The best Murray Alper’s romance movies

Murray Alper

Murray Alper

11/01/1904- 16/11/1984
Today we present the best Murray Alper’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Murray Alper’s movies.
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Sergeant York

Sergeant York
7.7/10
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor
6.6/10
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.

Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 30/06/1939
  • Character: Dance Floor Gatekeeper at 'The Pink Slipper' (uncredited)
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 17/05/1940
  • Character: Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)
Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride. But he gets a shock when he hears the whole story: Ellen spent those seven years alone on a desert island with another man.

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
7.3/10
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners
6.5/10
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World
6.8/10
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder
6.8/10
Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is an-exact double for a judge of whom Nick doesn't approve. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancée, Barbara. Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future.

The Hard Way

The Hard Way
7.1/10
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table
6.9/10
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

The Gangster

The Gangster
6.5/10
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.

Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/04/1942
  • Character: Pickup Driver with Red (uncredited)
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Affectionately Yours

Affectionately Yours
5.7/10
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.

Swing Fever

Swing Fever
5.9/10
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

No Time for Love

No Time for Love
6.8/10
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.

The Gay Sisters

The Gay Sisters
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/08/1942
  • Character: Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The eldest (Barbara Stanwyck) of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer (George Brent) she once married.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris
5.8/10
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.

Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live
6.4/10
A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.

Calypso Joe

Calypso Joe
5.5/10
Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in spite of the efforts made by her former boyfriend, Lee Darling, a television star, to win her back. Rico's sister, Astra, makes a play for Lee, who only responds to make Julie jealous. As the plane bearing Juile and others (includng all the credited musicians and bands) is about to depart, Herb Jefferies smuggles Lee on board so he can have a chance to dissuade Julie.

Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 20/05/1938
  • Character: Concessionaire
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

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