Lloyd Bacon

Lloyd Bacon

December 4, 1889

Lloyd Bacon was an American stage and silent-era screen actor who is most remembered as a film director, making films in virtually all genres. Among the 130 films he directed is the 1933 Warner Bros. classic 42nd Street.

Known For

31 titles
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42nd Street

42nd Street

1933 · 1h 29m · Movie

When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.

7.3
2
Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933 · 1h 44m · Movie

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

7.5
3
Easy Street

Easy Street

1917 · 24m · Movie

A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.

7.4
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Marked Woman

Marked Woman

1937 · 1h 36m · Movie

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

7.1
5
Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · 2h 6m · Movie

An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.

7.0
6
The Rink

The Rink

1916 · 30m · Movie

After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.

7.0
7
The Tramp

The Tramp

1915 · 21m · Movie

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.

6.8
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Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

1940 · 1h 28m · Movie

After retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and his former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

7.0
9
The Vagabond

The Vagabond

1916 · 24m · Movie

Charlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvellous new life. But, will she forget him so...

6.8
10
Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen

1916 · 30m · Movie

Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.

6.9
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The Fireman

The Fireman

1916 · 24m · Movie

Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the Chief) is upstairs in the house. When the h...

6.5
12
The Champion

The Champion

1915 · 31m · Movie

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove...

6.7
13
The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker

1916 · 29m · Movie

The Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.

6.6
14
A Slight Case of Murder

A Slight Case of Murder

1938 · 1h 25m · Movie

Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.

7.0
15
The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

1939 · 1h 25m · Movie

During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.

6.4
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A Night in the Show

A Night in the Show

1915 · 24m · Movie

Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours b...

6.4
17
The Count

The Count

1916 · 21m · Movie

The fifth film in the Mutual series Charlie Chaplin impersonates a man of means in order to underscore the contrast between rich and poor.

6.6
18
Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

1940 · 1h 38m · Movie

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

6.7
19
San Quentin

San Quentin

1937 · 1h 10m · Movie

An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.

6.5
20
Cain and Mabel

Cain and Mabel

1936 · 1h 30m · Movie

A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.

6.3
21
Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939 · 1h 21m · Movie

An ex-con who wants to go straight has difficulties trying to reintegrate into society while on parole.

6.7
22
The Frogmen

The Frogmen

1951 · 1h 36m · Movie

The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

6.5
23
A Jitney Elopement

A Jitney Elopement

1915 · 26m · Movie

Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Coun...

5.9
24
The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950 · 1h 25m · Movie

Sally borrows her friend's cosmetics kit to sell door-to-door but fails miserably. She and her fiancé get caught up in a smuggling scheme, are suspected of murders, and must evade the police while hunting for the real culprits.

6.6
25
Gold Diggers of 1937

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936 · 1h 41m · Movie

When two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.

6.4
26
Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy

1934 · 1h 27m · Movie

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

6.2
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Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

1938 · 1h 26m · Movie

Two screenwriters in a rut come up with a story idea starring a bankable cowboy and the baby of the studio's waitress.

6.0
28
Frisco Kid

Frisco Kid

1935 · 1h 17m · Movie

After a roustabout sailer avoids being shanghaied in 1852 San Francisco, his audacity helps him to arise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

6.2
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Kept Husbands

Kept Husbands

1931 · 1h 16m · Movie

Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.

5.8
30
In Caliente

In Caliente

1935 · 1h 24m · Movie

A magazine editor at a resort falls for a Spanish dancer he once criticized, unaware of her identity. Her uncle plots to exploit this, while she seeks revenge. A rival pursues the editor as romance blooms.

5.9
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Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy

1939 · 1h 29m · Movie

Biplanes flying in formation past the Washington Monument. A flotilla of seaplanes rising majestically off the surface of the Atlantic.

6.0