Don Ettlinger

Movies

Guilty Bystander
Writer
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.
The Great American Broadcast
Writer
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Public Deb No. 1
Story
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
Young People
Screenplay
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
I Was an Adventuress
Screenplay
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
Hold That Co-ed
Story
An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.
Hold That Co-ed
Screenplay
An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.
My Lucky Star
Story
George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Screenplay
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Sally, Irene and Mary
Story
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.