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Nick Grinde is a Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director and Treatment American born on 12 january 1893 at Madison (USA)
Nick Grindé (January 12, 1893 – June 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945.
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grinde graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He later moved to New York and worked in Vaudeville. Grinde became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Notable films include The Man they Could Not Hang with Boris Karloff and Ronald Reagan's first motion picture: Love is on the Air (1937). As a screenwriter, he is credited as a co-writer of Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland (1934).
Throughout his career, Grinde was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. Prime examples include "Pictures for Peanuts" (Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 29, 1945), a humorous B picture "how-to," and "Where's Vaudeville At?" (Saturday Evening Post, Jan. 11, 1930).
Grinde died in Los Angeles, California in 1979 at the age of 86. In the mid-1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grinde Papers in its Special Collections.
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 january 1893 at Madison (USA)
Death 19 june 1979 (at 86 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 12 january 1893 at Madison (USA)
Death 19 june 1979 (at 86 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grinde graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He later moved to New York and worked in Vaudeville. Grinde became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Notable films include The Man they Could Not Hang with Boris Karloff and Ronald Reagan's first motion picture: Love is on the Air (1937). As a screenwriter, he is credited as a co-writer of Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland (1934).
Throughout his career, Grinde was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. Prime examples include "Pictures for Peanuts" (Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 29, 1945), a humorous B picture "how-to," and "Where's Vaudeville At?" (Saturday Evening Post, Jan. 11, 1930).
Grinde died in Los Angeles, California in 1979 at the age of 86. In the mid-1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grinde Papers in its Special Collections.
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Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942)
, 1h10Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Alternate history films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix, Russell Hicks, Felix Basch
Rating48%
The plot of this film was inspired by true events. During the early stages of World War II a prominent American businessman offered a reward of one million dollars to bring Adolf Hitler to justice, dead or alive. Russell Hicks plays the part of the American businessman in this film who hires three gangster ex-convicts released from Alcatraz prison. The gangsters are played by Ward Bond, Warren Hymer and Paul Fix.
The Girl from Alaska (1942)
, 55minutesDirected by Nick Grinde, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Ray Middleton, Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Robert Barrat, Francis McDonald, Raymond Hatton
Rating64%
Before I Hang (1940)
, 1h2Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan, Don Beddoe, Pedro de Cordoba
Rating61%
Dr. John Garth (Boris Karloff) is on trial for murder after performing a mercy killing on an elderly friend. In the trial, he reveals that he had been researching a cure for aging, but had not had time to perfect it before his friend's pain became unbearable. Despite his pleas for mercy, the judge sentences him to be hanged in three weeks' time.
Convicted Woman (1940)
, 1h5Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Glenn Ford, Lola Lane, Iris Meredith
Rating59%
Betty Andrews (Rochelle Hudson) is without work and one day she is arrested on false grounds when she is in a department store. She is accused of theft and gets representation from attorney Mary Ellis (Frieda Inescort). In spite of this and the fact that the evidence against her is circumstantial she is wrongfully sentenced to one year in prison, and she is to serve her sentence in the Curtiss Home of Correction for women.
Men Without Souls (1940)
, 1h2Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Barton MacLane, John Litel, Glenn Ford, Rochelle Hudson, Don Beddoe, Cy Kendall
Rating65%
Johnny Adams (Glenn Ford) goes to prison, under a false name, with the intention of killing the captain White (Cy Kendall), a bastard guard, who had been Johnny's father to death. Rev. Thomas Stoner (John Litel) newcomer, is the chaplain of the jail, the father is the mayor's opposition Schafer (Don Beddoe), Stoner finds out the intentions of Johnny and persuades him to follow his plan, but when "Blackie" Drew (Barton MacLane) kills White, Johnny blamed
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
, 1h14Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Bruce Bennett, Minta Durfee, Charles Miller, John Dilson
Rating64%
Dr. Tim Mason (Roger Pryor), a medical researcher experimenting in "frozen therapy" visits the deserted home of Dr. Leon Kravaal (Boris Karloff), the originator of the therapy, who has been missing for ten years. After discovering a secret passage in the basement, Dr. Mason and his nurse (Jo Ann Sayers) discover Kravaal and four other men frozen in a pair of hidden ice chambers. The doctor and nurse successfully revive Kravaal, who then revives the other four men. Things turn more sinister as Kravaal holds everyone captive in order to use them as guinea pigs, hoping to unlock the key to "frozen therapy."
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
, 1h4Directed by Nick Grinde, Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor, Roger Pryor, Don Beddoe
Rating67%
Dr. Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. A young medical student offers his services to him, but before he can bring him back to life, Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge and the jury before his hanging. His assistant claims his body and revives him by using his technique. The vengeful Savaard goes on a killing spree.
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
, 1h5Directed by Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Actors Betty Grable, Buster Crabbe, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan, Dorothea Kent, Peter Lind Hayes
Rating58%
King of Chinatown (1939)
, 57minutesDirected by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler, Philip Ahn, Anthony Quinn
Rating61%
Sudden Money (1939)
, 1h6Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau, Charley Grapewin, Broderick Crawford, Billy Lee, Evelyn Keyes
Rating57%
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Directed by Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, Donald O'Connor, Buster Crabbe, Dorothea Kent, Richard Denning
Rating58%
King of Chinatown (1939)
Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler, Philip Ahn, Anthony Quinn
Rating61%
Dans une grande ville américaine, le gangster Frank Baturin (Akim Tamiroff) dirige un racket dans un quartier chinois. La docteur Mary Ling (Anna May Wong) et son père le docteur Chang Ling (Sidney Toler) entre en résistance.
Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938)
, 1h12Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical
Actors Ralph Byrd, June Storey, Berton Churchill, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Walter Miller
Rating57%
Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
, 1h4Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Robert Livingston, June Travis, John Gallaudet, Charles Halton, Ben Welden, Horace McMahon
Rating64%
Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors June Travis, Robert Livingston, Charles Halton, John Gallaudet, Ben Welden, Horace McMahon
Rating64%
Le criminel Pete Rennick (John Gallaudet ) s'échappe de prison. Le détective privé Bill Hasford (Robert Livingston) découvre le criminel au détour d'une enquête sur une affaire de racket et entame l'affaire la plus importante de sa carrière.