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Gordon Rigby is a Scriptwriter American born on 7 august 1897 at Los Angeles (USA)

Gordon Rigby

Gordon Rigby
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Nationality USA
Birth 7 august 1897 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 11 july 1975 (at 77 years)

Gordon Rigby (7 August 1897 – 11 July 1975) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 47 films between 1921 and 1948.

He was born and died in Los Angeles.

Best films

The Song of the Flame
The Song of the Flame
(1930)
(Adaptation)

Usually with

Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall
(4 films)
George O'Brien
George O'Brien
(3 films)
Grant Withers
Grant Withers
(3 films)
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
(2 films)
Ernie Adams
Ernie Adams
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gordon Rigby (22 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Millerson Case
The Millerson Case (1947)
, 1h12
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, Clem Bevans, Griff Barnett, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), James Bell
Roles Story
Rating60% 3.0477553.0477553.0477553.0477553.047755
The Crime Doctor, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter), an amnesiac ex-crook, takes on yet another intriguing psychological murder case. This time he is on vacation, but the kindly fellow cannot help but look into a murder to help a troubled soul.
The Man Who Returned to Life
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
, 1h1
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors John Howard, Lucile Fairbanks, Ruth Ford, Marcella Martin, Elisabeth Risdon, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.243633.243633.243633.243633.24363
David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee after he is suspected of murdering Beth Beebe, who tried to force him to marry her although he was engaged to another woman, Daphne Turner. He flees from town and takes on a new identity as George Bishop, marries Jane Meadows, and gets a comfortable job. Years later a skeleton is found on the Jameson farm. Believed to be the remains of Jameson, Beth's brother, Clyde Beebe, is charged with the murder and sentenced to die. David returns to his home town in an attempt to exonerate Clyde.
The Wrong Road
The Wrong Road (1937)
, 1h2
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, Horace McMahon, Russ Powell, Billy Bevan
Roles Créateur d'histoire originale
Rating53% 2.6625352.6625352.6625352.6625352.662535
A young married couple (Cromwell and Mack), whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected, decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences.
Mammy
Mammy (1930)
, 1h24
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Al Jolson, Lowell Sherman, Lois Moran, Noah Beery Sr., Louise Dresser, Hobart Bosworth
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.9523352.9523352.9523352.9523352.952335
The story deals with the joys and tribulations of a travelling minstrel troupe known as the Merry Meadow Minstrels. Al Jolson plays as a blackface endman while Lowell Sherman plays as the interlocutor. Hobart Bosworth plays as the owner of the show, while his daughter, played by Lois Moran, serves as Al Jolson's love interest in the picture. Sherman's character, however, is also in love with Moran's. The show is in a miserable state until Jolson entertains a sheriff and manages to convince him to invest in the show. The show becomes very successful thanks to this investment and Jolson is eventually able to visit his mother. Some time after he returns, he tells Moran that he loves her and this causes Sherman to become jealous. After a heated argument between Jolson and Sherman over Moran, a character played by Mitchell Lewis, who is upset because he was caught cheating at cards, puts real bullets in Jolson's stage gun. Since Jolson pretends to shoot Sherman in the minstrel show act, Lewis knows that this will result in Sherman's death and that Jolson will be blamed for the murder. After Sherman is shot, Jolson is arrested but manages to escape and take a freight train out of town. Eventually, Lewis confesses to the crime and Jolson is thereby proven to be innocent.
Under a Texas Moon
Under a Texas Moon (1930)
, 1h22
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Fay, Raquel Torres, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery Sr., Armida, George E. Stone
Roles Writer
Rating51% 2.5918652.5918652.5918652.5918652.591865
Frank Fay, as a Mexican named Don Carlos, rides into a small Texas border settlement on the Fourth of July in the early 1880s. He is accompanied by his two inseparable companions, played by Georgie Stone and George Cooper. The day is being celebrated in the style of a Spanish fiesta. Fay challenges a rough Texan, played by Noah Beery, to a duel, only to find himself invited to undertake the dangerous task of capturing a cattle rustler who has been stealing cattle from the Lazy Y Ranch. He accepts the task on the promise of receiving seven thousand dollars in gold if he can return both the thief and the stolen cattle within ten days. During the next nine days, Fay spends his time making love to every pretty girl he meets, serenading many of theme by singing the theme song to the film while playing his guitar, while his two companions join in the harmonizing. He lies to them all, telling each girl exactly what she wishes to hear. Throughout all this time he does nothing towards earning his reward. On the tenth day, he captures the cattle rustler and turns up the cattle to everyone's surprise by using a simple method that no one had thought of. He rides back to Mexico with his latest conquest in his arms.
Captain Thunder
Captain Thunder (1930)
, 1h5
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Musical, Western
Actors Fay Wray, Victor Varconi, Charles Judels, Bert Roach, Robert Elliot, Robert Elliott
Rating45% 2.296572.296572.296572.296572.29657
Victor Varconi is a Mexican bandit who brazenly flaunts his ventures until the people of El Paramo demand that something be done about it. Charles Judles, the Mexican sheriff, offers a large reward for the capture of Varconi. Meanwhile, a pair of lovers, played by Fay Wray and Don Alvarado are disappointed when Wray's father Alvarado request to marry his daughter. Wray's father has his eye on a wealthy gringo, played by Robert Elliott, and wants his daughter to marry him. When Alvarado hears about the large reward for Varconi he sets out for the bandit in the hopes of getting the money so that he can be wealthy enough to please her father and marry Wray. Judles decides to light bonfires at points where the bandit is seen in the hopes of capturing him. When Varconi shows up at Wray hacienda to pay homage to her, she, at first, lights a bonfire. She subsequently changes her mind and hides Varconi from the soldiers when they arrive. At daybreak, Alvarado captures Varconi, in the hopes of getting the reward money. He turns him in and gets the reward money and prepares for the wedding. Varconi soon escapes from prison, to the embarrassment of Judles. At this point Elliot asks Varconi to perform a favor which he had promised him on a previous occasion. Elliot tells Varconi to break up the wedding so that he can marry Wray himself. Immediately after Wray is married by force she retires to her room. A gunshot is then heard. Wray returns to the party where Varconi informs her that she is now a widow and is free to marry Alvarado.
Dancing Sweeties
Dancing Sweeties (1930)
, 1h2
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Grant Withers, Sue Carol, Tully Marshall, Edna Murphy, Eddie Phillips, Margaret Seddon
Roles Adaptation
Rating54% 2.7258252.7258252.7258252.7258252.725825
Grant Withers is a conceited dancer who spends all his free time dancing. He leaves his partner Edna Murphy, after seeing Sue Carol in the dance hall. He enters the waltz contest with Carol and ends up winning the first prize. Soon after they are convinced to marry by Sid Silvers (the dance hall manager), who needs a new couple to marry in a live ceremony in the dance-hall after another couple cancelled. He convinces them when he offers them a free furnished apartment which the other couple forfeited by not showing up. Withers' and Carol's parents are shocked by news of the marriage. Withers soon gets bored of home-life and the in-laws and yearns for dancing again. He convinces Carol to join him in a dance contest, but when she is unable to perform the dance steps of a new fox-trot, they fight. The fighting continues until they split up. After a while, Grant realizes what he has lost but thinks it may be too late to patch things up.