Ethel Doherty

Фильмы

Rocky Mountain Mystery
Writer
A mining engineer teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve the mystery killings at an old mine where the owner's family waits for him to die, and where a valuable radium strike may have been made.
Home on the Range
Screenplay
Two men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted' gold mines to gullible newcomers. But the cold Far North gets too hot for them and they move to greener pastures in the western United States. Business is good until a young cattleman, Tom Hatfield, falls for their trap. But Georgia falls in love with him and this causes problems for her partners.
Sailor Be Good
Writer
A Navy boxer (Jack Oakie) meets a dance-hall hostess (Vivienne Osborne) who tries to sober him up for a fight.
Men Are Such Fools
Writer
An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a local lowlife; when he turns up dead, the husband is jailed for his murder, even though he protests his innocence.
It Pays to Advertise
Adaptation
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.
The Saturday Night Kid
Story
Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.
River of Romance
Writer
Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the South to settle a dispute between gentlemen, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that Tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake", the terror of the Lower Mississippi.
The Studio Murder Mystery
Writer
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
Marquis Preferred
Writer
Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.
Innocents of Paris
Writer
Directed by Richard Wallace.
Manhattan Cocktail
Writer
Nancy Carroll stars in Manhattan Cocktail as Babs, a college coed who dreams of becoming a famous actress. Joining up with her campus chums Fred (Richard Arlen) and Bob (Danny O'Shea), likewise aspiring thespians, Babes heads to Broadway with stars in her eyes. The winsome threesome are quickly disillusioned by the heartless machinations of nasty producer Renov (Paul Lukas) and his harridan wife (Lilyan Tashman). Before the plot proper gets under way, the audience is regaled with a cute "mythological" prologue, featuring the same three leading actors. Manhattan Cocktail was a silent picture, except for two brief musical numbers showcasing Nancy Carroll.
His Private Life
Writer
Frank Tuttle silent romantic comedy about a Frenchman who seduces women all over Paris, but he meets his match in a proper American tourist. He does everything he can to seduce her, but he will only find romance when he does so on her terms!
The Showdown
Screenplay
Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.
Figures Don't Lie
Writer
Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one scene proves the accuracy of the title by donning a fetching one-piece bathing suit. The main story concerns wise-guy insurance salesman Richard Arlen, who through a combination of hard work and sheer gall lands a job as sales manager. But he can't land heroine Ralston, who has remained cool to his charms ever since he tried to make a play for her on the street.
Хула
Writer
Дочь богатого гавайского плантатора, экзотическая красавица Хула Калхун, влюбляется в молодого англичанина-инженера Энтони Холдена, который приехал руководить строительством дамбы на землях ее отца. Холден женат и потому держится на расстоянии от девушки. На вечеринке в честь дня ее рождения убитая горем девушка сначала возвращается к своему бывшему ухажеру Гарри Дехану, а затем напивается и исполняет для Холдена соблазнительный танец.
Rough House Rosie
Writer
A poor but ambitious young girl is determined to crash high society, but isn't prepared for the reception she receives.
Stranded in Paris
Writer
American shop-girl Julie McFadden, wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van Wye, who has to kiss her when she loses a sack race. In Paris, Julie finds her proposed residence destroyed, and while waiting for Bob her purse is snatched; in the ensuing chase she gets lost and enters a dressmaker shop, where the two owners are in dire need of an English-speaking girl to deliver some gowns. Accidentally she is given free entry to the apartment of Countess Pasada and is shown to her rooms; the count is in his pajamas when she emerges from her bath, and she locks him in the bathroom.
Капкан на мужчину
Writer
Джо Истер — закоренелый холостяк средних лет, кладовщик магазина в канадской глуши. Устав от уединенного образа жизни, он отправляется развеяться в Миннеаполис, где знакомится с кокетливой маникюршей по имени Алверна и неожиданного для самого себя женится на ней. Вскоре счастье супругов оказывается под угрозой. В их городок приезжает на отдых женоненавистник Ральф Прескотт, нью-йоркский адвокат, специализирующийся на разводах. Джо приглашает Ральфа остановиться в его доме, думая, что общение с новым человеком развлечет его молодую жену.
Behind the Front
Writer
During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not knowing that it's the same pickpocket who stole his watch. After finishing basic training, the two are sent to the front lines in France, where they wind up in trouble with the MPs, getting involved with some cute French girls and "volunteering" for a dangerous front-line mission, and their antics result in their endangering the armistice.
The Vanishing American
Writer
A tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent.