Lynn Root

Фильмы

Lady Luck
Screenplay
A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way she planned.
The Kid from Brooklyn
Theatre Play
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
До самого неба
Screenplay
Героический лётчик из эскадрильи "Летающие тигры" решает променять отпуск-турне на беззаботный отдых в небольшом городе, где его никто не знает. Он влюбляется в фотографа, которой надоело отражать местные события: ей хочется снимать героев и поначалу не нравится легкомысленный гуляка.
Хижина на небесах
Novel
Заядлый игрок в кости и любитель женщин Литл Джо решает начать новую жизнь. Его жена Питунья давно молит Бога о том, чтобы он расстался с пагубными страстями, раскаялся и нашел работу. И такой день настал, Джо пришел в церковь на исповедь, но когда дошла его очередь причаститься, он сбежал со своими дружками в игорный клуб отыграться напоследок от долгов. В клубе его заподозрили в жульничестве и ранили выстрелом из револьвера. В предсмертном бредуДжо является Люцифер-младший со своей свитой, с целью забрать его в Ад, но Питуньяне зря просила и молила Бога за жизнь мужа и Ангелы также пришли к его постели. Междусилами добра и зла произошла разборка за душу азартного игрока, точку в которойпоставило решение Господа, дать Джо еще шесть месяцев на земле на исправление, но с одним условием - он не будет помнить эту встречу. Если за этот срок он обелит свою душу, то попадет в Рай, если же нет - тогда навсегда останется в лапах Люцифера.
They Got Me Covered
Additional Dialogue
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
Highways by Night
Screenplay
A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
Сокол и большая афера
Writer
Сокол и журналистка Энн Риордан пытаются разгадать цепь загадочных убийств, начавшихся после того, как бывший рестлер, освобожденный из тюрьмы, отправляется на поиски своей девушки.
A Date with the Falcon
Screenplay
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
The Gay Falcon
Screenplay
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
The Golden Fleecing
Story
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Millionaires in Prison
Screenplay
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
The Saint Takes Over
Screenplay
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
Little Orvie
Writer
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
The Saint in London
Screenplay
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
While New York Sleeps
Story
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Down on the Farm
Story
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
Keep Smiling
Story
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
International Settlement
Story
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
Checkers
Story
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.
Checkers
Screenplay
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.
Wild and Woolly
Screenplay
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
Шагай веселее, Дживс!
Screenplay
Вторую заокеанскую вариацию на темы Пэлема Вудхауса можно объединить с первой в своеобразную дилогию. Артур Тричер в роли хитроумного дворецкого Дживса действует здесь без своего хозяина. Просто сэр Вустер как был, так и остался в Англии, а вот Дживс вдруг взял и уехал в Америку.
Angel's Holiday
Story
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline Kaye and her companion Stivers. Reporter Nick Moore, once sweet on Pauline, is convinced that her sudden disappearance is a publicity stunt, which is true -- until gangster Bat Regan decides to get involved.
Woman Chases Man
Original Story
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.