Allen G. Siegler

Рождение : 1892-06-26, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Смерть : 1960-09-21

Фильмы

Unknown World
Director of Photography
With the cyclotram, an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle, Dr. Jerimiah Morley leads an expedition into a subterranean world.
Smuggler's Gold
Director of Photography
A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.
So You Think You're Not Guilty
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Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
Air Hostess
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The Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students; a librarian named Ruth Jackson; Lorraine Carter, a nurse; and Jennifer White, whose husband was an aviator killed in World War II. Ruth meets a smart-alec pilot, Dennis Hogan, but complications arise as Lorraine also has an interest in him. Jennifer meets a war-buddy of her husband, Fred MacCoy. All three women, with each other's help, makes it through to graduation day.
Inner Sanctum
Director of Photography
A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
Port Said
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Travel author Leslie Sears arrives in Cairo, Egypt, to meet with Greg Stewart, an old war buddy who is a theater booking agent in Port Said. Leslie telephones Greg and arranges a rendezvous, but shortly after the conversation ends, Greg is murdered.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
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The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
All Gummed Up
Director of Photography
The stooges run a drug store and are about to have their lease taken away by the Flint, the mean old man who owns the place. When Flint kicks his wife out for being old, the stooges try to help her by inventing a formula that makes old people young. Their concoction turns the wife into a beautiful young woman, and Flint offers the boys the store for free if they'll transform him as well. They agree, but after he swallows the stuff he turns into an infant, and the boys leave on the run.
Rolling Down to Reno
Cinematography
Harry von Zell, a commentator on a radio show, unknowingly angers a wanted gangster with his comments on the air.
Millie's Daughter
Director of Photography
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.
Blondie's Big Moment
Director of Photography
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood has mixed emotions about his wife's theatrical aspirations and eventually he decides to get her to quit. As usual - disaster ensues.
Doctor Jim
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Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial dinner. The scenario then flashes back through three decades, commencing with the young GP first hanging up his shingle, serving at the front during WWI, home life being disrupted by telephone calls from those in need, and competition from a new medic in town who doesn't make country calls.
The Secret of the Whistler
Director of Photography
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
The Body Disappears
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Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor party revelry to find he's been turned invisible by eccentric college professor Reginald Shotesbury. An unbelievable series of events is revealed by several witnesses testifying in a "mystery trial" to determine the reason for DeHaven's "disappearance".
Strange Alibi
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An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Shadows on the Stairs
Director of Photography
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
The Devil Commands
Director of Photography
A scientist kills innocent victims in his efforts to communicate with his late wife.
So You Won't Talk?
Director of Photography
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
Behind Prison Gates
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An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
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Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
Паутина
Director of Photography
Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.
The Lady Objects
Director of Photography
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.
It Can't Last Forever
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Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-predicting cons gets out of hand.
Two-Fisted Sheriff
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This is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the life of his friend, Sheriff Dick Houston, who has captured two stagecoach bandits and is about to be shot from ambush by a third. Bob is found a few days later near the murdered body of cattleman Herrick with a gun in his hand.
Дело о чёрном коте
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Адвокат Перри Мейсон глубокой ночью вызван в особняк Лакстеров, чтобы исключить внучку Вилму из наследства Уильяма Лакстера, чтобы она не вышла замуж за подозреваемого в охоте за наследством Дуга. Питер умирает при загадочных обстоятельствах, и два внука Лакстера, Сэм Лакстер и Фрэнк Оффли, наследуют его имение при условии, что старый сторож Шустер и его кошка Клинкер продолжают там проживать. Когда ненавидящий котов Сэм угрожает Клинкер, Перри входит и узнает, что смерть Лакстера была подозрительной, а семейное состояние и бриллианты пропали без вести. Шустер найден мёртвым в своей подвальной квартире, медсестра Лакстера Луиза убита костылем Шустера, и косвенные доказательства приводят Дуга к суду за смерть Луизы. Расследование Мейсона приводит к неожиданному свидетельству, который превращает суд в переворот.
Killer at Large
Cinematography
A master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels.
