Henry Ephron Movies
Former playwright Henry Ephron and his wife Phoebe Wolkind are known for penning and producing such notable films as Carousel (1956) and There's No Business Like Show Business. His screenplay for 1963's Captain Newman, M.D. earned him an Oscar Nomination. His daughter Nora Ephron went on to become a distinguished filmmaker and screenwriter. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi... (read more)Former playwright Henry Ephron and his wife Phoebe Wolkind are known for penning and producing such notable films as Carousel (1956) and There's No Business Like Show Business. His screenplay for 1963's Captain Newman, M.D. earned him an Oscar Nomination. His daughter Nora Ephron went on to become a distinguished filmmaker and screenwriter. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
Gregory Peck plays a benevolent God-like figure in a white smock as Captain Josiah Newman, the head of a psych-unit at a Southwestern army base during the waning days of World...
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
In this generation gap movie of the early 1960s, Sandra Dee is Mollie Michaelson, a teenage rebel enamored with long-haired hippies and radical anti-nuclear political causes....
Sing, Boy, Sing
1958
In this musical drama, a popular rock star leads a successful and happy life while his grandfather, a stern, traditional preacherman admonishes the lad for his sinful existence....
A Certain Smile
1958
Based on a novel by Francoise Sagan, A Certain Smile was a vehicle for Darryl F. Zanuck's latest protegee, Christine Carere. Parisian student Carere spats with her...
Desk Set
1957
Based on the Broadway play by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Desk Set represents the eighth screen teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn plays...
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
The Best Things in Life are Free is the tuneful if uninspired life story of popular composers DeSylva (Gordon MacRae), Brown (Ernest Borgnine) and Henderson (Dan...
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
Van Johnson portrays a blind American writer living in London. Blessed with an acute hearing sense, Johnson overhears a kidnapping plot but neither his friends nor the...
Carousel
1956
Carousel was adapted from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical of the same name--which, in turn, was based on Liliom, a play by Ferenc Molnar. Gordon...
The Girl Rush
1955
In this comedy sequel to Wonderful Town (a popular Broadway musical), Kim, a museum worker from Providence, Rhode Island, inherits half ownership of a Las Vegas hotel when her...
Daddy Long Legs
1955
This last remake (thus far) of the Jean Webster novel Daddy Long Legs was extensively revised to accommodate the talents of Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron. Fragments of...
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
Like Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), 20th Century-Fox's There's No Business Like Show Business is a "catalogue" film, its thinnish plot held together by an itinerary of...
Belles on Their Toes
1952
Myrna Loy returns as Mrs. Gilbreth -- efficiency expert, industrial engineer, and mother of twelve -- in this sequel to Cheaper By The Dozen. After the death of her...
What Price Glory?
1952
James Cagney signed on to play Captain Flagg in 20th Century Fox's 1952 remake of the 1926 classic What Price Glory after being told that the old property was being...
On the Riviera
1951
On the Riviera is a remake of 1941's Weekend in Havana, which in turn was a remake of 1934's Folies Bergere. The plot remains the same in all three incarnations: for...
The Jackpot
1950
The Jackpot is a generally pleasing satire of quiz programs. James Stewart stars as Bill Lawrence, an average Joe who picks up the phone one day, answers a simple question,...
Look for the Silver Lining
1949
The short but colorful life of American musical comedy star Marilyn Miller is given the standard prettified Hollywood treatment in Look for the Silver Lining. June Haver,...
John Loves Mary
1949
John Lawrence (Ronald Reagan) is a returning GI. Mary McKinley (Patricia Neal in her film debut) is the girl he left behind. But their reunion will have to wait: John has...
Wallflower
1948
In this comedy, two stepsisters fight for the love of the same man. One of the sisters is good-looking and vivacious. She is also an utter fluffhead. Her sister is pragmatic and...
Always Together
1947
In this frothy, star-studded Warner Brothers outing, tightwad tycoon Jonathan Turner, believing himself at death's door, gives star-struck movie buff Jane Barker a million...
Three Is a Family
1944
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, Three Is a Family is a 1940s farce that frequently substitutes noise for humor. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled...