
Birthday:
04-13-1897
Deathday:
04-03-1967 (69 years)
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Dr. Cyclops
Screenplay
event1940 star_border 6.1
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Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.
Prep and Pep
Writer
event1928
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A boy finds it difficult to live up to his father's reputation at his school.
Masquerade
Dialogue
event1929
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The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the master criminal Anisty.
Boston Blackie and the Law
Additional Dialogue
event1946 star_border 6
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Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
Red River Valley
Writer
event1941 star_border 7.7
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To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen, Allison suggests the ranchers sell their stock to a friend of his thereby getting the money needed to complete the dam. Roy has a clue that Allison was involved in the robbery and is out to get control of the valley. So Roy and the boys try to delay the sale of the stock while they look for proof against Allison.
The Blue Eagle
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event1926 star_border 5.1
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Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war, they call a temporary truce to take on dope peddlers who are destroying their neighborhood.
Alaska
Screenplay
event1944 star_border 5
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A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.
Madame Racketeer
Writer
event1932 star_border 4.8
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International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
Alias Mr. Twilight
Dialogue
event1946 star_border 5.1
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Geoffrey Holden (Lloyd Corrigan) is an elderly con-man who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter (Gigi Perreau) with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to relieve his victims of their property. Trudy Marshall is the governess of the granddaughter, and is in love with a detective (Michael Duane) who is about to expose the old man's unsuspected activities.
The Unknown
Screenplay
event1946 star_border 5.6
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"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
The Man Who Dared
Additional Dialogue
event1946 star_border 3.7
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A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.
The Phantom Thief
Additional Dialogue
event1946 star_border 5.3
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Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.
The Joy Girl
Writer
event1927 star_border 5
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Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.
Sharp Shooters
Writer
event1928
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A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.
Her Favorite Patient
Screenplay
event1945 star_border 5.8
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A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
Keeper of the Bees
Writer
event1947
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Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie falls in love with Alice, but the romance is almost doomed by the gossip-spreading of a meddlesome neighbor.
One Too Many
Screenplay
event1950
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A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
Magnificent Brute
Story
event1921
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French Canadian trapper Victor Raoul returns to the trading post at St. Ignace to find a rival for the affections of Yvonne, his business partner's daughter, in the Marquis Courtière, Parisian representative of the fur company. Raoul quarrels with Fontaine over the visitor's business dealings and his attentions to Yvonne.
Devil Pays Off
Screenplay
event1941 star_border 3.3
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A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
Mercy Island
Screenplay
event1941 star_border 5
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The beautiful Florida Keys provide the setting of this adventure that tells the tale of a fun-filled fishing trip that becomes a nightmare when the charter boat is wrecked on an isolated island. Unfortunately, there are very few provisions and the group must fend for themselves. They are eventually assisted by a hermit, but before that one of the group goes insane, and another is eaten by an alligator.
Devil Dogs of the Air
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event1935 star_border 6.4
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Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.
Girl from Havana
Writer
event1940 star_border 5
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Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...
A Yank at Oxford
Screenplay
event1938 star_border 6.7
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A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Girl from God's Country
Writer
event1940
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Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few weeks by the rigors of the Alaskan winter....
Customs Agent
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event1950
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An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
Sailors on Leave
Screenplay
event1941
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If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
Remember Pearl Harbor
Screenplay
event1942 star_border 6
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A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
For the Love of Rusty
Screenplay
event1947
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Danny Mitchell, feeling that he has been misunderstood by his parents, takes his dog, Rusty, and leaves home, camping out near the trailer of veterinary Dr. Francis Xavier Ray. Gas escapes in the trailer during the night, and Rusty rescues the vet before he is overcome.
Politics
Story
event1931 star_border 6.3
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A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
Shipmates
Dialogue
event1931 star_border 4.7
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A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly rank.
Cheaters at Play
Writer
event1932
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Modest picture centering on a blunderous jewel heist aboard an ocean liner.
The Son of Rusty
Screenplay
event1947
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The fourth film in Columbia's "Rusty" series is a lecture against gossiping. A young army veteran comes to town, and Danny and his friends learn that he had spent time in a military stockade for an infraction of a regulation. Danny's friends spread the story all over town. The seriousness of the minor infraction grows with each telling. As a sidebar, Rusty finds a mate and becomes a father.
