Richard Schayer

Nacimiento : 1880-12-13, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Muerte : 1956-03-15

Películas

El Forajido de Arizona
Story
El cuatrero Clint Stewart sale de la cárcel con la condición de ayudar a los Rangers de Arizona a capturar a los miembros de su banda. Una bailarina les avisará del lugar donde se encuentran y Stewart fingirá que quiere reunirse con ellos... (FILMAFFINITY)
Rifles apaches
Story
A un joven oficial de caballería se le asigna la tarea de capturar a una banda de apaches que han estado aterrorizando a las zonas rurales. (FILMAFFINITY)
La espada de Lancelot
Writer
En Camelot, un maduro Rey Arturo quiere casarse con Ginebra. Pero el padre de la muchacha no reconoce a Arturo como rey de toda Inglaterra. Propone un combate a muerte entre su mejor caballero y el de Arturo, que envía a Lancelot. Éste vence el combate y el rey se casa. Pero Lancelot se enamora de Ginebra. (FILMAFFINITY)
Gun Fight
Screenplay
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling gang, which leads to heated disagreements, bitter betrayals and life-threatening danger.
Five Guns to Tombstone
Screenplay
Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.
Gun Brothers
Screenplay
Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw. On the way he meets Rose Fargo and rescues her from the unwanted advances of a gambler, "Blackjack". When Chad and Rose arrive they find that Jubal and his partner, Shawnee, are really rustlers and outlaws. Jubal tries to get Chad to join them but he refuses, and leaves to set up his own homestead with Rose at his side. Later, the repentant Jubal comes to join him. Shawnee, angry at what he considers a double-cross, attacks the brothers with his gang.
Top Gun
Screenplay
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
Khyber Patrol
Story
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at the Khyber Pass. Enter Capt. Kyle Cameron of the British Lancers, whose renegade style may either save the day or doom the region to chaos. When Cameron learns that greater forces are pulling the strings, he attempts to destroy Shir's rebel faction from within.
Rifle solitario
Screenplay
Cruze (Georges Montgomery) llega a una pequeña ciudad de Texas, donde los hermanos Moran tienen aterrorizada a la población. Cuando el sheriff es asesinado, Cruze sospecha de los Moran, pero como no pude contar con los pusilánimes habitantes del pueblo, tendrá que resolver el asunto por su cuenta. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Steel Lady
Screenplay
Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.
El retorno de los hermanos corsos
Writer
En el año 1830, el barón Cesare Jonatto gobierna la isla de Córcega con mano de hierro, sin permitir ninguna disensión entre sus súbditos. Un grupo de ciudadanos amantes de la libertad, liderados por el conde Mario Franchi, deciden organizarse para derrocar al tirano. Después de una serie de escaramuzas sin demasiado éxito, el líder de los rebeldes decide pedir ayuda a su hermano gemelo Carlos, a pesar de que no mantienen una relación demasiado fluida.
Era de violencia
Screenplay
El descubrimiento de minas de oro en un remoto territorio del Oeste hace que el lugar se llene de delincuentes y pistoleros que intentan apropiarse del dinero de los propietarios de las minas. Un sheriff se infiltrará en una de las bandas de forajidos para desenmascarar a sus jefes. (FILMAFFINITY)
Rebelión india
Screenplay
Es 1885 en Arizona y un Capitán del Ejército ha dispersado a sus tropas para mantener a los blancos fuera de las tierras del Gobierno, manteniendo así la paz con los Apaches. Pero hay quienes en Tucson quieren que los mineros vuelvan a buscar oro y presionan a los funcionarios en Washington. Pronto llega un nuevo comandante, las tropas son retiradas y los mineros van tras el oro. Los blancos luego matan a un minero con una flecha para que puedan atacar a los indios con la esperanza de que las tropas los eliminen cuando tomen represalias.
