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Frank Cavett is a Scriptwriter and Assistant Director American born on 27 december 1905

Frank Cavett

Frank Cavett
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 december 1905
Death 25 march 1973 (at 67 years)

Frank Cavett est un scénariste et un dramaturge américain né le 27 décembre 1905 à Jackson (Ohio) et mort le 25 mars 1973 à Santa Monica (Californie).

Best films

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
(Story)
Going My Way (1944)
(Scriptwriter)

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Filmography of Frank Cavett (11 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Greatest Show on Earth, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Roles Story
Rating64% 3.2483253.2483253.2483253.2483253.248325
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.
Across the Wide Missouri, 1h18
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Clark Gable, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, James Whitmore, Adolphe Menjou, María Elena Marqués
Roles Story
Rating61% 3.0980153.0980153.0980153.0980153.098015
In the 1830s in the Rocky Mountains, fur trapper Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) meets at the summer "Rendezvous" with other mountain men, cashing in his furs, drinking, and enjoying contests among his friends. He organizes a hunting "brigade" into the beaver-rich Blackfoot territory, buying horses and recruiting trappers, despite protests from his Scottish friend and former trading partner, Brecan (John Hodiak), who lives among the Blackfoot and warns him that the land belongs to them. Flint outbids Brecan for Kamiah (María Elena Marqués), the granddaughter of Blackfoot medicine man Bear Ghost and adopted daughter of a Nez Perce chief, Looking Glass (J. Carrol Naish). Brecan wants to return her to the Blackfoot, to promote peace between the tribes, while Flint wants to marry Kamiah and ensure the brigade's safety.
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman, 1h43
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs
Actors Susan Hayward, Eddie Albert, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Carl Esmond, Carleton Young
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.1476553.1476553.1476553.1476553.147655
In a hospital, Angie Evans (Susan Hayward), her face bandaged, recounts the events that brought her here.
The Corn Is Green, 1h55
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, John Dall, Rhys Williams, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Lorring
Roles Ecrivain
Rating72% 3.6459453.6459453.6459453.6459453.645945
Middle-aged Lily Cristobel Moffatt (Bette Davis) sets up a school in a Welsh coal mining town, despite the determined opposition of the local squire (Nigel Bruce). Eventually, she considers giving up. Then she discovers a promising student, Morgan Evans, a miner seemingly destined for a life of hard work and heavy drink. With renewed hope, she works hard to help him realise his potential.
Going My Way, 2h10
Directed by Leo McCarey, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Risë Stevens, Frank McHugh, James Brown, James Brown
Rating69% 3.497783.497783.497783.497783.49778
The film follows Father Charles “Chuck” O’Malley (Bing Crosby), an incoming priest from East St. Louis whose unconventional style transforms the parish life of St. Dominic’s Church in New York City.
Syncopation, 1h28
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Todd Duncan, George Bancroft, Robert Benchley
Rating62% 3.1464853.1464853.1464853.1464853.146485
In 1906, the Congo Square Building in New Orleans, which was previously used as a slave market, is transformed into an African-American unemployment bureau. Close by there is also an African-American musical college, where little Reggie Tearbone, seven years old, is learning to play Bach on his cornet. He has trouble following the sheet and starts improvising. It begins to sound more like a jazz piece.
Second Chorus, 1h24
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paulette Goddard, Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith, Jimmy Conlin, Charles Butterworth, Don Brodie
Roles Story
Rating57% 2.8524352.8524352.8524352.8524352.852435
Danny O'Neill (Fred Astaire), and Hank Taylor (Burgess Meredith) are friends and rival trumpeters, with "O'Neill's Perennials", a college band. Both of them have managed to prolong their college career by failing seven years in a row. At a performance, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) catches Danny and Hank's eye. She serves them a collection notice for her boss, a debt collector, but the fast talking O'Neill and Taylor soon have her working for them as their manager.
Tom Brown's School Days, 1h26
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran
Rating65% 3.2957453.2957453.2957453.2957453.295745
Lorsque le tuteur privé Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) devient directeur de Rugby, une école préparatoire pour garçons en Angleterre, il met en place une politique de punition stricte pour indiscipline et vol. Arnold trouve un allié en Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), un nouvel étudiant qui est victime de bizutage et d'abus de la part d'un groupe de garçons plus âgés et est poussé par ses amis à se taire à ce sujet. Marre, il mène ses camarades de classe dans une rébellion clandestine contre leurs bourreaux. Mais certaines règles tacites s'appliquent toujours à l'école et Brown perd son statut de héros lorsqu'il est accusé d'avoir enfreint le code du silence du rugby.
Rulers of the Sea, 1h36
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lockwood, George Bancroft, Montagu Love, Alan Ladd, Lawrence Grant
Roles Histoire
Rating63% 3.184193.184193.184193.184193.18419
La lutte d'un homme pour construire un bateau à vapeur pour lui faire traverser l'Atlantique malgré tous les revers, et sa victoire contre un voilier d'élite au début du 19e siècle.
Comet Over Broadway, 1h10
Directed by John Farrow, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kay Francis, John Litel, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp, Minna Gombell, Melville Cooper
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.8060352.8060352.8060352.8060352.806035
Eve Appleton (Francis), wife of small-town garage owner Bill Appleton (Litel), has theatrical ambitions. Bill gets into an argument with a visiting actor over her, kills him accidentally, and is sent to prison. Eve, realizing her part in Bill's fate, vows to right matters, and taking her infant daughter, goes away to make her way in the theatre.
Forsaking All Others, 1h23
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth, Billie Burke, Frances Drake
Rating63% 3.198363.198363.198363.198363.19836
Ever since Jeff Williams (Clark Gable) was a child, he has been in love with Mary Clay (Joan Crawford). Returning from Madrid, Spain, he wanted to propose to her firsthand. However, he comes to a halt, as he finds out that she is being married to Dillon 'Dill' Todd (Robert Montgomery) the very next day. The three had been friends since childhood, but no one besides the butler realized Jeff's feelings. So instead, he wishes all the best for the couple.

Director

Second Chorus, 1h24
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paulette Goddard, Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith, Jimmy Conlin, Charles Butterworth, Don Brodie
Roles Assistant Director
Rating57% 2.8524352.8524352.8524352.8524352.852435
Danny O'Neill (Fred Astaire), and Hank Taylor (Burgess Meredith) are friends and rival trumpeters, with "O'Neill's Perennials", a college band. Both of them have managed to prolong their college career by failing seven years in a row. At a performance, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) catches Danny and Hank's eye. She serves them a collection notice for her boss, a debt collector, but the fast talking O'Neill and Taylor soon have her working for them as their manager.