Francis Lederer Movies

A stock broker embezzles a million bucks and plans to take off to Shanghai. A number of obstacles stands in his path, however.

A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian...

Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy,...

A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance.

A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita...

After eight years in exile Martin returns to Berlin. He was involved in the German Revolution of 1918/1919 and had to leave the country as a result....

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the...

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon...

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local...

A neglected Baroness falls in love with her oldest son's military officer friend, their adulterous romance leading the two to flee to Algeria.

Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of...

The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature,...

Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.

On the day that United Broadcasting System's new building is dedicated, bumbling vice-president Harold L. Montgomery, Sr. discovers that he gave the...

This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went...

A jealous musician kills his wife and frames a cab driver.

Taking place over 12 hours on New Years Eve, a concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames an innocent man.