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Rex Taylor is a Scriptwriter and Script American born on 1 november 1889 at Iowa (USA)

Rex Taylor

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Nationality USA
Birth 1 november 1889 at Iowa (USA)
Death 27 december 1968 (at 79 years) at San Pedro, Los Angeles (USA)

Rex Taylor (1 November 1889 – 27 December 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 84 films between 1916 and 1966. He was born in Iowa and died in San Pedro, California.

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Monty Banks
Monty Banks
(4 films)
William Nobles
William Nobles
(3 films)
John English
John English
(4 films)
Leatrice Joy
Leatrice Joy
(4 films)
William Witney
William Witney
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rex Taylor (34 films)

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Scriptwriter

Junior G-Men
Junior G-Men (1940)

Directed by John Rawlins, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Hal E. Chester, Phillip Terry
Rating64% 3.2258153.2258153.2258153.2258153.225815
A group of saboteurs called the "Order of the Flaming Torch" who are trying to undermine the "social order" of the United States kidnaps several prominent scientists, including the father of a local street gang member. The gang team up with the FBI and the "Junior G-Men" in order to stop the saboteurs.
Day-time Wife
Day-time Wife (1939)
, 1h12
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Warren William, Binnie Barnes, Wendy Barrie, Joan Davis
Roles Story
Rating64% 3.2447553.2447553.2447553.2447553.244755
Jane (Linda Darnell) discovers that Ken (Tyrone Power) has an extracurricular love life with his secretary Kitty (Wendy Barrie). To give him a taste of his own medicine, Jane secretly takes a job as a secretary to womanizing architect Bernard Dexter (Warren William).
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
, 3h31
Directed by William Witney, John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Charles Quigley, Bruce Bennett, David Sharpe, Carole Landis, Miles Mander, Charles Middleton
Rating70% 3.5266953.5266953.5266953.5266953.526695
An escaped criminal, known as Harry Crowl, but preferring to be called by his prison number 39013 (pronounced Thirty Nine - Oh - Thirteen), seeks revenge on the man who sent him to prison, millionaire philanthropist Horace Granville. He kidnaps Granville, imprisoning him within his own house, and disguises himself to take Granville's place, as the frail old man in a clean room, necessary for his health. The only other person allowed past the glass barrier being his doctor. He then sets about methodically destroying everything Granville owns. When we enter the film, he has already destroyed a number of Granville properties, and has set his sights on the Granville Amusement Centre, at which a trio of acrobats is performing. The daredevils, Gene, Bert, and Tiny escape but Gene's kid brother is badly wounded in the blaze, and later dies of his injuries. Seeking revenge they take jobs as private investigators for the man they believe to be Horace Granville. Through a series of deadly traps, and with the help of a mysterious cloaked figure, known only as "The Red Circle", the daredevils begin to unravel the truth.
Dick Tracy's G-Men
Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)

Directed by William Witney, John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Jennifer Jones, Walter Miller, Kenneth Harlan, Ted Mapes
Rating63% 3.1920553.1920553.1920553.1920553.192055
International spy, Zarnoff, in the employ of "The Three Powers" (presumably a fictionalized reference to the Axis) is captured by Dick Tracy at the start of the serial, tried and sentenced to death. However, through the use of a rare drug embedded by his agents in the evening newspaper, he escapes from the gas chamber. His men pick up his "corpse" by ambushing the hearse and administering another counter-drug. He continues his espionage plans, while taking the opportunity of revenge on Tracy.
Dick Tracy Returns
Dick Tracy Returns (1938)

Directed by William Witney, John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Ralph Byrd, Lynne Roberts, Charles Middleton, Frank Hall Crane, Jerry Tucker, David Sharpe
Rating62% 3.146063.146063.146063.146063.14606
Tracy and his group must battle saboteurs and spies in his effort to bring down the Stark gang, a major crime family syndicate led by the vicious and brutal Pa Stark...
Hawk of the Wilderness
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)

Directed by William Witney, John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Bruce Bennett, Ray Mala, Monte Blue, Noble Johnson, Tom Chatterton, George Eldredge
Rating72% 3.6213953.6213953.6213953.6213953.621395
Dr Lincoln Rand Sr, leading an expedition to an uncharted island in the Arctic circle that may be the ancestral home of all Native Americans, is shipwrecked. The only survivors are Lincoln Rand Jr, Dr Rand's son and his servant Mokuyi.
The Shadow Strikes
The Shadow Strikes (1937)
, 1h1
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Superhero films
Actors Rod La Rocque, Harry Harvey, Sr., Walter McGrail, Cy Kendall, Kenneth Harlan, John St. Polis
Roles Adaptation
Rating48% 2.4159952.4159952.4159952.4159952.415995
Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney to the home of Delthern, a wealthy client, who wants a new will drawn up. As Cranston meets with him, Delthern is suddenly shot, and Cranston is quickly caught up in a new mystery.
The Mandarin Mystery
The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
, 1h6
Directed by Philip Ford, Ralph Staub
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler, Franklin Pangborn, George Irving
Rating53% 2.659782.659782.659782.659782.65978
This script must be run from the command line
High Gear
High Gear (1933)
, 1h7
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors James Murray, Joan Marsh, Ann Brody, Theodore von Eltz, Lee Moran, Gordon De Main
Rating53% 2.6840552.6840552.6840552.6840552.684055
Mark "High Gear" Sherrod has been a race car driver for the past five years and is now at the height of his career. His co-driver Ed is the widowed father of Jimmy. Ed promised his wife before she died that he would send Jimmy off to a fine military school after winning the "big race". The day before the race finds Jimmy and Ed at home in their apartment, with Mr. and Mrs. Cohen visiting, and reporter Anne Merrit sneaking into Mark's hotel room for an exclusive interview. Mark agrees to give her the interview she needs over a dinner table. She break the date she already has for the night with her boss Larry Winston and goes out with Mark. Larry Winston walks into the same restaurant Mark and Anne are dining at, and sees them. Larry walks over to their table and has Anne introduce him to Mark. The two men become rivals.
Sit Tight
Sit Tight (1931)
, 1h14
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, Hobart Bosworth, Claudia Dell, Snitz Edwards, Frank Hagney
Roles Story
Rating51% 2.5806652.5806652.5806652.5806652.580665
Winnie is the head of a health clinic and has Jojo (played by Joe E. Brown) as one of her employees. Jojo is a wrestler forced to enter the ring and face down a musclebound masked opponent Olaf (played by Frank Hagney). Making matters worse, the masked marauder is convinced his wife has been fooling around with JoJo. JoJo is knocked out early in the proceedings, whereupon he dreams he is a sultan surrounded by harem girls.
Big Boy
Big Boy (1930)
, 1h8
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Films based on plays, Horse sports in film
Actors Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, Noah Beery Sr., Lloyd Hughes, Lew Harvey
Rating55% 2.77072.77072.77072.77072.7707
Al Jolson plays Gus, a loyal stable boy and jockey to a rich family in the South that has been interested in horse racing and breeding horses for generations. (In a flashback we see Jolson's grandfather, who also worked for the same family back in 1870.) The young heir of the family, Jack, loses a lot of money by gambling and is blackmailed by the crooks he lost to for forging a check. They convince Jack to ask his mother to replace Gus with another jockey for the family's racehorse, "Big Boy", but she refuses. The crooks frame Gus and he is discharged for tampering with the horse. Gus is replaced by a jockey who has been bought off to lose on purpose. Gus find works as a waiter in a fancy restaurant. While working there he uncovers the details about the race throwing plot and he reveals this to Hughes and then, with his help, outsmarts the crooks just in time to then ride "Big Boy" to victory.