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Lou Breslow is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 18 july 1900 at Boston (USA)

Lou Breslow

Lou Breslow
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Nationality USA
Birth 18 july 1900 at Boston (USA)
Death 10 november 1987 (at 87 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Louis Breslow (née Lewis Breslow; July 18, 1900 – November 10, 1987) was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 70 films between 1928 and 1955. He also directed seven films between 1932 and 1951 and wrote scripts for both Laurel and Hardy in their first two films at 20th Century Fox, and Abbott and Costello.

Lou Breslow married film actress and comedienne Marion Byron in 1932, and remained married until her death in 1985.

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Filmography of Lou Breslow (55 films)

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Actor

Fatty Joins the Force, 12minutes
Directed by George Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Dot Farley, Minta Durfee, George Nichols, Lou Breslow
Roles Boy
Rating54% 2.711322.711322.711322.711322.71132
Fatty is an obese and timid man who rescues a little girl from drowning. The girl who turns out to be the daughter of the Police Commissioner. The grateful Commissioner offers Fatty a job on the Police Force. Fatty accepts but soon finds out the job isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Director

You Never Can Tell, 1h18
Directed by Lou Breslow
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Albert Sharpe, Frank Nelson, Anthony George
Rating69% 3.490683.490683.490683.490683.49068
An ex-police dog named Rex inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner. But someone poisons him for his fortune, and he is able to go back to earth as a human detective to bring his killer to justice.
Punch Drunks
Directed by Lou Breslow
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Curly Howard, William Irving, Moe Howard, Jack Lipson, Larry Fine, Dorothy Granger
Rating75% 3.7856153.7856153.7856153.7856153.785615
Struggling boxing manager Moe is having lunch with several associates when he notices their shy waiter (Curly) goes into a violent fugue whenever he hears the song "Pop Goes the Weasel". Moe also takes notice of a fiddler (Larry) who happens to be playing the potent tune at the restaurant. Seeing dollar signs in the uncontrollable waiter, Moe quickly recruits the two unsuspecting cohorts and preps them for the boxing world. Curly's boxing handle becomes "K.O. Stradivarius", and with Larry in tow—playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" at every boxing match, Curly becomes the number one contender for the heavyweight championship.

Scriptwriter

The Crooked Web, 1h17
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning, John Mylong, Harry Lauter, Vince Barnett
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0002253.0002253.0002253.0002253.000225
Stan Fabian runs a drive-in restaurant with girlfriend Joanie Daniel, whose brother Frank turns up for a visit. Joanie has declined to marry Stan because he's strapped for cash, but Frank tempts him with a proposition, mentioning that he and a partner hid a stash of gold in Germany during the war.
Back at the Front, 1h27
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck, Mari Blanchard, Richard Long, Gregg Palmer, Barry Kelley
Roles Story
Rating65% 3.255653.255653.255653.255653.25565
Willie (Ewell) and Joe (Lembeck) are two U.S. Army veterans of World War II who got through the war by Goldbricking. After returning to civilian life they are recalled to active duty and end up part of the post war occupation forces in Japan. Chaos ensues as they attempt one con job after another in order to avoid work details and get leave to spend time in Tokyo.
Steel Town
Steel Town (1952)
, 1h25
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ann Sheridan, John Lund, Howard Duff, Elaine Riley, James Best, Chick Chandler
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2743953.2743953.2743953.2743953.274395
An attractive woman everybody knows as "Red" runs a restaurant. Her boyfriend Jim Denko, who works at the Kostane steel plant, comes to the restaurant for dinner, but when Red gives his steak away to a customer, words are exchanged and the men get into a fight.
Bedtime for Bonzo, 1h23
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Jesse White, Lucille Barkley, Ann Tyrrell
Roles Ecrivain
Rating55% 2.7557552.7557552.7557552.7557552.755755
C'est l'histoire d'un professeur, Peter Boyd, qui réalise des expériences secrètes pour prouver une théorie qu'il approuve. Pour ce faire, le professeur va se servir du département des chimpanzés de sa faculté.
You Never Can Tell, 1h18
Directed by Lou Breslow
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Albert Sharpe, Frank Nelson, Anthony George
Roles Histoire
Rating69% 3.490683.490683.490683.490683.49068
An ex-police dog named Rex inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner. But someone poisons him for his fortune, and he is able to go back to earth as a human detective to bring his killer to justice.
Reunion in Reno, 1h19
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mark Stevens, Peggy Dow, Gigi Perreau, Frances Dee, Leif Erickson, Ray Collins
Roles Adaptation
Rating66% 3.343813.343813.343813.343813.34381
A nine-year-old girl, Maggie Linaker, gets off a bus in Reno, Nevada and goes to find Norman Drake, a divorce lawyer there. Norman has just wrapped up a divorce case, after which Laura Carson, a stenographer in Judge Kneeland's court, scolds the lawyer for accepting payments over couples' breakups, rather than trying to steer them toward reconciliation.
Never a Dull Moment, 1h29
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Natalie Wood, Gigi Perreau
Rating56% 2.8041552.8041552.8041552.8041552.804155
At a rodeo in New York, visiting cowboy Chris Heyward is charmed to make the acquaintance of Kay Kingsley, a songwriter. They marry and move out west to his ranch.
On Our Merry Way, 1h47
Directed by John Huston, George Stevens, King Vidor, Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Lamour
Rating57% 2.852452.852452.852452.852452.85245
Oliver Pease, qui a menti à sa femme sur ce qu'il fait exactement au journal pour lequel il travaille, se voit obligé d'enquêter auprès du public sur "Quelle influence a eu un petit enfant sur votre vie ?". Il va recueillir ainsi différentes histoires...
An Innocent Affair, 1h30
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Buddy Rogers, Rita Johnson, Louise Allbritton, Alan Mowbray
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0480553.0480553.0480553.0480553.048055
This script must be run from the command line
Murder, He Says, 1h31
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Peter Whitney
Rating68% 3.444763.444763.444763.444763.44476
Peter Marshall (Fred MacMurray), who works for the Trotter Poll ("like the Gallup Poll, but not as fast"), is sent out to find a missing co-worker, Hector Smedley. He goes to see the last family the man was supposed to interview, the nutty and murderous Fleagles. There he runs afoul of Mert and Bert Fleagle (both played by Peter Whitney), the gun-toting twin sons of Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson (Marjorie Main).