Ralph Berger

Nascimento : 1904-08-20, Los Angeles, California, USA

Morte : 1960-12-12

Filmes

The Scarface Mob
Art Direction
Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
The Half-Breed
Art Direction
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
Macao
Art Direction
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
Cinzas Que Queimam
Art Direction
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
Trágico Destino
Art Direction
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
Armored Car Robbery
Art Direction
The film tells the story of a well-planned robbery of an armored car when it stops at a sports stadium. Yet, the heist goes awry, and a tough Los Angeles cop is in hot pursuit.
Rocket Ship
Art Direction
Condensed feature version of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. The film, which was shown outside the US as simply "Flash Gordon", was re-named Rocket Ship for its 1950 stateside re-release.
Cais da Maldição
Art Direction
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
O Menino dos Cabelos Verdes
Art Direction
Peter Frye, um típico garoto norte-americano, perde os pais quando eles são pegos por uma blitz, em Londres. Ninguém diz a ele que seus pais morreram e que agora ele é um órfão. E assim, sem ele próprio saber o porquê, vai sendo despachado da casa de um parente para o outro, todos igualmente egoístas e nenhum interessado em ajudá-lo. Peter acaba indo parar na casa de Gramp, o mais gentil dos seus anfitriões. Peter e Gramp parecem se dar bem, mas na manhã seguinte em que é avisado que seus pais morreram, o cabelo de Peter, subitamente, adquire a cor verde. As reações absurdas das pessoas que o cercam fazem com que O Menino dos Cabelos Verdes se torne uma parábola. Alguns críticos consideram esse trabalho como sendo diferente de tudo feito no cinema americano, até então.
Return of the Bad Men
Art Direction
US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.
The Miracle of the Bells
Art Direction
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
If You Knew Susie
Art Direction
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
O Passo do Ódio
Art Direction
Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.
Genius at Work
Art Direction
Two actors who play detectives on the radio find themselves investigating a real crime masterminded by an arch-criminal named the Cobra.
Child of Divorce
Art Direction
An eight-year-old girl is an unwilling and disturbed witness of parental quarrels in her home, and when the parents finally secure a divorce, the judge decrees that the young girl live with her mother for eight months and her father the other four months. The divided life affects her both mentally and physically.
Strange Voyage
Art Direction
A group of men go on an expedition seeking sunken treasure, and wind up battling bad weather, rough seas and each other.
Dick Tracy, O Audacioso
Art Direction
O detetive de polícia Dick Tracy deve identificar e prender um serial killer conhecido como Splitface.
George White's Scandals
Art Direction
Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.
Espírito Indomável
Art Direction
O coronel do Exército norte-americano Joseph Madden é alocado nas Filipinas, onde seu grupo é obrigado a sair pelas tropas japonesas. Apesar da situação, Madden lidera uma guerrilha que inclui o neto de um herói de guerra contra os inimigos.
China Sky
Art Direction
During World War II, an American mission hospital is headed up by Dr. Gray Thompson and Dr. Sara Durand. Sara is secretly in love with Gray but hides her feelings as his new wife, Louise, arrives at the hospital. Sparks fly, however, when Louise becomes jealous of Sara, and then tries to convince her husband to leave war-torn China behind for a calmer life in the United States. But Thompson is attached to both Sara and the people who need his help.
The Brighton Strangler
Art Direction
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Heavenly Days
Art Direction
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
Quarenta Ladrões
Art Direction
When he runs for sheriff, Hoppy is beaten by Jerry Doyle, the gutless wonder voted for by every crook in town. When Hoppy moves to have the new sheriff impeached, outlaw leader Tad Hammond hires forty gunslingers to stop him. Stop Hoppy? Hah!
A Night of Adventure
Art Direction
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
Bandoleiro Misterioso
Art Direction
Hoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.
Justiça a Muque
Art Direction
Julie's husband has been murdered and land agents want her to sign away her property rights. Hoppy warns against this but she does so anyway. It looks as though she will be unable to deliver the timber called for in her agreement. Hoppy has to make the lumber deal happened and solve the murder.
O Impostor do Texas
Art Direction
A young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy, California and Jimmy in completing his mission to his woman cousin's ranch in Texas. The ranch, as are others in the same area, is being plagued by a gang called the Night Riders, while the friendly local town lawyer is trying to cajole the cousin into selling out to him. Hoppy begins by arriving in the town, separate from his pals, all spiffed up and dandified, posing as the Eastern lawyer...
The Woman of the Town
Art Direction
