Henry O'Neill’s Typical Vibe
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Henry O'Neill has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s.
Recurring themes

Blonde Venus
1932
Drama

Grand Hotel
1932
Drama · Romance

Queen Christina
1934
Romance · History

Morocco
1930
Drama · Romance

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931
Romance · Drama

Samson and Delilah
1949
Romance · Drama

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Drama · Western

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Comedy · Drama

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir. W.S. Van Dyke · With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Dir. William Wyler · With Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Dir. Max Ophüls · With James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Dir. George Sidney · With Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Dir. William Dieterle · With Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut