Leon Janney

Leon Janney

Nacimiento : 1917-04-01,

Muerte : 1980-10-28

Perfil

Leon Janney

Películas

Charly
Dr. Richard Nemur
Charly Gordon (Cliff Robertson) sufre un retraso mental, pero se somete a una delicada operación quirúrgica que elimina sus limitaciones. Convertido en un hombre normal, se enamora y vive feliz, pero llega un día en que los efectos de la operación empiezan a desaparecer.
Silla eléctrica para ocho hombres
Pat Callahan
Ocho presos aguardan en el corredor de la muerte que les llegue el turno para ser ejecutados en la silla eléctrica. Sin nada que perder, uno de ellos lidera un motín, cuyo resultado es la muerte de uno de los guardias. Las tensiones sufridas durante las horas que dura el motín muestran una violenta y dura realidad. Remake de "The Last Mile" (1932), de Samuel Bischoff.
Stolen Paradise
Richard 'Dick' Gordon
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.
Police Court
Nathaniel "Junior" Barry Jr.
A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is determined to see his father "make good" again.
Penrod and Sam
Penrod Schofield
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.
Their Mad Moment
Narcio
Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir Harry Congers (Lawrence Grant), but in love with Basque peasant Esteban Cristera (Warner Baxter). Deciding on a final fling before wedlock, Emily goes to Esteban's village in the mountains, but is wounded in a car accident. Recuperating, she learns about the hardships endured by Basque women from Esteban's grandmother (Nance O'Neil) and former girlfriend,Stancia (Mary Doran), and decides to return to Sir Harry in Biarritz.
Father's Son
Bill Emory
Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
The Costume Falls
This is the German-language version of 1930's "The Way of All Men", shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a German-speaking cast.
La senda del crimen
Jackie Lamarr
Lou Ricarno es un tipo inteligente: su plan consiste en organizar y liderar a las distintas pandillas de Chicago para que no se liquiden entre sí. Con el éxito del emprendimiento y su liderazgo, Louie prospera, se casa con Doris y se retira a Florida para escribir su autobiografía. Pero, en su ausencia, una guerra entre bandas comienza y le será imposible mantenerse alejado.
Old English
Jock
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
Bear Shooters
Donald 'Spud'
The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but the gang decides to try and capture the gorilla instead.
La nueva generación
Eddie Lesser as a Boy
Julius Golfish (Jim Hersholt), un humilde comerciante judío, ha conseguido sacar adelante a su esposa y a sus dos hijos gracias a su pequeño negocio Cuando el hijo mayor (Ricardo Cortez) se hace adulto, se obsesiona tanto con la idea de ocupar un lugar destacado dentro de la alta sociedad neoyorquina que acabará avergonzándose de su familia.
El viento
Cora's Child
Letty, una inocente joven de Virginia, se traslada desde el Este a las praderas de Texas, donde parece que el viento nunca deja de soplar y la arena llega a todas partes. Allí vive con unos parientes, pero, como no se siente querida, se verá abocada a un matrimonio que no desea. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Elephant's Elbows
Johnny Smith
An angry man gets his ass kicked by a kid and his many animals.