Howard J. Green

Nacimiento : 1893-03-20, San Francisco, California, USA

Muerte : 1965-09-02

Películas

The Hawk of Wild River
Screenplay
Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette, to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.
Joe Santa Claus
Story
Disgusted that he's been moved from the hardware department to duties as a department store Santa Claus and angry that his wife wants to go to work and earn money, young father Joe Peters deserts his family. While in his Santa role, Joe chances to meet his daughter and discovers what she really wants for Christmas.
My True Story
Screenplay
Ann Martin (Helen Walker) is serving time as a jewel thief. She is paroled and determined to stay clean. She quickly finds out that she was paroled by an old, vicious boss that has picked her for a job. It is dangerous for her to say yes or no.
State Penitentiary
Screenplay
A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
The Winner's Circle
Writer
A Thoroughbred makes the long journey from initial training and workout to ultimate triumph as a champion horse.
The Invisible Wall
Writer
A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was supposed to deliver to gambling and a con artist. His attempts to get the money back leads to bigger problems including a murder plot.
San Quentin
Screenplay
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
George White's Scandals
Screenplay
Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.
Having Wonderful Crime
Writer
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
Take It Big
Screenplay
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.
The Racket Man
Writer
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
Doughboys in Ireland
Screenplay
De gira por Irlanda, un cantante cree que su novia de Nueva York le ha olvidado, de modo que inicia un idilio con una colega irlandesa.
High Explosive
Screenplay
Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Screenplay
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
Reveille with Beverly
Story
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.
The Spirit of Stanford
Screenplay
Columbia's Spirit of Stanford is built around the talents of a real-life college football star, in this instance all-American quarterback Frankie Albert.
Cadets on Parade
Screenplay
A military school cadet runs away after failing to fit in at sports or school life. He's befriended by a newsboy and they tutor each other, but soon get embroiled in a ransom scheme.
Harmon of Michigan
Screenplay
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.
The Big Boss
Screenplay
Why did the Governor want to resign?
The Big Boss
Story
Why did the Governor want to resign?
The Mad Doctor
Screenplay
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
Dreaming Out Loud
Writer
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
Curtain Call
Story
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Inside Story
Producer
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
Making the Headlines
Screenplay
Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt. Lewis Nagel to the sleepy suburban town of Fairview, where he is followed by reporter Steve Withers because he knows Nagel will find a story.
Making the Headlines
Story
Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt. Lewis Nagel to the sleepy suburban town of Fairview, where he is followed by reporter Steve Withers because he knows Nagel will find a story.
This Way Please
Screenplay
A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off and she becomes engaged to a wealthy young man, he realizes he's fallen for her and plots to break up her impending marriage.
New Faces of 1937
Adaptation
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
They Met in a Taxi
Screenplay
A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.
Devil's Squadron
Writer
In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies, his daughter is left to run the company. The company seems to be producing dangerous prototypes, so the woman decides to close the company.
Búsquenme una novia
Screenplay
Jim Buchanan es un ejecutivo de capa caída cuya novia no le ama; pero un día conoce en un parque a Joan, una cocinera desempleada que está buscando un cocinero. Ambos deciden hacerse pasar por marido y mujer para un trabajo que requiere una pareja.
Men Without Names
Screenplay
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
Star of Midnight
Screenplay
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
Rumba
Screenplay
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.
The Lemon Drop Kid
Screenplay
The Lemon Drop Kid is a fast-talking racetrack bum who swindles $100 from an old, ailing man. He takes it on the lam with his sidekick, The Professor.
Shoot the Works
Screenplay
Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily (Dorothy Dell) to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
Sing and Like it
Associate Producer
Un gángster se enamora de una cantante del tres al cuarto y trata de obligar a un productor a montarle un espectáculo.
Success at Any Price
Screenplay
A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.
Hombre de dos mundos
Screenplay
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
Gloria de un día
Screenplay
Una ingenua y joven actriz llega a Nueva York en busca de fama y romance. Una romántica historia de amor para un film que, según la crítica americana, no ha soportado demasiado bien el paso del tiempo, y que debe gran parte de su fama por ser la película que permitió a la gran Katharine Hepburn -en su tercera película- llevarse su primer Oscar
Soy un fugitivo
Screenplay
Retrato desolador de la injusticia y el sufrimiento humanos causados por el sistema penal de los Estados Unidos vigente tras la I Guerra Mundial.
They Call It Sin
Screenplay
An innocent, young, small town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big-city and left fending for herself.
Grata compañía
Screenplay
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Writer
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
A Dangerous Affair
Story
Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of details, they hunker down to business, that of solving the murder of a lawyer who was in the midst of reading a will to a motley collection of heirs.
