William Rees

Рождение : 1906-01-01, Miller County, Arkansas, USA

Смерть : 1961-10-01

Фильмы

Keystone Hotel
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The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigeous beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry members of the audience respond by hurling custard pies. The Keystone Kops are summoned, and arrive just in time to get plastered with pastry.
Going Highbrow
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A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.
Don't Bet on Blondes
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Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
The Singer of Naples
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A blacksmith's son from Naples rises to become a celebrated opera singer, performing at La Scala in Milan.
Парень из Сан-Луиса
Camera Operator
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.
Дело о воющей собаке
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Очень нервный человек по имени Картрайт приходит в офис к Перри, чтобы арестовать соседа за вой собаки. Он утверждает, что завывание является признаком того, что есть смерть в этом районе. Он также хочет, чтобы составили завещание отдавая своё имение даме проживающей в доме соседей. Это все очень таинственно и на следующий день, его завещание меняется и Картрайт отсутствует, как и дама из соседнего дома. Перри имеет завещание и предварительный гонорар и должен выяснить, есть ли у него клиент или выгодоприобретатель.
Домохозяйка
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Нан Рейнольдс изо всех сил пытается вести домашнее хозяйство на скромную зарплату ее кроткого мужа Билла, офис-менеджера. Она призывает его искать лучшую работу в другом месте, но он не склонен к риску, и его отсутствие амбиций влияет на отношения супругов отрицательно. По прошествии времени, Билл всё же уступает жене, и открывает свое собственное агентство на деньги, которые она сумела сохранить. Вдохновленный Нан, он переманивает крупного клиента у своей бывшей фирмы и нанимает Пэт Беркли, которая училась вместе с Нан и Биллом в средней школе. Билл проводит много времени с Пэт и постепенно понимает, что чувства, которые он испытывал к ней в юности, пробудились с новой силой. Нан становится известно об их отношениях, но она предпочитает игнорировать их.
Midnight Alibi
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An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.
The Personality Kid
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An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
A Modern Hero
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A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
Только любовь
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Авантюрист и прощелыга Шервуд Нэш, разорившись на инвестиционном бизнесе, встречает модельера — дизайнера Линн Мэйсон. Её рисунки одежды дают ему идею для новой аферы. Он начинает нагло копировать последние модели одежды, которые поступают в престижные бутики и продавать их большими партиями в дешевых магазинах по бросовым ценам. Когда владельцы дорогих магазинов обнаруживают его жульничество, Шервуд предлагает им интересный компромисс: они должны послать его в Париж, чтобы он инкогнито сделал копии европейских дизайнов. Получив согласие, Шервуд и его партнеры следуют в Париж на встречу приключениям…
Convention City
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Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
From Headquarters
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When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Дело об убийстве в питомнике
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Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
The Druggist's Dilemma
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Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough star as a couple of wacky soda jerks. They do a high wire act while delivering a much needed pair of pants to their boss.
A Fool's Advice
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An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
Expensive Women
Director of Photography
A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
Murder at Midnight
Director of Photography
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.
The Maltese Falcon
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A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
Sit Tight
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Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Brown is a wrestler named JoJo and he is forced to enter the ring and face down a musclebound masked opponent (Frank S. Hagney). Making matters worse, the masked marauder is convinced that his wife has been fooling around with JoJo. JoJo is knocked out early in the proceedings, whereupon he dreams he's a sultan surrounded by harem girls. A romantic subplot involves Paul Gregory and Claudia Dell. Gregory works for Dell's father and Dell asks her father to give Gregory a promotion so that she can spend more time with him. When Gregory refuses to be promoted without earning the position, she threatens to have him fired and Gregory quits his job. Gregory attempts to start a new career as a championship wrestler and is trained by Lightner and Brown. When Dell finds out about this, she attempts to stop him and asks for his forgiveness. She pleads with him to not fight but he has already promised...
Scarlet Pages
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Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
The Office Wife
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Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.
Rough Waters
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A police dog helps to track down two payroll robbers.
Under a Texas Moon
Director of Photography
A cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
On the Border
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A Mexico/United States border patrol officer is aided by his police dog, Rinty.
Hearts in Exile
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In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead marries a baron. Time passes and the two men meet each other in Siberia where they have both been exiled. When the poorer man has the opportunity to come home, he changes places with the baron so that he can return to his wife. Unbeknownst to him, she has gone to the frozen wasteland to search for him.
Hardboiled Rose
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A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her feet and takes her away from it all.
Fancy Baggage
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In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complications ensue.