Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

Birth : 1911-03-10, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 1976-08-26

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Warner Anderson

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Gidget Grows Up
Ambassador Post
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.
Rio Conchos
Col. Wagner
Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.
Armored Command
Lt. Col. Wilson
An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.
The Lineup
Lt. Ben Guthrie
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
A Lawless Street
Hamer Thorne
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Blackboard Jungle
Dr. Bradley
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
The Violent Men
Jim McCloud
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
Drum Beat
Gen. Canby
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
The Caine Mutiny
Capt. Blakely
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
City Story
The Church Pastor
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once attended, has her released in his charge. She tells the pastor she doesn't come to church because the congregation is too cold and unfriendly. Realizing that she has spoken the truth, the pastor tries to inject new life into the church and brings up the idea of widened community services before the church board. There is opposition, at first because of the cost, but they vote to give the new plan a chance.
The Yellow Tomahawk
Major Ives
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
A Lion Is in the Streets
Jules Bolduc
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
The Last Posse
Robert Emerson
A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.
The Star
Harry Stone
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
Detective Story
Endicott Sims
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
The Blue Veil
Bill Parker
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
Bannerline
Roy
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Only the Valiant
Trooper Rutledge
Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.
Santa Fe
Dave Baxter
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
The Cinematographer
Narrator
A behind-the-scenes look at the responsibilities of the cinematographer.
Destination Moon
Dr. Charles Cargraves
Postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome in-flight. Attempted to be realistic, with Robert A. Heinlein providing advice.
The Doctor and the Girl
Dr. George Esmond
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of his grown children. The daughter, Fabienne, runs away from home, and Michael, after first following his father's advice of being callous to the point of cruelty toward patients, changes when he falls in love with a patient, marries her and sets up his practice on the lower East Side in New York.
The Lucky Stiff
Eddie Britt
A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
Let's Go to the Movies
Narrator
What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early stars and blockbusters. He explains how sound came to motion pictures: we see Jolson singing "Mammy" and John Barrymore playing Richard III. Next is a salute to the 30,000 people working in Hollywood at 272 different crafts. A montage shows us some of those jobs. It ends with a look at the physical production of celluloid (cotton and silver) and the many aspects of movie making. The narrator promises more short films about each step in production.
Tenth Avenue Angel
Joseph Mills
Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and Steve out of trouble.
Alias a Gentleman
Capt. Charlie Lopen
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.
High Wall
r. George Poward
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
Song of the Thin Man
Dr. Monolaw
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dark Delusion
Teddy Selkirk
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.
The Beginning or the End
Capt. William S. Parsons
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
The Arnelo Affair
Det. Sam Leonard
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
Three Wise Fools
The O'Monahan
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
Faithful in My Fashion
Walter Medcraft
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
Bad Bascomb
Luther Mason
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
My Reputation
Frank Everett
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Paul MacMillan
In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid. She invites him to be her escort, not realizing that he believes he has fallen in love with her. Every nice thing the princess does encourages him to believe that she feels the same way he does.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Norman Royce
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Week-End at the Waldorf
Robert Campbell
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
Dangerous Partners
Miles Kempen
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Objective, Burma!
Col. J. Carter
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
Trial by Trigger
Dan Fallon
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.
Destination Tokyo
Andy
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.
Oklahoma Outlaws
Whip McCord
In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa.