Richard Schayer

Nascimento : 1880-12-13, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Morte : 1956-03-15

Filmes

Bandoleiros do Arizona
Story
Integrante de uma gangue é libertado da prisão junto com seu companheiro para se transformar num soldado com o objetivo de perseguir o restante da quadrilha, que foi localizada numa cidade de fronteira.
Rifles Apaches
Story
A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.
Lancelot, o Cavaleiro de Ferro
Writer
In and around the castle Camelot, brave Cornel Wilde (as Lancelot) and virtuous Brian Aherne (as King Arthur) vie for the affections of lovely Jean Wallace (as Guinevere).
Gun Fight
Screenplay
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling gang, which leads to heated disagreements, bitter betrayals and life-threatening danger.
Five Guns to Tombstone
Screenplay
Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.
Gun Brothers
Screenplay
Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw. On the way he meets Rose Fargo and rescues her from the unwanted advances of a gambler, "Blackjack". When Chad and Rose arrive they find that Jubal and his partner, Shawnee, are really rustlers and outlaws. Jubal tries to get Chad to join them but he refuses, and leaves to set up his own homestead with Rose at his side. Later, the repentant Jubal comes to join him. Shawnee, angry at what he considers a double-cross, attacks the brothers with his gang.
Top Gun
Screenplay
O pistoleiro Rick Martin retorna para sua cidade natal para descobrir o que realmente aconteceu com sua mãe e para avisar a cidade de um ataque iminente pela gangue de Quentin Tom. As pessoas da cidade no entanto o rejeitam, com medo de que seu passado.
Khyber Patrol
Story
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at the Khyber Pass. Enter Capt. Kyle Cameron of the British Lancers, whose renegade style may either save the day or doom the region to chaos. When Cameron learns that greater forces are pulling the strings, he attempts to destroy Shir's rebel faction from within.
Até o Último Tiro
Screenplay
Cruze arrives in town and when he stands up to the three Moran brothers, he gets appointed Marshal. First the brothers kill a rancher while framing another man. But when the jailer is murdered, Cruze gets evidence the Morans did it. He tries to raise a posse to chase them down but the townsmen refuse to go. So he rides off by himself to face the three of them.
The Steel Lady
Screenplay
Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.
A Volta dos Irmãos Corsos
Writer
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
Era de violência
Screenplay
Estamos em 1893 e o ouro está a ser contrabandeado para fora do país. Em vez de roubar barras de ouro, os fora-da-lei estão a roubar minério de alta qualidade, tendo-o fundido, e depois a tê-lo laminado para se parecer com chumbo. O Governo envia os agentes Bret e Larry que chegam a Cripple Creek fazendo-se passar por pistoleiros do Texas. Bret encontra a operação de fundição e Larry fica a saber do pagamento. Mas o marechal corrupto da cidade desconfia dos dois homens e a resposta do seu inquérito ao Texas colocam as suas vidas em perigo
Indian Uprising
Screenplay
It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches. But there are those in Tucson that want the miners back looking for gold and they put pressure on officials in Washington. Soon a new commander arrives, the troops are recalled, and the miners go after gold. Whites then kill a miner with an arrow so they can attack the Indians hoping the troops wipe them out when they retaliate.
O Manto da Morte
Screenplay
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Lorna Doone
Screenplay
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
Kim
Screenplay
O filme conta a história de Kimball O´Hara - Kim -, um jovem órfão, nascido e educado na Índia, quando essa ainda era uma colônia britânica. Vagando pelas ruas de Lahore, encontra um velho lama (sacerdote) tibetano, a quem passa a seguir como chela (discípulo). Num ambiente ora hostil, ora sedutor, Kim o "amiguinho de todo mundo", vê-se envolvido em empolgantes aventuras. Carrega dentro de si os contrates da cultura ocidental e da oriental. Repleto de provérbios orientais, o romance apresenta um quadro detalhado da vida na Índia.
The Iroquois Trail
Writer
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
A Voz do Sangue
Screenplay
Um comboio protegido pelo Exército americano tenta atravessar um território indígena, mas recorrentes ataques indicam a presença de um espião.
Memórias de um Médico
Screenplay
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
The Black Arrow
Screenplay
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.
