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Ben Holmes is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 6 november 1890 at Richmond (USA)

Ben Holmes

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Nationality USA
Birth 6 november 1890 at Richmond (USA)
Death 2 december 1943 (at 53 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Ben Holmes (November 6, 1890 – December 2, 1943) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 56 films and wrote for 35.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ben Holmes (23 films)

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Actor

Top Hat
Top Hat (1935)
, 1h41
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick
Rating76% 3.8466353.8466353.8466353.8466353.846635
An American dancer, Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) comes to London to star in a show produced by the bumbling Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). While practicing a tap dance routine in his hotel bedroom, he awakens Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) on the floor below. She storms upstairs to complain, whereupon Jerry falls hopelessly in love with her and proceeds to pursue her all over London.

Director

Maid's Night Out
Maid's Night Out (1938)
, 1h4
Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane, Billy Gilbert, Cecil Kellaway, Hedda Hopper, George Irving
Rating60% 3.000953.000953.000953.000953.00095
Bill Norman (Allan Lane) wants to go on a six-month expedition to study tropical fish, but his wealthy businessman father (George Irving) wants him to buckle down and go to work. When Mr. Norman catches Bill trying to "borrow" his yacht, they make a wager. If Bill works for 30 days at the family dairy business without making a single mistake, Mr. Norman will finance his expedition. Norman assumes he will be an executive, but his father makes him deliver milk instead.
The Saint in New York
The Saint in New York (1938)
, 1h9
Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Louis Hayward, Jonathan Hale, Sig Ruman, Jack Carson, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), Frederick Burton
Rating62% 3.147723.147723.147723.147723.14772
Police Lieutenant Martin, an officer leading the fight against New York gangsters, is killed. Jake Irbell is arrested and charged with his murder, but has to be released when prosecution witnesses are either coerced into changing their testimony or simply disappear. A civilian crime commission demands action of the police commissioner, but he has no fresh ideas. William Valcross (Frederick Burton), a respected leading citizen and member of the commission, suggests they resort to drastic measures and recruit Simon Templar (Louis Hayward), the "Saint", a British amateur Detective with a reputation for dealing with criminals outside the law. The commissioner reluctantly agrees to give the Saint free rein to do what he must.
Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie (1938)
, 1h
Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald, J. M. Kerrigan, Sarah Padden
Rating67% 3.390633.390633.390633.390633.39063
This script must be run from the command line
There Goes My Girl
There Goes My Girl (1937)
, 1h14
Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Gordon Jones, Frank Jenks, Richard Lane, William Corson
Rating58% 2.905422.905422.905422.905422.90542
This script must be run from the command line
The Plot Thickens
The Plot Thickens (1936)
, 1h9
Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Louise Latimer, Arthur Aylesworth, Paul Fix
Rating62% 3.1458953.1458953.1458953.1458953.145895
Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) is a novelist who now tries to figure out the connection between two unrelated murders. Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason), is Hildegarde's friendly nemesis.
Alibi Bye Bye
Alibi Bye Bye (1935)
, 18minutes
Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Paul McCullough, Bud Jamison, Dorothy Granger, Tom Kennedy, Harrison Greene, Jack Rice
Rating62% 3.1270153.1270153.1270153.1270153.127015
Clark and McCullough are Flash and Blodgett, a pair of "alibi photographers" operating a studio in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The pair cater to a clientele who require fraudulent tourist photographs using fake backdrops, which can later be used as evidence that the person in the photograph was at any location in the country. One day, a married couple (Bud Jamison and Constance Bergen) turn up separately in need of alibi photographs: the man wants evidence of being on a Maine moose hunt while the woman needs photographic proof of being in Washington, D.C. The photographers, unaware that the man and woman are married, decide to play matchmaker with the pair. By coincidence, the man and woman have rooms opposite each other in the same hotel. The hotel’s manager and the staff detective become suspicious of what is transpiring when the photographers and the couple zigzag between the rooms. Eventually, the husband and wife discover the truth of their activities and leave the hotel together. The photographers, however, attempt to leave the hotel disguised as a moose, only to be chased amidst gunfire from the hotel manager.