Sam Hellman

Nascimento : 1885-07-04, San Francisco, California, USA

Morte : 1950-08-11

Filmes

Powder River
Screenplay
Ex-marshal Chino Bull has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Chino then takes over as the law in town, forming a friendship with gun-man Mitch Hardin and making enemies of the Logan brothers. When Hardin' girl from the east arrives, he makes her pretty unwelcome - as does his new flame, saloon owner Frenchie.
Os Piratas de Monterey
Screenplay
A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.
Paixão dos Fortes
Story
Em 1882, Wyatt Earp e seus irmãos decidem se estabelecer em Tombstone depois que seu gado é roubado e seu irmão mais novo James é morto. Wyatt é um ex-delegado e aceita de bom grado ser delegado em Tombstone, juntamente com seus irmãos como ajudantes. Ele logo se torna amigo do segurança do saloon local, Doc Holliday e ele faz justiça calma e friamente. Wyatt tem vários desentendimentos com Ike Clanton e seus quatro filhos. Então ele é forçado a matar Billy Clanton, o que leva ao famoso tiroteio no OK Corral.
The Dark Horse
Story
This 1946 film stars Phillip Terry as a war veteran, who is persuaded by machine politico Donald MacBride to run for alderman. Ann Savage plays the "honest government functionary" with whom the hero falls in love. Terry finds that disreputable politicians are using his war record to push through some shady legislation, so he renounces these hacks.
The Runaround
Writer
Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Screenplay
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
The Doughgirls
Screenplay
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.
Shine on Harvest Moon
Screenplay
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
A Volta de Frank James
Screenplay
Frank James deixou sua vida de crimes e se tornou um pacífico fazendeiro. Nem quando Clem Tom Grayson, um jovem e grande amigo, lhe conta que Jesse James foi baleado pelas costas pelos irmãos Ford, Frank procura se vingar, pois crê na justiça. Aparentemente isto acontece, pois Bob e Charles são condenados por assassinato. Porém meia hora após o veredicto o governador lhes dá total perdão, e ainda recebem uma recompensa. Ao ver isto Frank constata que precisa fazer justiça com as próprias mãos.
He Married His Wife
Screenplay
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Here I Am a Stranger
Writer
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
A Lei da Fronteira
Screenplay
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
The Three Musketeers
Screenplay
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
We're Going to Be Rich
Screenplay
A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.
The Baroness and the Butler
Screenplay
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
Navio Negreiro
Screenplay
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
Reunion
Writer
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
Pobre Menina Rica
Screenplay
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
O Anjo Do Farol
Screenplay
Shirley Temple canta, dança e encanta a todos num vilarejo pesqueiro da New England. Ela faz Star, garotinha de 4 anos de idade que vive com o Capitão January (Guy Kibbee) desde que foi salva por ele de um naufrágio quando era bebê. Mas sua alegre vida conjunta é inesperadamente ameaçada quando um fiscal da cidade resolve tirá-la do vigia do farol e mandá-la para um orfanato.
Mensagem a Garcia
Writer
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
In Old Kentucky
Writer
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a horse race between the favorites of each family. Unfortunately, the Martingale's horse, Greyboy, only runs well in mud. And it hasn't rained in a long time.
Two-Fisted
Screenplay
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find themselves involved in romance, shady characters and a possible kidnapping.
The Daring Young Man
Writer
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
It's A Small World
Screenplay
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.
The Lottery Lover
Screenplay
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.
Dada em Penhor
Screenplay
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, where his girl, Bangles Carson sings, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but is unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his daughter, Marthy Jane (Shirley Temple), as security, or in bookie's terms, a "marker". Having lost his bet, he commits suicide, leaving "little Miss Marker" under the care of Sorrowful Jones. As Steve hides out in Chicago to avoid investigation for his crooked bets, he entrusts Sorrowful to watch over Bangles during his absence, at which time the "gold digger" helps "tight-wod" with his trouble. When Big Steve learns Bangles is involved with Sorrowful, he returns to New York to do something about it.
Murder at the Vanities
Dialogue
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.
Princesa Por um Mês
Adaptation
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
Good Dame
Writer
A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can help her get out of town.
Search for Beauty
Dialogue
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.
Purely an Accident
Writer
A self-effacing prizefighter assumes a very different attitude once he hits the big time.
A Kiss in a Taxi
Writer
Bebe Daniels was at the peak of her silent stardom when she appeared in this comedy, which was really more slapstick than farce. Ginette (Daniels) is a waitress at Pierre's café. She is in love with Lucien (Douglas Gilmore) and hates getting attention from anyone else. Whenever another man tries to kiss her, she angrily starts throwing glassware. The restaurant's patrons find this amusing, and Leon Lambert (Henry Kolker) makes a bet that he will be able to kiss her. (Janiss Garza)