The Texas Rangers
Screenplay
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Lorna Doone
Screenplay
En 1673, Exmoor está bajo el poder de una familia de nobles terratenientes, los Doone. Pero, tras la muerte de Cromwell, caen en desgracia, sus tierras son expropiadas y se les declara proscritos. Sin embargo, los Doone se sienten lo bastante fuertes como para desafiar al rey. La primera víctima es un campesino, cuyo hijo, John, decidido a vengar la muerte de su padre, consigue entrar al castillo de los Doone. Una vez allí, conoce a Lorna, la nieta de Lord Doone. Años después, tras servir en el ejército, John regresa a Exmoor. El conflicto con los Doone continúa y también Lorna sigue allí.
Kim de la India
Screenplay
El joven Kim ha crecido en la India de finales del siglo XIX, durante la dominacion británica. Muy joven ingresa en el ejército colonial, donde trabaja como mensajero del coronel. En uno de sus muchos encargos descubre sus verdaderos orígenes y el misterio de su nacimiento. A partir de ahí empezará a luchar por la paz de forma totalmente incansable.
The Iroquois Trail
Writer
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
Davy Crockett, el explorador indio
Screenplay
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.
Cagliostro
Screenplay
Orson Welles interpreta al siniestro mago José Bálmano, más conocido por el sobrenombre de Cagliostro, quien se verá envuelto en una trama de intrigas palaciegas a través de la cual de piensa reemplazar a la Reina María Antonieta con una doble, para así poder tener acceso al poder. Adaptación de la novela de Alejandro Dumas.
Corazón de león (Flecha negra)
Screenplay
Volviendo de la Guerra de las Rosas, Sir Richard Shelton se encuentra su tierra está ahora controlada por su avaricioso tío, Sir Daniel Brackley, que para evitarse problemas ha asesinado al padre de Sir Richard. Shelton y sus seguidores intentarán frustrar las intenciones de su tío con todas las armas que tengan a su alcance.
El demonio es un pobre diablo
Screenplay
Claude Pierce, un niño inglés muy educado que vive en el sur de Manhattan, intenta ganarse la aceptación ante sus compañeros no tan bien educados, en la escuela.
Dangerous Waters
Screenplay
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.
The Winning Ticket
Screenplay
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
The Meanest Gal in Town
Writer
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
Private Jones
Story
After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter of his family and is employed by businessman Roger Winthrop, his sister Helen's boss.
The All-American
Story
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Night World
Screenplay
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Destry Rides Again
Adaptation
The story about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit, who returns to wreak havoc following his release from prison.
The Impatient Maiden
Screenplay
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Law and Order
Scenario Writer
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.
La momia
Story
Un grupo de arqueólogos británicos invaden la tumba de un cadáver momificado que resulta ser un sumo sacerdote del antiguo Egipto. La momia, que revivirá accidentalmente 3.700 años después de su muerte, intentará raptar a una joven de ascendencia egipcia que se parece a la princesa que amó en vida y que fue el motivo de su ejecución.
El instinto del amor
Scenario Writer
Un cantante mujeriego se enamora de una sureña anticuada. El problema es que ella ya está comprometida.
Vidas íntimas
Screenplay
Elyot y Sibyl se casaron en una gran ceremonia en la iglesia. Amanda y Victor fueron casados por un juez francés de la Paz. Ambas parejas van a un hotel el mismo día y se ponen en la habitación contigua con terrazas colindantes. Las cosas van bien hasta que Amanda ve a su ex marido Elyot en la terraza adyacente...
Vidas íntimas
Scenario Writer
Elyot y Sibyl se casaron en una gran ceremonia en la iglesia. Amanda y Victor fueron casados por un juez francés de la Paz. Ambas parejas van a un hotel el mismo día y se ponen en la habitación contigua con terrazas colindantes. Las cosas van bien hasta que Amanda ve a su ex marido Elyot en la terraza adyacente...
El doctor Frankenstein
Script Editor
El doctor Henry Von Frankenstein acomete un experimento tenebroso: construir, a partir de fragmentos de cadáveres, un nuevo ser humano. Con la ayuda de su criado Fritz, se adentra durante la noche en los cementerios de la localidad para arrancar a los cadáveres las partes que necesita. Lo que ignora es que el cerebro que ha utilizado en su experimento había pertenecido a un criminal.
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Associate Producer
Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Screenplay
Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
Nada más que un gigoló
Dialogue
Sus parientes han concertado para un noble inglés un matrimonio de conveniencia. Va a un centro de veraneo europeo y se hace pasar por un gigoló, con el fin de conocer a su prometida y saber cómo es.
Nada más que un gigoló
Adaptation
Sus parientes han concertado para un noble inglés un matrimonio de conveniencia. Va a un centro de veraneo europeo y se hace pasar por un gigoló, con el fin de conocer a su prometida y saber cómo es.
Pobre tenorio
Other
Reginald Irving, tímido entre los tímidos, es atropellado por Jeffrey Haywood, quien para ayudarle le lleva a casa de su prometida, Virginia Embrey, que vive con su hermana mayor, Angélica, y su madre.
Danzad, locos, danzad
Screenplay
Cuando la desgracia golpea duramente a la familia Jordan, de la clase alta de Chicago, Bonnie Jordan, una chica deslumbrante e ingeniosa, encuentra trabajo como aspirante a reportera; sin embargo, Rodney, su ingenuo hermano menor, toma un otro camino y se relaciona con gente poco recomendable.
Forward, March!
Writer
Spanish-language version of Doughboys.
Men of the North
Writer
Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie becomes jealous and tells the Sergeant where Louis hid the gold. First Louis rescues the Sergeant whose dog team crashes chasing him and then he saves Nedra from an avalanche. When he returns the injured Nedra to the settlement, the Sergeant takes him prisoner.
Reclutas
Writer
Ni su condición aristocrática, ni su Rolls Royce, ni la presencia de un chófer al lado, sirve a Elmer Stuyvesant (Buster Keaton) para conseguir que Mary Kidd (Sally Eilers) la chica que le atrae, consiga acceder a su cortejo... pero el destino va a obligarlo a ponerse un uniforme militar y en plena base se reencontrará con Mary... en igualdad de condiciones.
Estrellados
Writer
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Children of Pleasure
Scenario Writer
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
Free and Easy
Scenario Writer
Anita gana un concurso de belleza local, cuyo premio es un viaje a Hollywood para convertirse en estrella de cine, por lo que viaja a dicha ciudad en compañía de su madre y de Elmer, este en calidad de agente de la joven. Además ambos se aman, pero Elmer no tiene cabida en los planes de la madre. En el viaje conocen a una estrella de cine que presenta a Anita a los directivos de la MGM. Mientras Elmer también trabaja para convertir a Anita en estrella. El estrellato llega, ¿pero a quién?
Devil-May-Care
Adaptation
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Aleluya
treatment
Los negros trabajan y sufren día a día en las plantaciones de algodón. Pero rezan a todas horas y eso les consuela de su desdichada vida. Cuando Zeke pierde a los dados todo el dinero de su familia, su hermano Spunk decide reclamar y se inicia una pelea que le cuesta la vida. Zeke, arrepentido, se convierte en predicador para llevar a los suyos la esperanza y la resignación. Pero la mujer que le estafó aún le causará más problemas.
El comparsa
Continuity
Última película muda de Buster Keaton. La actriz Trilby Drew se casa con Elmer, quien está locamente enamorado de ella. Pero ella no parece sentir lo mismo...
Wild Orchids
Screenplay
A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
The Flying Fleet
Screenplay
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.
Honeymoon
Writer
Two men are rivals for the same girl. When she finally agrees to marry one, the other--appearing to be magnanimous in defeat--presents his former rival with a beautiful German Shepherd dog as a wedding present. It turns out, however, that he had an ulterior motive--he had trained the pooch to allow absolutely no one to get near the young woman. Complications ensue.
El cameraman
Screenstory
Luke Shannon (Keaton) trabaja para un programa informativo como operador de cámara. Pero su sueño sería que lo contratará la MGM, sobre todo para estar cerca de una guapa oficinista (Day). Un día, inesperadamente, se encuentra en medio de una noticia impotantísima.
The Actress
Writer
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower). The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.
Across to Singapore
Writer
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.
The Law of the Range
Writer
Jim Lockhart is out to capture the robbing and murdering "Solitaire Kid".
Tell It to the Marines
Screenplay
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.
The Terror
Writer
While Pop Morton, a rancher, is being sworn in as deputy sheriff, his daughter Molly, to escape the unwelcome attentions of usurer Blair Hatley (who holds the mortgage on their ranch), meets Art Downs. Art is mistaken by Steve Baird, one of Hatley's henchmen, for "The Terror," a notorious Arizona bandit, and uses this mistake as an excuse to invade their stronghold, where he finds Molly--kidnaped by the rustlers.
The Frontier Trail
Story
A 1926 silent Western.
The Frontier Trail
Screenplay
A 1926 silent Western.
The Scrappin' Kid
Scenario Writer
Bill Bradley, who owns a small house and a one-horse corral in the hills, saves the lives of Betty Brent and her brother Mike from a forest fire in which their mother has perished. He decides to take care of them. When word spreads that Betty is actually 18, a committee of citizens, headed by Cliff Barrowes, whose father holds a mortgage on Bill's property, calls to protest; the sheriff's wife offers the children a home; and soon after, Cliff begins to woo the girl. Bill, meanwhile, is forcibly held by a trio of outlaws about to flee across the border.
The Scrappin' Kid
Story
Bill Bradley, who owns a small house and a one-horse corral in the hills, saves the lives of Betty Brent and her brother Mike from a forest fire in which their mother has perished. He decides to take care of them. When word spreads that Betty is actually 18, a committee of citizens, headed by Cliff Barrowes, whose father holds a mortgage on Bill's property, calls to protest; the sheriff's wife offers the children a home; and soon after, Cliff begins to woo the girl. Bill, meanwhile, is forcibly held by a trio of outlaws about to flee across the border.
The Unknown Soldier
Writer
The Unknown Soldier is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Renaud Hoffman and written by Richard Schayer and James J. Tynan. The film stars Charles Emmett Mack, Marguerite De La Motte, Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, and George Cooper. The film was released on May 30, 1926, by Producers Distributing Corporation.
The Seventh Bandit
Writer
The story of David Scanlon - a former gunfighter turned farmer, who sells the family homestead in favor of adventure in the California gold fields.
Rustlers' Ranch
Writer
Lee Crush, an out-of-work cowhand, gets into a fight with Bull Dozier and knocks him through a railing. Thinking he has killed the man, Lee takes to his heels and finds work on the Shawn ranch. Lee prevents Clem Allen from swindling the Widow Shawn and falls in love with her daughter, Mary.
The Calgary Stampede
Story
Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-Canadian girlfriend turns up dead, Molloy is the only suspect!
The Man in Blue
Writer
Tom Conlin, an Irish cop walking a beat in an Italian neighborhood, falls in love with Tita Sartori, the daughter of a florist. Tita returns Tom's affection but keeps him at a distance, believing him to be married; However she is also wooed by an unscrupulous politician of considerable wealth.....
The Hurricane Kid
Writer
The Hurricane Kid runs afoul of Colonel Langdon's ranch foreman, Lafe Baxter when Joan Langdon shows an obvious preference for The Kid, and The Kid responds by protecting Joan from Baxter.
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Writer
After 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who killed his homesteader foster father, Pop Watkins. Bud finds refuge from the sheriff at the ranch of The Spider, falls in love with the bandit's daughter, "Miss," and is betrayed to the sheriff by his rival, Steve Lanning. In an attempt to escape, Miss is shot and Bud risks discovery to get a doctor from town.
