Paul Muni aka the Acting Chameleon.
With years of experience as a theatre actor, Paul Muni was permitted the rare privilege of choosing his own films, whilst under contract with "Warner Bros." He was one of the most versatile actors of his generation and though his film appearances weren't prolific, Paul Muni received critical acclaim in the majority of them.
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- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniGlenda FarrellHelen VinsonA World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove his worth.A disturbing drama, with Paul Muni at his near best.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniMary AstorAline MacMahonAn ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat-packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniGlenda FarrellNed SparksThe managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.This film is too lightweight in the story department.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsPaul MuniKaren MorleyWilliam GarganAn immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsPaul MuniBette DavisMargaret LindsayIn Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniAnn DvorakBarton MacLaneA small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.Routine film, reasonably done.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniJosephine HutchinsonAnita LouiseThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.The role that won Paul Muni the Oscar for Best Actor.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniGale SondergaardJoseph SchildkrautThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniBette DavisBrian AherneLouis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsPaul MuniUna O'ConnorJane BryanA husband hires a lonely, pretty young Austrian woman to work as a nanny for his son. His wife becomes instantly jealous and things take turn for the worst. Meanwhile, World War II is in the air, and anti-German sentiment is on the rise.
- DirectorsHoward HawksRichard RossonStarsPaul MuniAnn DvorakKaren MorleyAn ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
- DirectorsSidney FranklinVictor FlemingGustav MachatýStarsPaul MuniLuise RainerWalter ConnollyAlthough married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsPaul MuniGene TierneyLaird CregarHighly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsPaul MuniMarguerite ChapmanLarry ParksDuring WW2, a Mexican stand-off ensues between a group of German soldiers and a team of Soviet fighters trapped together in the basement of a bombed-out Russian building.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsPaul MuniAnna LeeLillian GishA gentle widower, enraged at German atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsPaul MuniJoan LorringVittorio ManuntaA nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses the milk money. These two come together in the same hiding place.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsPaul MuniMarguerite ChurchillJohnny Mack BrownAfter killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his conviction breaks, the drifter's sister considers the possibility that the man is her long-lost brother.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsPaul MuniMiriam HopkinsLouis HaywardIn World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsPaul MuniAnne BaxterClaude RainsThe Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsCheryl WalkerWilliam TerryJudith AndersonA young soldier arrives in NYC and, before heading overseas to WWII, visits Stage Door Canteen, where famous actresses and entertainers volunteer to entertain soldiers.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsPaul MuniMerle OberonCornel WildeBiography of Frederic Chopin.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsPaul MuniDavid WayneBetsy PalmerAn aspiring journalist's story of his aged uncle doctor leads to the uncle's life being profiled on TV.
- CreatorAdrian SpiesStarsNick AdamsJohn LarkinRichard ErdmanNick Alexander works for the New York Bulletin as an investigative reporter and is willing to go to great lengths for a story. His colleagues are supportive and take the place of any family or social life.
- StarsRichard JoyPaul LambertHelen KleebOf the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
