John J. Mescall

Nacimiento : 1899-01-08, Litchfield, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1962-02-10

Películas

Emisario de otro mundo
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Un extraterrestre que procede de un planeta en crisis llega a la Tierra, pero necesita beber sangre de sus habitantes para sobrevivir. El alienígena en cuestión protege sus ojos con gafas negras, que solo se quita para asesinar a sus víctimas. Además, tiene la suerte de que una enfermera le proporcione frecuentes transfusiones; sin embargo, acaba llegando a la conclusión de que este planeta no es un lugar apacible para vivir...
The Desperados Are in Town
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In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when the young fellow flees his family's Texas dirt farm and becomes an outlaw. He is advised by one of the desperadoes to return home. The boy does, and with hard work, makes the farm successful. Harvest time rolls around. He is just about to celebrate when the outlaws ride up and force him to help them pull a local bank job. He refuses and kills the gang leader and his brother. Meanwhile, the boy's past is revealed to the town banker. Seeing that he truly has gone straight, the banker forgives him. The boy marries and lives with his lovely bride upon his land.
Davy Crockett, el explorador indio
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Corre el año 1848. Un pelotón del ejército que escolta una caravana de colonos que se dirige al sudoeste es atacado por los indios. Después de las primeras investigaciones, el coronel Pollard está convencido de que tiene que existir un espía que pasa información a los indios. Uno de los colonos acusa directamente a Halcón Rojo, un guía indio que trabaja para el ejército. Su compañero de fatigas, Davy Crockett, sobrino del famoso explorador, intentará dar con el verdadero culpable para limpiar el honor de su compañero.
Her Favorite Patient
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A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
Aguas turbias
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Leslie Calven, es la única sobreviviente del ataque de un submarino a un barco de refugiados que huía de la guerra en Europa. Una vez a salvo busca en sus tíos el apoyo y el afecto que necesita para recuperarse psíquica y emocionalmente. Cuando llega a la mansión familiar se encontrará un extraño ambiente y con que el señor Sidney es quien controla el negocio de la plantación.
Juventud salvaje
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Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), todos los hombres útiles fueron reclutados por el ejército para ir al frente. Mientras que en las fábricas se hacían turnos de veinticuatro horas, los adolescentes pululaban a sus anchas por las calles trapicheando sin temor a reprimendas. Un soldado herido, que regresa a casa, decide abrir un centro de acogida para enseñar a los chicos a encauzar sus vidas y ofrecerles la oportunidad de conseguir su primer trabajo.
Andy Hardy's Double Life
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La vida de Andy es perfecta: tiene dinero, la familia está bien, ha renunciado a las chicas e irá a la Universidad en unos días. Antes de marcharse, vende su coche a sus amigos, su hermana le pide que interceda en la sentencia de su novio por conducir ebrio, conocerá a Sheila y se comprometerá con dos chicas al mismo tiempo.
Sweater Girl
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College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
Ella y su secretario
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El pintor Tom Verney (Fred MacMurray) desea cumplir su sueño de irse a vivir a México. Pero necesita dinero, por lo que acepta el empleo de secretario de la ejecutiva de publicidad A. M. MacGregor (Rosalind Russell), una mujer de fuerte personalidad.
New Wine
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The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama.
Her First Romance
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Dos hermanas, una guapa y otra menos favorecida, compiten por el mismo hombre.
Kit Carson
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Kit Carson admite a regañadientes guiar a un grupo de colonos a través del territorio indio de California. Kit deberá enfrentarse por una parte al capitán Fremont, enamorado de la misma mujer que él, y a las emboscadas indias que harán peligrar las vidas del grupo.
Huracán
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Philip Chagal, un pianista francés de está de gira en Estados Unidos, queda prendado de Helen, una camarera, que cree que se trata de un espía sindical de la empresa donde trabaja. Una vez resuelto el malentendido, tienen que refugiarse en una iglesia ante la inminente llegada de un huracán, y allí se declaran su amor. El problema es que Philip está casado con una mujer desequilibrada que le impedirá ser feliz. (FILMAFFINIT)
Exile Express
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A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
My Lucky Star
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George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
Josette
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Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Happy Landing
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Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
The Road Back
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After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
Show Boat
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Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Sublime obsesión
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El filántrópico doctor Hudson muere ahogado, pues la bombona de oxígeno que podría haberle salvado la vida se utilizó en beneficio del joven Robert Merrick (Robert Taylor), un frívolo heredero. Éste inmediatamente se da cuenta del rechazo que inpira a los demás, sobre todo, a Helen (Irene Dunne), la viuda del doctor, de la que se ha enamorado. Para conquistarla, decide convertirse en un filántropo anónimo como Hudson. Sin embargo, cuando Helen se queda ciega en un accidente, todos lo culpan a él. Robert decide entonces, oculto bajo una identidad falsa, llegar a ser un gran médico para poder devolverle la vista.
