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Writing
Walter Woods
Born January 14, 1881
Died December 7, 1942 · aged 61
No biography available.
Known For
Sutter's Gold · 1936Sutter's Gold
★ 7.01936
MovieWestern
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Salvation Nell · 1931Salvation Nell
★ 7.01931
MovieDrama
Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....
Mannequin · 1926Mannequin
★ 10.01926
MovieRomance
Adapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick, kidnapped in infancy from her wealthy parents and raised by a slatternly slum woman. The film is still extant.
Gasoline Gus · 1921Gasoline Gus
★ 8.01921
MovieComedy
Based on the comic strip character and his auto obsessed life.
The Big Fight · 1930The Big Fight
★ 4.51930
MovieActionDrama
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
Smashing Through · 1918Smashing Through
1918
MovieThrillerWestern
Claim jumper Dave Marco and his boss Earl Foster, a crooked investment broker, hire chemist Ralph Brandon to falsify papers that a certain worthless mine is valuable then convince Ralph's mother to invest all her money in the mine. Ralph’s sister Holly meets Jack Mason, whose mine is actually valuable though not yet profitable, and they fall for each other. Once Mrs. Brandon finds out she has been duped, though forced into silence by the threat of having Ralph’s malfeasance exposed, and Marco attempts to jump Jack’s claim events come to a head until the happy conclusion.
Stark Love · 1927Stark Love
★ 6.41927
MovieDrama
"Man is absolute ruler. Woman is working slave.” Such are the rigid attitudes framing this tale of a country boy’s beliefs about chivalry that lead him to try to escape a brutal father with the girl he loves
The Pony Express · 1925The Pony Express
★ 6.41925
MovieWestern
The Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze and starred his wife Betty Compson along with Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft.
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