Erle C. Kenton

Erle C. Kenton

출생 : 1896-08-01, Norborne, Missouri, USA

사망 : 1980-01-28

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Erle C. Kenton (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980) was an American film director. He directed 131 films between 1916 and 1957. He was born in Norborne, Missouri and died in Glendale, California from Parkinson's disease. Kenton and Edward Ludwig were the principal directors of the 1958-1960 CBS television series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley, a "Robin Hood of the West", who drifts through the region helping persons in need.

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Erle C. Kenton
Erle C. Kenton

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Fight for the Title
Director
An champion light-heavyweight boxer batters a young challenger so severely that the youthful pugilist suffers brain damage. Remorseful, the champion decides to rig a rematch in a small gym and allow the punch drunk fighter the chance to achieve his dream of winning a boxing "title".
Why Men Leave Home
Director
A housewife, suspecting her husband of having an affair with a younger woman, enlists the help of a make-up artist to become more attractive to him.
One Too Many
Director
A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.
Bob and Sally
Director
1948 hygiene/pregnancy roadshow exploiter.
The Cat Creeps
Director
A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.
Little Miss Big
Director
A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters
드라큐라의 집
Director
서민들에게 자비를 베풀어 존경 받고 있는 에드먼 박사는 어느 날 밤 자신을 드라큘라 백작이라고 밝히며 도움을 요청하는 남자의 방문을 받는다. 자비심이 많은 박사는 그를 받아들이고, 그날 밤 박사는 보름달만 뜨면 늑대로 변하는 타보트까지 떠맞게 된다. 그러나 그런 그의 자비를 이용하는 드라큘라 백작으로 인해 그의 간호사가 위험에 처하게 되자, 간호사를 구하기 위한 수단을 간구하다 박사는 드라큘라 백작의 피를 수혈 받게 된다. 밤에는 드라큘라 백작의 기운을 가지게 되는 자신을 억제하며, 타보트를 위한 수술에 성공하고 다음으로 그를 위해 일해온 간호사의 수술을 준비하던 중 박사는 뱀파이어의 욕구를 이기지 못하고, 그의 하인을 살해하게 된다. 마을 사람들은 이미 야수로 드러난 타보트를 의심하게 되고, 모든 것을 알고 있는 타보트는 그에게 도움을 준 박사를 위해 비밀을 덮어두게 되는데...
She Gets Her Man
Director
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
프랑켄슈타인의 집
Director
프랑켄슈타인이 만든 괴물을 다시 살리고 싶은 욕망을 가진 과학자 니만은 죽은 시체를 이용해 실험한다는 이유로 마을 사람들에 의해 15년간 감옥에 갇히게 된다. 그리고 보통 사람의 몸을 갖길 소망하는 곱추 다니엘을 데리고 감옥을 탈출한다. 그는 그를 감옥에 있게 만든 사람들에게 복수하기 위해, 잠든 뱀파이어를 깨우고, 빙하에 냉동된 늑대 인간과 다니엘을 이용만 하는 니만은, 다니엘이 사랑했던 여인이 죽게 되자 위험에 빠지게 되는데...
Prices Unlimited
Director
Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely lifted.
Crazy House
Producer
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
Always a Bridesmaid
Director
The Andrews Sisters harmonize their way through yet another 60-minute Universal musical quickie. The plot this time concerns a Lonely Hearts club which is used as a front by con artist Colonel Winchester (Charles Butterworth). Trying to promote a phony formula for synthetic rubber, Winchester gets mixed up with diligent young DA Tony Warren (Patric Knowles) and lady detective Linda Marlowe (Grace McDonald).
It Ain't Hay
Director
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
How's About It
Director
A song publisher gets sued for stealing lyrics.
Who Done It?
Director
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Pardon My Sarong
Director
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Frisco Lil
Director
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
프랑켄슈타인의 귀신
Director
괴물의 창조자 프랑켄슈타인박사의 또다른 아들인 루드빅 프랑켄슈타인을 찾아 괴물을 데리고 '바사리아'로 찾아온 이고. 괴물에게 새로운 뇌를 이식시켜 좋은 성품과 인격을 부여하고자 하는 루드빅 프랑켄슈타인박사의 계획에 이고는 슬며시 계락을 꾸미는데...
North to the Klondike
Director
Based upon the novel by Jack London, two friends in the Klondike aid settlers being terrorized by outlaws.
Flying Cadets
Director
Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
They Meet Again
Director
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.
Melody for Three
Director
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best for the boy to have his parents back together, and sets out to do just that.
Naval Academy
Director
Petticoat Politics
Director
Pa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both boyfriend to the Higgins girl and the son of Pa's opponent.
Remedy for Riches
Director
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.
Escape to Paradise
Director
An American tourist in South America finds love and unexpected trouble.
Everything's on Ice
Director
Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.
A Small Town Idol
Director
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a publicity still that Sam sent away for against him to show Sam the cad in the eyes of Mary. Disgraced and without Mary, Sam leaves town and heads for Hollywood to redeem himself. Despite not being typical leading man material, Sam is able to make a success of it in Hollywood, and wants to return to Sleepytown a new man and to get Mary back. But Jim will not give Mary up without a fight, he using any means, including lying, to turn the town, including Mary, against Sam, their newly beloved hometown son. This 1939 version was re-edited from a 1921 film with added sound.
Little Tough Guys in Society
Director
A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
The Lady Objects
Director
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.
She Asked for It
Director
Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends them a monthly allowance. Conrad Norris, Dwight's cousin, disapproves of Dwight and Penny, and resents his uncle's generosity. The uncle is the victim of a hit-and-run accident and, there being no will, Conrad, as next of kin, inherits. Switch, the uncle's lawyer, tells Dwight he is shutout with no hope of appeal. Dwight starts writing mystery novels about a fictional detective named Steven Knight, which become instant hits and the money pours in.
Racketeers in Exile
Director
In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival that inspires the man to begin billing himself as a "born-again" evangelist so he can cash in on the guilty consciences of local businessmen.
Devil's Playground
Director
A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarine officers Dorgan (Dix) and Mason (Morris) battle on land for the affections of dance-hall girl Carmen (Dolores del Rio). She marries Dorgan but makes a play for Mason when her husband is on duty. The romantic rivalry is forgotten when Dorgan must rescue Mason and his crew from a sunken sub.
End of the Trail
Theodore Roosevelt
In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on his feet. Just as he is ready to go straight, his girlfriend's younger brother is shot.
End of the Trail
Director
In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on his feet. Just as he is ready to go straight, his girlfriend's younger brother is shot.
Counterfeit
Director
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.
Devil's Squadron
Director
In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies, his daughter is left to run the company. The company seems to be producing dangerous prototypes, so the woman decides to close the company.
Grand Exit
Director
A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson investigator to solve a string of major losses.
The Public Menace
Director
1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.
Party Wire
Director
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.
The Best Man Wins
Director
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
You're Telling Me!
Director
Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near. Another of his inventions prohibits him from committing suicide, so Sam decides to go on living.
Search for Beauty
Director
Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
Big Executive
Director
Big Executive
Disgraced!
Director
A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make matters worse, her father kills the cad and she gets accused of the crime.
From Hell to Heaven
Director
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
닥터 모로의 DNA
Producer
외딴 섬에서 동물들을 인간으로 변화시키는 연구에 몰두한 과학자의 이야기로 이후 여러 차례 영화화되었다.
닥터 모로의 DNA
Director
외딴 섬에서 동물들을 인간으로 변화시키는 연구에 몰두한 과학자의 이야기로 이후 여러 차례 영화화되었다.
Guilty as Hell
Director
Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.
Stranger in Town
Director
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
X Marks the Spot
Director
The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter is finally able to get the cash from a shady acquaintance, Riggs. Eight years later in New York, circumstances conspire to place the reporter as the number one suspect in the murder of a showgirl. With no witness or alibi, the reporter devises a plan to smoke out the real culprit. A meeting is arranged under the cover of night and to the surprise of both men, the murderer is Riggs. Out of gratitude for past generosity to his sister, the reporter agrees not to expose Riggs, however unwittingly leads the police to him! Riggs is found guilty, and a dramatic scene in the courthouse ensues.
Left Over Ladies
Director
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
The Last Parade
Director
During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.
A Royal Romance
Director
A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his servant "Rusty." He discovers the 'hauntee' to be Countess von Baden, hiding in a secret chamber with her son, whom the court has awarded to her divorced husband.
Mexicali Rose
Director
The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.
Song of Love
Director
A mawkish backstage musical.
Father and Son
Director
A phonograph recorder provides incriminating evidence in this mystery that centers upon a widower and his 10-year old child who receives it as a birthday present.
Trial Marriage
Director
Constance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds happiness with him. She defies his wishes by dancing at a charity ball in a revealing costume, however, and he dissolves the contract, not knowing that she is with child. A year passes. Constance marries Oliver Mowbray, and Thorvald marries Constance's sister, Grace. Both couples are quite unhappy and later obtain divorces. Oliver and Grace go to Europe, and Constance and Thorvald are married in a civil ceremony, united by their love both for each other and for their child.
The Sideshow
Director
Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the competitor has also planted a saboteur who creates accidents in hopes of reducing the value of the circus. Meanwhile, he's also hired a beautiful young woman as the magician's assistant, with eyes toward more - but he realizes that, as a midget, she won't have him.
Companionate Marriage
Director
Sally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and tribulations and input from others but they demonstrate that the most successful marriages are usually based on trust and respect, rather than on sex alone. Released in the UK under the title of "The Jazz Bride".
