Known for Directing
Filmography
18 films


Rachel and the Stranger
1948 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.


Out of the Past
1947 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.


Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · 2h 53m
country: United States
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conniving wife Christine and daughter Lavinia vie for the love of a handsome captain with a dark secret while well-meaning neighbor Peter sets his sights on Lavinia.


Badman's Territory
1946 · 1h 37m
country: United States
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.


West of the Pecos
1945 · 1h 6m
country: United States
Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.


The Falcon in San Francisco
1945 · 1h 6m
country: United States
While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl whose nurse has been recently murdered.


Nevada
1944 · 1h 2m
country: United States
Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.


Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944 · 1h 3m
country: United States
Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.


The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943 · 1h 7m
country: United States
The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.


The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · 1h 28m
country: United States
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.


One Crowded Night
1940 · 1h 8m
country: United States
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.


Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.


Lawless Valley
1938 · 59m
country: United States
After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.


Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · 1h 15m
country: United States
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.


The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.


Great Expectations
1934 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.


One More River
1934 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.


The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · 1h 9m
country: United States
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.