William C. McGann

Nacimiento : 1893-04-15, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Muerte : 1977-11-15

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William C. McGann was an American film director. He directed 52 films between 1930 and 1940. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.

Películas

Fort Worth
Special Effects Supervisor
Ned Britt (Randolph Scott), un ex pistolero que dirige el pequeño periódico de su ciudad, teme que deba volver a empuñar las armas cuando una banda de forajidos llega a la intentando tomar el control. Brito está influenciado por dos personas, Blair Lunsford (David Brian), viejo amigo y antiguo compañero en su época de pistolero y Flora Talbot (PhyllisThaxter), su última novia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tres secretos
Special Effects Supervisor
Un niño de cinco años sobrevive a un accidente de avión en el que mueren sus padres adoptivos. Durante su búsqueda llegan tres mujeres, Susan, Phyllis y Ann, cada una de las cuales cree que el niño es suyo, pues dieron a un hijo en adopción cinco años atrás.
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Special Effects
Ambientada al término de la Guerra de Cuba (1898), la película se centra en Dennis O'Grady, un irlandés viudo y sobreprotector, y sus tres hijas. La mayor, Katie, se reencuentra con su esposo James que viene de la guerra, con quien se ha casado en secreto y de quien está embarazada. Mientras tanto, Patricia y Maureen, actúan en un teatro de vodevil propiedad de Tony Pastor. Dennis intenta proteger a sus hijas de lo que considera es el comportamiento inmoral de la mayoría de los hombres, especialmente en el teatro. Patricia coquetea con Tony, y también le miente a su padre presentándolo como un estudiante universitario. Dennis está impresionado con el joven, hasta que su hija le cuenta la verdad antes de unirse a él en el escenario. Dennis se indigna y Patricia se escapa con Tony y se unen en el escenario y la obra se convierte en un gran éxito. Al poco tiempo Dennis se entera que una de sus hijas está esperando gemelos, y desmoralizado, se emborracha y se mete en problemas.
El amor no puede esperar
Special Effects
Una empleada de los estudios Warner Brothers está ansiosa por entrar en el mundo del cine. Cuando los actores Jack Carson y Dennis Morgan le ofrecen su ayuda, piensa que ha llegado su gran oportunidad.
Juntos hasta la muerte
Special Effects Coordinator
Al forajido Wes McQueen le ayudan a escapar de prisión para que colabore con su banda en un último asalto al tren. Pero no le agradan sus nuevos compañeros, excepto Colorado Carson, una bella mujer ex-bailarina de music-hall.
Almas desviadas
Special Effects
Flaxy Martin es una mujer sin escrúpulos que tiene muy claro lo que quiere y que no duda en hacer lo que haga falta para salirse con la suya. Engatusa a un pobre abogado días antes de que todas las pistas del crimen de una mujer apunten directamente hacia ella. El joven, loco de amor, prefiere confesar el asesinato y cumplir él con la pena.
El burlador de Castilla
Special Effects Supervisor
Don Juan de Mañara, un caballero español, después de provocar un escándalo amoroso que da al traste con un matrimonio de conveniencia impuesto por la reina, regresa a la corte de España. Una vez en su patria, encuentra acomodo como maestro de esgrima en el Real Colegio de Guardias Nobles, lo que le rehabilita a los ojos de todos, borrando del recuerdo su borrascoso pasado. Pero, debido a su carácter pendenciero, se verá de nuevo envuelto en situaciones comprometidas.
La novia de junio
Special Effects
Carey Jackson recibe una oferta de trabajo de Home Life, una revista "para mujeres". Él acepta cuando descubre que la editora es su vieja amiga Linda Gilman. Ocurrencias verbales vuelan entre Carey y Linda cuando van a Indiana a cubrir la "típica boda americana" de la familia Brinker. Pero detrás de la superficie hay algo oculto. A pesar de los conflictos, ¿podrá Carey salvar la historia (y su trabajo)? ¿Podrán los corazones rotos volverse a unir?
Cayo Largo
Special Effects
Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) es un veterano de guerra que viaja a Cayo Largo, en Florida, para visitar al padre (Lionel Barrymore) y a la viuda (Lauren Bacall) de un compañero muerto en combate. Pero su estancia se complica, ya que en su hotel se aloja también una banda de gángsters que, aprovechando una fuerte tormenta, los toman como rehenes.
The Big Punch
Special Effects
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
Río de plata
Special Effects
Cuando es expulsado del ejército, Mike McComb, jugador sin escrúpulos, egoista y cínico, decide convertirse en el mayor magnate de plata de Nevada. Su imperio empezará a caer cuando los demás mineros combinen sus esfuerzos contra él. Llegará a perder incluso el apoyo de su mujer y de sus viejos amigos.