O Diabo é um Poltrão
Screenplay
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
Dangerous Waters
Screenplay
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.
The Winning Ticket
Screenplay
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
The Meanest Gal in Town
Writer
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
Private Jones
Story
After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter of his family and is employed by businessman Roger Winthrop, his sister Helen's boss.
The All-American
Story
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Night World
Screenplay
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Destry Rides Again
Adaptation
The story about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit, who returns to wreak havoc following his release from prison.
The Impatient Maiden
Screenplay
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Law and Order
Scenario Writer
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.
A Múmia
Story
Em 1921, uma equipe de arqueologistas no Egito, liderados por Sir Joseph Whemple, descobre a múmia do príncipe Imhotep, que vivera há 3.700 anos e teve como castigo ser enterrado vivo. Também foram encontrados manuscritos com o poder de fazer mortos ressuscitarem, e uma noite, um dos membros da expedição traz o príncipe de volta à vida. Agora, Imhotep vive e se passa por Ardath Bay, um egípcio contemporâneo que persegue uma mulher que acredita ser a reencarnação de sua adorada princesa.
Strictly Dishonorable
Scenario Writer
A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.
Private Lives
Screenplay
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot remarries to Sibyl, Amanda weds Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive to a hotel on the same day and are put in rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go well until Amanda sees Elyot on the adjacent terrace.
Private Lives
Scenario Writer
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot remarries to Sibyl, Amanda weds Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive to a hotel on the same day and are put in rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go well until Amanda sees Elyot on the adjacent terrace.
Frankenstein
Script Editor
Henry Frankenstein, um cientista louco, vive obcecado pela ideia de criar um ser, com partes de corpos humanos que vai roubando, e ao qual tenciona dar vida usando a electricidade. O que ele desconhece é que o seu ajudante, o corcunda Fritz, roubou o cérebro de um psicopata para a criatura, que assim se tornará num monstro que usa da violência sem qualquer critério.
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Associate Producer
Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
The Spirit of Notre Dame
Screenplay
Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
Just a Gigolo
Dialogue
A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.
Just a Gigolo
Adaptation
A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Other
Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she knows too dull and predictable, and for this reason prefers to stay single. Jeff then tries to make Angelica interested in the mild-mannered and timid Reggie Irving passing him off as a notorious playboy to intrigue her. He asks his friend Polly to teach Reggie "how to treat a woman right", but he turns to be a disastrous learner.
Quando o Mundo Dança
Screenplay
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.
Forward, March!
Writer
Spanish-language version of Doughboys.
Men of the North
Writer
Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie becomes jealous and tells the Sergeant where Louis hid the gold. First Louis rescues the Sergeant whose dog team crashes chasing him and then he saves Nedra from an avalanche. When he returns the injured Nedra to the settlement, the Sergeant takes him prisoner.
Doughboys
Writer
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
Estrellados
Writer
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Children of Pleasure
Scenario Writer
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
Free and Easy
Scenario Writer
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
Devil-May-Care
Adaptation
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Aleluia
treatment
Zeke, meeiro nas lavouras de algodão, perde a cabeça, as economias e a dignidade por causa da bela Chick. Zeke vai embora, porém, salvo pela religião, volta como um eloquente pastor. Sua veemência resulta em muitos seguidores, inclusive Chick, mas ele agora está interessado em Missy Rose. Chick fará de tudo para tê-lo de volta.
Spite Marriage
Continuity
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
Orquídeas Silvestres
Screenplay
A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
The Flying Fleet
Screenplay
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.
Honeymoon
Writer
Two men are rivals for the same girl. When she finally agrees to marry one, the other--appearing to be magnanimous in defeat--presents his former rival with a beautiful German Shepherd dog as a wedding present. It turns out, however, that he had an ulterior motive--he had trained the pooch to allow absolutely no one to get near the young woman. Complications ensue.
O Homem das Novidades
Screenstory
Um pacato e atrpalhado fotógrafo consegue um trabalho de cinegrafista em um jornal e se mete em muita confusão cobrindo o dia a dia da cidade tentando impressionar uma garota.
The Actress
Writer
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower). The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.
Procelas do Coração
Writer
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their return, convinces the townspeople that Joel abandoned his brother. Joel, determined to not only find Mark but to see justice done, returns the ship to Singapore.
A Lei do Deserto
Writer
Jim Lockhart is out to capture the robbing and murdering "Solitaire Kid".
Os Fuzileiros
Screenplay
O Sargento O'Hara, da marinha americana, tem em suas mãos os recrutas em formação, um deles, "Skeets' Burns, é uma pedra em seu sapato. Se já não bastasse a péssima vocação de Burns para as forças armadas, ele ainda flerta com a enfermeira Nora Dale, a quem o sargento O'Hara ama secretamente. Nora desconhece os sentimentos de O'Hara e sente-se atraída pelo belo 'Skeet". Mas uma indiscrição faz ela se voltar contra ele, e é preciso uma expedição para a China e uma batalha contra o inimigo da brigada para resolver as coisas entre a enfermeira e seus dois Marinheiros.
The Terror
Writer
While Pop Morton, a rancher, is being sworn in as deputy sheriff, his daughter Molly, to escape the unwelcome attentions of usurer Blair Hatley (who holds the mortgage on their ranch), meets Art Downs. Art is mistaken by Steve Baird, one of Hatley's henchmen, for "The Terror," a notorious Arizona bandit, and uses this mistake as an excuse to invade their stronghold, where he finds Molly--kidnaped by the rustlers.
The Frontier Trail
Story
A 1926 silent Western.
The Frontier Trail
Screenplay
A 1926 silent Western.
The Scrappin' Kid
Scenario Writer
Bill Bradley, who owns a small house and a one-horse corral in the hills, saves the lives of Betty Brent and her brother Mike from a forest fire in which their mother has perished. He decides to take care of them. When word spreads that Betty is actually 18, a committee of citizens, headed by Cliff Barrowes, whose father holds a mortgage on Bill's property, calls to protest; the sheriff's wife offers the children a home; and soon after, Cliff begins to woo the girl. Bill, meanwhile, is forcibly held by a trio of outlaws about to flee across the border.
The Scrappin' Kid
Story
Bill Bradley, who owns a small house and a one-horse corral in the hills, saves the lives of Betty Brent and her brother Mike from a forest fire in which their mother has perished. He decides to take care of them. When word spreads that Betty is actually 18, a committee of citizens, headed by Cliff Barrowes, whose father holds a mortgage on Bill's property, calls to protest; the sheriff's wife offers the children a home; and soon after, Cliff begins to woo the girl. Bill, meanwhile, is forcibly held by a trio of outlaws about to flee across the border.
The Unknown Soldier
Writer
The Unknown Soldier is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Renaud Hoffman and written by Richard Schayer and James J. Tynan. The film stars Charles Emmett Mack, Marguerite De La Motte, Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, and George Cooper. The film was released on May 30, 1926, by Producers Distributing Corporation.
The Seventh Bandit
Writer
The story of David Scanlon - a former gunfighter turned farmer, who sells the family homestead in favor of adventure in the California gold fields.
Rustlers' Ranch
Writer
Lee Crush, an out-of-work cowhand, gets into a fight with Bull Dozier and knocks him through a railing. Thinking he has killed the man, Lee takes to his heels and finds work on the Shawn ranch. Lee prevents Clem Allen from swindling the Widow Shawn and falls in love with her daughter, Mary.
The Calgary Stampede
Story
Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-Canadian girlfriend turns up dead, Molloy is the only suspect!
The Man in Blue
Writer
Tom Conlin, an Irish cop walking a beat in an Italian neighborhood, falls in love with Tita Sartori, the daughter of a florist. Tita returns Tom's affection but keeps him at a distance, believing him to be married; However she is also wooed by an unscrupulous politician of considerable wealth.....
The Hurricane Kid
Writer
The Hurricane Kid runs afoul of Colonel Langdon's ranch foreman, Lafe Baxter when Joan Langdon shows an obvious preference for The Kid, and The Kid responds by protecting Joan from Baxter.
