Fred Thompson

Movies

She Couldn't Say No
Theatre Play
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
18 Minutes
Screenplay
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied with unseeing kindness to an orphan girl whom the lion tamer adopts.
Falling in Love
Writer
British comedy. It was released in the United States the following year under the alternative title Trouble Ahead.
The bridegroom's widow
Theatre Play
The night before his wedding George gets drunk and marries a chorus girl. Her boyfriend appears, they fight and are believed dead, so she is now "the bridegroom's widow" (die Bräutigamswitwe). When they both come back one after another they must hide from the Police as they believe they have murdered each other, while the inspector believes there are ghosts in the house.
The Power of the Press
Story
The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.
The Power of the Press
Screenplay
The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.
Lady Be Good
Book
Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
Tiptoes
Book
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical