01 An actor's immersion in Othello begins to blur the line between the stage and real life.
Directed by George Cukor · 1h 44m · Rated NR
6 Best Robert Emmett Keane Movies
By Vlad Zakh · August 7, 2026
Robert Emmett Keane brought fussy, fast-talking energy to Hollywood’s golden age and was frequently cast as an agent, manager or nervous businessman. A Double Life blurs an actor’s Othello with real life, It Happened Tomorrow predicts a reporter’s murder from tomorrow’s paper, The Devil and Miss Jones sends a tycoon undercover as a clerk, and In the Navy puts two sailors beside a hiding crooner. Babes in Arms and Dames round out the list.
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02 Bud Jamison appears in this fantasy about a newspaperman who mysteriously receives tomorrow's news today and gets caught up in his own predicted murder.
Directed by René Clair · 1h 25m
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Artiflix
Stream: Artiflix
03 Robert Emmett Keane features in this Abbott and Costello comedy about two bumbling sailors who accidentally end up serving alongside a famous crooner hiding out in the Navy.
Directed by Arthur Lubin · 1h 26m · Rated NR
04 Florence Bates is in this comedy about an undercover department store owner who poses as a clerk to root out labour organisers among his staff.
Directed by Sam Wood · 1h 32m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: FlixFling · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, FlixFling
Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent: Amazon Video
05 Guy Kibbee features in this musical about the children of struggling vaudeville performers who stage their own show to save their families.
Directed by Busby Berkeley · 1h 33m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
06 Hugh Herbert features in this Busby Berkeley musical where a wealthy moralist's crusade against Broadway indecency is complicated by his own family's theatrical aspirations.
Directed by Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley · 1h 31m
Where to watch
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video
Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video · Buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube
Buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube
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