens

    Something Always Happens

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    Something Always Happens
  • 1928
    Moran of the Marines

    Moran of the Marines

    Moran of the Marines

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    After getting into a fight with a drunkard, Mike Moran spends 10 days on the rock pile and is disinherited by his wealthy uncle; out of luck and...

    Moran of the Marines
  • 1930
    The Vagabond King

    The Vagabond King

    The Vagabond King

    5.41930HD

    The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is...

    The Vagabond King
  • 1927
    The Gay Defender

    The Gay Defender

    The Gay Defender

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    Real-life outlaw Joaquin Murietta, who (according to this film, anyway) is a latter-day Robin Hood, dedicated to driving land-grabbers and corrupt...

    The Gay Defender
  • 1928
    What a Night!

    What a Night!

    What a Night!

    01928HD

    The daughter of an industrialist, Dorothy Winston, arranges to work on a newspaper in which her father places a substantial amount of advertising,...

    What a Night!
  • 1926
    The Road to Mandalay

    The Road to Mandalay

    The Road to Mandalay

    6.11926HD

    Joe, a former sea captain whose wife died during the birth of their child at sea, is now a pockmarked, disreputable divekeeper in Singapore where he...

    The Road to Mandalay