Sonya Levien

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Sonya Levien (born Sara Opesken; 25 December 1888 – 19 March 1960) was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1930s and would help a number of directors and film stars transition from silent films to talkies. In 1955 she received an Academy Award for her screenplay Interrupted Melody.

Most Popular Sonya Levien Trailers

Total trailers found: 69

Quo Vadis Trailer (1951)

08 November 1951

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Four Men and a Prayer Trailer (1938)

29 April 1938

The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.

Berkeley Square Trailer (1933)

15 September 1933

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

Cavalcade Trailer (1933)

08 February 1933

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot.

Ziegfeld Girl Trailer (1941)

25 April 1941

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.

Bhowani Junction Trailer (1956)

01 May 1956

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

Kidnapped Trailer (1938)

27 May 1938

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

The Valley of Decision Trailer (1945)

03 May 1945

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill.

The Student Prince Trailer (1954)

15 June 1954

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

The Merry Widow Trailer (1952)

05 September 1952

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo.

State Fair Trailer (1933)

10 February 1933

The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

Rhapsody in Blue Trailer (1945)

27 June 1945

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

Pepe Trailer (1960)

21 December 1960

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss.

Jeanne Eagels Trailer (1957)

02 August 1957

Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

A Ship Comes In Trailer (1928)

04 January 1928

Film which tells the story of immigrants coming to the United States.

Lucky Star Trailer (1929)

18 August 1929

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs.

Interrupted Melody Trailer (1955)

05 May 1955

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence.

The Exciters Trailer (1923)

03 June 1923

Ronnie Rand, Required to marry before she is 21 or lose her inheritance, Ronnie Rand meets Pierre Martel, member of a gang of thieves, and, convinced that he is a "real man," she marries him.

State Fair Trailer (1945)

29 August 1945

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest.

Liliom Trailer (1930)

27 September 1930

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong.

So This Is London Trailer (1930)

23 May 1930

Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man with a profound distaste for everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family.

The Power of the Press Trailer (1928)

30 October 1928

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane.

Mr. Skitch Trailer (1933)

22 December 1933

After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew.

Why Girls Go Back Home Trailer (1926)

01 March 1926

Trusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he becomes a matinee idol on Broadway, she turns a chorus girl.

Delicious Trailer (1931)

27 December 1931

A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Trailer (1939)

29 December 1939

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl.

The Country Doctor Trailer (1936)

12 March 1936

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

Lightnin' Trailer (1930)

28 November 1930

Lightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by divorcing wives so they can pretend to be in California while establishing residency in Nevada.

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Trailer (1943)

19 February 1943

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

Reunion Trailer (1936)

20 November 1936

Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets.

The Man Who Came Back Trailer (1931)

11 January 1931

A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable man of himself.

Oklahoma! Trailer (1955)

10 October 1955

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.

Daddy Long Legs Trailer (1931)

05 June 1931

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school.

Drums Along the Mohawk Trailer (1939)

10 November 1939

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Trailer (1932)

03 July 1932

A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor.

Behind That Curtain Trailer (1929)

30 June 1929

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India.

Frozen Justice Trailer (1929)

13 October 1929

Drama set in Alaska

Change of Heart Trailer (1934)

18 May 1934

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

Who Will Marry Me? Trailer (1919)

27 January 1919

Rosie Sanguinetti's parents arrange her marriage, against her will, to Antonio Mosconi, "Tony the Barber.

Cheated Love Trailer (1921)

16 May 1921

Sonya Schnoema, a Jewish girl, comes to the United States as an immigrant and works in her father's ghetto grocery store, where she gains the affections of a young settlement worker, David Dahlman.

The Warrior's Husband Trailer (1933)

28 April 1933

The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing.

First Love Trailer (1921)

01 December 1921

The O'Donnells are a typical, everyday family -- Tad (George Hernandez) is a sensible working man, his wife (Fannie Midgely) is a good mother and their daughter Kathleen (Constance Binney) is pretty and innocent to the point of naiveté.

A Harp in Hock Trailer (1927)

10 October 1927

A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange.

Here's to Romance Trailer (1935)

04 October 1935

Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris.

They Had to See Paris Trailer (1929)

18 September 1929

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people.

After Tomorrow Trailer (1932)

06 March 1932

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married.

Song o' My Heart Trailer (1930)

11 March 1930

Broken hearts in Ireland. Sean is a great tenor, in semi-retirement, living in a village close to Mary, the woman he’s always loved.

Cass Timberlane Trailer (1947)

06 November 1947

Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley.

The Cowboy and the Lady Trailer (1938)

17 November 1938

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby.

As Husbands Go Trailer (1934)

27 January 1934

Lucille Lingard and her friend Emmie bid farewell to their European friends on their last night in Paris.

The Princess from Hoboken Trailer (1927)

01 March 1927

To enliven their business, the O'Tooles, restaurant owners in Hoboken, New Jersey, transform their restaurant into the Russian Inn when they hear that a famous Russian princess is stranded in Chicago.

Paddy O'Day Trailer (1936)

17 January 1936

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.

South Sea Rose Trailer (1929)

09 December 1929

A French girl raised in the south seas is brought to prim and proper New England by her New England born and bred sea captain husband.

Tess of the Storm Country Trailer (1932)

20 November 1932

When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long.

Salome of the Tenements Trailer (1925)

23 February 1925

A young East Side Jewish reporter gets into a sticky situation when she finds that her new beau is indicting a banker she owes money to.

The Green Years Trailer (1946)

04 July 1946

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor.

The Younger Generation Trailer (1929)

04 March 1929

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them.

Hit the Deck Trailer (1955)

24 February 1955

Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.

The Brat Trailer (1931)

23 August 1931

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel.

Trial Marriage Trailer (1929)

10 March 1929

Constance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds happiness with him.