El tesoro de Sierra Madre
Special Effects
Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) decide ir a Tampico en busca de oro con la intención de dejar atrás la miseria. Emprende el viaje en compañía de otros dos vagabundos (Walter Huston y Tim Holt), pero la codicia y la envidia que surge entre ellos les creará poco a poco más problemas que cualquier otra dificultad del camino.
Deep Valley
Special Effects
A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
El aullido del lobo
Special Effects
Sandra Demarest llega a la casa de los Caldwell y anuncia a su anfitrión, Mark, que estaba casada secretamente con su sobrino James, recientemente muerto. Mark no la cree, pero la deja quedarse en casa mientras investiga sus afirmaciones. Julie, hermana de James, le cuenta a Sandra que ha escuchado unos extraños ruidos en el laboratorio de la casa. Llevada por la intriga... (Filmaffinit)
La infiel
Special Effects
Chris Hunter (Ann Sheridan) mata a un intruso que merodeaba por su casa, pero le oculta a su marido y también a su abogado que el hombre era un escultor que fue su amante mientras su marido estaba en la guerra. Para complicar más las cosas, la viuda del escultor conserva una estatua, para la cual Chris Hunter había posado desnuda.
Amor que mata
Special Effects
Después de ser rechazada por el ingeniero David Sutton, la enfermera Louise Howell se casa por despecho con el magnate Dean Graham, cuya mujer se ha suicidado. Louise empieza a sufrir alucinaciones y no puede soportar que su hijastra, la joven Carol Graham, se enamore de su amado David.
Perseguido
Special Effects Supervisor
Jeb Rand (Robert Mitchum) es un hombre atormentado por los recuerdos de su infancia. Adoptado a los cuatro años por Medora Callum (Judith Anderson), tras el asesinato de toda su familia, Jeb crece sin problemas en su nuevo hogar. Sin embargo, sus traumas infantiles vuelven una y otra vez a través de sus sueños. Y sus pesadillas se hacen realidad cuando reaparece el hombre que, después de acabar con su familia, no ha dejado de buscarlo durante años para acabar también con él.
Nunca te alejes de mí
Special Effects
Phil y Ellen Gayley llevan divorciados un año. Su hija de 8 años, Flip, se siente muy desgraciada porque sus padres no están juntos. Así, comienza a cartearse con un marino, enviándole una foto de su guapa madre. Cuando el marino aparece para conocerla, Ellen aprovecha la oportunidad para dar celos a su ex-marido.
The Doughgirls
Special Effects
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Trial by Trigger
Director
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.
American Empire
Director
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton's wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that he will come back to his senses.
Tombstone
Director
Wyatt Earp limpia Tombstone y se enfrenta a los Clanton en O.K. Corral.
En el viejo California
Director
Tom Craig (John Wayne) llega a Sacramento (California) con el fin de establecer allí una farmacia. Pero la ciudad está dominada por Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), y muy pronto estallará la guerra entre ambos.
We Go Fast
Director
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.
Highway West
Director
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
The Parson of Panamint
Director
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield (Ruggles) recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo (Phillip Terry) rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory (Ellen Drew).
A Shot in the Dark
Director
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
The Lady and the Lug
Director
In this comedic short, a reporter wins a boxer's contract and decides to stage an exhibition fight for a society ladies' Milk Fund benefit bazaar.
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Director
A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and save a fragile young girl's life.
Cinderella's Feller
Director
The story of Cinderella with a children's cast.
Wolf of New York
Director
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
Pride of the Blue Grass
Director
A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
Everybody's Hobby
Director
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
Sweepstakes Winner
Director
A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
Lincoln in the White House
Director
This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
Blackwell's Island
Director
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Girls on Probation
Director
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
When Were You Born
Director
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Director
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
Sh! The Octopus
Director
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the title sea creature.
Alcatraz Island
Director
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Marry the Girl
Director
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.
Penrod and Sam
Producer
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Penrod and Sam
Director
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Polo Joe
Director
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
El caso del Gato Negro
Director
El abogado Perry Mason es convocado a la mansión del inválido Peter Laxter en la oscuridad de la noche para redactar un documento que evite que su nieta Wilma, que está por casarse, pierda su fortuna en un posible futuro divorcio. Peter pronto muere en un misterioso incendio y dos de sus nietos, Sam y Frank, heredan sus bienes con la condición de hacerse cargo del viejo cuidador Schuster y del gato Clinker. Luego Schuster es encontrado muerto en un sótano; y los diamantes de la familia Laxter están desaparecidos. También aparece muerta Louise, la enfermera de Peter, asesinada a golpes con la muleta de Schuster.
