Writing

Agnes Brand Leahy

Born August 18, 1893 · Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Died March 31, 1934 · aged 40

No biography available.

Known For

Get Your ManGet Your Man · 1927
Get Your Man
6.41927
MovieDramaComedy
A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.
Evenings for SaleEvenings for Sale · 1932
Evenings for Sale
7.01932
MovieComedy
Impoverished Count von Dopenthal plans to commit suicide and spends his last night at a costume ball. There he meets lovely Lela Fischer and falls in love with her. A chance meeting with his former butler, brings a job offer as a gigolo.
Forgotten CommandmentsForgotten Commandments · 1932
Forgotten Commandments
7.51932
MovieDrama
A framework story serves as context for a retelling of the Exodus story and, most importantly, a recycling of footage from the silent version of The Ten Commandments.
Pick-upPick-up · 1933
Pick-up
5.11933
MovieCrimeDrama
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
Newly RichNewly Rich · 1931
Newly Rich
4.31931
MovieComedyFamily
Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.
Go Straight!Go Straight! · 1925
Go Straight!
7.01925
MovieDrama
Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. Can she stop them from ruining her new life?
Red HairRed Hair · 1928
Red Hair
8.51928
MovieComedy
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted. Only a small fragment of this film survives.
The Night of June 13The Night of June 13 · 1932
The Night of June 13
7.51932
MovieDrama
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.

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The Beloved BachelorThe Beloved Bachelor · 1931
The Beloved Bachelor
10.01931
MovieDramaFamily
Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous of Julie Stressman, an old friend of Michael's and one of his models, Michael reluctantly asks Julie not to visit him at his studio. They agree to meet only at the construction site where he is working on a sculpture for which Julie is modeling. When Elinor also shows up at the site, Julie leaves so as to avoid a confrontation, but she is killed by some falling materials. Julie's dying request is that Michael adopt her daughter Mitzi, whose father died years earlier. In order to prevent Mitzi from being taken to an orphanage, Michael lies and says he is her father. Elinor hears this, and without asking questions, leaves him and marries another man the same night.

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