Tag: John Lee Mahin

The Bad Seed Script

Script by:John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Maxwell Anderson (Theatre Play), William March (Novel)
Directed by:Mervyn LeRoy
Year:1956
IMDb:tt0048977

Plot:Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her room. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
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Captain’s Courageous Script

Script by:Rudyard Kipling (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Dale Van Every (Screenplay), Marc Connelly (Screenplay)
Directed by:Victor Fleming
Year:1937
IMDb:tt0028691

Plot: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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Red Dust Script

Script by:John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Wilson Collison (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Victor Fleming
Year:1932
IMDb:tt0023382

Plot:Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police; but when his new surveyor, Gary, arrives along with his refined but sensual wife, Barbara, Dennis gets infatuated by her.
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Boom Town Script

Script by:John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), James Edward Grant (Story)
Directed by:Jack Conway
Year:1940
IMDb:tt0032273

Plot:McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsey comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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Quo Vadis Script

Script by:John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), S. N. Behrman (Screenplay), Sonya Levien (Screenplay), Henryk Sienkiewicz (Novel)
Directed by:Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
Year:1951
IMDb:tt0043949

Plot:Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.
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No Time For Sergeants Script

Script by:John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Ira Levin (Theatre Play), Mac Hyman (Novel)
Directed by:Mervyn LeRoy
Year:1958
IMDb:tt0052005

Plot: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? In No Time for Sergeants, Andy Griffith is certifiably funny in the role that clinched his stardom. Wearing a friendly, wide grin, he ambles into the U.S. Air Force – and lots of folks’ll never be the same.
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Scarface (1932) Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Armitage Trail (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Dialogue), Seton I. Miller (Dialogue), W.R. Burnett (Dialogue)
Directed by:Howard Hawks
Year:1932
IMDb:tt0023427

Plot:A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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The Unholy Garden Script

Script by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Dialogue), Charles MacArthur (Screenplay), Charles MacArthur (Dialogue), John Lee Mahin (Screenplay)
Directed by:George Fitzmaurice
Year:1931
IMDb:tt0022523

Plot:At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with his own plan to get the loot, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for the daughter.
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Tortilla Flat Script

Script by:John Steinbeck (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Benjamin Glazer (Screenplay)
Directed by:Victor Fleming
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0035460

Plot:Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
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