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Ralph Wheelwright is a Scriptwriter, Producer and Continuity American born on 11 september 1898

Ralph Wheelwright

Ralph Wheelwright
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 september 1898
Death 15 april 1971 (at 72 years)

Ralph Wheelwright est un scénariste et un producteur de cinéma américain né le 11 septembre 1898 dans le quartier de Brooklyn à New York (État de New York) et mort le 15 avril 1971 à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biography

Après avoir été attaché de presse pour la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, il se tourne à la fin des années 1930 vers l'écriture de scénarios. Il écrira d'ailleurs le scénario du film Les Oubliés (1941), à partir de l'histoire d'Edna Gladney, une travailleuse sociale qu'il avait rencontrée lorsque lui et sa femme cherchaient à adopter un enfant.

Best films

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
(Writer)

Usually with

Karl Brown
Karl Brown
(1 films)
Tod Browning
Tod Browning
(1 films)
Valles
Valles
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ralph Wheelwright (7 films)

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Scriptwriter

Man of a Thousand Faces, 2h2
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about television, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Jim Backus, Robert Evans, Troy Donahue
Roles Story
Rating70% 3.544913.544913.544913.544913.54491
In the early 1900s, actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney) is working in vaudeville with his wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone). Chaney quits the show and Cleva announces that she is pregnant. Lon is happy and tells Cleva that he has been hired by the famous comedy team Kolb and Dill for an upcoming show.
These Wilder Years, 1h31
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Laughlin, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins
Roles Story
Rating67% 3.3932353.3932353.3932353.3932353.393235
Businessman Steve Bradford (James Cagney) looks for his illegitimate son after 20 years. He turns to Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck), who runs an orphanage, but she is uncooperative.
Two Smart People, 1h33
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Hugo Haas, Lenore Ulric, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Story
Rating63% 3.196213.196213.196213.196213.19621
Ace Connors (John Hodiak) is a con man who has half a million dollars in bonds hidden in a cookbook. When he tries to sell a bogus oil investment to Dwight Chadwick (Lloyd Corrigan) at a Beverly Hills hotel, Dwight's attractive friend, Ricki Woodner (Lucille Ball), intervenes with a scam of her own.
Blossoms in the Dust, 1h39
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marc Lawrence, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4451253.4451253.4451253.4451253.445125
Edna et Charlotte ont été élevées ensemble. Lorsque Charlotte voit ses fiançailles rompues, elle se suicide. Quant à Edna elle se marie avec Sam Gladney et tombe enceinte.
Thunder Afloat, 1h35
Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Grey, John Qualen, Leon Ames
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.1426453.1426453.1426453.1426453.142645
In a New England port town, Pop Thorson (Wallace Beery) and Rocky Blake (Chester Morris) are rival tugboat owners. Thorson's boat has sunk in the shallow water while docked, and he is certain Blake sabotaged it to keep Thorson from winning a lucrative contract to move barges of military supplies. Thorson is a widower who built his own tugboat and lives on it with his adult daughter Susan (Virginia Grey). She loves her father, but also likes Blake (who denies the sabotage) and does not want the two men to fight.
Fast Workers, 1h6
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Gilbert, Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Sterling Holloway, Virginia Cherrill, Vince Barnett
Rating62% 3.1468153.1468153.1468153.1468153.146815
Deux ouvriers du bâtiment, Gunner Smith et Bucker Rilley, sont des constructeurs de gratte-ciels. Mais ils se disputent l'amour d'une même femme, Mary. Les voilà désormais ennemis.

Producer

Tenth Avenue Angel, 1h15
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Christmas films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy, Phyllis Thaxter, Warner Anderson, Rhys Williams
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.343443.343443.343443.343443.34344
Eight-year-old Flavia lives in a New York tenement during the Great Depression with mother Helen and father Joe, who's nearly broke and needs a job. Her aunt Susan lives with them, too.
Two Smart People, 1h33
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Hugo Haas, Lenore Ulric, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.196213.196213.196213.196213.19621
Ace Connors (John Hodiak) is a con man who has half a million dollars in bonds hidden in a cookbook. When he tries to sell a bogus oil investment to Dwight Chadwick (Lloyd Corrigan) at a Beverly Hills hotel, Dwight's attractive friend, Ricki Woodner (Lucille Ball), intervenes with a scam of her own.

Director

Fast Workers, 1h6
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Gilbert, Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Sterling Holloway, Virginia Cherrill, Vince Barnett
Roles Continuity
Rating62% 3.1468153.1468153.1468153.1468153.146815
Deux ouvriers du bâtiment, Gunner Smith et Bucker Rilley, sont des constructeurs de gratte-ciels. Mais ils se disputent l'amour d'une même femme, Mary. Les voilà désormais ennemis.