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Harry Behn is a Scriptwriter American born on 24 september 1898

Harry Behn

Harry Behn
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Nationality USA
Birth 24 september 1898
Death 6 september 1973 (at 74 years) at Greenwich (USA)

Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973), also known as Giles Behn, was an American screenwriter and children's author.

Best films

Hell's Angels (1930)
(Scriptwriter)
The Crowd (1928)
(Scriptwriter)
The Racket (1928)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

King Vidor
King Vidor
(2 films)
Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio
(2 films)
Fred Fleck
Fred Fleck
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Harry Behn (5 films)

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Scriptwriter

Hell's Angels, 2h7
Directed by James Whale, Howard Hughes, Jr., Edmund Goulding, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall, John Darrow, Lucien Prival, Jane Winton
Rating72% 3.642423.642423.642423.642423.64242
Roy (James Hall) and Monte Rutledge (Ben Lyon) are very different British brothers. Strait-laced Roy loves and idealizes the apparently demure Helen (Jean Harlow). Monte, on the other hand, is a womanizer. Their German friend and fellow Oxford student Karl (John Darrow) is against the idea of having to fight England when World War I breaks out.
The Crowd
The Crowd (1928)
, 1h38
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Dell Henderson, James Murray, Eleanor Boardman, Bert Roach, Lucy Beaumont, Virginia Sale
Rating80% 4.043674.043674.043674.043674.04367
Born on the Fourth of July, 1900, John Sims (James Murray) loses his father when he is twelve. At 21, he sets out for New York City, where he is sure he will become somebody important, just as his father had always believed. Another boat passenger warns him that he will have to be good to stand out in the crowd.
The Big Parade, 2h21
Directed by King Vidor, George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Claire Adams, Karl Dane
Rating78% 3.945523.945523.945523.945523.94552
In the United States in 1917, James "Jim" Apperson's (John Gilbert) idleness (in contrast to his hardworking brother) incurs the great displeasure of his wealthy businessman father. Then America enters World War I. Jim informs his worried mother that he has no intention of enlisting, and his father threatens to kick him out of the house if he does not join. However, when he runs into his patriotic friends at a send-off parade, he is persuaded to enlist, making his father very proud.