Lionel Houser
Known for Writing
Born
April 6, 1908
Died
November 12, 1949 (age 41)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
36 films
Known for Writing
Born
April 6, 1908
Died
November 12, 1949 (age 41)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
36 films

The Secret Fury
1950 · 1h 25m
country: United States
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.

Courage of Lassie
1946 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer.

Faithful in My Fashion
1946 · 1h 21m
country: United States
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.

Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · 1h 42m
country: United States
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

Three Hearts for Julia
1943 · 1h 30m
country: United States
When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.

A Yank at Eton
1942 · 1h 28m
country: United States
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.

Design for Scandal
1941 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.

Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!

Dark Command
1940 · 1h 34m
country: United States
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.
Wolf of New York
Wolf of New York
1940 · 1h 7m
country: United States
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.

First Love
1939 · 1h 24m
country: United States
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.

Sabotage
1939 · 1h 6m
country: United States
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at the plant, catches two men breaking into the machine shop. The men run, but the major shoots one of them.....

Tell No Tales
1939 · 1h 9m
country: United States
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

The Girl from Mexico
1939 · 1h 11m
country: United States
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.

Sky Giant
1938 · 1h 20m
country: Unknown
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the military to be his aide at the academy. Complications arise when Stockton's son Kenneth arrives for training and Stockton, believing his son to be a slackard, looks for an excuse to drop him from the program. Rivalry develops between Stag and Ken as well, as they fall for the same girl.

Blind Alibi
1938 · 1h 1m
country: United States
A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's love letters.

Condemned Women
1938 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.

Night Spot
1938 · 1h
country: United States
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.

Love Takes Flight
1937 · 1h 11m
country: United States
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.

Border Cafe
1937 · 1h 7m
country: United States
The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his father, finds himself down-on-his luck in a tiny western town, and is rehabilitated through the friendship and wisdom of a kind and patient rancher.

I Promise to Pay
1937 · 1h 8m
country: United States
A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.

Grand Exit
1935 · 1h 8m
country: United States
A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson investigator to solve a string of major losses.