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Clarence G. Badger is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 9 june 1880 at San Francisco (USA)

Clarence G. Badger

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Nationality USA
Birth 9 june 1880 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 17 june 1964 (at 84 years) at Sydney (Australie)

Clarence G. Badger (June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His most noteworthy films include It, starring Clara Bow, more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two features starring Raymond Griffith, Paths to Paradise and Hands Up!

He moved to Australia to direct Rangle River (1936) and decided to retire there, only making one more feature, That Certain Something (1941).

Biography

Clarence Badger naît à San Francisco en 1880, fait ses études à Boston (Massachusetts). Il commence à travailler comme journaliste pour des journaux de la côte ouest, puis comme scénariste d'abord « freelance », pour les productions Lubin, Universal, Keystone. Il devient ensuite réalisateur pour Keystone en 1915, puis pour Sennett-Paramount.

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Filmography of Clarence G. Badger (50 films)

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Actor

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
, 1h25
Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Revere, Gene Lockhart, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Herbert Jothan (singing voice) (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1991053.1991053.1991053.1991053.199105
Cynthia Pilgrim (Betty Grable) is the top typewriting (Typewriter) student of the first graduating class of the Packard Business College in New York City, and as such she is offered a position with the Pritchard Shipping Company in Boston. There, she finds an office of men overseen by office manager Mr. Saxon (Gene Lockhart). When Cynthia introduces herself to company co-owner John Pritchard (Dick Haymes), he tells her he thought all expert typists were male and his policy is to hire only men. Cynthia asks for an opportunity to prove she's as efficient as her male counterparts, but John refuses and offers her train fare back to New York.
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
, 1h20
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating66% 3.3422053.3422053.3422053.3422053.342205
Harry Quincy (Sanders) is an amiable middle-aged man working as a designer in a fabric mill in the small town of Corinth. Younger people in the factory call him "Uncle Harry". He lives as a bachelor in a large house with his two sisters; Lettie (Fitzgerald) and Hester (MacGill). Lettie is pretty but spoiled, and idles days away in bed, feigning numerous ailments. Hester is a widow and is harder working. It is made clear that although the family was rich, the money was lost in the Depression.

Director

That Certain Something
That Certain Something (1941)
, 1h30
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Raymond Longford

A famous director, Robert Grimble, comes to Australia to make a film about pioneering women and seeks for an unknown to play the lead role. He casts socialist Miss Hemingway, who soon proves to be temperamental. She is tricked into walking off the job by Jimmie Jones who wants his girlfriend Patsy cast. He succeeds and Patsy becomes a star.
Rangle River
Rangle River (1936)
, 1h26
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Victor Jory, Robert Coote
Rating63% 3.1774653.1774653.1774653.1774653.177465
Marion Hastings returns to her father Dan's cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father's foreman, Dick Drake, and her father's neighbour, Don Lawton.
Murder Will Out
Murder Will Out (1930)
, 1h9
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery Sr., Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Alec B. Francis

Leonard Staunton (Mulhall), a young wealthy New York club-man is engaged to Jeanne Baldwin (Lee), daughter of a U.S. Senator (Francis). Mulhall is preparing to spend a weekend at the Senator's estate. He becomes involved in the affairs of a gang of blackmailers through his efforts to help a fellow club member. When Alan Fitzhugh (Allister), a fellow club-member, arrives with a note, imprinted with a purple hieroglyph, in which he, Fitzhugh, is threatened with a horrible death. Since Fitzhugh is nervous and terrified, Leonard agrees to stay with him at his apartment that night.
The Bad Man
The Bad Man (1930)
, 1h17
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Walter Huston, Dorothy Revier, Erville Alderson, James Rennie, O. P. Heggie, Sidney Blackmer
Rating60% 3.0061353.0061353.0061353.0061353.006135
Walter Huston plays the part of a notorious Mexican bandit. James Rennie plays as the man who once saved his life. When Rennie is unable to pay the mortgage on his ranch and is in risk of losing everything, Huston determines to help him. Sidney Blackmer, who has reason to believe that there is oil on Rennie's property, attempts to swindle Rennie and buy the property from him for a low price. Huston soon discovers that Rennie is in love with Blackmer's wife, played by Dorothy Revier, and consequently has Blackmer shot so that they can pursue their romance. Huston then robs a bank and uses the money to pay off Rennie's mortgage. Having the ranch securely in his hands, Rennie is now free to marry Revier. As Huston says goodbye to the couple, he is overtaken by the Texas Rangers and shot.
No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette (1930)
, 1h38
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Bernice Claire, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman, Alexander Gray, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield
Rating60% 3.0451653.0451653.0451653.0451653.045165
Jim Smith (Lucien Littlefield), a millionaire due to his Bible publishing business, is married to the overly frugal Sue (Louise Fazenda). They desire to teach their ward Nanette (Bernice Claire), who has an untapped wild side, wants to have some fun in Atlantic City, and is being pursued by Tom Trainor (Alexander Gray), to be a respectable young lady.
Sweethearts and Wives
Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
, 1h17
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer, Leila Hyams, Albert Gran, Crauford Kent

Billie Dove plays the part of an aristocrat who tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover of a diamond necklace, which is being used as incriminating evidence against her. This necklace was stolen when Dove's sister while she was secretly in another's man apartment. Dove is to meet a thief at a lonely French Inn outside of Paris who has stolen the necklace. Dove quickly disguises herself as a French maid. Unfortunately the thief is killed by someone who enters the house just as she was about to regain the diamonds. At this point, Sidney Blackmer, who has come in search of some one to fix his car and sell him some gas, arrives at the Inn. Blackmer is in an awkward position himself as he is having an affair with a married woman, played by Leila Hyams, and they are both fearful lest her husband learn of this escapade. Dove reveals that she is not a maid but an English aristocrat. The police and Clive Brook soon arrives at the house, playing the part of a divorce detective, who is secretly working to find the diamond necklace to return it to the husband of the woman who lost it. Hyams switches into Dove's maid costume in order to escape detection from Brook and the police. Meanwhile, the police are investigating the murder of the thief. Soon after the waiter and hotel clerk steal Blackmer's repaired car and take off. As the film progresses, Blackmer and Dove soon grow fond of each other and fall in love. Dove confides in Blackmer and he helps her find the necklace. In the process of recovering the necklace, three of the thieves end up being killed. In the end, Dove manages to retrieve the necklace back and save her sister from a scandalous divorce.
Paris
Paris (1929)
, 1h37
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan, Louise Closser Hale, Jason Robards Sr., Zasu Pitts

Irene Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr.) Andrew's snobbish mother Cora (Louise Closser Hale) tries to break up the romance. Jack Buchanan likewise makes his talking-picture debut as Guy Pennell, the leading man in Vivienne's revue.
Red Hair
Red Hair (1928)
, 1h10
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Clara Bow, Lane Chandler, William Austin, Jacqueline Gadsden, Lawrence Grant, Claude King
Rating65% 3.26663.26663.26663.26663.2666
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted.