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Sierra Baron (1958)

The Wayward Girl (1957)

Congo Crossing (1956)

Based on a Story by

A Strange Adventure (1956)

The Fighting Chance (1955)

City of Shadows (1955)

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Hard To Handle (1933) -- (Movie Clip) It Ain't Humanely Possible

Hard To Handle (1933) -- (Movie Clip) The Public Is Like A Cow

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Sierra Baron (1958)

The Wayward Girl (1957)

Congo Crossing (1956)

Based on a Story by

A Strange Adventure (1956)

The Fighting Chance (1955)

City of Shadows (1955)

Sweethearts on Parade (1953)

Bal Tabarin (1952)

Untamed Frontier (1952)

Wild Harvest (1947)

Girls of the Big House (1945)

Original Screenplay

Women in Bondage (1944)

Block Busters (1944)

Original story and Screenplay

Belle of the Yukon (1944)

Klondike Kate (1943)

Headin' for God's Country (1943)

Headin' for God's Country (1943)

The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)

The Blonde from Singapore (1941)

Mystery Ship (1941)

Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)

Men in Exile (1937)

The Trigger Trio (1937)

Public Wedding (1937)

Original Screenplay

Public Wedding (1937)

Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)

Screenplay and Adapted

North of Nome (1936)

Don't Get Personal (1936)

Contr to Screenplay const

Yellowstone (1936)

Music Is Magic (1935)

Contr to Screenplay const

She Had to Choose (1934)

West of Singapore (1933)

The Silk Express (1933)

Emergency Call (1933)

The Silk Express (1933)

Hard to Handle (1933)

Flaming Gold (1933)

The Match King (1932)

Alias the Doctor (1932)

Tiger Shark (1932)

The Heart of New York (1932)

Adapted and dial

Safe in Hell (1931)

Manhattan Parade (1931)

I Like Your Nerve (1931)

Captain of the Guard (1930)

Sioux Blood (1929)

Shanghai Lady (1929)

Shanghai Lady (1929)

Square Shoulders (1929)

Ladies of the Night Club (1928)

Once and Forever (1927)

Once and Forever (1927)

Life Events

Videos

Hard To Handle (1933) -- (Movie Clip) It Ain't Humanely Possible Joining director Mervyn LeRoy’s breakneck opening, Allen Jenkins the MC at an outrageous Hollywood dance marathon, the last two couples standing are (second-billed) Mary Brian with Matt McHugh and Sterling Holloway with Mary Doran, before we meet the promoter, above-the-title billed James Cagney as Lefty, in Warner Bros.’ Hard To Handle, 1933.

Hard To Handle (1933) -- (Movie Clip) The Public Is Like A Cow All pace in the first scene for star James Cagney as Hollywood PR man Lefty, backstage at his dance marathon contest, scheming with his pretty distracted partner Mac (John Sheehan), in Hard To Handle, 1933, story by Houston Branch, screenplay by Bob Lord and Wilson Mizner.

Hard To Handle (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Your Mother Doesn't Own A Gun, Does She? Hollywood widow landlady Ruth Donnelly is looking to scam a furniture buyer (William H. Strauss) while her daughter Ruth (Mary Brian) is still soaking her feet, after winning a dance marathon, with some help from her promoter boyfriend Lefty (James Cagney), who was himself robbed of the prize she was supposed to get, in Hard To Handle, 1933.

Match King, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Give Me A Match Slick opening setting out the world-wide import of events depicted, then credits, then the introduction of Warren William as immigrant "Paul Kroll," modeled on the infamous swindler Ivar Kreuger, in Warner Bros.' The Match King, 1932.

Match King, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Woman In White For now high-flying swindler Paul (Warren William) at a plush Stockholm restaurant, working up to disappointing girlfriend Ilse (Claire Dodd), when he spies the de-facto leading lady, Lily Damita, as "Marta Molnar," in The Match King, 1932.

Safe In Hell (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Why You Dirty Little... Sailor boyfriend Carl (Donald Cook) has unexpectedly returned to Gilda (Dorothy Mackaill), who's forced to admit what she's been up to, early in William A. Wellman's Safe In Hell, 1931.

Safe In Hell (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Show Him A Good Time Following a quick opening establishing New Orleans, call girl Gilda (Dorothy Mackaill) is surprised to find the client is ex-beau Piet (Ralf Harolde), who led her astray, in William A. Wellman's pre-code sizzler Safe In Hell, 1931.

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