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Garnett Weston est un scénariste canadien, né le 27 juin 1890 à Toronto (Canada) et mort en octobre 1980.

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Filmography of Garnett Weston (19 films)

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Pony Soldier
Pony Soldier (1952)
, 1h22
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tyrone Power, Robert Horton, Thomas Gomez, Cameron Mitchell, Stuart Randall, Anthony Earl Numkena
Roles Story
Rating58% 2.903752.903752.903752.903752.90375
In 1876, the North-West Mounted Police send Constable Duncan MacDonald (Tyrone Power) and a blackmailed Blackfoot scout (Thomas Gomez) to get the Cree to sign Treaty 6 with The Crown. Initially hostile, the Cree are influenced by a Fata Morgana type mirage that they mistake for the power of Queen Victoria.
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery (1941)
, 1h2
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Bob Steele, Milburn Stone, Claire Carleton, Monte Blue, Wally Wales, Jay Novello
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.34563.34563.34563.34563.3456
Railroad sleuth Tom Logan (Bob Steele) is on a mission to stop the unlawfulness of his criminal brother, Duke Logan (Milburn Stone). Duke's gang have stolen a train filled with gold and have taken the passengers hostage as well. Amongst the many passengers is nightclub entertainer Kay Stevens (Claire Carlton) who is looking to be rescued.
Opened by Mistake
Opened by Mistake (1940)
, 1h7
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charles Ruggles, William Frawley, Robert Paige, Janice Logan, Esther Dale, James Burke
Rating60% 3.0423753.0423753.0423753.0423753.042375
Journalist buddies Jimmie Daniels and Buzz Nelson have decided to spend their vacation together at the Latonia horse race track on Yucatán, Mexico. Their plans are seemingly spoiled when their publisher Kingsley orders Jimmie, who is the newspaper's most prominent reporter, to do a story on missing banker Martin James, who stole one million dollars from his bank before disappearing.
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
, 56minutes
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating59% 2.9550352.9550352.9550352.9550352.955035
In London a shape charge wielding master-criminal comes up with a foolproof plan for robbing a bank and outwitting Scotland Yard's pursuit, but during the getaway he hides his haul in a radio set in the apartment of a certain Capt. Bulldog Drummond, leading to a murder, punch-ups, an expedition to France, and a night in a French jail cell and a break-out, in a race to reach Bulldog's fiancee - who has taken the radio set with her on holiday unaware of its contents - before the villain does: ending in a roof-top fight and the Bulldog finally tying the matrimonial knot in an explosive finale to his bachelorhood.
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
, 56minutes
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors John Howard, Leo G. Carroll, Heather Angel, E. E. Clive, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny
Rating60% 3.049633.049633.049633.049633.04963
An absent minded Professor Downie makes a call upon Drummond as he is making plans for his much-delayed wedding to fiancee Phyllis Claverling. The professor informs Drummond that a fortune was buried in one of the walled off storerooms underneath his estate, and that Downie was in possession of a book written in code that would lead them to discover the treasure. Unfortunately for the professor, someone else also wanted the riches and Drummond once again is dragged into the plot as the code book is stolen, Professor Downie is murdered, and Phyllis is kidnapped.
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
, 58minutes
Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, J. Carrol Naish, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive
Roles Ecrivain
Rating59% 2.9983852.9983852.9983852.9983852.998385
On the eve of his wedding Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pressing concerns when he sets off from London for Morocco after a Scotland Yard Commander is kidnapped by an international criminal intent on forcing him to reveal the secrets of the British Empire's latest military technology. With his fiancée (Heather Angel), chum 'Algy' (Reginald Denny), & valet 'Tenny' Tennyson (E.E. Clive) in tow, Bulldog outwits Scotland Yard's bureaucratic blundering, flies his own plane 1200 miles only to find more bureaucratic blundering by the local British Consul ordering him home without delay. Drummond isn't an easy man to get rid of however and soon mounts a rescue plan, liberating the Commander, saving the Empire and throwing the villain to his own captive lions in the process.
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
, 1h2
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Story
Rating65% 3.2866753.2866753.2866753.2866753.286675
Lan Ying Lin and government agent Kim Lee battle alien smugglers.
The Old-Fashioned Way
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
, 1h14
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors W. C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Tammany Young, Judith Allen, Oscar Apfel, Nora Cecil
Rating72% 3.640633.640633.640633.640633.64063
In 1897, a blustery actor-manager, "The Great McGonigle" (W.C. Fields), and his traveling theater troupe is perpetually underfunded and always just a step ahead of the law and creditors. McGonigle's daughter Betty (Judith Allen) is loyal to her father, and she tries to discourage a suitor named Wally Livingston (Joe Morrison), telling him he should follow his own father's wishes and go to college instead of trying to become an actor. Along with the rest of the troupe is McGonigle’s rather dim-witted assistant Marmaduke (Tammany Young).
Supernatural
Supernatural (1933)
, 1h5
Directed by Victor Halperin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Vivienne Osborne, Randolph Scott, H. B. Warner, Beryl Mercer
Roles Story
Rating61% 3.0971653.0971653.0971653.0971653.097165
Roma Courtenay (Carole Lombard) is approached by phony psychic Paul Bavian (Alan Dinehart) who claims to have a message from Courtenay's recently deceased brother. After attending a staged seance, Roma suddenly becomes possessed by the malevolent spirit of the executed murderess Ruth Rogen (Vivienne Osborne), who has unfinished business, including killing Bavian, her one-time lover. Fearing that Roma is actually under the charlatan's control, her fiancé (Randolph Scott) tries to rescue her.
White Zombie
White Zombie (1932)
, 1h7
Directed by Victor Halperin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, John Harron, Robert Frazer, Frederick Peters
Roles Dialogue
Rating61% 3.0969453.0969453.0969453.0969453.096945
On arrival in Haiti, Madeleine Short reunites with her fiancé Neil Parker, with imminent plans to be married. On the way to their lodging, the couple's coach passes Murder Legendre, an evil voodoo master, who observes them with interest and manages to grab Madeleine's scarf. Neil and Madeleine arrive at the home of the wealthy plantation owner, Charles Beaumont. Charles's love of Madeleine prompts him to meet Murder secretly in Murder's sugar cane mill, operated entirely by zombies. Charles wants to convince Madeleine to marry him and solicits Murder's supernatural assistance. Murder states that the only way to help Charles is to transform Madeleine into a zombie with a potion. Beaumont agrees and surreptitiously gives the potion to Madeleine. Shortly after Madeleine and Neil's wedding ceremony, the potion takes effect on Madeleine and she appears to die. After her funeral, Murder and Charles enter Madeleine's tomb at night and Murder revives her as a zombie. Drunk and depressed, Neil imagines ghostly apparitions of Madeleine and goes to her tomb. Finding it empty, Neil seeks assistance from the local missionary, Dr. Bruner, who recounts how Murder turned many of his rivals into zombies, who now guard his estate. The two men journey to Murder's cliffside castle to rescue Madeleine.