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William A. Seiter

Highest Rated: 100% You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Lowest Rated: 57% The Beautiful and Damned (1922)

Birthday: Jun 10, 1890

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Former Keystone Cop who graduated to assistant director and screenwriter before making his directorial debut in 1918. Seiter developed into a proficient and prolific technician in a number of genres and was especially adept at light, breezy fare, such as the wonderful Laurel and Hardy romp, "Sons of the Desert" (1933), the underrated Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers vehicle "Roberta" (1935), and the engaging romantic drama, "This is My Affair" (1937). He also helmed the Marx Brothers escapade, "Room Service" (1938) but, like the anarchic trio, was too constrained by the conventional stage original. Formerly married to actresses Laura La Plante and Marian Nixon.

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Highest rated movies

100% 75% You Were Never Lovelier
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100% 86% Sons of the Desert
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100% 69% If I Had a Million
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88% 80% The Little Princess
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86% 66% Roberta
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80% 67% Nice Girl?
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64% 56% Room Service
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57% The Beautiful and Damned
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Sing and Like It
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Sally, Irene and Mary
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William A. Seiter

William A. Seiter THE MOON'S OUR HOME, director William A. Seiter watches Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullavan playing checkers on set, 1936 BELLE OF THE YUKON, costume designer Don Loper, producer William Goetz, director William A. Seiter, screenwriter James Edward Grant on set, 1944 BROADWAY, director William A. Seiter, (in hat), George Raft, (center), on-set, 1942 THE MAD WHIRL, May McAvoy, screenwriter Lewis Milestone, director William A. Seiter and his wife Laura La Plante on set, 1925 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Make Haste to Live Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Champ for a Day Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady Wants Mink Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear Brat Director - 1951
No Score Yet 11% Borderline Director,
Producer 		- 1950
No Score Yet 33% Up in Central Park Director - 1948
No Score Yet 42% One Touch of Venus Director,
Producer 		- 1948
No Score Yet 50% I'll Be Yours Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Giant Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet When Lovers Meet Director - 1946
No Score Yet 25% It's a Pleasure Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Affairs of Susan Director - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Night With You Director - 1945
No Score Yet 17% Belle of the Yukon Director,
Producer 		- 1944
No Score Yet 50% Four Jills in a Jeep Director - 1944
No Score Yet 62% Destroyer Director - 1943
No Score Yet 32% A Lady Takes a Chance Director - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cowboy and the Girl Director - 1943
100% 75% You Were Never Lovelier Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway Director - 1942
80% 67% Nice Girl? Director - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Appointment for Love Director - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hired Wife Director,
Producer 		- 1940
No Score Yet 78% It's a Date Director - 1940
No Score Yet 64% Susannah of the Mounties Director - 1939
88% 80% The Little Princess Director - 1939
No Score Yet 39% Allegheny Uprising Director - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Blind Mice Director - 1938
64% 56% Room Service Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sally, Irene and Mary Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thanks for Everything Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Begins in College Director - 1937
No Score Yet 33% This Is My Affair Director - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life of the Party Director - 1937
No Score Yet 33% The Moon's Our Home Director - 1936
No Score Yet 64% Stowaway Director - 1936
No Score Yet 67% Dimples Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Case Against Mrs. Ames Director - 1936
No Score Yet 54% If You Could Only Cook Director - 1935
86% 66% Roberta Director - 1935
No Score Yet 45% In Person Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daring Young Man Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Orchids to You Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sing and Like It Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Birds Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet We're Rich Again Director - 1934
No Score Yet 40% The Richest Girl in the World Director - 1934
No Score Yet 60% Diplomaniacs Director - 1933
No Score Yet 24% Chance at Heaven Director - 1933
100% 86% Sons of the Desert Director - 1933
No Score Yet 56% Rafter Romance Director - 1933
No Score Yet 30% Professional Sweetheart Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hello, Everybody Director - 1933
No Score Yet 57% Way Back Home Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Is My Face Red? Director - 1932
No Score Yet 60% Girl Crazy Director - 1932
100% 69% If I Had a Million Director - 1932
No Score Yet 50% Hot Saturday Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Bride Director - 1932
No Score Yet 40% Big Business Girl Director,
Producer 		- 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caught Plastered Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Too Many Cooks Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peach o' Reno Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kiss Me Again Director - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back Pay Director - 1930
No Score Yet 11% The Truth About Youth Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Going Wild Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunny Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flirting Widow Director - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Synthetic Sin Director - 1929
No Score Yet 75% Why Be Good? Director - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heart to Heart Director - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Happened to Jones Director - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mad Whirl Director - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Family Secret Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Helen's Babies Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fast Worker Director - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bell Boy 13 Director - 1923
57% No Score Yet The Beautiful and Damned Director - 1922

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen Directors Playhouse Director 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage 7 Director 1955