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The Hatchet Man (1932)

The Mad Genius (1931)

The Road to Singapore (1931)

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Svengali (1931)

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Outward Bound (1930)

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Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) That Old Relic

Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Find Someone Else!

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Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

The Hatchet Man (1932)

The Mad Genius (1931)

The Road to Singapore (1931)

Screenplay and dial

Svengali (1931)

Screenplay and dial

Outward Bound (1930)

Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)

General Crack (1930)

Moby Dick (1930)

A Notorious Affair (1930)

Murder Will Out (1930)

Moby Dick (1930)

General Crack (1930)

Isle of Escape (1930)

A Notorious Affair (1930)

Murder Will Out (1930)

Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)

Evidence (1929)

The Gamblers (1929)

The Gamblers (1929)

Evidence (1929)

Midnight Rose (1928)

Freedom of the Press (1928)

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Midnight Rose (1928)

Freedom of the Press (1928)

The Michigan Kid (1928)

The Chinese Parrot (1927)

Scen and Adapted

Rose of the Tenements (1926)

Adapted and cont

The Lone Wolf Returns (1926)

Remember (1926)

Secret Orders (1926)

The Lady From Hell (1926)

The Belle of Broadway (1926)

The Sea Wolf (1926)

Breed of the Sea (1926)

Bigger Than Barnum's (1926)

The Belle of Broadway (1926)

The Lady From Hell (1926)

The King of the Turf (1926)

The Midnight Flyer (1925)

Passionate Youth (1925)

The Midnight Flyer (1925)

One Glorious Night (1924)

The Rip-Tide (1923)

Back to Yellow Jacket (1922)

Chain Lightning (1922)

One Eighth Apache (1922)

Shattered Dreams (1922)

Belle of Alaska (1922)

Colleen of the Pines (1922)

Colleen of the Pines (1922)

Belle of Alaska (1922)

The Swamp (1921)

The Innocent Cheat (1921)

Not Guilty (1921)

The Mysterious Pearl (1921)

The Devil's Claim (1920)

The Third Woman (1920)

The Brand of Lopez (1920)

The Road to Divorce (1920)

The Purple Cipher (1920)

Moon Madness (1920)

The Road to Divorce (1920)

Moon Madness (1920)

The County Fair (1920)

The Purple Cypher (1920)

The Screaming Shadow (1920)

The Thunderbolt (1919)

The Sneak (1919)

The Trail of the Octopus (1919)

Maid O' the Storm (1918)

The Strange Woman (1918)

Blue Blood (1918)

Shackled (1918)

The Gates of Doom (1917)

Fighting Mad (1917)

The High Sign (1917)

The Phantom's Secret (1917)

The Plow Woman (1917)

Fear Not (1917)

The Scarlet Crystal (1917)

Fear Not (1917)

The Charmer (1917)

The Lash of Power (1917)

The Spotted Lily (1917)

The Lash of Power (1917)

The Voice on the Wire (1917)

Mixed Blood (1916)

The Sign of the Poppy (1916)

Life Events

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Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) That Old Relic Toya (Loretta Young) and Wong (Edward G. Robinson) are about to get married when signs of an old-fashioned Chinese Tong war break out in San Francisco, in William A. Wellman's The Hatchet Man, 1932.

Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Find Someone Else! To his everlasting credit, Edward G. Robinson (as "Wong") does not attempt an accent, when confronted in his first scene with an awful order from his Tong boss (Dudley Digges) in William A. Wellman's The Hatchet Man, 1932.

Road To Singapore, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Drunken Savages Dr. March (Louis Calhern), finding his betrothed has not been fetched from the boat, with his sister (Marian Marsh) goes seeking Philippa (Doris Kenyon), who has been taken in by ladies' man Dawltry (William Powell), at a fictional colonial outpost, in Road To Singapore, 1931.

Road To Singapore, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Lonely Game Much talked about in opening scenes, William Powell (as notorious colonial womanizer "Hugh Dawltrey") is introduced, at sea with respectable and engaged socialite Philippa (Doris Kenyon), in Road To Singapore, 1931, from a Denise Robins novel.

Mad Genius, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) That Sensation Of Screaming 15 years on from his humble introduction, John Barrymore is now impresario Tsarakov, Luis Alberni his desperate dance director Serge, Marian Marsh (Barrymore’s co-star from Svengali) his principal Nana, Mae Madison and Carmel Myers as needier performers, in The Mad Genius, 1931.

Mad Genius, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) There Was A Strange Boy Freaky opening in the Warner Brothers-John Barrymore commercial follow-up to Svengali, the star operates a puppet act, assisted by Charles Butterworth, young Frankie Darro their only audience, pursued by a pre-Frankenstein Boris Karloff, Michael Curtiz directing, The Mad Genius,1931.

So Big (1932) -- (Movie Clip) It's Your Father Thrifty Chicago finishing-school student Selina (Barbara Stanwyck) arrives home to discover that her beloved gambler father has met his end, early in William A. Wellman's So Big, 1932, from the Edna Ferber novel.

So Big (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Fields Of Cabbages Selina (Barbara Stanwyck), the newly-arrived boarder and schoolteacher in a Dutch Midwestern village, gets to know her enraptured house-mate and potential student Roelf (Dick Winslow), in So Big, 1932, from the Edna Ferber novel.

So Big (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Top Notchers In the latter stages of director William A. Wellman's film, the now mature Dirk (Hardie Albright) is dazzled by the first appearance of artist Dallas (Bette Davis), in So Big, 1932, from the Edna Ferber novel.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) My Manufactured Love Now rich and famous, John Barrymore (title character) visits "Madame Svengali" (formerly "Trilby," Marian Marsh) and offers a soliloquy, in Archie Mayo's Svengali, 1931.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Had To Come The big scene for Anton Grot's set design, John Barrymore (title character) summons sleeping Trilby (Marian Marsh) who crosses Paris to him in her nightgown, in Svengali, 1931.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) My Funny Headaches Acting as nothing more than a quirky music teacher, John Barrymore (title character) drops in on Billee (Bramwell Fletcher) and Trilby (Marian Marsh), into whom he gets his hypnotic hooks, in Svengali, 1931.

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