Lowell Sherman
4 credits on HibingeTV
American film actor and director (1885-1934) who directed The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) and She Done Him Wrong (1933) with Mae West. He began as a stage actor before moving to silent films, where he often played sophisticated villains. As a director, he was known for his work with strong female stars, including Katharine Hepburn in her screen debut in A Bill of Divorcement (1932).
Directed
Comedy, Pre-Code
A Pre-Code comedy directed by Lowell Sherman, produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Three Broadway showgirls—Schatzi (Joan Blondell), Jean (Madge Evans), and Teddy (Ina Claire)—share an apartment and a talent for extracting gifts from wealthy men. When Teddy announces her engagement to a respectable businessman, the other two try to sabotage the wedding, each scheming to land a rich husband of her own. The film's frank depiction of gold-digging and sexual maneuvering is pure Pre-Code Hollywood, and the three leads sparkle with wit and chemistry. The film was later remade as How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall. The film is in the public domain.
Comedy · Pre-Code
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 - Comedy
Crime, Drama
A pre-Code crime drama directed by and starring Lowell Sherman, based on the 1927 play Crime by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer. Sherman plays Gene Fenmore, a gang boss who takes pity on a young couple robbed by one of his thugs (Hugh Trevor) and brings them under his protection. When the resentful thug is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their investigation on the innocent couple. Marian Nixon co-stars as Nancy. The film entered the public domain in 1958 when its copyright was not renewed.
Crime · Drama
The Pay-Off
1930 - Crime
Acted In
Drama, Romance
A 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck. Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves), the artistic son of a wealthy railroad magnate, hires Kay Arnold (Stanwyck), a "party girl" he meets while driving along the waterfront, as his model. As they work together, Kay falls in love with Jerry and begins to reform herself, but faces strong opposition from Jerry's family, who disapprove of her past. The film was based on the 1924 Broadway play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper. The success of the film made Stanwyck a star and established Capra as a major director at Columbia Pictures.
Drama · Romance
Ladies of Leisure
1930 - as Bill Standish
Crime, Drama
A pre-Code crime drama directed by and starring Lowell Sherman, based on the 1927 play Crime by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer. Sherman plays Gene Fenmore, a gang boss who takes pity on a young couple robbed by one of his thugs (Hugh Trevor) and brings them under his protection. When the resentful thug is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their investigation on the innocent couple. Marian Nixon co-stars as Nancy. The film entered the public domain in 1958 when its copyright was not renewed.
Crime · Drama
The Pay-Off
1930 - as Gene Fenmore