Maker of Men
Story
Bob juega muy mal al fútbol americano, de manera que su padre, su novia y el insituto le rechazan. Ficha por un equipo rival y se apresta a derrotar al equipo de su padre.
Maker of Men
Screenplay
Bob juega muy mal al fútbol americano, de manera que su padre, su novia y el insituto le rechazan. Ficha por un equipo rival y se apresta a derrotar al equipo de su padre.
Esclavas de la moda
Adaptation
A woman owning a small dressmaker's shop decides to reopen it in Broadway in luxury at all expenses, trusting merely on the cards'premonitions. She wants her little children to pair with the richest boys. Her husband, who discouraged her, dies and the business soon takes flight.
The Stolen Jools
Writer
Cortometraje promocional lleno de estrellas de la época destinado a recaudar fondos para el sanatorio de tuberculosis National Variety Artists, producido en asociación con una compañía de cigarrillos. La trama sigue la investigación del robo de la joyería de Norma Shearer. Laurel & Hardy aparecen brevemente (como lo hace el resto del elenco) como dos detectives.
Y la princesa se enamora
Writer
Un ingeniero norteamericano se enamora de la princesa de un país imaginario. El padre de ella insiste en que se case con él, puesto que le ha confundido con otra persona, lo cual es conveniente para ambos, puesto que ha sido amor a primera vista.
Part Time Wife
Writer
The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams). For lack of anything else to do, Betty takes up golf, soon achieving professional status. Meanwhile, Jim's doctor advises him to start playing golf as an outlet for his frustrations. Sure enough, Jim and Betty are reteamed on the links, and all is well -- for everyone except Betty's erstwhile beau Tommy Milligan (Tom Clifford)
Soup to Nuts
Continuity
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
On Your Back
Writer
On Your Back is a 1930 American drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner, Wheeler Oakman, Marion Shilling and Ilka Chase.
Cheer Up and Smile
Writer
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
High Society Blues
Writer
After selling his business in Iowa, Eli Granger and his family move to an exclusive Scarsdale area in New York, where by chance he occupies a house adjacent to Horace Divine, a wealthy businessman with whom he made his business transaction...
Down with Husbands
Story
When their wives go on strike, two husbands form an organization they call the "Husbands Protective League".
Broadway Scandals
Writer
Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
The Long, Long Trail
Screenplay
Its time for the big race and its the Rambling Kid riding Dynamite versus Wilson's horse Thunderbolt. When Gyp informs Wilson that Lightning is faster, Wilson has Gyp drug the Kid's coffee just before the race.
Águilas
Scenario Writer
Un aviador de la Marina y su profesor de la escuela de vuelo se enamoran de la misma hermosa enfermera.
La sortija que mata
Screenplay
Jack Donovan (John Roche), un jugador empedernido, es amenazado de muerte por sus acreedores. Además, una criada (Virginia Browne Faire) lo acusa de haberla abandonado por Lydia Rankin (Agnes Ayres). Donovan se gana además la enemistad de Cornish (William Collier Jr.), el pretendiente de la hija de Lydia (Dorothy Revier).
La nueva generación
Dialogue
Julius Golfish (Jim Hersholt), un humilde comerciante judío, ha conseguido sacar adelante a su esposa y a sus dos hijos gracias a su pequeño negocio Cuando el hijo mayor (Ricardo Cortez) se hace adulto, se obsesiona tanto con la idea de ocupar un lugar destacado dentro de la alta sociedad neoyorquina que acabará avergonzándose de su familia.
Behind Closed Doors
Screenplay
Behind the doors of a foreign government's embassy in Washington D. C., a group of royal loyalists is attempting to raise funds to aid a counter-revolution and restore the deposed emperor in a new republic. They are led by an unknown leader called 'The Eagle."
The Faker
Writer
Rita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull and astonish the rubes, gets work as private secretary to John Clayton, a wealthy man who has just disinherited his worthless son, Frank, and left his entire fortune to his upright stepson, Bob Williams. At Frank's request, the spiritualist later performs for the elder Clayton a seance during which Rita impersonates the late Mrs. Clayton and arranges for a reconciliation between Frank and his father. Rita falls in love with Bob, however, and, in order to protect Bob's interests against Frank's, exposes the spiritualist as a faker. Frank is disgraced in his father's eyes, and Bob quickly forgives Rita for her past complicity in Frank's schemes.
The Sideshow
Story
Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the competitor has also planted a saboteur who creates accidents in hopes of reducing the value of the circus. Meanwhile, he's also hired a beautiful young woman as the magician's assistant, with eyes toward more - but he realizes that, as a midget, she won't have him.
The Sideshow
Screenplay
Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the competitor has also planted a saboteur who creates accidents in hopes of reducing the value of the circus. Meanwhile, he's also hired a beautiful young woman as the magician's assistant, with eyes toward more - but he realizes that, as a midget, she won't have him.
The Head Man
Writer
Because he refuses to be a tool for a political mob, Watts, an ex-senator, is relegated to the public wastebasket. When he opposes a rival politician in a mayoral campaign, Watts evokes the public's sympathy and is elected to the mayor's chair, again becoming a power in local politics.
Vamping Venus
Screenplay
A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head.
The Life of Riley
Writer
Silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine..
El hermanito
Scenario Writer
Harold es un muchacho algo tímido y simplón a quien su padre, el sheriff Hickory, considera y trata como a un niño. Pero cuando Hickory es acusado de haberse adueñado del dinero que la comunidad le había confiado, Harold se lanzará a la busca y captura de los ladrones.