Directing

Theodore Reed

Born 1887-06-18 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Theodore Reed was an American film director and producer active during the early to mid-20th century. He directed and produced a variety of films, including Double or Nothing (1937) and What a Life (1939). Reed also served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1933 to 1934, playing a significant role in the development of the American film industry during its formative years.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Nut poster
6.2

Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighbourhoods.

The Nut

1921

Double or Nothing poster
6.7

A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late millionaire.

Double or Nothing

1937

Her First Beau poster
6.5

15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also has two interests - his home-made glider and the hope that some day he will go to Tech college. His indifference to Penny is her chief source of annoyance. Mervyn Roberts, Penny's uncle who is only five years older than she is, arrives home with a guest, Roger Van Vleck, and Penny falls for Roger's sophistication. Chuck, resentful, continues to work on his glider over his father's objections. His father wants it destroyed but Elmer Tuttle, their hired man, hides it.

Her First Beau

1941

What a Life poster
10.0

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

What a Life

1939

What a Life poster
10.0

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

What a Life

1939

Those Were the Days! poster
8.0

At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman year at college.

Those Were the Days!

1940

Those Were the Days! poster
8.0

At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman year at college.

Those Were the Days!

1940

Tropic Holiday poster
6.2

A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.

Tropic Holiday

1938

Song of My Heart poster
7.0

The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

Song of My Heart

1948

I'm from Missouri poster
7.0

Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to buy mules or tractors for its colonial troops. He is accompanied by his ritzy wife Julie who has high society aspirations and hopes to have her younger sister Lola Pike marry a British diplomat. Complicating matters is a business rival, Porgie Rowe, who is trying to sell tractors to the government and keeps knocking Sweeney's prize Missouri mules.

I'm from Missouri

1939

Life with Henry poster
6.5

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

Life with Henry

1941

Life with Henry poster
6.5

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

Life with Henry

1941

Lady Be Careful poster
5.5

Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.

Lady Be Careful

1936

Arizona poster
NR

A lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.

Arizona

1918