Harry Chandlee

Birth : 1882-12-07, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Death : 1956-08-03

Movies

Tale of the Navajos
Writer
Colorful nature photography highlights a glimpse into the history and lifestyle of the American Indian people. Narrated by Edwin Jerome.
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Screenplay
An expedition tries to enlist Tarzan's help in finding the secret Blue Valley, which legend says is the location of a miraculous fountain of youth.
The Jolson Story
Writer
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the end he chooses success on the stage.
Rhapsody in Blue
Additional Writing
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
3 Is a Family
Screenplay
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
Sergeant York
Screenplay
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Our Town
Writer
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Rainbow on the River
Writer
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
Back Page
Writer
A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in California.
Platinum Blonde
Story
Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.
Reno
Screenplay
A film by George Crone
Reno
Adaptation
A film by George Crone
Moulin Rouge
Editor
An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter's fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she with him. Alienation, betrayal and near tragedy result.
Back to Liberty
Writer
One Law for the Woman
Writer
A naive youngster is sold a phony mine.
Bolshevism on Trial
Writer
Society melodrama about a wealthy father who purchases an island to prove to his son that communism won't work.
The Adventurer
Writer
A young girl is trying to live an honest life in a crooked city. Caught up with a crook that might be the son of a millionaire and other crooked people, she must attempt to reform things, or at least one person.
The Nation's Peril
Scenario Writer
A naive young woman's strong anti-war sentiments get her into trouble in this silent cautionary tale. She is such a devout pacifist that she spurns her lover when she learns that he has invented an aerial torpedo. Instead, she gets involved with a foreigner who swears that he totally shares her beliefs. Unfortunately, he is a foreign spy in disguise. At his urging, the innocent girl steals her ex-beau's plans and delivers them to the spy. When she learns that he is the enemy, she fights him and with a sword kills him. It is still not enough to stop the enemy from attacking an American port city.
The Ragged Earl
Writer
The Ragged Earl was produced by Popular Plays and Players, a New York-based firm specializing in five-reel theatrical adaptations. Repeating his stage role, Andrew Mack essays the title character, a brawling Irish boy of a few centuries back. While swashbuckling his way through the Auld Sod, the Ragged Earl meets the aristocratic Kathleen Fitzmorris (Ormi Hawley), who is disguised as a boy to escape an arranged marriage with the wealthy but decrepit Lord Wildbrook (Edward Peil Sr.). Entering into the spirit of things, our hero disguises himself as Wildbrook, escorts Kathleen back home, and marries her himself, right under the noses of her unsuspecting parents.