Vernon Keays

출생 : 1900-02-27, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

사망 : 1964-05-22

참여 작품

Runaway Girl
Associate Producer
Vineyard owner Randy Minola becomes captivated by the worldly Edella, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend Winnie.
Hands of a Stranger
Production Manager
A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.
Whirlwind Raiders
Director
It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to get in with them in his attempt to have them replaced. His inside work helps the Durango Kid break up the State Police raids but he is in trouble when his secret identity as Durango becomes known to them.
Landrush
Director
The Durango Kid rides again in Columbia's Landrush. As ever, the masked do-gooder, alias Steve Harmon, is played by Charles Starrett. Bringing up the rear in every sense of the word is Harmon's comical sidekick Smiley Burnette. In this outing, Harmon dons his Durango garb to rescue a group of homesteaders from scurrilous villains. Musical relief is provided by Ozie Waters and his Colorado Rangers.
The Mysterious Mr. M
Director
An evil scientist known as "Mr. M." uses a drug he has developed called "hypnotreme" to help steal submarine equipment. Federal agent Grant Farrell is dispatched to find the mysterious villain and stop his nefarious plans.
Lawless Empire
Director
In the lawless town of Dusty Gulch, the Durango Kid comes to the aid of Reverend Harding in his fight against Blaze Howard and his henchman. When Durango foils all bad guy's plans, Blaze's boss Doc Weston realizes Cannonball it tipping off Durango. Weston then lets Cannonball overhear false information that will send Durango into a fatal trap.
Blazing the Western Trail
Director
Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of it, Brent has him killed. Jeff Waring arrives and takes his uncle's job. He soon learns what's happening and the Durango Kid goes into action. This keeps Halliday going and gives them a chance to get the mail contract by winning the stagecoach race.
Rhythm Round-Up
Director
Arriving in Arizona, the band members discover that the hotel is haunted and that it properly belongs to young Jimmy Benson (Curtis), the nephew of the previous owner. The "ghosts," however, turns out to be a trio of confidence men, Zeke Winslow (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams), Noah Jones (Raymond Hatton) and Slim Jensen Victor Potel, who are hoping to buy the place themselves.
Dangerous Intruder
Director
A female hitchiker is taken in by a family after a horrible car accident. While she recovers, she begins to unravel a murder mystery involving the woman of the house.
Rockin' in the Rockies
Director
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run a ranch, however -- he wants to prospect for gold, but he has no money. He recruits a pair of partners in the guise of two runaway vagrants and a pair of backers in two stranded singers. But then Rusty shows up, and his four somewhat bumbling hired hands manage to compound Larry and Curly's deep ineptitude, and Rusty wants them all out of his hair.
Sing Me a Song of Texas
Director
The two nieces of the deceased Charley Bronson arrive to learn that an unknown judge will determine which one of them will inherit his ranch. But Bronson is still alive and posing as the cook. Hilda learns of this and sets out to use this information to win the ranch from her cousin Laurie.
Trigger Law
Director
Hoot Gibson and Bob Stanley ride into Arizona seeking the killer of Bob's father, who managed the stagecoach line in Eggleston for Kelso McGuire.
The Utah Kid
Director
