The best William H. O'Brien’s romance movies

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

19/07/1891- 18/04/1981
Today we present the best William H. O'Brien’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 William H. O'Brien’s movies.
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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
8.2/10
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

Rebecca

Rebecca
8.1/10
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Sabrina

Sabrina
7.6/10
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.7/10
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 25/12/1946
  • Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/12/1952
  • Character: Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 03/06/1955
  • Character: Man at Train Station (uncredited)
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 12/06/1951
  • Character: Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 01/10/1954
  • Character: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
A movie star helps a young singer/actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride
7.1/10
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

San Francisco

San Francisco
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 26/06/1936
  • Character: Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 07/10/1959
  • Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 19/12/1961
  • Character: Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student, Mary Tilford, accuses the two young women who run the school of having a lesbian relationship.

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel
7/10
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Designing Woman

Designing Woman
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/05/1957
  • Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs
6.7/10
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old residen, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

Test Pilot

Test Pilot
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/04/1938
  • Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road
7.1/10
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

Superman and the Mole-Men

Superman and the Mole-Men
5.5/10
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.

Topper Returns

Topper Returns
6.8/10
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

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