Smart Girl
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Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealthy father commits suicide, leaving nothing but a pile of debts. Pat sets up a successful hat-designing business, providing the sole support for herself and her sister Kay (Gail Patrick). So devoted is Pat to Kay's welfare that she stands by in stoic silence as Kay begins romancing Pat's sweetie Nick Graham (Kent Taylor).
La novia de Frankenstein
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Después de la huida del monstruo creado por el doctor Frankenstein, el siniestro Dr. Praetorius propone al científico la creación de una compañera para el monstruo.
Night Life of the Gods
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A scientist named Hunter Hawk invents a device that can turn flesh to stone. While celebrating his discovery he becomes involved with a half naked leprechaun. On a trip to New York, Hunter and Meg (the leprechaun) decide to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and turn all of the Statues of Greek Gods into people. What follows in a drunken romp around New York with Medusa's severed head still in Perseus' hand.
One More River
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A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Satanás
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Una pareja en viaje de luna de miel, viajan en tren por las tierras de Budapest con destino a Wiesegrad, para después dirigirse a Gombos. Debido a un error de la ferroviaria, deben de aceptar hospedar en su vagón privado a un huésped, el doctor Vitus Werdegast, psiquiatra. Aunque a regañadientes, y para evitar que el intruso se quede en el pasillo toda la noche, aceptan. Una vez juntos, el doctor Vitus les dice que va a Wiesegrad a ver a un viejo amigo, pero por la expresión de su rostro no parece tener muy buenas intenciones. Durante el transcurso del viaje, la joven pareja se queda dormida, momento que aprovecha el doctor para acariciar la cabeza de la desposada. Pero el marido lo ha observado todo.
By Candlelight
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A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.
Errores de juventud
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Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.
Embajador sin cartera
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Un embajador de Estados Unidos llega a un pequeño país que está siendo sacudido por intrigas políticas y disturbios civiles. Tiene la misión de hacerse amigo del niño que va a ser el rey del país, para garantizar que viva lo suficiente como para recibir la corona y que esté preparado para asumir el papel.
Rascacielos
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La historia de un hombre que desea construir rascacielos. Al morir su madre, entra a trabajar en una constructora cuyo propietario es su verdadero padre. Tras muchas vicisitudes, llegará a saber la verdad y se reconciliará con él.
Born to Love
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A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
La pecadora
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Laura, que se ha criado en una humilde familia, harta de la pobreza decide aceptar a Will Brockton, un hombre rico y bastante mayor que ella. Poco tiempo después, Laura se enamora del joven Jack Madison y deja a Brockton; sin embargo, cuando el dinero vuelve a escasear, vuelve con él.
El precio de una mujer
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Sylvia acepta la propuesta de matrimonio de su jefe, aunque él sólo lo ha hecho para evitar casarse con otra. Casada y rica, pasa de ser el patito feo a una seductora mujer que, incluso, considera la posibilidad de mantener una relación con un hombre al que conoce durante un viaje a París. (Filmaffinit)
Fairways and Foul
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Two couples meet on the fairway for a golfing competition.
Big News
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A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
The Sophomore
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Joe Collins (Eddie Quillan) arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
Sal of Singapore
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SAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of the Academy Awards. The film, being a part-talkie, nearly disappared from view. However, a preservation print does exist at UCLA, although it is unavailable for public viewing, awaiting restoration.
El capitán Fanfarrón
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Hugh Drummond se arruina viviendo demasiado alto y recurre al crimen para pagar sus cuentas.
Man-Made Women
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The man who loved her showed her how to hold the man she loved. A novel picture story packed with drama, thrills and laughs.
Walking Back
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Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. A car-fight with a rival results in the borrowed automobile's being so wrecked that Smoke cannot return it. The garage to which he and Patsy take the car for repair turns out to be actually a gang's hideaway and a place where stolen cars are brought and later fenced.
