Harold Jacob Smith

Nacimiento : 1912-07-02, New York, USA

Muerte : 1970-12-28

Películas

La herencia del viento
Screenplay
Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
The Defiant Ones
Story
Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escapechained to each other.
The McMasters
Screenplay
Finalizada la Guerra de Secesión, un hombre negro, vestido con el uniforme del ejército unionista, vuelve al rancho de su anterior amo, quien lo hace copropietario de sus tierras. Este hecho provoca la reacción de algunos vecinos racistas y fanáticos, cuyas ideas radicales acerca de la esclavitud y la diferencia de clases fundadas en el color de la piel, siguen muy arraigadas.
La herencia del viento
Screenplay
En una pequeña ciudad del estado de Tennessee se juzga a un profesor por enseñar a sus alumnos la teoría de la evolución de las especies. El darwinismo se enfrenta a una burda y fundamentalista teoría del creacionismo en una explosiva batalla judicial entre el abogado defensor Henry Drummond (Tracy) y el líder ultraconservador Matthew Harrison Brady (March). Basada en hechos reales.
Enchanted Island
Screenplay
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Fugitivos
Writer
Odisea de dos fugitivos encadenados y condenados a huir juntos. Ambos desean lo mismo, alcanzar la libertad, pero aun así las tensiones raciales no tardarán en enfrentarlos.
Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle
Screenplay
After having been recently shipwrecked, a group of survivors begin dealing with both the reality of being stranded on a remote island as well as with feelings of alienation and isolation. Adapted from the novel by Johann Wyss, this was the pilot episode for a proposed television series co-produced by Edgar G. Ulmer and Louis Hayward. Filmed in Mexico in 1957 and bearing a 1958 copyright, Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle was not "released" until 2000, when it was included as an extra feature on the DVD version of Ulmer's The Pirates of Capri.
Al borde del río
Story
Después de acumular un substancioso botín, un ladrón de bancos planea huir a México con la intención de retirarse. Para burlar la vigilancia de las autoridades fronterizas, contrata a un guía que lo lleve por las montañas. Lo malo es que el guía es el marido de la mujer que siempre ha amado y a la que no ve desde hace tiempo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Al borde del río
Screenplay
Después de acumular un substancioso botín, un ladrón de bancos planea huir a México con la intención de retirarse. Para burlar la vigilancia de las autoridades fronterizas, contrata a un guía que lo lleve por las montañas. Lo malo es que el guía es el marido de la mujer que siempre ha amado y a la que no ve desde hace tiempo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Surgió del fondo del mar
Screenplay
Un pulpo gigante, de más de 100 metros de longitud, surge de las profundidades de la fosa de Mindanao y ataca pesqueros y navíos militares, dirigiéndose hacia San Francisco para sembrar el pánico y la destrucción.
Customs Agent
Story
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
Black Eagle
Screenplay
Black Eagle is based on The Passing of Black Eagle, a short story by O. Henry. William Bishop stars as Jason Bond, who stays out of trouble by the simple expedient of avoiding other people. Unfortunately, the plot dictates that Bond must come into contact with several characters, all of whom end up fleecing our hero in one way or another. Even so, Jason manages to enjoy a brief romance with pretty Ginny Long (Virginia Patton) before returning to his life of carefree vagabondage. A very minor film, The Black Eagle makes the most of its excellent supporting cast, including Gordon Jones, Trevor Bardette, Will Wright and stuntman extraordinaire Richard Talmadge.
Thunderhoof
Screenplay
Two men, one woman and one horse get into trouble.
Dangerous Business
Screenplay
Two young lawyers open an office together. They are hired to defend a utilities magnate who claims he has been framed. He is kidnapped by a gangster, and a battle royal ensues when the lawyers try to rescue him.
Night Editor
Screenplay
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Music in Manhattan
Story
Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.
She's a Soldier Too
Story
Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Story
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.