David Landau
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

Heritage of the Desert
(1932)In White Sage, Utah, a young tenderfoot from the East falls for a rancher's daughter while being forced to defend his land against claim jumpers.

Street Scene
(1931)A 24-hour time frame depicts the comings and goings of a Hellโs Kitchen building, where residents take on a brutal summer heatwave.

The Purchase Price
(1932)This offbeat melodrama was directed by the iconoclastic William A. Wellman and stars Barbara Stanwyck as Joan Gordon, a hardboiled nightclub singer on the lam who becomes a farmer's mail-order bride. After Joan gets fed up being the kept woman of her married boss, bootlegger Ed Fields (Lyle Talbot), she flees New York City and ends up in North Dakota as the mail-order bride of wheat farmer Jim Gilson (George Brent). The film features one of the weirdest wedding ceremonies ever shot, and Stanwyck's rendition of "Take Me Away" marks the first time she sang on screen.

Judge Priest
(1934)Judge Priest is a small-town judge who used to fight for the Confederate army. He taps into his humanity to serve justice in a small Kentucky town.

She Done Him Wrong
(1933)Gay '90s saloon-keeper Diamond Lou shoots another woman, seduces a missionary and sings.
It's Tough to Be Famous
(1932)
The Wild Racers
(1968)Confirmed ladies man Jo-Jo Quillico dominates European racing tracks. When he meets the sophisticated Katherine, and their relationship blossoms against a backdrop of high-stakes races, he may just have to choose between winning on the track or off.

Taxi!
(1932)A hardened New York City cab driver, Matt Nolan, struggles as a crooked syndicate attempts to eliminate all independent cabbies in the city. With Matt's livelihood threatened, he recruits a gang to stand up to them - violently.