Donald Briggs


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Captains Courageous (1937) -- (Movie Clip) In Coventry New England schoolmaster Tyler (Donald Briggs) counsels then places spoiled Harvey (Freddie Bartholomew) in a silent place called Coventry (an idiom borrowed from English public schools), in this early scene from Captains Courageous, 1937.
Made For Each Other (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Among The Least Important Producer David Selznick getting his money's worth, marrying stars James Stewart and Carole Lombard on paper in the credits, meeting his boss (Charles Coburn) at the law firm, in what looks at this stage entirely like a romantic comedy, Made For Each Other, 1939.
Made For Each Other (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Blood Transfusion Angling for his promotion, strapped Jane (Carole Lombard) and John (James Stewart) are entertaining his boss Judge Doolittle (Charles Coburn), his frowning daughter (Ruth Weston) and rival Carter (Donald Briggs), the temporary maid (Esther Dale) making trouble, in Made For Each Other, 1939.
Made For Each Other (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Bon Voyage Whirlwind married John (James Stewart) and Jane (Carole Lombard) being seen off on their honeymoon cruise by his fretful mother (Lucile Watson), all seeming well before the non-comic story elements arise, in director John Cromwell's Made For Each Other, 1939.
They Won't Forget -- (Movie Clip) Ride to Glory Prosecutor Andy Griffin (Claude Rains) tells his assistant Harmon (Donald Briggs) of his determination to get the right man in They Won't Forget, 1937.
Panama Lady (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Bimbo Landing in a Central American jungle, gun-runner Roy (Donald Briggs) discovers his jilted girlfriend "Lucy" (Lucille Ball) has stowed away in his sea-plane, with odd subjective camera, in Panama Lady 1939.

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