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Writer 1896 - 1984

Lenore J. Coffee

San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia Lenore Jackson Coffee (13 July 1896, San Francisco – 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Coffee began her career when she answered an ad requesting a screen story for the actress Clara Kimball Young... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

18 titles
Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog

Arthur Lubin 1955 1h 30m 7.0

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

Gordon Douglas 1954 1h 57m 6.0

The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

David Miller 1952 1h 52m 6.8

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a "romantic leading man." On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice

King Vidor 1951 1h 31m 6.5

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.

Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest

King Vidor 1949 1h 37m 8.0

"What a dump!" That's the classic line delivered by Bette Davis at the halfway point of Beyond the Forest, her final Warner Bros. effort of the 1940s. Some Davis devotees feel as though this vituperative utterance is the high point of an otherwise turgid melodrama; others consider the line a succinct assessment of the entire film.

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Henry Levin 1947 1h 23m 6.5

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

Tomorrow Is Forever

Tomorrow Is Forever

Irving Pichel 1946 1h 45m

In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe.

The Great Lie

The Great Lie

Edmund Goulding 1941 1h 48m 6.0

Sandra and Pete elope but their marriage is invalid since she's not yet divorced. Sandra is, however, pregnant by Pete. Pete marries his former fiancée Maggie, then flies to South America where his plane crashes. Maggie pays Sandra to let her adopt Pete's baby. Pete returns "from the dead". Sandra and Maggie contend for Pete and the baby.

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

Louis King 1940 1h 26m

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is.

Four Daughters

Four Daughters

Michael Curtiz 1938 1h 30m

Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

Suzy

Suzy

George Fitzmaurice 1936 1h 33m

A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice

William K. Howard 1934 1h 19m

A criminal lawyer's wife faces blackmail when she has an affair.

Torch Singer

Torch Singer

Alexander Hall, George Somnes 1933 1h 11m 8.0

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.

Possessed

Possessed

Clarence Brown 1931 1h 16m 7.0

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment...

The Bishop Murder Case

The Bishop Murder Case

Nick Grindé, David Burton 1930 1h 28m 5.0

When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.

Desert Nights

Desert Nights

William Nigh 1929 1h 2m 9.0

A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert without water.

Chicago

Chicago

Frank Urson 1927 1h 43m 6.0

A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.

The Volga Boatman

The Volga Boatman

Cecil B. DeMille 1926 2h

During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.

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