
I got a job at Metro and went in to see Louis Mayer, who told me he wanted me to be a producer. I said I wanted to write and direct. He said, 'No, you have to produce first, you have to crawl before you can walk.' Which is as good a definition of producing as I ever heard.
Filmography
Fast Company (1929) (Screenplay only)
Slightly Scarlet (1930) (Screenplay only)
Paramount on Parade (1930) (Screenplay only)
The Social Lion (1930) (Screenplay only)
Only Saps Work (1931) (Screenplay only)
The Gang Buster (1931) (Screenplay only)
Finn & Hattie (1931) (Screenplay only)
June Moon (1931) (Screenplay only)
Skippy (1931) (Screenplay only)
Newly Rich (1931) (Screenplay only)
Sooky (1931) (Screenplay only)
This Reckless Age (1932) (Screenplay only)
Sky Bride (1932) (Screenplay only)
Million Dollar Legs (1932) (Story only)
Diplomaniacs (1933) (Screenplay only)
Emergency Call (1933) (Screenplay only)
Too Much Harmony (1933) (Story only)
Alice in Wonderland (1933) (Screenplay only)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (Screenplay only) R1 Warners
Our Daily Bread (1934) (Additional dialog only) R1 Image
Forsaking All Others (1934) (Screenplay only)
I Live My Life (1935) (Screenplay only)
The Keys to the Kingdom (1944) (Screenplay only) R1 Fox
Dragonwyck (1946) R1 Fox
Somewhere in the Night (1946) R1 Fox
The Late George Apley (1947) R1 Fox DVD-R
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) R1/A Fox
Escape (1948)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) R1/A Fox
House of Strangers (1949) R1 Fox
No Way Out (1950) R1 Fox
All About Eve (1950) R1/A Fox
People Will Talk (1951) R1 Fox
5 Fingers (1952) R1 Fox DVD-R / R2 Optimum
Julius Caesar (1953) R1 Warners
The Barefoot Contessa (1954) R1 MGM
Guys and Dolls (1955) R1 MGM / RA Warners
The Quiet American (1958) R1 MGM
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) R1 Columbia
Cleopatra (1963) R1/A Fox
Carol For Another Christmas (1964)
The Honey Pot (1967) R2 Optimum
King (Co-directed with Sidney Lumet 1970) R1 Kino
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) R1 Warners
Sleuth (1972) R1 Anchor Bay OOP / R2
Forum Resources
The Alternate Oscars: Best Picture (1927-1968)
Bette Davis 100th Birthday Celebration Box Set
Cleopatra
Fox Horror Classics
Fox Noir Collection
Loy & Powell Collection
Marlon Brando Collection
Tennessee Williams Film Collection