Tag: Jerry Wald

Brother Orchid Script

Script by:Richard Connell (Story), Earl Baldwin (Writer), Jerry Wald (Writer), Richard Macaulay (Writer)
Directed by:Lloyd Bacon
Year:1940
IMDb:tt0032285

Plot:When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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The Roaring Twenties Script

Script by:Jerry Wald (Screenplay), Richard Macaulay (Screenplay), Robert Rossen (Screenplay), Mark Hellinger (Story)
Directed by:Raoul Walsh
Year:1939
IMDb:tt0031867

Plot:After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
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They Drive by Night Script

Script by:Jerry Wald (Screenplay), Richard Macaulay (Screenplay), A.I. Bezzerides (Novel)
Directed by:Raoul Walsh
Year:1940
IMDb:tt0033149

Plot:Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat or, independent truck drivers who have their own small one truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
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