Movies by H.C. Potter
As a director:
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James Cagney Collection: The Time of Your Life (1948)
Cast: James Cagney, James Barton, Ward Bond …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
This story of a run-down San Francisco bar patronized by a group of lovable eccentrics is based on William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Joe (James Cagney), a philosophical…
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Sophisticated New Yorkers Jim and Muriel Blandings (Cary Grant and Myrna Loy) leave their jaded city life for a dreamy getaway in rural Connecticut. But when their first house isn't to…
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The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
In this engaging comedy of manners, the radiant Loretta Young plays Katrin "Katie" Holstrom, a naïve Minnesota farm girl who leaves home to study nursing in the big city. Bilked out of…
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Hollywood Musicals: Second Chorus/ Mr. Imperium (1940)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Lena Horne, Lana Turner …
Directed by: H.C. Potter, Don Hartman
"Second Chorus" (1940, 83 min.) - A delightful musical starring Fred Astaire with Paulette Goddard, in which two college trumpet players compete for the attentions of one lovely lady. "Mr.…
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Second Chorus (1940)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Jimmy Conlin, Paulette Goddard …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Fred Astaire is a dancin' fool for love in this Oscar-nominated musical comedy about trumpet-playing pals who compete for the affections of a beautiful woman. Musician buddies Danny…
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The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle (1939)
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edna May Oliver …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
In a musical tribute to the legendary ballroom dancers Vernon and Irene Castle, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers portray the married couple that introduced Paris to the American ragtime style…
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The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Seen as a liability by her presidential-hopeful father (Henry Kolker), socialite Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) is told to lay low on the family's Palm Beach estate. But problems arise when…