Tag: Roy Del Ruth

Folies Bergère de Paris Script

Script by:Bess Meredyth (Screenplay), Hal Long (Screenplay), Rudolph Lothar (Theatre Play), Hans Adler (Theatre Play), Jessie Ernst (Adaptation)
Directed by:Roy Del Ruth
Year:1935
IMDb:tt0026373

Plot:An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
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The Mind Reader Script

Script by:Robert Lord (Screenplay), Wilson Mizner (Screenplay), Vivian Cosby (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Roy Del Ruth
Year:1933
IMDb:tt0024339

Plot:Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Ameicans spent $125 million on mind-readers and astrology. The carny, renamed Chandra, falls for one of his marks, Sylvia, but their love is tested when he brings tragedy to other peoples' lives and she asks him to go straight.
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The Second Floor Mystery Script

Script by:Earl Derr Biggers (Novel), Joseph Jackson (Writer)
Directed by:Roy Del Ruth
Year:1930
IMDb:tt0021351

Plot:In this mystery, a man and woman have been corresponding through a "personal" column under the names Lord Strawberries and Lady Grapefruit. When the man's neighbor is found dead upstairs, he and the lady are the prime suspects of a police inspector, who has his own very good reason for blaming them.
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Captured! Script

Script by:Roy Del Ruth (Story), Edward Chodorov (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roy Del Ruth
Year:1933
IMDb:tt0023872

Plot:While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Script

Script by:Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay), Henry Lehrman (Screenplay), Herman C. McNeile (Novel)
Directed by:Roy Del Ruth
Year:1934
IMDb:tt0024932

Plot:Dashing British sleuth Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
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