Samuel Hopkins Adams

Filmes

You Can't Run Away from It
Story
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
As Garçonetes de Harvey
Novel
Ao desembarcar no Novo México, Susan Bradley descobre que seu futuro marido é o bêbado da cidade. Ao invés de sentar e chorar, ela arranja um emprego no restaurante Harvey House, um estabelecimento empenhado em levar um pouco de civilidade e classe àquele fim de mundo. As atividades de Harvey encontram a oposição de Ned Trent, dono do saloon, de Sam Purvis, um juiz corrupto, e de Em, dançarina apaixonada por Ned. Com o auxílio do inexperiente Chris Maule, Susan e demais colegas de trabalho lutam para frustrar os planos dos escroques.
O Homem Perfeito
Story
Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.
The President's Mystery
Story
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
Mulher Sublime
Novel
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
In Person
Novel
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
Aconteceu Naquela Noite
Short Story
Peter Warren, um jornalista desempregado, encontra Ellie, a filha de um milionário que fugiu do iate de Alexander Andrews, seu pai, pois este não aprova quem ela escolheu como marido. Peter vê a oportunidade de obter uma boa matéria, mas vários fatos criam uma forte aproximação entre eles.
Week Ends Only
Screenplay
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
Week Ends Only
Novel
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
Hombres de mi vida
Novel
Alternate-language version of Men in Her Life (1931)
Men in Her Life
Story
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
What Men Want
Story
A playboy's mistress falls in love with another man. Her younger sister arrives in town. Complications ensue.
The Wild Party
Story
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.
Sailors' Wives
Novel
Informed by her doctor that she is going blind, Carol Trent tearfully breaks off her engagement with Don Manning, hoping to spare him the stigma of a sightless bride. When Hughes catches up with her and demands an explanation, Astor pretends to have fallen out of love with him and further convinces him that she has turned into a shameless hussy.
Summer Bachelors
Writer
Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned about marriage and is firmly set against ever getting married. Nothing against men, just marriage. She is drawn into the company of some rich businessmen whose wives have gone away for the summer. Parties follow in New York nightclubs, road-houses, country clubs and fashionable estates. Situations and contradictions follow.
Siege
Novel
A stern old woman, who owns the largest factory in a small town and has ruled both the factory and the town with an iron hand, finds herself battling with the wife of her nephew, the man she has picked to succeed her.
Juventude Ardente
Novel
Quando Mona Frentiss morre, ela tem seu confidente "Doutor Bobs" cuidando de sua família, especialmente sua filha mais nova, Patricia. A família foi criada de uma maneira nada convencional, com Mona tendo um amante muito mais jovem e o pai Ralph mantendo seu próprio amante de lado. À medida que Patricia envelhece, ela atrai a atenção do ex-amante de sua mãe, o muito mais velho Cary Scott. Patricia tenta o destino com seus modos selvagens, quase perde sua virtude para um músico a bordo de um barco oceânico e é salva a tempo por Cary. Percebendo que ele é o homem para ela, ela se estabelece em um casamento experimental.
Triumph
Story
This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her for her affections offers a unique glimpse into Chaney’s career before his classic performances in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
A Love Sublime
Story
A 1917 film directed by Tod Browning & Wilfred Lucas.