John Lee Mahin — Playwright (26)
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The Beast of the City (1932) [Movie] IMDb Douban
The Beast of the City
director: Charles Brabin actor: Walter Huston / Jean Harlow
other title: 城中的野兽 / El monstruo de la ciudad
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
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Eskimo (1934) [Movie] Douban
Eskimo
director: W.S.范戴克 W.S. Van Dyke actor: Edgar Dearing / Peter Freuchen …
other title: 爱斯基摩人
The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.
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No Time for Sergeants (1958) [Movie] Douban
No Time for Sergeants
director: 茂文·勒鲁瓦 actor: 安迪·格里菲斯
other title: 乡下人从军乐 / 荒唐大兵 …
一个胖子和一个瘦子，他们约定去外闯荡。胖子说死后想变成马，瘦子说还想做自己。他们二人爱上一个姑娘，可是姑娘不理会他们。于是胖子决定要跳海死，跳海前遇到一个军官，军官劝说他们参军。在军营里，他们演出了一场场的闹剧。最后竟然发现，军官是那位姑娘的未婚夫。胖子和瘦子被抓进了牢房，他们俩又逃了出来，最后跑到了飞机里面，阴错阳差的驾驶着飞机跑了，但最后飞机坠毁，胖子死了，瘦子无恙。瘦子回到家乡，听见一匹马叫自己，那马说自己是胖子。于是两个朋友又见面了
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Elephant Walk (1954) [Movie] Douban
Elephant Walk
director: 威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 伊丽莎白·泰勒 / 达纳·安德鲁斯 …
other title: 象宫鸳劫 / 逻宫大神秘
一个锡兰农庄主的妻子不堪丈夫的木讷而移情别恋，在经受了霍乱、季风和象群的侵扰后认识到丈夫才是自己最爱的人。但奥利弗怂恿费雯·丽接受邀请，尽管他自己没有接受担任男主角的邀请。此时奥利弗自组的戏剧演出公司濒临破产的边缘，费雯接拍电影所获得的高额片酬无疑大有用处。费雯·丽就此踏上了远赴锡兰热带丛林的旅程，而她的人生悲剧也就此面临新的磨难。
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Red Dust (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Red Dust
director: 维克多·弗莱明 actor: 克拉克·盖博 Clark Gable / 珍·哈露 Jean Harlow
other title: 红尘 / Dschungel im Sturm …
Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.
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Treasure Island (1934) [Movie] IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Treasure Island
director: 维克多·弗莱明 actor: 华莱士·比里 / 莱昂纳尔·巴里摩尔 …
other title: 金银岛 / 보물섬 …
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
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Captains Courageous (1937) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Captains Courageous
director: 维克多·弗莱明 actor: 斯宾塞·屈塞 / 费雷迪·巴塞洛缪 …
other title: 怒海余生 / 굿바이 마이 라이프 …
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
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Mogambo (1953) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Mogambo
director: 约翰·福特 actor: 克拉克·盖博 / 艾娃·加德纳 …
other title: 红尘 / 莫干布 …
On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
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Wife vs. Secretary (1936) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Wife vs. Secretary
director: 克拉伦斯·布朗 actor: 克拉克·盖博 / 珍·哈露 …
other title: 妻子和秘书 / 媳妇与秘书 …
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
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The Horse Soldiers (1959) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Horse Soldiers
director: 约翰·福特 actor: 约翰·韦恩 / 威廉·霍尔登 …
other title: 魔鬼骑兵团 / 铁骑英烈传(港) …
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
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A Star Is Born (1937) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
A Star Is Born
6.6 (13 ratings) director: 威廉·A·韦尔曼 / 杰克·康威 actor: 珍妮·盖诺 / 弗雷德里克·马奇 …
other title: 一个明星的诞生 / 爱情万年青 …
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.