John Monks Jr.

Nascimento : 1910-02-24, Pleasantville, New York, USA

Morte : 2004-12-10

Filmes

A Taberna do Inferno
Mickey the Bartender
Em 1946, no submundo de Nova York, "Big Glory", "O Espancador" e "O Valentão" são três irmãos que usam os punhos para sobreviver. Brutos, insensíveis e cheios de vícios, eles são a atração da Taberna do Inferno, um lugar freqüentado pela escória da sociedade.
À Beira do Inferno
Producer
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
À Beira do Inferno
Writer
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
À Beira do Inferno
Director
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
High Tor
Writer
High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.
So This Is Love
Writer
Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
Where's Charley?
Screenplay
Musical version of the comedy by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.
About Face
Theatre Play
Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
A Um Passo do Fim
Writer
Jim Curtayne, um ex-advogado de defesa de sucesso que agora é um alcoólatra em recuperação, tenta uma resposta quando defende o filho de um vizinho que enfrenta uma acusação de homicídio.
Conquistando West Point
Screenplay
Um diretor da Broadway ajuda os cadetes de West Point a montar um show, auxiliados por duas garotas encantadoras e complicações variadas. O diretor Bix Bixby (James Cagney), numa maré baixa graças a jogos de azar, é relutantemente convencido a ir a academia militar de West Point com Eve (Virginia Mayo), sua linda assistente e namorada não oficial, para ajudar os cadetes a montarem um show. Bixby também aceitou porque queria recrutar o cadete que é uma estrela Tom Fletcher (Gordon MacRae) para a nova produção de Harry Eberhart (Roland Winters). Eberhart é simplesmente o tio de Tom. Então, Bixby acha que ele mesmo deve viver como cadete. Claro, corações apaixonados entram na história também. Para um dos papéis femininos Bixby convida sua velha amiga e estrela Jan Wilson (Doris Day). - traduzido de Rod Crawford
Dial 1119
Screenplay
A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
O Crime Não Compensa
Screenplay
Jovem e atraente, um desajustado descendente de italianos é preso como o principal suspeito da morte de um policial. Apesar dos esforços de seu advogado, um homem que superou os obstáculos de uma origem humilde, ele logo está no crime outra vez e com poucas chances de ser absolvido.
Wild Harvest
Screenplay
Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson. Joe's buddy Jim joins the crew with startup money. Farmer's niece Fay falls for Joe. He puts her off. To get back she marries Jim whom she prods into high-grading the grain (skimming off some for private sale). The last payment on Joe's machinery is due just as he discover's what his buddy has been doing.
Rua Madeleine 13
Screenplay
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
The House on 92nd Street
Screenplay
The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
We Are the Marines
Writer
The history of the Corps, from Colonial times to the present day (1942, that is). The film's midsection details the arduous training procedure of the Few and the Proud at Parris Island and elsewhere. Finally, wartime newsreel footage is adroitly blended with dramatized re-enactments to illustrate the contributions - and the utter necessity-of the marines in WW II.
O Rei da Alegria
Screenplay
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
Brother Rat and a Baby
Screenplay
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.