Howard Emmett Rogers

Nacimiento : 1890-07-13,

Muerte : 1971-08-16

Películas

The Hour of 13
Writer
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
Two Dollar Bettor
Story
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Screenplay
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Maisie Goes to Reno
Additional Writing
Maisie está agobiada y su jefe le ordena tomar dos semanas de vacaciones. Al ir a subir al autobús con destino a Reno, donde cantará en una banda, conoce a una chica y un soldado, que le da una carta para su mujer, quien ha ido a Reno para pedir el divorcio. Pero la mujer no es la verdadera, y Maisie se pone a investigar.
Gambler's Choice
Story
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
The Adventures of Tartu
Screenplay
British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory where it is being manufactured.
Assignment in Brittany
Screenplay
A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.
Por mí y por mi chica
Story
Una pareja de bailarines trata de hacerse un hueco en Broadway poco antes de estallar la Primera Guerra Mundial.
Eyes in the Night
Screenplay
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Encrucijada
Story
Después de sufrir un periodo de amnesia, un diplomático (William Powell), es acosado por un extorsionador que lo amenaza con revelar su pasado como maleante.
Billy el niño
Story
Durante un tiempo, Billy el Niño vivió pacificamente trabajando en el rancho de un civilizado y generoso colono inglés, partidario de mantener la ley y el orden sin necesidad de recurrir a la violencia. Pero, cuando el ranchero es asesinado por los pistoleros del cacique del pueblo, Billy decide vengarlo.
Stronger Than Desire
Additional Writing
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
The Chaser
Story
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Arsène Lupin Returns
Story
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Arsène Lupin Returns
Screenplay
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Una mujer difamada
Screenplay
Cuando Loy, una diva social, calumnia al periodista Tracy, éste decide contraatacar implicando en el asunto a su prometida y al desafortunado Powell, un famosísimo pescador deportivo. El plan de Tracy incluye un matrimonio improvisado, una falsa seducción, la pesca de la trucha, puñetazos, promesas rotas...
Cásate y verás
Story
Una pareja decide casarse y tratar de mantener sus respectivos trabajos. El equilibrio es precario, y un millonario anda enredando en su felicidad. Simpática comedia con la pizpireta Barba Stanwyck.
Una hora en blanco
Screenplay
Una mujer ha sido testigo de un asesinato, pero no puede implicar al criminal sin revelar el pasado tormentoso de su propio marido.
Jaque al rey
Screenplay
Película con la que la Metro Goldwyn Mayer intentó competir con las obras maestras del género negro producidas por la Warner Bros. Para ello contó con sus dos estrellas más populares: Spencer Tracy y Myrna Loy. Él es un agente de policía infiltrado en una banda de malhechores. Ella, la chica del jefe de la banda, ve la oportunidad de abandonar la mala vida cuando se enamora del policía.
La tela de araña
Adaptation
Evelyn, esposa de un prestigioso abogado, mantiene un romance con un mujeriego sin escrúpulos. Éste intentará chantajear a Evelyn, para sacar el máximo provecho económico.
Tarzán y su compañera
Adaptation
Harry Holt, un antiguo novio de Jane, se encuentra en África formando parte de una expedición que busca marfil en el mítico cementerio de los elefantes. Él y su amigo Marlin Arlington esperan convencer a Jane para que vuelva con ellos a Londres. Pero Tarzán desaprueba su proyecto de saquear el cementerio.
Whirlpool
Story
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
The Mystery of Mr. X
Screenplay
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
Don't Bet on Love
Screenplay
A plumber wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. His manicurist girlfriend stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.
Tú eres mío
Screenplay
Ruby se enamora de Eddie, un joven que se dedica a estafar a incautos. En un episodio de chantaje fallido, Eddie sufre un ataque de celos y mata accidentalmente a un hombre.
The Nuisance
Original Story
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Bailando a Ciegas
Writer
Un líder de una banda trata de enamorarse de una bailarina enviando a su novio, un músico, fuera de la ciudad. Sin embargo, las cosas se complican cuando descubre que un gángster también tiene intenciones con ella.
The Lottery Bride
Dialogue
Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.
The Bad One
Screenplay
In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a sailor and agrees to be his bride. Unfortunately, one of her former suitors suddenly shows up and a terrible fight ensues.
The Bad One
Adaptation
In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a sailor and agrees to be his bride. Unfortunately, one of her former suitors suddenly shows up and a terrible fight ensues.
No, No, Nanette
Adaptation
A bible publisher is falling in love with a chorus girl and finds himself backing a Broadway show.
The Forward Pass
Writer
Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce Reid to play. At a sorority dance, where only football players can cut in, Kirby persecutes Reid by dancing with Pat, and as a result Reid does apply to play in the game.
Paradise for Two
Story
Steve Porter, a young American bachelor and fully intending to remain as such, inherits a fortune but must get married in order to claim it.
The Canadian
Screenplay
A couple undergo hardship homesteading in Alberta, where they are plagued by bad weather and financial woes.
Tin Gods
Screenplay
Tin Gods is a lost 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play Tin Gods by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan starred.