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Arthur Caesar is a Scriptwriter American born on 9 march 1892 at Bucharest (Roumanie)

Arthur Caesar

Arthur Caesar
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 march 1892 at Bucharest (Roumanie)
Death 20 june 1953 (at 61 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Arthur Caesar (9 March 1892 – 20 June 1953) was a screenwriter. Romanian by birth, and brother of the songwriter Irving Caesar, Caesar first started writing Hollywood movies in 1924. Most of his movies were in the B-movie category. He won an Academy Award for the story of Manhattan Melodrama (1934), which is most famous today for being the film that John Dillinger had just been to see before getting gunned down outside the cinema.

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Filmography of Arthur Caesar (33 films)

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Scriptwriter

Anne of the Indies
Anne of the Indies (1951)
, 1h21
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice
Rating65% 3.2938453.2938453.2938453.2938453.293845
After seizing a British ship, the female pirate captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters) spares Pierre LaRochelle (Louis Jourdan), a Frenchman captured by the British, from walking the plank. He agrees to join Providence's crew and soon she begins to fall for the handsome officer.
Arson, Inc.
Arson, Inc. (1949)
, 1h3
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones, Douglas Fowley, Maude Eburne
Roles Story
Rating52% 2.6275852.6275852.6275852.6275852.627585
Joe Martin is a fire fighter in Los Angeles who is assigned by his department chief to the Arson Detail. His first assignment is to investigate a suspicious fur store fire that seems to be set by the store owner himself, Thomas Peyson.
I Accuse My Parents
I Accuse My Parents (1944)
, 1h8
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mary Beth Hughes, George Meeker, John Miljan, Vivienne Osborne, Edward Earle, George Lloyd
Roles Story
Rating26% 1.310181.310181.310181.310181.31018
Mild-mannered teen James "Jimmy" Wilson (Robert Lowell) appears before a judge on charges of manslaughter. When asked to speak in his own defense, he pauses and reflects to say, "I accuse my parents" for not giving him the home life he should have had.
Atlantic City
Atlantic City (1944)
, 1h27
Directed by Ray McCarey
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Constance Moore, Charley Grapewin, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Dandridge, Adele Mara, Pierre Watkin
Roles Story
Rating60% 3.0466853.0466853.0466853.0466853.046685
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it can be "the playground of the world." Brad's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracting big enterprises and big shows, but brings him little success in personal relationships. Full of nostalgic songs and acts, some with the original artists.
Little Men
Little Men (1940)
, 1h24
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon, Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond
Rating56% 2.8102452.8102452.8102452.8102452.810245
Jo March (Kay Francis), the lead character in Alcott's novel Little Women, now runs a private school for young boys.
The Star Maker
The Star Maker (1939)
, 1h34
Directed by Roy Del Ruth, Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy, Musical
Actors Bing Crosby, Ned Sparks, Laura Hope Crews, Janet Waldo, Thurston Hall, Clara Blandick
Rating61% 3.0915753.0915753.0915753.0915753.091575
Larry Earl est un compositeur ambitieux mais fauché; sa femme Mary persuade un directeur de théâtre de le laisser monter un spectacle avec des enfants. Mais une nouvelle loi interdit aux enfants de travailler après 10H du soir.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
, 1h33
Directed by George Cukor, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Nat Pendleton, George Sidney, Mickey Rooney
Roles Original Story
Rating70% 3.547493.547493.547493.547493.54749
On June 15, 1904, the ship General Slocum catches fire and sinks in New York's East River. Two boys, Blackie Gallagher (Mickey Rooney) and Jim Wade (Jimmy Butler), are rescued by a priest, Father Joe (Leo Carrillo), but are orphaned by the disaster. They are taken in by another survivor, Poppa Rosen (George Sidney), who lost his young son in the sinking. The boys live with Poppa Rosen for a short while; then Rosen, a Russian Jew, is trampled to death by a policeman's horse after he heckles Leon Trotsky at a Communist rally and a melee breaks out.
No Marriage Ties
No Marriage Ties (1933)
, 1h12
Directed by J. Walter Ruben, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Doris Kenyon, Alan Dinehart, Sr., David Landau, Hobart Cavanaugh
Roles Dialogue
Rating59% 2.952112.952112.952112.952112.95211
This script must be run from the command line