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William Slavens McNutt is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 12 september 1885 at Urbana (USA)

William Slavens McNutt

William Slavens McNutt
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 september 1885 at Urbana (USA)
Death 25 january 1938 (at 52 years) at San Fernando (USA)

William Slavens McNutt (September 12, 1885 – January 25, 1938), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 28 films between 1922 and 1939. He was nominated for an Academy Award on two separate occasions. At the 1932 awards he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for Lady and Gent. In 1936 he was nominated for Adapted Screenplay for the film The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.

He was born in Urbana, Illinois and died in San Fernando, California.

Biography

Après avoir travaillé très jeune, poussé en cela par son père pasteur presbytérien, il s'inscrit à l'Emerson College à Boston, où il suit des cours d'art dramatique et joue dans des petites compagnies théâtrales. Il voyage ensuite au Canada et en Alaska en faisant divers métiers, y compris bûcheron. Il commence à écrire des nouvelles à la même époque.

En 1914, il est envoyé en Europe comme correspondant de guerre. En 1930 il rejoint Hollywood, avec un contrat chez Paramount Pictures.

Usually with

Grover Jones
Grover Jones
(22 films)
Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen
(8 films)
Harry Fischbeck
Harry Fischbeck
(4 films)
Louis D. Lighton
Louis D. Lighton
(5 films)
Russ Powell
Russ Powell
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Slavens McNutt (29 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
, 1h49
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing, Kathleen Burke, C. Aubrey Smith
Rating69% 3.4953253.4953253.4953253.4953253.495325
On the northwest frontier of India during the British Raj, Scottish Canadian Lieutenant Alan McGregor (Gary Cooper), in charge of newcomers, welcomes two replacements to the 41st Bengal Lancers, Lieutenant Forsythe (Franchot Tone) and Lieutenant Donald Stone (Richard Cromwell), the son of the unit's commander, Colonel Tom Stone (Guy Standing). Lieutenant Stone has volunteered to serve on the Indian front solely in the belief that his father specifically sent for him, while Lieutenant Forsythe, an experienced cavalrymen, is simply sent off as a replacement for an officer who recently died. After the formal introduction, Lieutenant Stone realizes his father never actually sent for him, a discovery that breaks his heart. In attempt to show impartiality, the colonel treats his son very coldly, which is misinterpreted and causes even more frustration and resentment in the young man.
Ready for Love
Ready for Love (1934)
, 1h17
Directed by Marion Gering
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Marjorie Rambeau, Junior Durkin, Beulah Bondi, Esther Howard
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.870852.870852.870852.870852.87085
Marigold Tate (Lupino) runs away from boarding school to stay with her retired aunt. She faces hostility from the locals, who display bigotry and snobbery towards her. During a witchcraft trial she is forced into a pool of water. The event is covered by newspaper editor Julian Barrow (Arlen), who falls in love with Tate. The couple eventually move to New York, where Barrow gets a job on a newspaper.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
, 1h20
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Pauline Lord, W. C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Charles Middleton
Rating61% 3.097153.097153.097153.097153.09715
Mrs. Wiggs (Lord), facing eviction, scrabbles for survival with her number of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before, looking for gold in the Klondike. The family owns the shack but it has a mortgage of $25 (in 1901, about $675 in today's money) and the evil moneylender is threatening them. Mrs. Wiggs is a laundress but can't manage to save enough back because whatever extra money she gets is used to help others, often animals. The oldest son, James, has worked hard all his life, but now is seriously ill with tuberculosis. The little girls are all named "out of geography", Europena (Virginia Weidler), Asia (Carmencita Johnson) and Australia (Edith Fellows). The second-oldest boy, Billy (Jimmy Butler), is something of an entrepreneur. When he finds a spavined and dying horse he brings it home and the family nurses it back to reasonable health, naming it Cuba. Neighbor Tabitha Hazy (ZaSu Pitts) seeks a husband and takes out a subscription to "The Matrimonial Guide", the 1901 version of a dating service.
One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
, 1h25
Directed by Stephen Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns, Neil Hamilton, Jane Darwell
Rating62% 3.147823.147823.147823.147823.14782
Dr. Lucius Griffith "Biff" Grimes (Gary Cooper) is a small town dentist dissatisfied with his lot. Though married to the lovely and affectionate Amy Lind Grimes (Frances Fuller), Grimes still carries a torch for his former sweetheart, Virginia "Virgie" Brush Barnstead (Fay Wray). Years earlier, Grimes had lost Virgie to his old friend Hugo Barnstead (Neil Hamilton), and is consumed with the desire to get even with his rival. The now-wealthy Hugo comes to visit Grimes, with Virgie in town. Grimes then seeks to rekindle his old romance.
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million (1932)
, 1h28
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, James Cruze, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, William A. Seiter, H. Bruce Humberstone, Stephen Roberts, Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, W. C. Fields, Richard Bennett
Roles Adaptation
Rating68% 3.444363.444363.444363.444363.44436
Dying industrial tycoon John Glidden (Richard Bennett) cannot decide what to do with his wealth. He despises his money-hungry relatives and believes none of his employees is capable of running his various companies. Finally, he decides to give a million dollars each to eight people picked at random from a telephone directory before he passes away, so as to avoid his will being contested. (The first name selected is John D. Rockefeller, which is swiftly rejected.)
Lady and Gent
Lady and Gent (1932)
, 1h24
Directed by Stephen Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors John Wayne, George Bancroft, Wynne Gibson, James Gleason, Charley Grapewin, Morgan Wallace
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.000853.000853.000853.000853.00085
Percival Bailey, un boxeur en déclin surnommé Slag, est battu lors d'un combat par le jeune Buzz Kinney, ce qui lui fait perdre son argent ainsi qu'à son manager Pin Streaver. Cash Enright, l'organisateur des combats de Slag, le renvoie alors en lui disant qu'il est fini. Le même soir, Pin, qui a désespérément besoin d'argent, essaie de cambrioler le coffre de Cash, mais il est abattu par un policier. Dans les poches de Pin, Slag trouve les clés d'une maison à Ironton et Puff Rogers, l'amie de Slag, en déduit que Pin menait une double vie. Ils trouvent un télégramme destiné à James Streaver, où un certain Ted demande à voir Pin à Ironton le lendemain. Lorsqu'ils se rendent à la maison de Pin, ils trouvent un jeune garçon qui dit être le fils de James Streaver. Slag réalise alors pourquoi Pin avait tant besoin d'argent, et il annonce à Ted que Pin est mort. Slag et Puff décident alors de s'occuper de Ted. Slag trouve un travail à l'aciérie, pendant que Puff regrette de ne pouvoir retourner à Broadway. Ted grandit et devient une vedette du football, pendant que Slag boxe le soir pour gagner de quoi lui payer le collège. Un jour, Slag est arrêté lors d'un combat clandestin et retrouve en prison Buzz Kinney, ruiné après un mauvais mariage. Un jour Ted arrive à la maison accompagné de Cash Enright, qui lui promet une carrière de boxeur s'il renonce au collège. Puff jette Enright dehors, en lui disant qu'il ne corrompra pas leur fils, mais Ted a envie de gagner rapidement de l'argent. Slag est forcé de frapper Ted pour le faire rester et, lorsque Ted met Slag KO, Puff lui rappelle les sacrifices que Slag a faits pour lui. Pris de remords, Ted demande alors à Slag et à Puff de l'adopter officiellement, et pour cela ils se marient.