Tag: John Cromwell

Since You Went Away Script

Script by:Margaret Buell Wilder (Novel), Margaret Buell Wilder (Adaptation), David O. Selznick (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Cromwell
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0037280

Plot:While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
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The Racket Script

Script by:W.R. Burnett (Screenplay), William Wister Haines (Screenplay), Bartlett Cormack (Theatre Play)
Directed by:John Cromwell
Year:1951
IMDb:tt0043955

Plot:Mobster Nick Scanlon (Ryan) has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQueeg (Mitchum), who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch (Collins), and a police detective, Turck (Conrad), are crooked and make McQueeg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
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Anna and the King of Siam Script

Script by:Sally Benson (Screenplay), Talbot Jennings (Screenplay), Margaret Landon (Book)
Directed by:John Cromwell
Year:1946
IMDb:tt0038303

Plot:In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
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Algiers Script

Script by:John Howard Lawson (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Cromwell
Year:1938
IMDb:tt0029855

Plot:Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby , which arouses the jealousy of Ines
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The Enchanted Cottage Script

Script by:DeWitt Bodeen (Writer), Herman J. Mankiewicz (Writer), Arthur Wing Pinero (Theatre Play)
Directed by:John Cromwell
Year:1945
IMDb:tt0037671

Plot:A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
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