El príncipe estudiante
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Karl Heinrich, sobrino del rey de un pequeño país y príncipe heredero, se traslada a estudiar a Heidelberg acompañado por su tutor, el doctor Jüttner. Allí se enamora de Kathi, la sobrina del dueño de la posada en la que se alojan. Karl Heinrich es feliz, pero el rey muere y debe regresar para ocupar el trono.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
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Captain Slocum of the Hesperus arrives on shore in a New England village to find that the girl he loves has been tricked into marrying John Hazzard in his absence. Heartbroken and bitter, the captain, with his daughter, Gale, and second mate, Singapore Jack, returns to sea. He rescues from a burning vessel John Hazzard, Jr., son of his rival, and though he tries to keep the boy from Gale, a romance develops. ...
La locura del charlestón
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Georgette y Maurice, una joven pareja dedicada al baile, flirtean constantemente. Un día acude a su apartamento el doctor Paul Giraud, que está enfadado con Maurice, pues cree que intenta atraer a su esposa Suzanne. Reconoce en Georgette a una antigua novia y se inventa una historia estrafalaria para ocultarle a Suzanne su flirteo con Georgette... A su vez, Maurice inicia otro flirteo con Suzanne y le cuenta a ésta la relación de su marido con Georgette.
The Love Toy
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The Love Toy is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Lowell Sherman, Jane Winton, and Willard Louis. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.
Below the Line
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Slasher falls off the train that is carrying him. He is found, broken in spirit, by Donald Cass. The dog is regenerated by Donald's love.
The Woman Hater
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A famous international actress wants to marry the love of her life, a millionaire but is blocked by a renowned woman-hater who actually ants her for himself.
The Bridge of Sighs
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The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter of his father's business manager.
Vino de juventud
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Mary es una joven atolondrada a quien las fuertes presiones familiares y sociales le obligan cada vez con más fuerza a tener que casarse. El problema es que Mary, aparte de no creer en el matrimonio, se ve incapaz de decidirse por uno de sus dos pretendientes: el dulce Lynn o el encantador pero agresivo Hal.
The Tenth Woman
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A ranch owner saves a pretty young woman from committing suicide, and later marries her. They are very happy together until a former girlfriend visits him. Then the trouble begins.
True As Steel
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Successful middle-aged manufacturer Frank Parry takes a business trip to New York, where he becomes infatuated with Eva Boutelle, manager of the Swansea Cotton Mills. For a time, their affair develops, but Eva remains true to her husband ...
Three Weeks
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A young aristocrat strikes up an affair with a mysterious woman for three weeks.
Six Days
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Laline, a pretty young woman, falls in love with Dion, a young sculptor, but her mother wants her to marry a wealthy Englishman. Laline and Dion are visiting the gravesite of Laline's brother with a priest, and a cave-in traps the three in some long-abandoned underground barracks.
Souls for Sale
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A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Gimme
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A young woman borrows money from her boss for her wedding dress. After the marriage he asks to be repaid, and she--not liking to ask her husband for money--writes a check on her husband's account. When he discovers that his wife has written a check to another man and not told him, complications ensue.
Watch Your Step
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Elmer Slocum has just served a jail sentence for speeding. On his first day of liberty he encounters a physician whose car has broken down and offers to take him to his patient; he is pursued by motorcops for speeding, wrecks his car in a closed street, and knocks down and believes he has killed a policeman. Elmer boards a freight train and makes his way to a small town in Iowa, where he meets Margaret Andrews.....
Dangerous Curve Ahead
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Engaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a result, break their engagement, but within six months they are reconciled and married. Phoebe becomes a mother, and when Harley is sent abroad by his business firm she and her two children go to a summer resort where she renews her romance with Newton.
All's Fair in Love
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While golfing, Natalie Marshall meets and falls in love with Bobby Cameron, and after a brief courtship they are married. Just as they are about to embark on their honeymoon, Vera, a young vamp with designs on Bobby, presents Natalie with a bracelet and an accompanying note and inscription that arouse the wife's jealousy and cause an immediate break between the couple.
Reno
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After obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has just divorced her husband. Left poor with two children, Emily marries Walter Heath, a former suitor, then discovers that she cannot live with her new husband because the divorce is not legal in her home state. Tappan and his new wife soon run out of money, each having thought the other was wealthy. His aunt promises to support him in exchange for his two children. He kidnaps the children and hides them from Emily in his aunt's home. After Emily and Walter find them, they go to Yellowstone Park, where they are considered legally married. Tappan follows and is killed after a fight with Walter when a boiling geyser throws him into the air and throws him onto the rocks below.