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Charles Kenyon is a Scriptwriter, Continuity and Additional Dialogue American born on 2 november 1880 at San Francisco (USA)
Charles Kenyon (2 November 1880 – 27 June 1961) was an American screenwriter, who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 114 films between 1915 and 1946. He was married to actress Jane Winton from 1927 to 1930.
Kenyon was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California.
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1880 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 27 june 1961 (at 80 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 2 november 1880 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 27 june 1961 (at 80 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Kenyon was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California.
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Bon Voyage! (1962)
, 2h10Directed by James Neilson, Joseph L. McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Georgette Anys
Rating56%
Le film met en scène la famille Willard dans un voyage en Europe. La famille traverse l'océan Atlantique à bord du SS United States.
The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
, 1h32Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Nils Asther, Helen Walker, Paul Cavanagh, Konstantin Shayne, Edmund Breon, Morton Lowry
Rating60%
A scientist, Dr. Karell (Asther), has found a way to prolong life (he is 120 years old) with the help of Dr. Van Bruecken (Schünzel). However, Dr. Karell has now fallen in love, and has discovered that if he doesn't get new glands, he will die.
It Comes Up Love (1943)
, 1h1Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Ian Hunter, Donald O'Connor, Frieda Inescort, Louise Allbritton, Beatrice Roberts
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
, 1h18Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Richard Ainley, Laura Hope Crews, Helen Westley, John Litel
Rating62%
When Caroline Carter is divorced by her wealthy husband, she also loses custody of her son Dudley in the proceedings. Down on the ground she decides to win her fortune and son back. She leaves Chicago for New York to become an actress and tries to get acquainted to the theatrical producer David Belasco.
Secrets of an Actress (1938)
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter, Gloria Dickson, Isabel Jeans, Penny Singleton
Rating61%
The Lady Objects (1938)
, 1h6Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Gloria Stuart, Joan Marsh, Pierre Watkin, Robert Paige, Arthur Loft, Stanley Andrews
Rating54%
Football hero (Lanny Ross) weds sweetheart (Gloria Stuart), but the marriage suffers when she becomes a prominent lawyer.
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
, 1h24Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, Alice Brady, Alma Kruger
Rating66%
John Cardwell (Adolphe Menjou), a trombone player, is only one of a large group of unemployed musicians. He tries unsuccessfully to gain an interview and audition with Leopold Stokowski, but not to disappoint his daughter, Patricia (Patsy) (Deanna Durbin), he tells her that he has managed to get the job with Stokowski's orchestra. Patsy soon learns the truth, and also learns that her father, desperate for rent money, has used some of the cash in a Lady's evening bag he has found, to pay his debts.
The Road Back (1937)
, 1h37Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy, Andy Devine, John Emery
Roles Ecrivain
Rating63%
The despair and disillusionment of four men who return to civilian life in Germany after the First World War.
The Petrified Forest (1936)
, 1h23Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Porter Hall
Rating74%
In the midst of the Great Depression, Alan Squier (Howard), once a respected British writer, now a disillusioned, penniless drifter, wanders into a roadside diner in the remote town of Black Mesa, Arizona, at the edge of the Petrified Forest. The diner is run by Jason Maple (Porter Hall), his daughter Gabrielle (Davis), and Gramp, Jason's father (Charley Grapewin), who regales anyone who will listen with stories of his adventures in the Old West with such characters as Billy the Kid.
Crack-Up (1936)
, 1h5Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films
Actors Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan, Thomas Beck, Kay Linaker
Roles Writer
Rating60%
At the christening of the "Wild Goose," an experimental aircraft designed for transatlantic flights, a number of significant industry figures from the Fleming-Grant Airways Corporation are present. President John R. Fleming (Ralph Morgan) introduces the test pilots, Ace Martin (Brian Donlevy) and Joe Randall (Thomas Beck), along with Joe's fiancée, Ruth Franklin (Helen Wood). The eccentric Colonel Gimpy (Peter Lorre) convinces company people that he loves aviation and joins the group. He is really Baron Rudolph Maximilian Tagger, the head of a foreign spy ring, who plans to steal plans for the company's new secret "D.O.X." bomber design.
The Golden Arrow (1936)
, 1h8Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Henry O'Neill, Stuart Holmes
Rating61%
Johnny Jones (Brent) is a penniless newspaper reporter assigned to interview Daisy Appleby (Davis), heiress to the Appleby Facial Creams fortune and the target of numerous suitors anxious to latch onto her wealth. What neither they nor Johnny know is that she is really a cafeteria cashier hired by a public relations team to impersonate the socialite.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
, 2h13Directed by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olivia de Havilland
Rating67%
Part one A beautiful young woman named Hermia (Olivia de Havilland) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell) and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus (Grant Mitchell), however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius (Ross Alexander), whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens (Ian Hunter) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice—to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess Diana.
The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
, 1h9Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Phillip Reed, John Eldredge, Katharine Alexander
Roles Adaptation
Rating66%
Geoffrey Sherwood, rejected by Valentine French in favor of wealthier suitor John Marland, watches her wedding from outside the church. Inebriated, he becomes increasingly louder, drawing the attention of two policemen as well as Miriam Brady, a shopgirl on her lunch hour, who takes Geoff to a cafe to spare him from arrest. There they encounter Hugh Brown and Tony Hewlitt, two of his society friends, who offer Miriam $100 to keep an eye on Geoffrey and make sure he stays out of trouble.
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
, 1h5Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kay Francis, George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, John Eldredge, Claire Dodd, Ralph Forbes
Roles Histoire
Rating64%
Mandalay (1934)
, 1h5Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Lyle Talbot, Lucien Littlefield, Ruth Donnelly
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Tanya Borodoff est une réfugiée russe abandonnée, sans le sou, à Rangoon, par son amant, Tony Evans. Ce dernier entre en contact avec Nick, un propriétaire de boîte de nuit, qui lui propose une affaire de trafic d'armes. Pour subsister, Tanya se produit dans le cabaret de Nick, sous le nom de Spot White…