Ben Ames Williams - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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Johnny Trouble (1957)

Someone to Remember (1943)

Adventure's End (1937)

Not a Drum Was Heard (1924)

Godless Men (1920)

Too Good to Be True (1988)

Source Material (From Novel)

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Leave Her To Heaven (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Ellen Always Wins

Leave Her To Heaven (1946) -- (Movie Clip) You Can't Have Any Secrets

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Johnny Trouble (1957)

Someone to Remember (1943)

Adventure's End (1937)

Not a Drum Was Heard (1924)

Godless Men (1920)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Too Good to Be True (1988)

Source Material (From Novel)

Life Events

Videos

Leave Her To Heaven (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Ellen Always Wins Vacationing in New Mexico, author Richard (Cornel Wilde) encounters fellow lodge guest Ruth (Jeanne Crain), then her sister Ellen (Gene Tierney), who confides a change in her status, then host Glen (Ray Collins), in Leave Her To Heaven, 1946.

Leave Her To Heaven (1946) -- (Movie Clip) You Can't Have Any Secrets Now at the retreat in Maine, recently married Ellen (Gene Tierney) teasing author husband Richard (Cornel Wilde), griping, then flipping when her family (Jeanne Crain, Mary Philips) appears on the lake, in Leave Her To Heaven, 1946.

Leave Her To Heaven (1946) -- (Movie Clip) They Met On The Train At the lake in Maine, Glen (Ray Collins) initiates the elaborate flashback, in which author Richard (Cornel Wilde), introduced in the opening, meets dazzling reader Ellen (Gene Tierney), early in John M. Stahl's Leave Her To Heaven, 1946.

Leave Her To Heaven (1946) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Cripple! Ellen (Gene Tierney) consults with Dr. Mason (Reed Hadley) about his patient, her young brother-in-law, then turns duplicitous when husband Richard (Cornel Wilde) arrives, in John M. Stahl's Leave Her To Heaven, 1946.

Small Town Girl (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I Have A Pretty Neck Shop-girl Kay (Janet Gaynor), having just been wooed by college men passing through town, is hailed by lineman and aspiring suitor Elmer (James Stewart), in William A. Wellman's Small Town Girl, 1936.

Small Town Girl (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Harvard Vs. Yale Opening football montage from director William A. Wellman, fans barreling to the Harvard-Yale game can't help noticing Kay (Janet Gaynor) is the prettiest shop-girl in town, in Small Town Girl, 1936.

Small Town Girl (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Your Maidenly Honor After a wild drunken drive, Boston socialite Doctor Dakin (Robert Taylor) decides he needs to marry Kay (Janet Gaynor), the pretty and virtuous local girl he's brought along, in William A. Wellman's Small Town Girl, 1936.

Across To Singapore (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Unfurl Your Shirt Tail! Happy roughhousing in the home the sailing Shore brothers, 1857 Massachusetts, youngest Joel (Ramon Novarro) jousting with big brother Mark, just home from a long voyage and newly smitten with Joel's playmate Priscilla (Joan Crawford), who's grown up pretty, in Across To Singapore, 1928.

Across To Singapore (1928) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Need A Gang Docked in Singapore, brother Matthew (Duke Martin) plots against Mark (Ernest Torrence) for naming young Joel (Ramon Novarro) first mate, Anna May Wong the temptress, photo of Joan Crawford, Mark's girl back home, in Across To Singapore, 1928, based on All The Brothers Were Valiant.

Across To Singapore (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Joel Shore's Heroic Fight Clever opening, William Nigh directing, the screenplay from the Ben Ames Williams novel All The Brothers Were Valiant, in the second of three MGM treatments, Ramon Novarro as Massachusetts youth Joel, Joan Crawford, age 23, his sweetheart Priscilla, from Across To Singapore, 1928.

Johnny Trouble -- (Movie Clip) I Like Boys Serene Mrs. Chandler (Ethel Barrymore) receives antsy Mr. Parsons (Jesse White), who's expecting her to move out, early in Warner Bros. Johnny Trouble, 1957.

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