Douglas, Melvyn

Overview

Works:	433 works in 1,214 publications in 8 languages and 17,787 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Comedy films Western films Horror films Action and adventure films Political films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Haunted house films Detective and mystery films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Narrator, Author, Other, Costume designer, nar, Scenarist
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Melvyn Douglas

See you at the movies : the autobiography of Melvyn Douglas by Melvyn Douglas( Book )
The political career of an actor : Melvyn Douglas and the New Deal by Thomas Hahn Arthur( )
Reminiscences of Melvyn Douglas : by Melvyn Douglas( )
Helen Gahagan Douglas Project: family, friends, and the theater: The years before and after politics : and related material( )
Helen Gahagan Douglas project : and related material by Helen Gahagan Douglas( )

The Harold Rome papers by Harold Rome( )
Douglas, Melvyn : Actor by Martin Quigley( )
Gahagan, Helen (Mrs. Melvyn Douglas) : actress, singer( )
Herbert Biberman and Gale Sondergaard papers by H. J Biberman( )
Women in Film oral history interview, Gloria Stuart by Gloria Stuart( Visual )
Ninotchka : by Billy Wilder( )
Benjamin Spock and Mary Morgan Papers by Benjamin Spock( )
My own true love by Jay Livingston( )
Herman Levin papers by Herman Levin( )
Portraits of the cast of the play "Mother lode." by Dan Totheroh( Visual )
John Alden Jamieson papers by John Alden Jamieson( )
Caricature of Melvyn Douglas( Visual )
Douglas, Melvyn( )
Daniel Augustus Powell papers by Daniel Augustus Powell( )
Tell me tonight : From Tonight or Never - Film by Carl Michael Ziehrer( )

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Most widely held works by Melvyn Douglas

Being there by Hal Ashby( Visual )

39 editions published between 1979 and 2017 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 2,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chance is a secluded gardener who has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely political insider

Ninotchka by Ernst Lubitsch( Visual )

87 editions published between 1939 and 2018 in 10 languages and held by 1,490 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Garbo plays a dour, severe Soviet official who comes to Paris on business involving the sale of some czarist jewels. But soon business turns to pleasure as she discovers the special magic of Paris and finds herself succumbing to the charms of a suave Frenchman named Leon D'Algout (Melvyn Douglas). The plot bubbles merrily as Ninotchka chooses between romance and duty--and must even confront a rival for Leon's affection in the exiled Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire)

Hud by Martin Ritt( Visual )

46 editions published between 1962 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 1,487 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high

Mr. Blandings builds his dream house by H. C Potter( Visual )

25 editions published between 1948 and 2004 in English and held by 1,240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cary Grant plays a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape his current living situation. He decides to design his own dream house in the suburbs and the project turns wrong when the bills never end and the problems never stop

The candidate by Michael Ritchie( Visual )

19 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,009 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While Richard Nixon is on his way to re-election by a landslide, a young, honest, idealistic lawyer begins to learn the truth about running for office

Billy Budd by Peter Ustinov( Visual )

20 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 980 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of the clash between the young, innocent sailor, Billy Budd, and his corrupt superior, Claggart

The Americanization of Emily by Arthur Hiller( Visual )

14 editions published between 1964 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 863 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison (Garner) loves his job: as 'dog robber' his duties consist of rounding up scarce delicacies and services, while safely avoiding combat. Admiral William Jessup (Douglas), however, is intent on having a sailor as the first casualty on D-Day - preferably with a film crew filming him. Having fallen for his English motor pool driver Emily (Andrews), freewheeling Madison struggles to escape being sent off to land on Omaha Beach as the cameraman

Rudyard Kipling's Captains courageous( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a rich brat falls overboard at sea, he's rescued by a Portuguese fishing boat, and eventually forms a bond with one of the crewmen

The changeling( Visual )

13 editions published between 1979 and 2018 in English and held by 553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A man becomes the unwilling instrument of a ghost's revenge

The tenant by Roman Polanski( Visual )

36 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 528 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A displaced person becomes convinced that his fellow lodgers are out to murder him."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed

The old dark house by James Whale( Visual )

16 editions published between 1932 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 504 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A group of travelers on a mountain road in Wales, overtaken by a thunderstorm and torrential rains, seek shelter in a mysterious old mansion. It is full of eerie characters and uncanny happenings

Ghost story by John Irvin( Visual )

19 editions published between 1981 and 2016 in English and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In a gloomy New England setting, four elderly men who gather once a week to thrill each other with tales of terror find one of their scariest stories coming to life. A woman they mistakenly left for dead fifty years earlier returns to life to get revenge

Annie Oakley by George Stevens( Visual )

18 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Energetic biographical drama based on the life and legend of sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her on-off relationship with Wild Bill Hickock

Counsellor at law( Visual )

6 editions published between 2002 and 2017 in English and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

High-powered attorney George Simon frantically juggles the scandals, crimes, and crises that pass through the chrome-and-glass doors of his art deco office high in the Empire State Building. Balanced on an ethical tightrope, Simon engages in insider trading and bleeds funds from wealthy clients, while tending to the needs of the less fortunate New Yorkers who come from his own working-class background. A political enemy uncovers a past legal indiscretion and begins disbarment proceedings, causing Simon's socialite wife to seek comfort in the arms of another man. With the unflagging support of his faithful secretary, Simon attempts to exercise his legalistic wizardry to defend his reputation and protect those who rely upon him for justice

I never sang for my father( Visual )

11 editions published between 1969 and 2010 in English and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A complicated father-son relationship resurfaces after a mother's death. The kindhearted son has devoted his life to winning the affection of his stubborn and opinionated father. His efforts to care for him are met with hostility and rebuff. Eventually, the father breaks down and shares his true feelings with his son

The sea of grass by Conrad Richter( Visual )

6 editions published between 2000 and 2013 in English and German and held by 218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brewton's cattle empire includes a million acres of grazing land. Lutie marries him and they have a daughter Sara. Lutie goes alone to Denver where she and lawyer Chamberlain conceive a son Brock whom Jim later accepts with resignation. Long afterward Brock is killed by a posse and Susie brings Lutie and Jim together once more

That uncertain feeling by Ernst Lubitsch( Visual )

42 editions published between 1941 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A comedy in which a seemingly happy couple (Oberon and Douglas) realize they aren't so happy when an egotistical, eccentric musician (Meredith) enters the scene

Captains courageous by Victor Fleming( Visual )

10 editions published between 1937 and 2006 in English and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A sea drama about a wealthy, spoiled, motherless brat (Freddie Bartholomew), who is washed overboard from an ocean liner bound for Europe and is rescued by a Portuguese sailor (Spencer Tracy) and his cod fishing fleet. Upon being rescued, the boy is forced to work for his keep and the story pursues his reactions and attitudes towards forced servitude and the very close relationship that develops between him and Manuel, the Portuguese fisherman. During the lad's tenure aboard the ship, he becomes a more loveable character and becomes emotionally distressed upon the accidental death of his friend, Manuel. The story ends with the boy being returned, reluctantly, to his wealthy father (Melvyn Douglas), as a changed individual

A woman's face by George Cukor( Visual )

7 editions published between 1987 and 2017 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anna Holm, a professional blackmailer, despises herself and the world because of a disfiguring facial scar

Twilight's last gleaming by Robert Aldrich( Visual )

11 editions published between 1977 and 2012 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A former United States Air Force general and three other convicts escape from a military prison. The four men take over a nuclear base and proceed to hold America hostage, threatening to launch the base's missiles if they don't receive ten million dollars and if the president fails to release a top-secret document on the Vietnam War

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