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Joseph Depew is a Actor and Assistant Director American born on 11 july 1912 at Harrison (USA)

Joseph Depew

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Nationality USA
Birth 11 july 1912 at Harrison (USA)
Death 30 october 1988 (at 76 years) at Escondido (USA)

Joseph Depew (July 11, 1912 – October 30, 1988) was an American television director and producer and actor.

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Filmography of Joseph Depew (18 films)

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Niagara Falls, 43minutes
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Edgar Dearing, Edward Gargan, Gladys Blake
Roles Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.954282.954282.954282.954282.95428
A peanut vendor sights a man named Sam Sawyer attempting suicide by jumping off a cliff into the waters below. The vendor offers a free bag of peanuts to hear Sam's story of what brought him to make such a decision.
Coquette
Coquette (1929)
, 1h16
Directed by Sam Taylor, H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Mary Pickford, John Mack Brown, Matt Moore, John St. Polis, William Janney, Henry Kolker
Roles Joe
Rating55% 2.7525752.7525752.7525752.7525752.752575
Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many suitors. Her father Dr. Besant (John St. Polis) favors Stanley (Matt Moore), who is taken with Norma. However Norma has met a simple man named Michael Jeffrey (Johnny Mack Brown) who she has fallen madly in love with. Dr. Besant disapproves of Michael and orders Norma to never see him again. Norma gives him their word, then promptly plans to marry Michael in 6 months, when he's made 'good in the hills' so he can buy her a home in the valley.
Queen of the Night Clubs, 1h
Directed by Bryan Foy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Texas Guinan, John Davidson, Lila Lee, John Miljan, Arthur Housman, Eddie Foy, Jr.
Roles Roy
Rating74% 3.7349353.7349353.7349353.7349353.734935
After working as a hostess for Nick and Andy, Tex Malone leaves their employ and opens a club of her own. Looking for talent to book for the floor show, Tex hires Bee Walters and thereby breaks up Bee's act with Eddie Parr. Andy spitefully kills Tex's friend, Holland, and young Eddie is arrested for the crime on circumstantial evidence. Tex then learns from Eddie's father, Phil, that Eddie is her long-lost son. At the trial, Tex comes to Eddie's defense and persuades one member of the jury that there is reasonable doubt of Eddie's guilt. The jury repairs to Tex's club, where Tex discovers a piece of evidence that conclusively links Andy with the murder. Eddie is freed, and Tex and Phil get together for a second honeymoon.
Sweetie
Sweetie (1929)
, 1h35
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Nancy Carroll, Helen Kane, Jack Oakie, William Austin, Stuart Erwin, Wallace MacDonald
Roles Freddie Fry
Rating61% 3.092553.092553.092553.092553.09255
The Daring Years, 1h10
Directed by Kenneth S. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mildred Harris, Clara Bow, Charles Emmett Mack, Tyrone Power Sr., Mary Carr, Joe King
Roles LaMotte son

A university student named John Browning (Charles Emmett Mack) goes against his mother's wishes and becomes involved in a torrid love-affair with a fickle young cabaret singer named Susie LaMotte (Mildred Harris). LaMotte toys with the youth's affections and does not tell him that she is already romantically involved with a boxer named Jim Moran (Joe King).
Timothy's Quest
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joseph Depew, Jetta Goudal, Gladys Leslie, Margaret Seddon, Nora Cecil, Carrie Clark Ward
Roles Timothy
Rating73% 3.6640253.6640253.6640253.6640253.664025
À la mort de leur mère adoptive, deux orphelins Timothy et Lady Gay quittent les faubourgs pour échapper à l'orphelinat. Ils sautent dans un wagon en direction du Maine, et errent sur les routes américaines, en quête d’un foyer plus paisible et plus accueillant…

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Park Row
Park Row (1952)
, 1h23
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Gene Evans, Herbert Heyes, George O'Hanlon, J. M. Kerrigan, Forrest Taylor, Dick Elliott
Roles Assistant Director
Rating71% 3.5921153.5921153.5921153.5921153.592115
In 1886, reporter Phineas Mitchell (Gene Evans) is fired from The Star newspaper for criticizing its methods and philosophy. When his friends stand up for him, they too are discharged. As the newly unemployed men are drowning their sorrows in a bar, Steve Brodie (George O'Hanlon) rushes in, claiming to have survived a jump off the Brooklyn Bridge and insisting that Mitchell write an article about it and make him famous. Mitchell tells him he no longer has a newspaper job.
The Man Who Cheated Himself, 1h21
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Charles Arnt
Roles Assistant Director
Rating67% 3.394143.394143.394143.394143.39414
Wealthy socialite Lois Frazer, divorcing her fortune-hunter husband, Howard, finds a gun he's bought. She kills him with it in front of the new man in her life, Lt. Ed Cullen, a homicide detective with the San Francisco police. The twice-married Lois manages to manipulate Cullen into disposing of the murder weapon and moving the body. Cullen ends up investigating the case, assisted by kid brother Andy, who is new to the homicide division and delays his honeymoon to keep working on his first big case.
Pitfall
Pitfall (1948)
, 1h26
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John Litel, Ann Doran
Roles Assistant Director
Rating70% 3.545963.545963.545963.545963.54596
Living in Los Angeles, John Forbes (Powell), is a bored man who works for an insurance company. He's a middle-class husband and father that craves excitement in his day-to-day life. He gets his wish when he begins investigating an embezzlement case and meets Mona Stevens (Scott), who works for a department store.
Christmas Eve, 1h30
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field, Carl Harbord
Roles Assistant Director
Rating57% 2.8523552.8523552.8523552.8523552.852355
The greedy nephew Philip Hasting (Reginald Denny (actor)) of eccentric Matilda Reid (Ann Harding) seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth; In an informal meeting with her nephew, the doctor Dr. Doremus and the judge Alston they convene that she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion, as any of them is the one she could trust, but not her nephew.
The Diary of a Chambermaid, 1h31
Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Films based on plays
Actors Hurd Hatfield, Paulette Goddard, Francis Lederer, Burgess Meredith, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates
Roles Assistant Director
Rating65% 3.294173.294173.294173.294173.29417
In 1885 France, chambermaid Celestine begins her new position at the Lanlaire family home, a rural mansion, with the intention of moving up the social ladder. She starts working on her new employer, Monsieur Lanlaire, and he soon takes a liking to her, preferring her company to that of his dominant wife. Soon the excentric neighbor, Captain Mauger becomes quite obsessed with having her working for him instead, and offers to marry her as reward for her coming to live with him, which would give her considerable wealth. Monsieur Lanlaire's sickly son Georges temporarily returns home to the estate, and in an attempt to make him stay longer, his mother does her best to make the attractive Celestine more beautiful by buying her fancy clothes, and orders her to take extra good care of her son.