The Sawdust Trail
Writer
Clarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West show where he clashes with the leading lady, "Calamity" Jane, a man-hater.
Ride for Your Life
Adaptation
Bud Watkins loses his ranch and savings to gambling house proprietor "Gentlemen Jim" Slade. The Cocopah Kid, a notorious bandit, lures away Betsy Burke, Bud's sweetheart and the daughter of the local sheriff.
Hook and Ladder
Writer
Cowboy Ace Cooper, to avoid arrest, becomes a fireman, falls in love with the chief's daughter, Sally Drennan, and wins her in spite of the efforts of a crooked politician to separate them.
The Thrill Chaser
Scenario Writer
In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills and is engaged to go to Arabia, where he becomes involved in warring and falls in love with a beautiful princess.
The Ramblin' Kid
Scenario Writer
The Ramblin' Kid, a cowboy, falls in love with Carolyn June, a beautiful easterner, and wins her after he triumphs in a rodeo in spite of having been doped by his enemy, Sabota the Greek, a crafty racetrack tout.
The Victor
Writer
In order to save his family from financial ruin, an English aristocrat agrees to come to America and marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Once there he can't bring himself to do it.....
My Dad
Writer
Tom's father, Barry, lives at a lonely trading post up north and is constantly in fear the post's factor, who has threatened to turn him in to the Mounted Police for a murder committed many years before.
The Man Of The Forest
Writer
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his heirs. Milt Dale, who lives in the forest (Gantvoort), comes down to help round up the cattle, and a romance springs up between him and Helen. This does not please Harvey Riggs (McKim), who is trying to get control of the ranch.
Black Roses
Writer
Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.
The Killer
Writer
Claire Adams as a girl forced to marry the man she suspects killed her father. When she refuses, she is virtually kept a prisoner along with kid-brother Frankie Lee until a handsome stranger (Jack Conway) rescues them.
An Arabian Knight
Writer
Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is cast as an ancient Egyptian donkey boy in An Arabian Knight. The humble Hayakawa rescues high-born Lillian Hall from lascivious pasha Fred Jones. All this brouhaha is actually a dream experienced by Hall.
Li Ting Lang
Writer
In a day and age when interracial marriages were considered taboo, film star Sessue Hayakawa rarely got the girl in his pictures. The issue of prejudice is broached here -- and Hayakawa still doesn't get the girl, who in this case is society girl Marion Halstead (Doris Pawn).
The Woman in Room 13
Scenario Writer
Laura Bruce is married to John Bruce, police commissioner. She discovers her husband is enjoying a drunken revel with another woman, and vows she will obtain a divorce. After doing so she weds Paul Ramsey. His employer, Dick Turner, a libertine, offers his a responsible position in the west, and she faces a long separation. Ramsey later learns that Turner is interested in his wife and engages a man to protect her, who happens to be her former husband.
The Cup of Fury
Writer
Sir Joseph and Lady Webbing are the foster parents of Marie-Louise. The couple are also in league with Verrinder, a German spy. When their work against England is discovered, they commit suicide. Marie-Louise, who has been an unwitting part of their schemes, is allowed to go to the U.S. if she promises to keep everything a secret.
The Tong Man
Scenario Writer
An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.
Flame of the Desert
Writer
An Englishman goes undercover posing as an Egyptian sheik in order to infiltrate a conspiracy to throw off British rule. An English woman complicates things by falling in love with the sheik, unaware of his true identity.
The Dragon Painter
Scenario Writer
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
The Westerners
Writer
Michael, a half-breed Indian, is forced off a wagon train by scout Michael. Seeking revenge, he murders the wife of a college professor, kidnaps her baby daughter, and raises her as his own.
A Man's Country
Scenario Writer
Dance-hall queen Kate Carewe is the toast of the gold-mining camp of Huxley's Gulch. One day a minister, Ralph Bowen, arrives to "clean up" the town. He is scorned by the miners, gamblers and "loose women" of the place, especially Kate, who resents that Bowen calls her a "scarlet woman".