John Monk Saunders
Рождение : 1895-11-22, Hinckley, Minnesota, USA
Смерть : 1940-03-11
Story
Действие фильма разворачивается во время Первой мировой войны. Майор Брэнд — командир эскадрона британского Королевского летного корпуса, размещенного во Франции. Капитан Кортни и его друг лейтенант Скотт называют своего командира мясником за то, что Брэнд поручает опасные задания неопытным пилотам и тем самым обрекает их на верную смерть.
Story
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Director
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
Story
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.
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An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Story
Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.
Story
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
Screenplay
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
Story
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Screenplay
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
Novel
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
Dialogue
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Writer
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Story
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
Writer
A young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancéé into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like.
Writer
Один из последних фильмов заканчивающейся эпохи немого кино. Неповоротливый кочегар Билл (Джозеф Бэнкрофт) вытаскивает бродягу Мэй (Бетти Компсон) из воды. Они оказываются в шумном салуне и в спешке обещают друг другу жениться. При этом они почти не осознают, что блефуют, обманывают друг друга и себя. Утренний свет приносит опустошение, разочарование, отрезвление, и Билл уходит, чтобы получить наказание за украденное для Мэй платье.
Writer
Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legion. Christine is later revealed to be the spy whom Price has been ordered to drop behind enemy lines. They are reconciled, are captured by the Germans, and are rescued by his unit.
Writer
Два молодых человека Джек Пауэлл и Дэвид Армстронг из одного небольшого городка влюблены в Сильвию Льюис. Однако Сильвия отвечает взаимностью Дэвиду, а Джек не замечает влюбленную в него соседскую девчонку Мэри Престон. После вступления США в Первую Мировую войну юноши попадают в авиационный корпус и становятся не только асами, но и друзьями.
Стараясь быть ближе к Джеку, Мэри присоединяется к женскому механизированному корпусу, но война охватила большие расстояния и они почти не встречаются. Один единственный раз Мэри находит Джека в увольнении, но в таком виде, что он ее не узнает и встреча печально заканчивается для самой Мэри. Меж тем, между друзьями произошла размолвка, и они улетают в бой, не примирившись, что в итоге приводит к трагической развязке — это война…
Theatre Play
Dan Savage prepares his son, Randall to fight in the business world by having him trained as a pugilist. Randall shows a flare for fisticuffs, so he is taken to the Ironworkers Ball to try out his infamous "shock punch."
Story
Wanting his son to get away from his many girlfriends and buckle down to work, the New York industrialist father of a playboy sends him to an obscure village in Spain to find samples of a rare mineral. When the son gets to Spain, he runs afoul of the local police chief - who has a secret that he tries to keep the young man from discovering.