Hugo Butler — Playwright (19)
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Society Lawyer (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Society Lawyer
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: Walter Pidgeon / Virginia Bruce …
other title: Avocat mondain
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall who was arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence.
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Roughshod (1949) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Roughshod
director: Mark Robson actor: Robert Sterling / Gloria Grahame …
other title: 渓谷の銃声 / Sin contemplaciones …
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.
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A Christmas Carol (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
A Christmas Carol
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: Reginald Owen / 吉恩·洛克哈特 …
other title: クリスマス・キャロル / Cuento de Navidad …
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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From This Day Forward (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
From This Day Forward
director: John Berry actor: 琼·芳登 / Mark Stevens …
other title: Morgen und alle Tage / De hoy en adelante …
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.
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Edison, the Man (1940) [Movie] Douban
Edison, the Man
director: 克拉伦斯·布朗 actor: 斯宾塞·屈塞 / 丽塔·约翰森 …
other title: 伟人爱迪生
Hoored at a banquet for his sixty year career as an inventor, scientist, and businessman, 89 year old Thomas Alva Edison reflects back on his long career, which includes such achievements as the stock market ticker, the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture.
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Blossoms In the Dust (1941) [Movie] Douban
Blossoms In the Dust
director: 茂文·勒鲁瓦 actor: 葛丽亚·嘉逊 / 沃尔特·皮金 Walter Pidgeon …
other title: 落花飘零 / 苦思肠 …
茂文·勒鲁瓦导演，葛丽亚·嘉逊、沃尔特·皮金主演，讲述了一个失去儿子的母亲将无数的母爱与精力投入到孤儿福利事业中的故事，曾获得第14届奥斯卡最佳影片提名、最佳女主提名(葛丽亚·嘉逊)、彩色片最佳摄影提名、彩色片最佳艺术指导和室内布景
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Eva (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Eva
director: 约瑟夫·罗西 actor: 让娜·莫罗 / 斯坦利·贝克 …
other title: 伊娃 / 에바 …
Best-selling author Tyvian Jones has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier. He falls for her instantly, despite already having wedding plans with Francesca Ferrara. Winning Eva's affection proves elusive; she's more interested in money than in love. But Tyvian remain steadfast in his obsession, going after Eva with a fervor that threatens to destroy his life.
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天火焚城录 (1962) [Movie] Douban
Sodom and Gomorrah
director: 罗伯特·奥尔德里奇 actor: 斯图尔特·格兰杰 / 斯坦利·贝克 …
other title: Sodom and Gomorrah / 天火焚城记
以圣经中的两个著名的罪恶之城所多玛与蛾摩拉为故事背景，描述所多玛女王之弟亚斯托洛计划推翻其姐的统治，将该城建为盖世帝国，于是让女王将城外之河谷卖予牧人罗得。罗得建水坝，将荒漠变绿洲。当外族的海拉麦人前来攻击时，被希伯来人以火攻及水淹之下一败涂地，罗得因而成为所多玛法官及第一任首相。但女王因奴隶问题陷害罗得，上帝要罗得带希伯来人出走，然后以天火毁灭所多玛。
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The Southerner (1945) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Southerner
director: 让·雷诺阿 actor: 扎查瑞·斯考特 / 贝蒂·菲尔德 …
other title: 大地之光 / 南方人 …
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
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Robinson Crusoe (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Robinson Crusoe
6.7 (6 ratings) director: 路易斯·布努埃尔 actor: 菲利普·德·阿尔巴 / 何塞·查韦斯 …
other title: 鲁宾逊漂流记 / The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe …
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
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The Young One (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Young One
director: 路易斯·布努埃尔 actor: 扎查瑞·斯考特 / 伯尼·汉密尔顿 …
other title: 少女 / 젊은이 …
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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Lassie Come Home (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Lassie Come Home
7.3 (12 ratings) director: 弗雷德·威尔科克斯 actor: 伊丽莎白·泰勒 / 罗迪·麦克道尔 …
other title: 灵犬莱西 / 래시 컴 홈 …
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
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怨妇悲秋 (1956) [Movie] Douban
Autumn Leaves
director: 罗伯特·奥尔德里奇 actor: 琼·克劳馥 / 维拉·迈尔斯 …
other title: Autumn Leaves / 秋叶
Milly, a lonely older woman, marries Burt Hanson, a much younger man. But after the wedding, Milly discovers that Burt has been mentally unhinged by the discovery, some time before, of his first wife Virginia in the arms of his father. The reappearance of his father and former wife in Burt's new life throws him into deep mental distress, and Milly must decide whether to have him committed to a mental institution.