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Writer 1885 - 1950

Sam Hellman

San Francisco, California, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

7 titles
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

John Ford 1946 1h 37m 7.5

"My Darling Clementine" is John Ford's retelling of the famous shoot out at the OK Corral that arose from the the Earp Clanton feud.

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

Fritz Lang 1940 1h 32m 6.5

Farmer Frank (Henry Fonda) and his ward (Jackie Cooper) hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal

Allan Dwan 1939 1h 11m 7.0

Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (e.g., Doc is killed by Curley before the actual battle and Earp must do the job alone).

Slave Ship

Slave Ship

Tay Garnett 1937 1h 32m 5.0

Captain Lovett had ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard, he finds the same setup, including slave trade.

Poor Little Rich Girl

Poor Little Rich Girl

Irving Cummings 1936 1h 19m 6.0

The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.

Captain January

Captain January

David Butler 1936 1h 17m 6.0

Shirley lives with a lighthouse keeper (Kibbee) who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer (Haden) decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives. Buddy Ebsen dances "At The Codfish Ball" with Shirley.

Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

Alexander Hall 1934 1h 19m 8.0

Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.

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