Alice Duer Miller
Nacimiento : 1874-07-28, New York City, New York, USA
Muerte : 1942-08-22
Historia
Novelist and screenwriter.
Novel
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard (Michael Wilding) acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy (Anna Neagle), is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
Poem
Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Susan y John se casan muy enamorados, pero, al estallar la guerra, él tiene que ir al frente. Después de su muerte en combate, Susan se queda en Inglaterra criando a su hijo. El muchacho, al igual que su padre, se hace militar y cuando estalla la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) también participará en la contienda.
Screenplay
Irene O'Dare, empleada de un tapicero, conoce al rico Don Marshall mientras mide las sillas de la señora Herman Vincent en su finca de Long Island. Encantado por la jovencita, Don compra anónimamente Madame Lucy, una exclusiva boutique de Manhattan, e instruye al nuevo encargado, el Sr. Smith, para que ofrezca a Irene un trabajo como modelo. Ella pronto llama la atención de Bob Vincent, un famoso cuya madre organiza un baile en la mansión familiar. Con el fin de promover la línea de vestir de Madame Lucy, el Sr. Smith se las arregla para que sus modelos sean invitadas a la fiesta.
Novel
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
Story
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
Screenplay
Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) depende totalmente de su secretaria Whitey Wilson (Jean Harlow), a la que ve a todas horas para tratar de los asuntos de la empresa. Esto y sus constantes viajes de negocios hacen que pase muy poco tiempo con su esposa Linda (Mirna Loy), que no alberga la más mínima sospecha hasta que su suegra (May Robson) hace que empiece a desconfiar de su marido.
Writer
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
Miss Beasley
Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.
Book
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Novel
Un jugador de fútbol americano viaja a París donde sin proponérselo se verá regentando una tienda de moda.
Story
Big Executive
Novel
Lydia is a spoiled young woman who thinks she can get anything for money. One day she causes an accident in which a motorcyclist is killed. At the trial she meets prosecutor Dan O'Bannon. She is sentenced to prison for manslaughter.
Screenplay
Writer
Sonja is a spoiled young lady who thinks she can get anything for money. She is living a life in luxury. One day she meets a lawyer who is a public prosecutor. They fall in love.
Screenplay
Novel
Theatre Play
Olivia and Charles Dangerfield are forced to rent their home to the newly rich widow, Mrs Falkner.
Theatre Play
Story
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.
Novel
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.
Screenplay
Screenplay
The teenage daughter of a wealthy couple is horrified to find out that her parents, who spend most of their time fighting with each other, are planning to divorce. She schemes to get them back together by pretending to fall for a dimwitted actor, hoping that her parents will unite to prevent the "romance".
Novel
Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.
Novel
A societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.
Theatre Play
Austin Bevans, a lively car-salesman, suddenly finds himself heir to the Bevans School for Girls. Since Austin feels that acquiring grace and charm are more important to a young girl than acquiring knowledge, academic courses are dropped, and a charm school emerges. He submits to the charms of Elsie, a student at the school, whose grandfather takes him into his employ after a newly discovered will dispossesses him of the school. Elsie resents Austin for accepting a job with those who formerly thought him undesirable, but later she relents and takes him back.
Story
Austin Bevans, a lively car-salesman, suddenly finds himself heir to the Bevans School for Girls. Since Austin feels that acquiring grace and charm are more important to a young girl than acquiring knowledge, academic courses are dropped, and a charm school emerges. He submits to the charms of Elsie, a student at the school, whose grandfather takes him into his employ after a newly discovered will dispossesses him of the school. Elsie resents Austin for accepting a job with those who formerly thought him undesirable, but later she relents and takes him back.
Novel
Story
Lewis Vickers accidentally kills a man and goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee, who bears a remarkable resemblance to him. Lee is a worthless young chap whose father is anxious to have him return to the United States. On his death bed Lee turns his papers over to Vickers and begs him to assume his name. Arriving in New York, Vickers goes to the Lee home as Robert Lee, and discovers that the dead man has willed him a badly blotted past that includes a wife and two children and a large collection of debts. He also finds a beautiful adopted daughter in the Lee household and promptly falls in love with her. The only way he can stand any chance of winning the girl is by telling the truth about himself.