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Writer
After 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who killed his homesteader foster father, Pop Watkins. Bud finds refuge from the sheriff at the ranch of The Spider, falls in love with the bandit's daughter, "Miss," and is betrayed to the sheriff by his rival, Steve Lanning. In an attempt to escape, Miss is shot and Bud risks discovery to get a doctor from town.
The Sawdust Trail
Writer
Clarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West show where he clashes with the leading lady, "Calamity" Jane, a man-hater.
Ride for Your Life
Adaptation
Bud Watkins loses his ranch and savings to gambling house proprietor "Gentlemen Jim" Slade. The Cocopah Kid, a notorious bandit, lures away Betsy Burke, Bud's sweetheart and the daughter of the local sheriff.
Hook and Ladder
Writer
Cowboy Ace Cooper, to avoid arrest, becomes a fireman, falls in love with the chief's daughter, Sally Drennan, and wins her in spite of the efforts of a crooked politician to separate them.
The Thrill Chaser
Scenario Writer
In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills and is engaged to go to Arabia, where he becomes involved in warring and falls in love with a beautiful princess.
The Ramblin' Kid
Scenario Writer
The Ramblin' Kid, a cowboy, falls in love with Carolyn June, a beautiful easterner, and wins her after he triumphs in a rodeo in spite of having been doped by his enemy, Sabota the Greek, a crafty racetrack tout.
The Victor
Writer
In order to save his family from financial ruin, an English aristocrat agrees to come to America and marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Once there he can't bring himself to do it.....
My Dad
Writer
Tom's father, Barry, lives at a lonely trading post up north and is constantly in fear the post's factor, who has threatened to turn him in to the Mounted Police for a murder committed many years before.
The Man Of The Forest
Writer
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his heirs. Milt Dale, who lives in the forest (Gantvoort), comes down to help round up the cattle, and a romance springs up between him and Helen. This does not please Harvey Riggs (McKim), who is trying to get control of the ranch.
Black Roses
Writer
Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.
The Killer
Writer
Claire Adams as a girl forced to marry the man she suspects killed her father. When she refuses, she is virtually kept a prisoner along with kid-brother Frankie Lee until a handsome stranger (Jack Conway) rescues them.
An Arabian Knight
Writer
Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is cast as an ancient Egyptian donkey boy in An Arabian Knight. The humble Hayakawa rescues high-born Lillian Hall from lascivious pasha Fred Jones. All this brouhaha is actually a dream experienced by Hall.
Li Ting Lang
Writer
In a day and age when interracial marriages were considered taboo, film star Sessue Hayakawa rarely got the girl in his pictures. The issue of prejudice is broached here -- and Hayakawa still doesn't get the girl, who in this case is society girl Marion Halstead (Doris Pawn).
The Woman in Room 13
Scenario Writer
Laura Bruce is married to John Bruce, police commissioner. She discovers her husband is enjoying a drunken revel with another woman, and vows she will obtain a divorce. After doing so she weds Paul Ramsey. His employer, Dick Turner, a libertine, offers his a responsible position in the west, and she faces a long separation. Ramsey later learns that Turner is interested in his wife and engages a man to protect her, who happens to be her former husband.
The Cup of Fury
Writer
Sir Joseph and Lady Webbing are the foster parents of Marie-Louise. The couple are also in league with Verrinder, a German spy. When their work against England is discovered, they commit suicide. Marie-Louise, who has been an unwitting part of their schemes, is allowed to go to the U.S. if she promises to keep everything a secret.
The Tong Man
Scenario Writer
An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.
Flame of the Desert
Writer
An Englishman goes undercover posing as an Egyptian sheik in order to infiltrate a conspiracy to throw off British rule. An English woman complicates things by falling in love with the sheik, unaware of his true identity.
The Dragon Painter
Scenario Writer
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
The Westerners
Writer
Michael, a half-breed Indian, is forced off a wagon train by scout Michael. Seeking revenge, he murders the wife of a college professor, kidnaps her baby daughter, and raises her as his own.
A Man's Country
Scenario Writer
Dance-hall queen Kate Carewe is the toast of the gold-mining camp of Huxley's Gulch. One day a minister, Ralph Bowen, arrives to "clean up" the town. He is scorned by the miners, gamblers and "loose women" of the place, especially Kate, who resents that Bowen calls her a "scarlet woman".