Hot Money
Director
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
Two Against the World
Director
A radio-network manager's boss makes him air a serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Times Square Playboy
Director
A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
Brides Are Like That
Director
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
Freshman Love
Director
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
Man of Iron
Director
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
A Night at the Ritz
Director
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
Maybe It's Love
Director
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
Matando en la sombra
Assistant Director
Archer Coe es hallado muerto en su inaccesible dormitorio. Todo parece indicar que se trata de un suicidio, pero el inspector Philo, que piensa que ha sido un asesinato, considera que el principal sospechoso es el hermano de Archer.
Her Night Out
Director
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
Illegal
Director
This is the story of a woman who kicks out her no-good second husband after he wastes all her money. Since gambling and drink had taken all her money, she decides to use the money from a windfall to open an illegal after hours night club and gambling parlor, in order to provide her two daughters with a high society education. Eventually she gets caught, and the daughters take over the night club and legitimize it. But the daughters have conflicts, and the no-good husband shows up to complicate matters.
The Silver Greyhound
Director
A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann
Murder on the Second Floor
Director
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...
A Voice Said Goodnight
Director
A British crime film directed by William C. McGann
I Like Your Nerve
Director
Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a playboy smitten with the stepdaughter of a corrupt government official in a fictional Central American country. The cast includes Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Kolker, Boris Karloff (in the small role of a secretary), Edmund Breon, Claude Allister and Luis Alberni.
Gold Dust Gertie
Assistant Director
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
The Stolen Jools
Director
Cortometraje promocional lleno de estrellas de la época destinado a recaudar fondos para el sanatorio de tuberculosis National Variety Artists, producido en asociación con una compañía de cigarrillos. La trama sigue la investigación del robo de la joyería de Norma Shearer. Laurel & Hardy aparecen brevemente (como lo hace el resto del elenco) como dos detectives.
Los que Danzan
Director
Golden Dawn
Assistant Director
Golden Dawn (1930) is a musical operetta released by Warner Brothers, photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the semi-hit stage musical of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach. Beery's extraordinarily deep bass voice registers particularly well in the songs.
A Notorious Affair
Assistant Director
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
On the Border
Director
A Mexico/United States border patrol officer is aided by his police dog, Rinty.
Niagara Falls
Director
A short drama about a married couple planning to go to Niagara Falls.
Cantaré para ti
Assistant Director
Joe Lane, un condictor de radio y compositor, descubre que el dueño del estudio, Arthur Phillips, tiene conductas inapropiadas con su esposa Katherine. Completamente enfurecido, Lane lo enfrenta en una pelea, lo que resulta en la muerte involuntaria de Phillips. Joe va a prisión por algunos años, al salir, visita a si hijo en la escuela, el cual le reuga escapar juntos.
Footloose Widows
Assistant Director
Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Smith. Through a misunderstanding, they pick on the wrong J. A. Smith, a fortune hunter himself who assumes that Marian is a wealthy widow. Meanwhile, Marian falls for the real Smith, never dreaming that he's the millionaire.
The Night Cry
Assistant Director
A giant condor decimates a herd of sheep, and Rin-Tin-Tin is accused of having turned killer.
Las tres edades
Director of Photography
En su primer largometraje en el cine, el genial Buster Keaton hace una parodia de "Intolerancia", de D.W. Griffith, al tiempo que muestra sus dotes dramáticas y cómicas (siempre serio) mientras compite con Wallace Beery por conseguir el amor de Margaret Leahy en tres épocas diferentes: la prehistoria, la antigua Roma y la (entonces) edad moderna: los años veinte.
The Nut
Director of Photography
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighbourhoods.
La Marca del Zorro
Cinematography
En la antigua California española, existe un misterioso enmascarado por la justicia de los desvalidos y oprimidos, el Zorro, es el paladín de los pobres. El Capitán Juan Ramón ha jurado capturarlo, pero no sólo son rivales con la espada, compiten por los favores de Lolita Pulido. (FILMAFFINITY)
When the Clouds Roll By
Himself
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
When the Clouds Roll By
Director of Photography
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
Man's Desire
Cinematography
Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.
Hearts of Men
Director of Photography
Silent Italy immigrant family relationship romantic melodrama about a poor Italian flower seller whose mother gets sick. The doctor tells him to take his mother to Arizona, which he does with his wife and child. The railroad men in Arizona think he is the start of a wave of Italian immigrants coming to take away their jobs, but they meet his darling son, Beppo, who wins them over. But then, his wife dies, and he gets involved with an immigrant Italian woman who takes Beppo back to Italy, but the railroad men help him get Beppo back. It turns out his land has oil on it, so he's fabulously rich, and he shares the fortune with the railroad men!