The Sporting Age
Director
Blinded in a train accident James Driscoll (Holmes Herbert), whose wife, Miriam Driscoll (Belle Bennett), has been having an affair with his young male secretary Phillip Kingston )Carroll Nye), regains his eyesight. He keeps this from his wife, who continues her affair. Finally, he invites his young niece Nancy Driscoll (Josephine Borio) in the hopes she will fall for Philip and vice-versa. His ploy works, James reveals he can see again, and husband and wife are reconciled.
Bare Knees
Director
A young married woman in a small town is visited by her sister, a single "flapper" who causes a scandal in town with her bobbed hair and short skirts. She attracts the attentions of some of the local men, which causes an even greater scandal--which is made worse when her sister abruptly leaves her boorish husband for another man.
The Girl in the Pullman
Director
Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turning everything upside down. To avoid explanations to his bride-to-be and her mother they all take the train, including Irene and her lawyer, who will try to prevent him from committing bigamy, as the divorce won't be effective until midnight.
I'm the Sheriff
Director
Eleventh episode, third series, of The Gumps 2-reel series.
The Palm Beach Girl
Director
Emily Bennett, arriving in Palm Beach on a train, puts her head out of the window and her face is smudged black from the locomotive's coal smoke. She is mistaken for a black girl and this embarrasses her two aunts who are hoping to join the Palm Beach social set. She later fails to impress playboy Jack Trotter when she bungles the christening of his motor-boat. Late she runs into some bootleggers who are loading liquor onto Jack's boat with intent to steal the boat. They have no wish of anyone knowing their intentions, so they kidnap Emily. As it turns out, the gangsters would have been better off by just leaving Emily where she was.
Other Women's Husbands
Director
When his wife, Kay, goes out of town on a visit, Dick Lambert attends a party arranged by an old college friend, Jack Harding, with whom Kay has flirted on a previous dinner engagement; there he finds solace in the charms of Roxana, and he soon is making excuses to his wife for his frequent absences from home.
The Love Toy
Director
The Love Toy is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Lowell Sherman, Jane Winton, and Willard Louis. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.
The Danger Signal
Director
A recently widowed and destitute young mother (Jane Novak) appeals to her wealthy and heartless father-in-law (Robert Edeson) for financial aid. Instead, he convinces her to hand over her new baby to his care so that the child will be brought up with "everything money can buy." Unbeknownst to the grandfather, we learn that there are twin sons and our heroine keeps one baby to raise herself. The narrative jumps ahead to the boy's twenty-first birthday and we see what's become of them. Not surprisingly, the wealthy son has grown up spoiled and greedy while the poor one works hard and loves his mother.
Red Hot Tires
Director
The first time Al Jones sees Elizabeth Lowden, he becomes so distracted that he runs his car into a steamroller. The second time he sees her, Elizabeth's car frightens his horse, causing him to fall. ....
Flickering Youth
Director
Flickering Youth is a 1924 silent Comedy.
Picking Peaches
Director
A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when they go to the beach and later watch a beauty and fashion contest. His wife enters it wearing a mask. Back at work on Monday, all has returned to normal, until the winner of the contest shows up for her prize - a complete wardrobe...
Inbad the Sailor
Director
Inbad the Sailor is a 1923 comedy short.
Tea- With a Kick!
Director
The tale of Bonnie Day, a rambunctious young lady who is rankled when she is expelled from college for serving tea in her room. She goes on to open up a tearoom in a fancy hotel, saving all the profits to pay the legal fees for her father who has been unjustly jailed. Mr. Day's rival has embroiled him in a crooked stock deal and made him appear to be the guilty party. Meanwhile, Bonnie is in the midst of a romantic dilemma; her Aunt Pearl wants her to wed Napoleon Dobbings, but Bonnie much prefers helpful young lawyer Art Binger.
Dodge Your Debts
Director
A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.
Down on the Farm
Director
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an opportunity to be the knight in shining armor to Louise, Roach's daughter, who he wants to marry.
Hearts and Flowers
Violinist
A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.
An International Sneak
The Powder King - the Sweetheart's Father
A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.
Are Waitresses Safe?
The Restaurant Owner
Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her next job in a restaurant kitchen, Louise scrambles up her powder puff and her biscuits. The cook orders her to lighten them up. She blows them up like balloons, but they come out like rubber balls and so she is bounced out of that job. In her next position as housekeeper to a rich family, she throws a party for her friends when the family goes on vacation and they turn the house topsy-turvy.