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Bartlett Cormack is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Additional Writing American born on 19 march 1898 at Hammond (USA)

Bartlett Cormack

Bartlett Cormack
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Birth name Edward Bartlett Cormack
Nationality USA
Birth 19 march 1898 at Hammond (USA)
Death 26 september 1942 (at 44 years) at Phoenix (USA)

Edward Bartlett Cormack (March 19, 1898 - September 26, 1942) was an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and producer best known for his 1927 Broadway play The Racket, and for working with Howard Hughes and Cecil B. DeMille on several films.

Best films

The Front Page
The Front Page
(1931)
(Adaptation) The Racket
The Racket
(1928)
(Adaptation) Cleopatra
Cleopatra
(1934)
(Adaptation)

Usually with

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
(2 films)
Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer
(2 films)
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
(3 films)
Tim Whelan
Tim Whelan
(1 films)
Lewis Milestone
Lewis Milestone
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bartlett Cormack (23 films)

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Director

The Spoilers
The Spoilers (1930)
, 1h26
Directed by Edwin Carewe, Bartlett Cormack
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, Betty Compson, William Boyd, Slim Summerville, James Kirkwood Sr.
Rating69% 3.4933853.4933853.4933853.4933853.493385
While traveling to Nome, Alaska, Roy Glenister (Gary Cooper) meets beautiful Helen Chester (Kay Johnson), who soon becomes his sweetheart. Glenister is one of several owners of a lucrative mine called The Midas. When he arrives in Nome, he discovers that his partners, Slapjack Simms (Slim Summerville) and Joe Dextry (James Kirkwood), are in the middle of a legal dispute with three corrupt officials: United States Marshal Voorhees (Jack Holmes), Judge Stillman (Lloyd Ingraham), and a politician named Alec McNamara (William "Stage" Boyd ). They have been engaged in a racket claiming titles to various mines, ejecting the miners, and then making McNamara owner of the disputed properties.

