Archie Mayo

Archie Mayo

January 29, 1891

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Nig…

Known For

12 titles
1
The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1936 · 1h 22m · Movie

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

7.5
2
A Night in Casablanca

A Night in Casablanca

1946 · 1h 25m · Movie

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

6.9
3
Black Legion

Black Legion

1937 · 1h 23m · Movie

A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

6.9
4
It's Love I'm After

It's Love I'm After

1937 · 1h 30m · Movie

An actor of the stage finds himself pursued by a lovestruck fan while trying to patch up a tempestuous relationship with his actress lover.

7.4
5
Moontide

Moontide

1942 · 1h 34m · Movie

In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.

6.8
6
The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell

1933 · 1h 30m · Movie

A political appointee with a checkered past tries to institute constructive changes as the deputy commissioner at a cruel reform school but gets pushback from a sadistic warden and a suspicious judge who doesn't trust his motives.

6.9
7
Night After Night

Night After Night

1932 · 1h 13m · Movie

A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.

6.7
8
Ever in My Heart

Ever in My Heart

1933 · 1h 8m · Movie

World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.

6.7
9
The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces

1934 · 1h 12m · Movie

A talented young actress seems to be under the spell of her unscrupulous, avaricious, and totally unprincipled husband.

6.4
10
Street of Women

Street of Women

1932 · 59m · Movie

A married architect, stuck in a loveless marriage, due to his daughter, has an an affair with a dress designer (Natalie). Just when he's ready to ask his wife for a divorce, his daughter falls in love with Natalie's brother.

6.0
11
The Great American Broadcast

The Great American Broadcast

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.

6.6
12
Oh, Sailor Behave!

Oh, Sailor Behave!

1930 · 1h 10m · Movie

An American newspaper reporter is sent to Venice to interview a Romanian general. While there, he falls in love with a young heiress.

5.3