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William M. Conselman is a Scriptwriter and Treatment American born on 10 july 1896 at Brooklyn (USA)
William Marien Conselman (July 10, 1896 – May 25, 1940) was an American screenwriter who also wrote newspaper comic strips under his Bill Conselman byline and sometimes under the pseudonym Frank Smiley.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Conselman arrived on the West Coast in 1920 and joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times as the assistant city editor. His play And Then What, staged by the San Diego Players, opened November 6, 1923 at Balboa Park's Yorick Theater.
Between 1921 and 1940, he was a screenwriter on 57 films. By 1936, he had an annual income of more than $60,000. In Hollywood, he often collaborated with writer Jack Woodford. Conselman was also a lyricist, and in 1928, he directed the film Four A.
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 july 1896 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 25 may 1940 (at 43 years) at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 10 july 1896 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 25 may 1940 (at 43 years) at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles (USA)
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Conselman arrived on the West Coast in 1920 and joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times as the assistant city editor. His play And Then What, staged by the San Diego Players, opened November 6, 1923 at Balboa Park's Yorick Theater.
Between 1921 and 1940, he was a screenwriter on 57 films. By 1936, he had an annual income of more than $60,000. In Hollywood, he often collaborated with writer Jack Woodford. Conselman was also a lyricist, and in 1928, he directed the film Four A.
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My Darling Clementine (1946)
, 1h37Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Grant Withers, Ward Bond
Rating76%
In 1882 (in reality, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral happened on Oct 26, 1881), Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, and James Earp are driving cattle to California when they cross Old Man Clanton, played by Walter Brennan. When they learn about the nearby boom town of Tombstone, the older brothers ride in, leaving the youngest brother James to watch over the cattle. The Earps soon learn that Tombstone is a lawless town without a marshal. Wyatt is the only man in the town willing to face the drunk Indian shooting at the townspeople. When they return to their camp, they find the cattle rustled and James murdered.
If I Had My Way (1940)
, 1h33Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, El Brendel, Allyn Joslyn, Claire Dodd
Roles Story
Rating60%
Buzz Blackwell, Fred Johnson and Axel Swenson are construction workers who are building a bridge. They are good friends and Buzz and Axel even help Fred raising his daughter Patricia. When Fred tragically dies in a fatal accident, Patricia is forced to live with her relatives in New York City whom she has never met. Buzz and Axel decide to depart with her. They soon arrive at her uncle and aunt Jarvis and Brenda, who are horrible persons. Jarvis is a snobby rich man, while Brenda is supercilious. Jarvis has received a letter from Buzz, warning him for their arrival and wants no part in raising Patricia. As they show up, Jarvis pretends to be someone else and sends them to the other "J. Johnson". This is Joe, Patricia's great uncle and husband of Marian. They are poor ex-vaudevillans but welcome them with open arms. Buzz wants to give Joe Fred's money he left him for Patricia, but finds out a drunken Axel used that money to buy a Swedish restaurant. This restaurant, which is doomed to fail, is now the only money bringer for the Johnsons. Buzz is determined to help them out and turns the restaurant in a night club, but is bothered with Jarvis, he has returned to claim "his" money back.
Frontier Marshal (1939)
, 1h11Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, John Carradine, Binnie Barnes, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Rating65%
In a Tombstone, Arizona saloon Ben Carter owns, the sheriff is unwilling to stop Indian Charlie from shooting up the place, so new arrival Wyatt Earp does. Earp is beaten by some of Carter's hired men for taking the law into his own hands.
So This Is London (1939)
, 1h10Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alfred Drayton, George Sanders, Berton Churchill, Fay Compton, Carla Lehmann, Stewart Granger
Rating69%
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
, 1h34Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Lucille Ball, Dennis O'Keefe, May Robson, Edward Everett Horton, Roscoe Karns
Roles Story
Rating60%
East Side of Heaven (1939)
, 1h28Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Kent
Roles Writer
Rating65%
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
, 1h34Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lucille Ball, Dennis O'Keefe, Roscoe Karns, Moroni Olsen
Roles Story
Rating60%
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
, 1h20Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Gloria Stuart, Helen Westley, Bill Robinson, William Demarest
Rating69%
Rebecca Winstead (Shirley Temple), a musically talented orphan, is under the guardianship of her stepfather Harry Kipper (William Demarest). She auditions for the radio role of Little Miss America and wins it, but leaves the studio believing she lost it. Kipper regards her as a loser and a burden, and dumps her on the farm of her Aunt Miranda.
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, John Qualen, Douglas Fowley
Roles Writer
Rating60%
On the Avenue (1937)
, 1h25Directed by Roy Del Ruth, William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, Al Ritz, George Barbier, Jimmy Ritz
Rating66%
Gary Blake (Dick Powell) stars in a new show, On the Avenue, with Mona Merrick (Alice Faye). The show contains a satire on The Richest Girl in the World, Mimi Carraway (Madeleine Carroll). Mimi and her father (George Barbier) are in the audience on opening night and they feel insulted. She goes backstage and tries to get Gary to take the skit out of the show. He refuses and calls her a "bad sport".
The Great Hospital Mystery (1937)
, 58minutesDirected by James Tinling
Origin USA
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Jane Darwell, Sig Ruman, Sally Blane, Thomas Beck, Joan Davis, William Demarest
Rating60%
That I May Live (1937)
, 1h10Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, Jack La Rue, Frank Conroy, Fred Kelsey
Rating61%
Private Number (1936)
, 1h20Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Loretta Young, Robert Taylor, Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly, Jane Darwell, Marjorie Gateson
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Ellen Neal is hired as servant in the house of the wealthy Winfield family by the butler, Thomas Wroxton, who covets her romantically. Wroxton rules the household staff like a tyrant, demanding a large cut of their weekly wages as his "commission". To his great irritation, Neal resists his advances. Instead, during the family's vacation in New England she becomes romantically involved with the Winfields' son, Richard, who is a college student. They secretly marry and she falls pregnant by him before he returns to college. When the Winfields are told by a vengeful Wroxton that she is pregnant they are initially sympathetic until discovering that the child is their own grandson. A prolonged divorce suit then follows until the couple are finally reconciled.
Pigskin Parade (1936)
, 1h33Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, American football films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Johnny Downs
Rating60%
Due to a misunderstanding, Yale inadvertently invites the small Texas State University to come to Connecticut and play against its football team for a benefit game. Coincidentally, TSU has just hired a new coach, Slug Winters (Jack Haley), who arrives at the college with his wife Bessie (Patsy Kelly) just in time to hear the announcement that the team is to play Yale.
Stowaway (1936)
, 1h27Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Philip Ahn
Rating70%
Barbara "Ching-Ching" Stewart is an orphan living in Sanchow, China. When bandits threaten, she is sent to Shanghai for safety. Accidentally separated from her guide, Ching-Ching finds herself in Shanghai all alone with her dog until she meets a westerner, Tommy Randall, a rich playboy traveling about the world by ocean liner. Ching-Ching then accidentally becomes a stowaway on his ship. When discovered, she is provided for by Tommy and Susan Parker, a passenger on the ship engaged to the son of her traveling companion, Mrs Ruth Hope. Susan and Tommy become romantically involved. Ching-Ching plays Cupid in furthering their romance. The couple realize they adore Ching-Ching and want to do the best for her after learning she will be put off the ship and sent to an orphan's asylum. Susan breaks her engagement with Richard Hope, Ruth's son, after discovering his selfish nature and marries Tommy. The two adopt Ching-Ching.