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Ewart Adamson is a Scriptwriter and Additional Writing British born on 23 october 1882 at Dundee (United-kingdom)
Ewart Adamson (23 October 1882 – 28 November 1945) was a Scottish screenwriter. He wrote for 122 films between 1922 and 1944.
He was born in Dundee, Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 october 1882 at Dundee (United-kingdom)
Death 28 november 1945 (at 63 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 23 october 1882 at Dundee (United-kingdom)
Death 28 november 1945 (at 63 years) at Hollywood (USA)
He was born in Dundee, Scotland, and died in Hollywood, California.
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Haunted Harbor (1944)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Kane Richmond, Kay Aldridge, Roy Barcroft, Clancy Cooper, Oscar O'Shea, Marshall Reed
Roles Novel
Rating69%
Sea captain Jim Marsden is about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit, and is rescued from the gallows by two of his crewmen. To clear the captain's name, they head for the island of Pulinan, where they believe the real murderer is hiding. During the search for the killer, one thing leads to another and Jim and the crew soon find that their troubles have just started. Investigating a possible hiding place of the killer, Jim encounters huge sea monsters in Haunted Harbor.
Back from the Front (1943)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison
Roles Writer
Rating73%
The Stooges join the war effort by enlisting in the Merchant Marines. While aboard ship, they have a brief run-in with Lt. Dungen, a secret German Nazi officer played by Vernon Dent, and then mistake a torpedo for a beached whale. Moe says they have to kill it, and it promptly explodes. After being lost at sea for several days, they come across the SS Schicklgruber and climb aboard. Now with fully grown beards, they encounter Lt. Dungen again, who does not recognize them. After realizing they are in with a nest of German sailors, they eventually overtake the crew and toss them overboard.
In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby, Mary Ainslee, Ethelreda Leopold
Rating78%
Tiska (Dorothy Appleby), Taska (Mary Ainslee) and Baska (Ethelreda Leopold) Jones, three snippy society girls, are willed a huge inheritance so long as they are married by a certain time and date, but their fiances postpone their engagements. Their shrewd lawyer Diggin (Richard Fiske) suggests they marry three death row inmates (the Stooges) to retain the dough; once they are married, they get their inheritance, the convicts are hanged, and can marry their fiances free and clear. They do so, but the boys are pardoned by the governor, and as the girls celebrate their new bout of widowhood, the Stooges make their way into their house and make themselves at home.
Petticoat Politics (1941)
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Karns, Spencer Charters, Ruth Donnelly, George Ernest, Polly Moran, Paul Hurst
Roles Writer
Rating71%
Lil Higgins become excessively worried rhat her newly retired husband Joe will die now that he has nothing to do all day. She has learned from a sales-eager insuranceman that the mortality rate is exceptionally high for inactive older men. To try to keep Joe alive, Lil wants him to make some home improvements in the kitchen.
Cookoo Cavaliers (1940)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby, Anita Garvin, Lynton Brent
Roles Writer
Rating74%
The Stooges are unsuccessful fish salesmen. After becoming fed up with it all, they decide to go into the saloon business. When Curly tells a Mexican real estate dealer (Lynton Brent) their saloon has "...gotta have class and gotta have beauty," they end up with a beauty "saloon." Undaunted, the trio try their hand at giving a customer (Dorothy Appleby) a mud pack using, natural, real mud. After chiseling the cement off her face, the boys scalp three other Mexican beauties before having their bottoms shot full of holes.
Meet the Missus (1940)
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Karns, Ruth Donnelly, Spencer Charters, George Ernest, Polly Moran, Astrid Allwyn
Rating67%
Valentine's Day is approaching fast, when Joe Higgins gets a call from his boss, Mr. Simpson, interrupting the grand preparations for the celebration. It turns out that $5,000 in bonds, that was supposed to be paid as a security for the company through Sidney Higgins, Joe's son, haven't been delivered. When Joe confronts Sid about the money, it turns out they are lost. A desperate search for the money begins, and the last time the papers were seen was in the hands of little Millie Lou, the neighbor's daughter, as she picked them up, but she is now gone too.
The Long Shot (1939)
, 1h9Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt, C. Henry Gordon, Dorothy Fay, George Meeker, Harry Davenport
Rating58%
Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.
Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)
Directed by Del Lord, Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Harry Semels, James C. Morton, Phyllis Barry
Roles Writer
Rating72%
The Stooges are sailors employed in a naval base tailor shop. The three steal officer uniforms in order to pursue women. While pretending to be an Admiral, Curly and his "aides" (Moe and Larry) are tricked into stealing a submarine by a pair of spies. The Stooges eventually capture the spies, but whilst reenacting the capture for the real Admiral, Curly accidentally detonates a bomb. The short ends with the Stooges, now angels ascending to heaven, being chased by an angry Admiral, who is also now an angel.
The Sitter Downers (1937)
Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Marcia Healy, June Gittelson, Betty Mack
Roles Writer
Rating73%
The Stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law (James C. Morton) refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts from fans, including a lot and materials for a house via the United States Housing Authority. The father in law calls up the government to have the Stooges arrested and taken out of his house, but the government can't do anything about it, then The father in law decided to have a change of heart and let the Stooges win the strike and get married, but now they must build their house. Their wives decree that they will have no honeymoon until the Stooges finish the job. Now mad at their nagging wives, they get to work anyway.
Below the Deadline (1936)
, 1h4Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Cecilia Parker, Russell Hopton, Theodore von Eltz, True Eames Boardman, Thomas E. Jackson, Warner Richmond
Rating55%
The Dark Hour (1936)
, 1h4Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Ray Walker, Berton Churchill, Irene Ware, Hobart Bosworth, Hedda Hopper, E. E. Clive
Rating54%
When Elsa Carson’s (Irene Ware) Uncle, Henry Carson (William V. Mong), is found murdered there is no shortage of suspects. To start with these include her other Uncle, Charles Carson (Hobart Bosworth), her fiancé, Jim Landis (Ray Walker), who is investigating the case; her Aunt, Mrs. Tallman (Hedda Hopper); and Foot, the Butler (E.E. Clive).
Slippery Silks (1936)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Symona Boniface, Vernon Dent, Loretta Young
Roles Writer
Rating74%
The Stooges are furniture makers hired to duplicate a priceless antique Chinese cabinet on loan for a $50,000 bond from a local museum to a Mr. Morgan (Vernon Dent). Once the inept Stooges set to work, the valuable cabinet is quickly cut in half by Curly, and smashed to pieces by Moe, and the trio barely escape from the enraged Morgan. While on the run, the boys learn that they have inherited a fancy dress boutique, the "Madame de France," from their recently deceased Uncle Pete. They enter the fashion business, designing women's fashions which resemble the furniture they built when they were carpenters. They are hired to put on a fashion show by a woman who turns out to be Morgan's wife, Mrs. Morgan Morgan (Symona Boniface). When Mr. Morgan arrives, he recognizes the Stooges as the vandals who destroyed his cabinet, and pummels Curly vigorously. Moe throws a pastry but misses his target and hits one of the fashion show guests; more cream puffs are hurled and soon the entire room is engaged in a free-for-all. The fight ends when three women knock the Stooges unconscious with mannequin legs.
The Walking Dead (1936)
, 1h6Directed by Michael Curtiz
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Crime, Politic
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull
Roles Story
Rating65%
John Ellman (Boris Karloff) has been framed for murder by a gang of racketeers. He is unfairly tried and despite the fact that his innocence has been proven, he is sent to the electric chair and executed. Dr. Evan Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) retrieves his dead body and revives it, as part of his experiments to reanimate a dead body and discover what happens to the soul after death.
Annie Oakley (1935)
, 1h30Directed by George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Circus films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen, Pert Kelton, Andy Clyde
Roles Story
Rating65%
In late 1800s Ohio, a young woman from the backwoods, Annie Oakley (Stanwyck) delivers six dozen quail she has shot to the owner of the general store. He sends them to the MacIvor hotel in Cincinnati, where the mayor is holding a large banquet in honor of Toby Walker (Foster), the "greatest shot in the whole world". Walker is particular about what he eats–the hotel owner (James MacIvor, played by Andy Clyde) bought Oakley's quail because she shoots the quail cleanly through the head, leaving no buckshot elsewhere.
False Pretenses (1935)
, 1h8Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Betty Compson, Russell Hopton, Edward Gargan, Lucy Beaumont
Roles Ecrivain
Rating59%
When Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) loses her waitress job, after a fight with her loutish boyfriend, trucker Mike O’Reilly (Edward Gargan) she stands at a bridge on a windy night, losing her pay check through a windblown and leans over the guardrail of the bridge to catch it.