Frank Partos

Фильмы

Port Afrique
Screenplay
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
Night Without Sleep
Screenplay
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
Дом на телеграфном холме
Screenplay
Виктория Ковельская потеряла свой дом и мужа во время нацистской оккупации Польши. К счастью, ей удалось выжить в концентрационном лагере Бельзене. Там Виктория познакомилась с Карин Дернаковой, мечтающей о воссоединении с сыном Кристофером, живущим в Сан-Франциско с богатой тетушкой. Карин умерла в лагере, а Виктория отправилась в Америку под ее именем, чтобы встретиться с Кристофером. Она знакомится с опекуном мальчика Аланом Спендером и влюбляется в него. Роскошный дом на Телеграфном холме становится новым пристанищем Виктории. Женщина пытается оформить опеку над Кристофером. Постепенно Виктория начинает подозревать, что кто-то пытается убить её и мальчика.
Змеиная яма
Screenplay
ДеХэвиллэнд в роли Вирджинии Стюарт Каннингэм, психически неуравновешенной молодой женщины, помещенной в психиатрическую лечебницу ее мужем Робертом Каннингэмом. Он любит свою жену, но понимает, что помощи, которую он способен оказать ей, недостаточно. К счастью, случай Вирджинии привлекает внимание доктора Марка Кика, терпеливого, вдумчивого и внимательного врача. Он уделяет ей большую часть своего времени. Хотя больница переполнена, а персонала не хватает, доктору удается сосредоточиться на ее болезни, одновременно изо всех сил стараясь сделать все возможное, чтобы больница не превратилась в "змеиную яму", как называют "психушки". Хотя и сами болезни, и способы их лечения показаны упрощенно, фильм был первым серьезно затронувшим тему с настоящим реализмом.
Сейчас и завтра
Screenplay
Богатая наследница Эмили Блэйр страдает потерей слуха после того, как много лет назад переболела менингитом. Из-за недуга она даже была вынуждена отказаться от свадьбы с Джеффом Стоддардом, потому что не хотела быть ему обузой. После длительного путешествия в поисках лекарства от глухоты она возвращается в родной город Блэйртаун. Эмили не знает, что за время её отсутствия её жених Джефф и её младшая сестра Дженис полюбили друг друга. Джефф не хочет рассказывать Эмили о своих новых отношениях, испытывая жалость к ней. По приглашению лечащего врача Эмили в Блэйртаун приезжает доктор Мерек Вэнс, который вырос в этом городе в бедном районе...
Незваные
Screenplay
Брат и сестра переезжают в старый дом на побережье, который был заброшен в течение долгих лет. Сперва дом кажется им очаровательным и уютным, однако уже скоро в нем начинают происходить пугающие события…
Незнакомец на третьем этаже
Screenplay
Репортёр Майк Уорд — главный свидетель по делу об убийстве. Он видел обвиняемого Бриггса стоящим возле тела убитого в кафе, и это ключевое свидетельства для признания вины Бриггса. Джейн, невеста Уорда, сомневается в несомненности его показаний, и эти сомнения начинают преследовать репортёра.
Rio
Screenplay
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
Honolulu
Screenplay
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.
Romance in the Dark
Writer
A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true.
She's No Lady
Screenplay
Alden "Bill" Carter III sees a beautiful woman, Jerry, dining alone at the Park Savoy in New York, and after a brief flirtation, introduces himself. After he entreats her to be his "mystery woman" to make his girl friend jealous, Jerry agrees to attend a reception that night with him at the Douglas home. This plays right into Jerry's plans, as she is a jewel thief who intends to steal the Douglas jewels with her cohorts, Uncle John and Jeff...
The Great Gambini
Writer
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
Night of Mystery
Writer
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
Rose of the Rancho
Screenplay
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a long-dead Spanish king. But, by a loop-hole in the law, the title-deeds of the Dons could not be recognized, and this opened the door of organized gangs of land-grabbers, such as the one led by Joe Kincaid, to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery. In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation. Then Rosita Castro, the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro, masked and disguised as a man, organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws, aided by an undercover federal agent, Jim Kearney.
The Last Outpost
Adaptation
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
College Scandal
Screenplay
Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new French professor. Julie attraction from the make students drops a bit when two of her admirers are found murdered. When an attempt on the life of a third one is made. Seth Dunlap, an instructor at the school, decides to turn detective and find the killer. Assisted by his sister, who is in love with the third student, Dunlap begins to follow the the small trail of clues left by the killer.
Wings in the Dark
Screenplay
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions. aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.
Thirty Day Princess
Screenplay
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
Wharf Angel
Screenplay
On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explains that after he spoke out about the rights of man to a crowd, a riot ensued, during which a policeman was killed. Como took the gun from the killer, but is thought to be guilty of the crime himself. Como, who reciprocates Mary's love, spends the night with her, but leaves to keep her out of danger. He joins the crew of a ship sailing to China after he is befriended by Turk, a big lumbering sailor who is also in love with Mary. Each man is unaware that they love the same woman.
Cradle Song
Writer
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?
Her Bodyguard
Writer
The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions of other men, most notably the producer of the show in which she's starring. However, soon the bodyguard and the star begin to become attracted to each other.
Jennie Gerhardt
Writer
This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.
Heritage of the Desert
Adaptation
A young man must defend his land from claim jumpers in this adaptation of the popular Zane Grey novel.