U-Boat Prisoner
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event1944 star_border 6
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Merchant seaman Archie Gibbs manages to survive when his ship is torpedoed by a German submarine. Disguising himself in the uniform of a dead Nazi spy, Gibbs is picked up by the Nazi U-boat. He manages to convince the German sailors that he's the spy, and in this guise he tries to rescue a group of captured Allied scientists.
Mr. District Attorney
Screenplay
event1941 star_border 6.2
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An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Not Quite Decent
Writer
event1929
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On her way to New York for her first stage appearance, Linda Cunningham meets Mame Jarrow, a nightclub singer; Linda later drops by to hear Mame sing, accompanied by their angel, Paul Nicholson, a wealthy roué. Mame gradually comes to realize that Linda is her own daughter, from whom she was separated years before by pious relatives. Using all her wiles, Mame attempts to keep Linda from falling prey to Nicholson, and when all else fails, she sends for Jerry Connor, Linda's small town sweetheart.
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
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event1949 star_border 4.7
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A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.
Hell Divers
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event1932 star_border 6.4
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The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Strong Boy
Writer
event1929 star_border 5
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"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the frustration of his girlfriend Mary, he is not ambitious enough to take a white-collar position. But when he thwarts an attempted train robbery and saves the Queen of Lisonia's jewels, he is viewed as a hero and Mary finally agrees to marry him.
Soldiers Three
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event1951 star_border 4.4
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Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Shipwrecked
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event1926
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Larry O'Neil, a ship's cook, finds and befriends stowaway Lois Austin, who is a fugitive from a murder charge. The ship's captain, Klodel, also finds her and forces her to do his will as he has received a cablegram and knows she is hunted.
Flaming Gold
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event1932 star_border 5.5
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Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
A Lady's Profession
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event1933
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A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
The Lady's from Kentucky
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event1939
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Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a young thoroughbred, which he quickly calls in. He discovers the other owner to be a young woman from an old horse racing family who wants to protect her colt almost as much as Marty wants to rush him into big races for a fast buck. While they clash, Marty soon comes to understand the human bond with the horses and what it means to be a thoroughbred.
The Red Kimona
Writer
event1925 star_border 5.7
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A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
If I Had a Million
Writer
event1932 star_border 6.5
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An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Outlaws of Red River
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event1927
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As a boy, Tom Morley, was forced to watch the killings of his foster parents and the abduction of his foster sister. When he reaches manhood he joins the Texas Rangers and becomes very good at tracking down outlaws; whereby, he is given the nickname "The Falcon". He finally tracks down his long lost foster sister who has become a spy for the outlaws.
Black Cyclone
Writer
event1925 star_border 5.7
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A cowboy and a wild horse find they have some things in common: both have enemies out to get them and both must save their mates from danger.
Two Girls Wanted
Writer
event1927
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Marianna Miller, who together with her sister Sarah pounds the pavements, looking for a job. After a period of starvation and deprivation Marianna is hired as secretary to duplicitous businessman Philip Hancock.
Dangerous Waters
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 3
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While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.
Woman Wise
Writer
event1928
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Woman Wise is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring William Russell, June Collyer, and Walter Pidgeon.
The River Pirate
Writer
event1928
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This film concerns a youth torn between his fatherly gangland mentor and the beautiful, virtuous daughter of a police detective.
Magic Fountain
Screenplay
event1963
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A financier decides to take a vacation somewhere where nothing can disturb him. He travels to the south of Spain, to a small village where he lives a primitive life. A chance meeting with a young American sociologist who works to guide women towards a healthier and more comfortable life change the pace of his life.
St. Louis Blues
Writer
event1939
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A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans to put together a musical revue. But a competing carnival owner hatches a scheme to put an end to the show before it begins.
The Prince of Pilsen
Title Illustration
event1926
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Frederick, Prince of Pilsen, rebelling against his coming marriage with Princess Bertha of Thorwald, meets Hans Wagner, a brewer, and his daughter Nellie. The brewer, mistaking the prince for the son of a friend, asks him to join in a banquet. Hans becomes intoxicated, dresses up in a uniform, and is then mistaken by a coachman for the prince and brought to the palace
Zorro
Writer (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 7.5
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Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Captain Midnight
Writer (3 ep.)
event1954 star_border 5.7
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Captain Midnight is an American televisions series that aired on CBS from September 9, 1954 to January 21, 1956. The series stars Richard Webb as Captain Midnight.
The Adventures of Clint and Mac
Writer (14 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6
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The Adventures of Clint and Mac is a 1957 television serial that aired on ABC as part of the third season of The Mickey Mouse Club.
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