John Lee Mahin — Playwright (29)
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The Barbarians (1960) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Barbarians
director: Rudolph Maté actor: Jack Palance / Milly Vitale …
other title: Revak, der Sklave von Karthago / Rewak, le rebelle …
Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the favorite of mighty women, but has only one thirst: bloody revenge, at all cost, so the barbarian makes common cause with the attacking Romans, Carthage's historical enemy and rival for Mediterranean hegemony, scorning love...
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North to Alaska (1960) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
North to Alaska
director: Henry Hathaway actor: John Wayne / Stewart Granger …
other title: 알래스카의 혼 / アラスカ魂 …
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
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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] IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge
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 …
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?
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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 TMDB Douban
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] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
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] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
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] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
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] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
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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Small Town Girl (1936) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Small Town Girl
director: William A. Wellman actor: Janet Gaynor / Robert Taylor …
other title: 小镇姑娘 / Kleinstadtmädel …
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.