Movies by Archie Mayo
Welcome to our dedicated selection of films directed by Archie Mayo. Here, you can explore a diverse range of works that highlight Archie Mayo’s unique vision, storytelling style, and contribution to the world of cinema. Whether you’re an avid fan or discovering Archie mayo’s filmography for the first time, this collection will guide you through critically acclaimed masterpieces, hidden gems, and influential titles that have shaped the director’s legacy.
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
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The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
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The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
Crash Dive (1943)
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A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in
Orchestra Wives (1942)
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Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
Moontide (1942)
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After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
Charley's Aunt (1941)
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In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
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After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
The House Across the Bay (1940)
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Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Four Sons (1940)
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Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
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The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
Call It a Day (1937)
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The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
It's Love I'm After (1937)
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An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Black Legion (1937)
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When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
The Petrified Forest (1936)
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Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Give Me Your Heart (1936)
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An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
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A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
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An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
Bordertown (1935)
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An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.