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
Tarzan em Terror no Deserto
Art Direction
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.
Cavaleiro da Fronteira
Art Direction
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
O Enganador
Art Direction
Before he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to Hoppy and his two pals. When the three arrive they find a fake posing as Lawton. When they expose the imposter, Foster gets the Sheriff to jail them for Lawton's murder.
Fazenda 20
Art Direction
Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.
The Kansan
Art Direction
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
Revólveres e Laços
Art Direction
Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself.
Mineiro Misterioso
Art Direction
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.
Patrulha Fronteiriça
Art Direction
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.
Mantenho a Ordem
Art Direction
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.
Desfiladeiro Perdido
Art Direction
Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.
Silver Queen
Art Direction
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
O Protetor
Art Direction
A bandit who robs both Americans and Mexicans is causing each side of the border to blame the other. Hoppy has to settle matters.
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Art Direction
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
Secret of the Wastelands
Art Direction
Hoppy is leading a scientific expedition and the Chinese who have a hidden settlement nearby are trying to stop them. Saulters and his outlaw gang are also in the area looking for a gold mine. When Saulters men attack, the gold mine is found. Hoppy agrees to file for the Chinese and heads after Saulters in the chase to the land office.
3 Vaqueiros na Arábia
Art Direction
Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.
Fogo Cruzado
Art Direction
Hoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude detectives from the east, to investigate the disappearances, without a trace, of several herds of cattle.
Vaqueiro Detetive
Art Direction
Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends whose cattle are being rustled. Hoppy and California locate the rustlers' hideout and join the gang by posing as outlaws themselves, but must find a way to let the rest of the posse know where they are.
Lenhadores de Improviso
Art Direction
Hopalong Cassidy and Johnny Nelson ride to the mountains to help a man and his daughter save their logging business from someone who is sabotaging their efforts.
Cidade Sem Justiça
Art Direction
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Bar 20 boys.
Li'l Abner
Art Direction
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
Half a Sinner
Art Direction
Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
Exile Express
Art Direction
A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
Cipher Bureau
Art Direction
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
Mis dos amores
Art Direction
Rita Santiago's father, Don Antonio, stubbornly refuses to give permission for her to marry Julio Bertolin, a struggling medical student, because he wants his daughter to marry a rich Brazilian. Because of this, Julio leaves medical school and determines to gain wealth and position for himself by becoming a singer.
Sudden Bill Dorn
Art Direction
Bundy has found gold on the Kent ranch but directs everyone to Ghost Town as he tries to take over the ranch. But Bill and Kent's niece Lorna have taken possession. When it appears Bundy is attracted to Lorna, his jealous girl friend has men destroy the ranch and the explosion helps uncover the gold vein.
Sandflow
Art Direction
Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day western cultists in his 1937 formula western Sandflow. Buck Jones plays the son of a crooked land dealer. Seeking redemption, Jones rides through the west to compensate every rancher who was cheated by his dad.
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Art Direction
A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
I Cover Chinatown
Art Direction
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Art Direction
Buck Jones was producing as well as starring in his own western series by the time Ride 'Em Cowboy hit the screen. A heady combination of old and new, this one casts Jones as champeen auto racer Jess Burns, who reverts to his horse when called upon to rout the villains.
Dangerous Waters
Art Direction
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.
Stormy
Art Direction
A young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.
Alias Mary Dow
Art Direction
A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
Honor of the Range
Art Direction
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Art Direction
Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
King of the Arena
Art Direction
Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.
Lucky Dog
Art Direction
A rich man's enemies cause him to lose his money, his best friend (his dog), as he goes to jail. Once free he spends all his time hunting for his lost dog.
Zumbi, A Legião dos Mortos
Art Direction
Um homem rico transforma-se em um feiticeiro para seduzir a mulher que ele ama e afastá-la de seu noivo, mas ao invés disso a transforma em uma escrava zumbi.