Trapped by Television
Director of Photography
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
Roaming Lady
Director of Photography
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E. J. Reid and an assortment of the usual south-seas characters along with some Asians with varying agendas. The cargo included a shipment of bombs and machine guns. She soon finds herself being held hostage and they will free her only if Dan agrees to pilot a bombing plane for some Chinese bandits.
You May Be Next!
Director of Photography
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
The Black Room
Director of Photography
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...
Party Wire
Director of Photography
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.
Death Flies East
Director of Photography
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.
Carnival
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"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Mills of the Gods
Director of Photography
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)
Fugitive Lady
Director of Photography
In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief.
Blind Date
Director of Photography
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
A Man's Game
Director of Photography
During one blaze, Firefighters Tim and his partner Dave (Ward Bond) rescue pretty stenographer Judy (Evelyn Knapp). Falling in love with the girl, the boys try to save her from getting mixed up in an embezzlement scheme.
Meet the Baron
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A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Damaged Lives
Director of Photography
An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
Unknown Valley
Director of Photography
Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Attracted to Sheilla O'Neill, the two plan an escape from the village where no one is allowed to leave. But then he learns his father is being held prisoner and finding him, he is also made a prisoner.
Renegades of the West
Director of Photography
A cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father.
Make Me a Star
Director of Photography
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Адский дом
Director of Photography
Молодой человек Джимми Мейсон живет на ферме со своей овдовевшей матерью. Но однажды пожилую женщину сбивает машина, и она умирает. Оставшись один, Джимми решает переехать в большой город к своим дяде Генри и тете Эмме, которые владеют многоквартирным домом. Там он знакомится с одним из жильцов Мэттом Келли, который представляет Джимми свою очаровательную подружку Пегги. Но Джимми даже не подозревает, что на самом деле Мэтт-мелкий бандит и рэкетир.
Sea Legs
Director of Photography
Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, an island republic, as a replacement for a wealthy slacker who must serve his country to receive a $2 million inheritance, a scheme concocted by attorney Gabriel Grabowski. All his shipmates, except Hyacinth Nitouche, assume that he is indeed the wastrel he purports to be. Doyle falls in love with Adrienne, the most beautiful of the captain's daughters, and wins her affections by treating his comrades in her teashop. Admiral O'Brien, grandfather of the man Doyle is impersonating, comes to visit, and mistaking him for a civilian, Doyle throws him overboard and to everybody's surprise is complimented on his vigilance. But his real identity is exposed by some American sailors, and he is suspected of killing young O'Brien; he is cleared of suspicion, however, and is reinstated by the admiral, thereby gaining Adrienne's love.
Anybody's War
Cinematography
A dog catcher is rejected by the army, but sneaks in with his dog.
Slightly Scarlet
Director of Photography
Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony, jewel-thief Malatroff blackmails Lucy into helping him steal the valuable necklace owned by the young wife of phlegmatic American businessman Sylvester Corbett.
Burning Up
Director of Photography
Racecar-driver Lou Larrigan gets mixed up with a crooked gang of racetrack promoters, and is in love with Ruth Morgan, whose father is marked as a victim by the gang.
Pointed Heels
Director of Photography
Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influences to take any advantages.... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman. Pointed Heels was supposed to have been a vehicle for "boop-boop-a-doop" girl Helen Kane, but by the time the film was released, Kane's role was reduced to a supporting part.
Wolf Song
Director of Photography
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.
The Big Hop
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Jones plays Buck Bronson, a ranch hand taking to the air as a barnstorming pilot.
Пластмассовый век
Director of Photography
В колледж Прескотт поступает новичок — прилежный студент и чемпион по бегу Хью Карвер. Он с первого взгляда влюбляется в Синтию Дэй, звезду студенческого городка, которая прославилась своим разгульным образом жизни. Хью и Синтия начинают встречаться. В колледже на Хью возлагают большие надежды, однако затягивающиеся заполночь свидания с Синтией выматывают его настолько, что на спортивные тренировки не остается сил. Родители юноши и тренер Хенли приходят в отчаянье. После одной безумной ночи, когда Хью спасает своего соперника Карла Петерса от преследования полиции, Синтия понимает, что толкает его на кривую дорожку и принимает благородное решение больше с ним не встречаться. Хью быстро восстанавливает спортивную форму, и благодаря ему футбольная команда колледжа побеждает на соревнованиях. Наградой самому Карверу становится любовь Синтии.