The Utah Kid was a late entry in Monogram's "Trail Blazers" series. These low-budget westerns usually featured three cowboy stars; this time, however, there are only two, Bob Steele and Hoot Gibson. Though neither star is a spring chicken, Steele is the younger of the two, so he's the "Utah Kid" by default. The plot, involving a gang of crooks who go around fixing rodeo results, was designed to accommodate yards and yards of stock footage.
Trail to Gunsight
Director
In this western, an innocent saddletramp is blamed for killing a man. Fortunately he finds the real culprit before it is too late.
Gypsy Wildcat
Location Manager
In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.
Marshal of Gunsmoke
Director
U.S. marshal Ritter arrives in town to round up bandits who are attempting to fix the local elections.
Arizona Trail
Director
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Strictly in the Groove
Director
College student, cattle baron, confused love story.
약탈자
Assistant Director
레이 글레니스터는 덕망있고 지혜로운 광산의 소유주이지만 그의 광산에서 캐낸 금과 돈을 노리는 이들의 음모에 휘말려드는 인물이다. 디트리히는 이 도시의 매력적인 술집 주인으로 멋있지만 악한 품성을 가진 악당 두목(랜돌프 스콧이 연기한 알렉산드라 멕나마라 역)과 정직한 광산주 존 웨인 사이에서 갈등하며 선택의 기로에 서게 된다. 불굴의 미국인을 상징하는 서부 영화의 영원한 영웅 존 웨인과 독일 출신의 매력적인 여배우 마를린 디트리히가 함께 출연하여 골드러쉬가 최고조에 달했던 1890년대 미국 서부를 배경으로 벌어지는 사나이들의 결투와 사랑을 그려낸 작품. 존 웨인과 랜돌프 스콧은 영화의 결말 분, 술집에서 격투를 벌이는데 이 장면은 당시로서는 찾아볼 수 없었던 스펙터클한 액션씬 중의 하나라는 평을 받았던 바 있다. 영화는 서부 영화가 갖는 와일드하고 힘찬 성격을 고스란히 표현하고 있는 확실한 모험극이다.
울프 맨
Assistant Director
미국에서 거의 20년을 지낸 탈보트 가의 아들 래리가 웨일즈의 고향으로 돌아온다. 래리는 아버지의 망원경을 조작하다 동네 골동품상 딸인 그웬을 보고 반하고 그녀에게 접근한다. 그러다 그는 늑대의 습격을 받는 그웬의 친구 제니를 구하려다 부상을 입게 되고 서서히 늑대 인간이 되어버린다. 국내 출시사 소개글. 유니버설 호러영화 전성기의 끝을 장식하는 이 영화는 , , 등을 내놓은 유니버설사가 마지막에 내민 몬스터 시리즈였다. 많은 유니버설 호러영화들이 그렇듯, 도 사운드 스테이지에서 만들어내는 그 과장된 분위기로 관객들의 시선을 끄는 영화다. 또한, 이 영화는 특수 효과 역사에 기념비를 세운 작품이기도 했다. 우리가 알고 있는 늑대인간의 외모가 처음으로 완성된 작품이 바로 이 영화였기 때문이다. 잭 피어스가 디자인한 이 털복숭이 괴물은 당시까지만 해도 최첨단이었다. 래리가 늑대인간으로 변신하는 장면의 화면 합성 트릭은 이 나오기 전까지만 해도 거의 모든 늑대 인간 영화들이 따랐던 방법이었다.
Trail of the Vigilantes
Assistant Director
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
When the Daltons Rode
Assistant Director
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
South to Karanga
Assistant Director
Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder and intrigue on the way.
It's a Date
Assistant Director
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
라이스 어게인
Assistant Director
바틀넥이라는 말썽 많은 마을의 보안관 데스트리는 위스키보다 우유를 좋아하고 총을 가지고 다니지 않으려 하는 인물이다. 살롱에서 일하는 프렌치는 그의 이런 점에 특별한 매력을 느낀다. 프렌치는 도박꾼 켄트(브라이언 돈레비)에게서 데스트리에게로 마음이 기울어 마을 여자들을 이끌고 남자들의 싸움판으로 갔다가 결국 데스트리를 향해 날아가는 총알을 막기 위해 몸을 던진다.
Behind the Mike
Assistant Director
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
People Will Talk
Assistant Director
Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter, Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the daughter just how distasteful domestic bickering appears; She enters into an agreement with Henry that they will fake a fuss to serve as an object lesson. Clarice's will to play the game and her sense of humor play out at about the same time when Henry's remarks become more pointed as the charade goes on. Their fake fight is soon a real barn-burner.
일용할 양식
Production Manager
대공황기, 존과 메리 역시 경제적 어려움에 처한다. 고민 끝에 둘은 시골로 가 자급자족하며 살기로 한다. 할 줄 아는 게 없던 두 사람이지만, 주변의 도움으로 농장 생활에 적응한다. 곧 비슷한 처지의 사람들이 모여 하나의 공동체를 이루어가는데, 극심한 가뭄에 작물이 쓰러지자 사람들은 힘을 모아 수로를 파기로 한다. 대공황기를 지나며 공동체적 유토피아를 꿈꾸는 사람들을 그린 작품으로, 의 속편으로 만들어졌다. 조셉 L. 맨케비츠가 참여해 대사를 썼다고 한다.
I Cover the Waterfront
Assistant Director
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
It
Assistant Director
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."
Hollywood
Assistant Director
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...