
Birthday:
08-25-1899
Deathday:
04-16-1964 (64 years)
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Black Angel
Screenplay
event1946 star_border 6
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A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
Cat Ballou
Novel
event1965 star_border 6.4
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A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
The House Across the Street
Story
event1949 star_border 4.5
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Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.
Johnny Guitar
Novel
event1954 star_border 7.4
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On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.
The House of Fear
Screenplay
event1945 star_border 6.8
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The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
Destiny
Screenplay
event1944 star_border 4.6
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Framed for two crimes he didn't commit, and betrayed by his girl, Cliff Banks finds himself on the run from the police. Now distrustful of everyone, he finds a safe haven hiding out at a quaint country cottage under the care of a kindly old farmer and his daughter, a Cinderella-like blind woman who seems to be able to communicate with nature. There he is forced by their love to question his misanthropy.
Double Alibi
Screenplay
event1940 star_border 4.5
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A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Secret Command
Writer
event1944 star_border 6.8
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Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jeff still resents Sam for abandoning the family years ago and fears he may steal away Lea Damaron, his current girlfriend -- who is Sam's old flame. While Sam tries to sniff out Nazi saboteurs in the plant, he grows closer to Jill McGann, the agent tasked with pretending to be his wife.
Tarzan Triumphs
Screenplay
event1943 star_border 6.1
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Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!"
The Navy Comes Through
Screenplay
event1942 star_border 5.6
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A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Murder in the Clouds
Story
event1934 star_border 4.7
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Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
Wine, Women and Horses
Screenplay
event1937 star_border 4
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An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Here Comes Carter
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 5
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A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals
Goodbye Broadway
Screenplay
event1938
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Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell.
Escape from Hong Kong
Screenplay
event1942 star_border 6
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Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
Golden Hoofs
Story
event1941 star_border 7
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A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
The Devil's Party
Screenplay
event1938 star_border 5.5
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Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.
Washington Melodrama
Screenplay
event1941 star_border 5
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An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
Framed
Writer
event1940 star_border 5.8
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A young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder.
California Mail
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 4.8
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The Pony Express is finished as the Post Office plans to award the mail contract to a stage line. Bill and his father put in a bid for the mail, however there are three bids close together. The officials will run a race to pick the winner, and the Banton Brothers sabotage Bill's stage. Mary still believes in Bill until they try to get rid of him by holding up the regular stage with his well-known horse. Bill needs proof to clear himself and expose the bad guys.
Bengal Tiger
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 4.5
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After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone.
Treat 'Em Rough
Screenplay
event1942 star_border 6
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When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name.
Man Hunt
Screenplay
event1936
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A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Front Page Woman
Screenplay
event1935 star_border 5.8
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Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Burma Convoy
Screenplay
event1941
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A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
Flying Cadets
Screenplay
event1941 star_border 3
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Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
Love Is on the Air
Story
event1937 star_border 5
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A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
The Steel Key
Story
event1953 star_border 5.5
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An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
Public Wedding
Screenplay
event1937 star_border 5.7
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The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.
Drums of the Congo
Screenplay
event1942
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A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
Unseen Enemy
Screenplay
event1942
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The Unseen Enemy in this wartime meller is Nick (Leo Carrillo), the outwardly effusive manager of a San Francisco waterfront café. To make enough money to ensure his daughter Gen's (Irene Hervey) entree into society, Nick sells his services to a gang of foreign spies, who then use Nick's establishment as a rendezvous point. The plan is to covertly send out a Japanese vessel for the purpose of raiding and destroying American merchant ships. The spies' secret code is hidden in the lyrics of a song called "Lydia", which the unwitting Gen performs on request day after day.
Bombay Clipper
Screenplay
event1942 star_border 5.5
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Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.
The Nurse from Brooklyn
Screenplay
event1938 star_border 6
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A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
Perilous Holiday
Writer
event1946
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A tale of an international counterfeiting-ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil viewed as a suspicious character by newspaper woman Agnes Stuart, who is working on a story to expose racketeering night-club owner Doc Lilley.
Hi, Nellie!
Story
event1934 star_border 6.5
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Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and Brad is demoted, by the publisher, to the Heartthrob column - writing advice to the lovelorn. After feeling sorry for himself for two months, he takes the column seriously and makes it the talk of the town. But Brad still wants his old job back so he will have to find Canfield and the missing money.
Murder by an Aristocrat
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 3
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A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it.
Men in Exile
Story
event1937 star_border 4.8
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An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.
Idaho
Screenplay
event1943 star_border 5.7
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A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
The Daltons Ride Again
Screenplay
event1945 star_border 3
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The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.
Fifty Fathoms Deep
Writer
event1931 star_border 1
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In this high-seas adventure, a woman creates a great rift between old friends: an experienced older diver, and his younger protege. They become enemies when a gold-digger marries the latter. She soon leaves him in favor of a wealthy yachtsman. She is aboard his boat when an accident occurs. The two divers must salvage the costly boat before it sinks.
Honeymoon Deferred
Screenplay
event1940 star_border 6
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Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case of a murder, which could also be a suicide, in which case his company won't have to pay the victim's contract. His wife, played by Margaret Lindsay, insists on following him around, not only to help him solve the case, but to make sure he doesn't get too friendly with any members of the opposite sex, either.
Shanghaied Love
Screenplay
event1931
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Captain Angus Swope (Noab Beery), known as The Black Yankee, skipper of the Golden Bough, treats his crew shamefully and he treats women no better, as evidenced by his handling of a woman he has abducted, together with her baby daughter, Mary (Sally Blaine), from seaman Newman (Willard Robertson). When the woman dies as a result of his cruelty, he brings up Mary as his own daughter.
The Final Edition
Story
event1932 star_border 5
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A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.
The Vigilantes Return
Screenplay
event1947 star_border 2.2
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Marshal Johnnie Taggart, posing as an outlaw named "Ace" Braddock, comes to Bannack, Montana to restore law and order. But he is recognized by Kitty, co-owner with Clay Curtwright of the infamous Bull Whip saloon. But "bad-girl" Kitty keeps her mouth shut. When Johnnie's pal Andy reports a stage holdup, Curtwright's henchman, Ben Borden, talks the sheriff and Judge Holden into suspecting Johnnie. Johnnie reveals himself to Judge Holden as a government marshal, and the judge voices his opinion that Curtwright is the leader of the road agents, but voices it in the presence of his granddaughter, Louise Holden.
Times Square Playboy
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 4.8
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A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
The Girl on the Front Page
Story
event1936
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The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
Strange Conquest
Writer
event1946
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Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the affection of a beautiful woman doctor.
One Hour To Live
Writer
event1939
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Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
Michigan Kid
Story
event1947 star_border 6
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A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.
You Can't Escape Forever
Story
event1942 star_border 5.4
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A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Hazard
Screenplay
event1948 star_border 8
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A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.
The Menace
Dialogue
event1932 star_border 4.5
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A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
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