Парижская любовь
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Мари и Арман, бывшие танцоры парижского кабаре, в паре со своим приятелем-вором нападают ночью на богатого ученого Пьера Марселя. Пока они обирают его карманы, между Арманом и его подельником происходит ссора — помешав вору убить ученого, Арман в драке убивает приятеля, но прежде тот успевает ранить его. Из благодарности Марсель забирает истекающего кровью Армана к себе в дом. Мари удается скрыться до прихода полиции.
My Lady's Lips
Director of Photography
A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story falls in love with the gang's female leader, and when the two are caught in a police raid, they find themselves in equal amounts of trouble.
White Thunder
Director of Photography
The son of a sheriff is caught in the eternal battle between sheepmen and cattle ranchers.
The Other Woman's Story
Director of Photography
Robert Marshall’s dying utterance seems to point to Colman Colby (Robert Frazer) as his killer. Colby is arrested and at trial all testimony points to his guilt. But as the jury deliberates, the unfairly named “other woman” (Helen Lee Worthing) sets out to prove his innocence.
Through the Dark
Director of Photography
Through the Dark is a 1924 silent mystery drama produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures. It is based on a short story "The Daughter of Mother McGinn" by Jack Boyle
Unseeing Eyes
Director of Photography
The sister of a silver mine owner hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brother's rescue.
The Dangerous Age
Director of Photography
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is stung by her rebuffs and, therefore, succumbs to the youthful charms of Gloria Sanderson, whom he meets on a business trip. But just after he mails a letter to Mary telling her that he will not return, John finds Gloria in the arms of her fiancé.
The Restless Sex
Director of Photography
A love triangle drama, based on a novel by Robert W. Chambers, who is better-known for weird fiction (which is not noticeable in this story.)
April Folly
Director of Photography
April Poole (Davies), a young writer in love with publisher Kerry Sarle (Tearle), visits the office of Mr. Sarle and his partner Ronald Kenna (Frank) and reads her latest story to them. She has made Sarle the hero, Kenna the villain, and herself the heroine. In the story, April changes places with Lady Diana Mannister (Marshall), who is being sent to South Africa to separate her from her lover, a young artist. A famous diamond that Lady Diana is to deliver at the end of her journey is given to April. Thieves trail her during her journey. With efforts by Kenna to steal the diamond prevented by the intervention of Sarle, the story comes to a close.
The Delicious Little Devil
Director of Photography
A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the family's money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she really is.
Danger, Go Slow
Director of Photography
Muggsy Mulane, a waif who wears boy's clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy "the Eel," the leader of the gang of crooks with whom she works, is arrested. In the village of Cottonville, Muggsy befriends Aunt Sarah, whom she later discovers is Jimmy's mother. When Muggsy learns that the greedy Judge Cotton, who holds the mortgage on Aunt Sarah's property, is planning to foreclose, she threatens to blackmail him, and he relents.
The Doctor and the Woman
Director of Photography
The mysterious "K" takes a humble job and falls in love with his landlady's daughter, Sidney Page. Sidney discourages her boyish admirer, Joe Drummond, and seeks training as a nurse. Infatuated with the head surgeon, Dr. Max Wilson, she accepts his proposal, which infuriates nurse Carlotta, who also loves Max. Carlotta lures Max to a roadhouse, where Joe, mistaking her for Sidney, shoots Max. K appears and, assuming his true identity as the famous Dr. Edwards, saves Max's life by performing his "Edwards operation."
The Price of a Good Time
Director of Photography
A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but the offer is misunderstood by her brother, who informs the girl's parents of her "fling."
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director of Photography
A doctor's wife is arrested for educating impoverished women about birth control.
The People vs. John Doe
Director of Photography
A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.
Idle Wives
Director of Photography
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.
Shoes
Director of Photography
A young working girl must support her family on only five dollars a week. The strain of trying to feed, house and clothe her mother, her father and three sisters finally gets to be too much, and she winds up selling her body for a pair of shoes.
Where Are My Children?
Director of Photography
Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Director of Photography
Discontent
Director
Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.
The Broken Coin
Director of Photography
A movie serial directed by Francis Ford.