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Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 19 september 1910 at New York City (USA)
Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. (September 19, 1910—April 11, 1988) was an American screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet.
(1956)
(Scriptwriter)
(1949)
(Writer)
(1947)
(Scriptwriter)
(1953)
(Story)
(1942)
(Scriptwriter)
(1940)
(Scriptwriter)
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Birth name Jesse Louis Lasky, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 19 september 1910 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 april 1988 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 september 1910 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 april 1988 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
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(1956)(Scriptwriter)
(1949)(Writer)
(1947)(Scriptwriter)
(1953)(Story)
(1942)(Scriptwriter)
(1940)(Scriptwriter)
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Filmography of Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. (33 films)
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Trumbo (2015)
, 2h4Directed by Jay Roach
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Political films
Actors Elle Fanning, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk
Roles Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating73%
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. The film also stars Diane Lane, John Goodman, Louis CK, Elle Fanning, and Michael Stuhlbarg.
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
, 2h35Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sōjin Kamiyama
Roles (uncredited)
Rating76%
Ahmed (Douglas Fairbanks) robs as he pleases in the city of Baghdad. Wandering into a mosque, he tells the holy man (Charles Belcher) he disdains his religion; his philosophy is, "What I want, I take."
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Crime and Passion (1976)
, 1h39Directed by Ivan Passer
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Omar Sharif, Joseph Bottoms, Karen Black, Bernhard Wicki, Elma Karlowa, Volker Prechtel
Roles Writer
Rating50%
The Wizard of Baghdad (1961)
, 1h32Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Shawn, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, Vaughn Taylor, John van Dreelen, Robert F. Simon
Rating50%
This script must be run from the command line
Seven Women from Hell (1961)
, 1h28Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, John Kerr, Margia Dean, Yvonne Craig
Rating49%
When the Japanese invade New Guinea in 1942, Grace Ingram (Patricia Owens), an Australian member of a scientific expedition, is put in a women's detention camp. She shares her cell with six other women: Janet Cook (Yvonne Craig), a pregnant American teenager; Ann Van Laer (Sylvia Daneel), a tightlipped but sympathetic German widow; Claire Oudry (Denise Darcel), a French waitress; Mai-Lu Ferguson (Pilar Seurat), a Eurasian nurse; and two other Americans, Mara Shepherd (Margia Dean) and Regan (Evadne Baker).
Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
, 1h37Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors John Richardson, Robert Stephens, Alan Caillou, Letícia Román, Stanley Adams, Edgar Barrier
Rating53%
A Welsh captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is running a strictly piratical venture, stopping any and all vessels including English. Since the captain cannot attack the island without incurring the wrath of the Spanish government, he must go toe-to-toe with Morgan himself.
John Paul Jones (1959)
, 2h6Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Stack, Bette Davis, Marisa Pavan, Peter Cushing, Erin O'Brien, Charles Coburn
Roles Writer
Rating62%
The film begins with a United States Navy officer, telling sailors the story of John Paul Jones.
The Buccaneer (1958)
, 2hDirected by Anthony Quinn, Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Yul Brynner, Charles Boyer, Charlton Heston, Claire Bloom, Inger Stevens, Henry Hull
Rating63%
Installé à La Nouvelle-Orléans, le pirate français Jean Laffite contrôle toute la région, et tente de rester neutre dans le conflit qui oppose Américains et Britanniques. Mais son amour pour la fille du gouverneur Clairborne va l'obliger à prendre parti et à s'engager au côté du général américain Andrew Jackson...
The Ten Commandments (1956)
, 3h42Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Action, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about religion, La précarité, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, L'émigration
Actors Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Rating78%
Pharaoh Rameses I of Egypt has ordered the death of all firstborn Hebrew males after hearing the prophecy of the Deliverer, but a Hebrew woman named Yoshebel saves her infant son by setting him adrift in a basket on the Nile. Bithiah, the Pharaoh's daughter, who had recently lost her husband and the hope of ever having children of her own, finds the basket and decides to adopt the boy even though her servant, Memnet, recognizes the child is Hebrew and protests.
Hot Blood (1956)
, 1h25Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Luther Adler, Joseph Calleia, Nina Koshetz, Helen Westcott
Roles Writer
Rating57%
Marco Torino (Luther Adler), king of the gypsies in southern California, is terminally ill. He wants his younger brother to succeed him, but Stephano (Cornel Wilde) is determined to become a dancer instead.
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
, 1h26Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Lance Fuller, Carol Thurston
Rating53%
Dan Merrill awakens on his boat after a night of drinking to find his former love, Rita Delaine, there with his partner, Bully Hague. Appealing to his greed, Rita and Bully coax him into coming along to an island where supposedly they can dive for a hidden treasure of rare black pearls.
Hell and High Water (1954)
, 1h43Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, David Wayne
Rating60%
In 1953, renowned French scientist Professor Montel (Victor Francen) goes missing. The authorities believe that he and four other scientists defected behind the Iron Curtain.
Salome (1953)
, 1h43Directed by William Dieterle, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel
Roles Story
Rating58%
Although based on the New Testament story, the film does not follow the biblical text.
Mission Over Korea (1953)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors John Hodiak, John Derek, Audrey Totter, Maureen O'Sullivan, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman
Roles Writer
Rating55%
In June 1950, while stationed at Kimpo, South Korea, Captain George Slocum (John Hodiak) finds out from his friend, Lieutenant Jerry Barker (Todd Karns), that he has to go to Japan. At the airport, he meets Barker's younger brother, Pete (John Derek), who takes up a Stinson L-5 Sentinel liaison aircraft and begins showing off. George reprimands him for careless flying, but sticks up for him when the military police want to arrest Pete.
The Silver Whip (1953)
, 1h13Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wagner, Lola Albright, Kathleen Crowley, J. M. Kerrigan
Rating65%
Cocky young drifter Jess Harker wants to be a driver on the stagecoach's main line, just like Race Crim, his hero. The coach line's boss, Luke Bowen, doesn't believe Jess is ready yet.