Emmet Lavery

Birth : 1902-11-08, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Death : 1986-01-01

Movies

Dialogues des Carmélites
Writer
Performed at the Théâtre Graslin in Nantes in 2013. Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Dialogues des Carmélites, opera in 3 acts and 12 scenes from a libretto by Emmet Lavery.
Gideon's Trumpet
Supreme Court Justice
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
Writer
Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot tells the story of Virginia's role in American Independence (up to the point of voting to propose independence at the Second Continental Congress), from the point of view of John Fry (played by a young Jack Lord), a fictional Virginia planter elected to the House of Burgesses.
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Story
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Screenplay
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Bright Road
Writer
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
The First Legion
Screenplay
A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
The First Legion
Theatre Play
A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
The Magnificent Yankee
Theatre Play
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Magnificent Yankee
Screenplay
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Guilty of Treason
Writer
The story of Cardinal Josef Mindzhenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime that replaced it after the war.
Night in Paradise
Adaptation
Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
Behind the Rising Sun
Screenplay
A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
Hitler's Children
Screenplay
This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.
Army Surgeon
Screenplay
Drama about military doctors and nurses during wartime.