Scriptwriter

The Racket
The Racket (1951)
, 1h28
Directed by John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, William Conrad
Roles Theatre Play
Rating66% 3.3468953.3468953.3468953.3468953.346895
The plot is very close to the original play and 1928 movie. Racketeer and mobster Nick Scanlon (Ryan) has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials of a large midwestern American city. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg (Mitchum), who refuses all attempts at bribery. The city’s prosecuting attorney, Welch (Collins), and a police detective, Turk (Conrad), are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
Unholy Partners
Unholy Partners (1941)
, 1h34
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt, Don Beddoe, Walter Kingsford
Rating64% 3.245323.245323.245323.245323.24532
A newspaper reporter, Bruce Corey, returns from the war to New York City. After reporting to his job at his old newspaper, Corey finds that his old editor doesn't like his new ideas.
St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
, 1h25
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Maire O'Neill, Tyrone Guthrie, Gus McNaughton
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.446723.446723.446723.446723.44672
Charles Staggers (Charles Laughton) is a London street performer, a "busker," with his partners, Arthur Smith (Gus McNaughton) and Gentry (Tyrone Guthrie).
Fury
Fury (1936)
, 1h30
Directed by Fritz Lang, Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Bruce Cabot, Walter Abel, Walter Brennan, Edward Ellis
Rating77% 3.8964053.8964053.8964053.8964053.896405
En route to meet his fiancée, Katherine Grant (Sylvia Sidney), Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy) is arrested on flimsy circumstantial evidence for the kidnapping of a child. Gossip soon travels around the small town, growing more distorted through each retelling, until a mob gathers at the jail. When the resolute sheriff (Edward Ellis) refuses to give up his prisoner, the enraged townspeople burn down the building, two of them also throwing dynamite into the flames as they flee the scene. Unknown to anyone else there, the blast frees Wilson, but kills his little dog Rainbow, who had run in to comfort him in the cell.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1934)
, 1h40
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut, Ian Keith, Gertrude Michael
Roles Adaptation
Rating67% 3.392523.392523.392523.392523.39252
In 48 BC, Cleopatra vies with her brother Ptolemy for control of Egypt. Pothinos (Leonard Mudie) kidnaps her and Apollodorus (Irving Pichel) and strands them in the desert. When Pothinos informs Julius Caesar that the queen has fled the country, Caesar is ready to sign an agreement with Ptolemy when Apollodorus appears, bearing a gift carpet for the Roman. When Apollodorus unrolls it, Cleopatra emerges much to Pothinos' surprise- he tries to deny who she is. However Caesar sees through the deception and Cleopatra soon beguiles Caesar with the prospect of the riches of not only Egypt, but also India. Later, when they are seemingly alone, she spots a sandal peeking out from underneath a curtain and thrusts a spear into the hidden Pothinos, foiling his assassination attempt. Caesar makes Cleopatra the sole ruler of Egypt, and begins an affair with her.
Four Frightened People
Four Frightened People (1934)
, 1h35
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, William Gargan, Leo Carrillo, Nella Walker
Rating61% 3.0971853.0971853.0971853.0971853.097185
The film tells the story of two men (Marshall and Gargan) and two women (Colbert and Boland), who leave from a plague-ridden ship and reach the Malayan jungle. The relationships between the four people before they enter the jungle are examined and are transformed as they interact with natural phenomena and the natives who populate the jungle. The film also relates how each of the four people carried on in life after they emerged from the jungle.
This Day and Age
This Day and Age (1933)
, 1h26
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell, Judith Allen, Bradley Page, Edward J. Nugent, Ben Alexander
Roles Histoire
Rating62% 3.1435253.1435253.1435253.1435253.143525
During Boys' Week at racially integrated North High School, students Steve Smith, Gus Ruffo and Billy Anderson are elected to temporarily hold the city offices of district attorney, judge and chief of police. After Jewish tailor Herman refuses to pay protection money to Louis Garrett, Garrett's gang bombs his store. Herman and the student who was with him survive the blast, but Herman is later murdered by Garrett after he again refuses to pay. Garrett is acquitted of murder charges because he has a perfect alibi. Steve, who had taken the stand during the trial, is humiliated by his experience as a witness because he failed to prove Garrett's guilt. Billy, Gus and Sam Weber decide to investigate for themselves and discover part of a cufflink at the scene of the murder. They break into Garrett's bedroom, but Garrett is tipped off by Morry Dover, a student who is competing with Steve for the affection of Gay Merrick. While at Garrett's club with Gay, Dover introduces her to Toledo, Garrett's thug. Garrett shoots Billy, killing him, and frames Gus for the murder and robbery. After the funeral, Steve blames Gay for telling Dover about the plan to break into Garrett's apartment. He gathers all the student body presidents from neighboring high schools and formulates a plan to arrest Garrett. With the help of hundreds of students, Steve captures Garrett and takes him to a local brickyard for a secret trial. In the meantime, Gay and Dover, in an attempt to redeem themselves, capture Toledo's attentions, although Gay is forced to seduce him. Garrett confesses after the students suspend him over a pit filled with rats, and the mob marches him to city hall, with the assistance of the police, to get a witnessed confession. Meanwhile, the real "big" boss of Garrett's protection racket leaves town. After eluding Toledo, Gay arrives to witness Garrett's arrest. Garrett signs the confession, Gus is released, and Steve, Gay and Dover, sit in a car she temporarily borrowed to get there, listening to a broadcast about themselves until a police officer arrests them for being in a stolen vehicle.
Thirteen Women
Thirteen Women (1932)
, 1h13
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Slasher
Actors Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Florence Eldridge, Mary Duncan
Rating62% 3.100013.100013.100013.100013.10001
Thirteen women, who were sorority sisters at the all girl's college St. Alban's, all write to a clairvoyant "swami" (C. Henry Gordon) who by mail sends each a horoscope foreseeing swift doom. However, the clairvoyant is under the sway of Ursula Georgi (Myrna Loy), a half-Javanese Eurasian woman who was snubbed at school by the other women owing to her mixed-race heritage, eventually forcing Georgi to leave school. She now seeks revenge by manipulating the women into killing themselves or each other. She also goads the clairvoyant into killing himself by falling into the path of a subway train.
The Phantom of Crestwood
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
, 1h16
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Anita Louise, Bess Flowers, H. B. Warner
Roles Story
Rating63% 3.1948253.1948253.1948253.1948253.194825
Ricardo Cortez as Gary Curtis (alias Farnsbarns who is known for being a PI that skirts the law in New York) is sent to get some letters from Karen Morley as Jenny Wren (who is a courtisan). Jenny Wren tells H. B. Warner as Priam Andes to have some of her former lovers come to a gathering at Crestwood. Jenny Wren at the gathering tells her former lovers that she is leaving but wants money from all of them, she explains that a boy she was trifling with committed suicide. Later that night Jenny Wren is killed. A road washed out keeps everyone at Crestwood. Now Gary Curtis must find out who the murder is before the police arrive and pin it on him.