George Waggner — Playwright (10)
Drums of the Desert (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Drums of the Desert
director: George Waggner actor: Ralph Byrd / Lorna Gray
On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée of his best friend and fellow officer Raoul. Raoul is wounded during an Arab attack and the wedding is postponed, and Helene and Paul are thrown together and find it impossible to hide their feelings. The meet in the tent of Hassan, a fortune teller, not knowing the tent is a storage place for arms and ammunition belonging to Addullah, an Arab leader determined to avenge the death of his brother Ben Ali.
The Line-Up (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Line-Up
director: Howard Higgin actor: William Gargan / Marian Nixon
Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of fur robberies. Peggy Arnold (Marian Nixon), a beautiful girl, comes under suspicion, but Bob, convinced of her innocence, adopts a desperate plan to clear her and round up the real criminals.
Idol of the Crowds (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Idol of the Crowds
director: Arthur Lubin actor: John Wayne / Sheila Bromley
other title: L'Idole de la foule
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured.
On the Spot (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
On the Spot
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
I Cover the War! (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Cover the War!
director: Arthur Lubin actor: John Wayne / Gwen Gaze
other title: I Cover the War / Chasseurs d'images
Bob Adams, ace newsreel cameraman, is told by his boss, "Get the picture---we can't screen alibis." He heads for Samari, a desert hot-bed of tribal unrest in Africa, to do just that, which includes getting footage of El Kadar, bandit and rebel leader. He gets his pictures but only after a romance with the Colonel's daughter Pamela, saving his wimpy, hacked-off brother Don from being a dupe of the gun-runners, and run-ins with spies and throat-cutting tribesman. For a finale, he saves the British Army.
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Fighting Kentuckian
director: George Waggner actor: 约翰·韦恩 / Vera Ralston
other title: ケンタッキー魂 / In letzter Sekunde
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.