Writing

Norton S. Parker

Born November 19, 1900

Died July 5, 1969 · aged 68

Norton S. Parker (also known as Norton S. Good) was an American screenwriter and director known for penning exploitation films and Westerns during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Known For

Roarin' BroncsRoarin' Broncs · 1927
Roarin' Broncs
8.01927
MovieDramaWestern
U.S. Border Patrol agent Bill Morris investigates the Tracy and Ball Ranch about an operation smuggling Chinese immigrants across the Mexico–United States border.
Arctic FuryArctic Fury · 1949
Arctic Fury
7.51949
MovieAdventure
Based on adventures of Dr. Thomas Barlow in the far north.
Hellship BronsonHellship Bronson · 1928
Hellship Bronson
8.01928
MovieDrama
A ship's captain, believing that his wife has cheated on him, takes their young son and leaves her. he comes back 20 years later. His wife stows away on his ship when he leaves, hoping to see her son, who is aboard. She takes along with her Mary, the daughter of a woman the captain once loved. Complications ensue.
TundraTundra · 1936
Tundra
6.31936
MovieAdventure
After a plane crash, a doctor treks 400 miles into the Alaskan wilderness. Based on a true story.
The Road to RuinThe Road to Ruin · 1928
The Road to Ruin
7.31928
MovieDrama
A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.
Street of Forgotten WomenStreet of Forgotten Women · 1927
Street of Forgotten Women
3.81927
MovieDrama
For those who thought "Reefer Madness" was the first exploitation movie you'll be interested to know that the genre was alive and well during the silent era. "Street of Forgotten Women" is the usual potboiler about a rich girl who is disowned by her father when she decides she wants a career in show business. After sinking her money in a stage production which immediately flops, she's forced to try and earn a living dancing in a saloon in her underwear. Even worse, she is forced into prostitution in a slum apartment that just happens to be owned by HER FATHER!!!!!
Courage of the WestCourage of the West · 1937
Courage of the West
8.01937
MovieWestern
Rangers go after bandits holding up Wells Fargo offices.
Six-Gun GoldSix-Gun Gold · 1941
Six-Gun Gold
6.31941
MovieWestern
Three cowboys find that a U.S. Marshal relative is an impostor.

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Hell's HeadquartersHell's Headquarters · 1932
Hell's Headquarters
4.31932
MovieRomanceDrama
Doctor Smith and his wife, Mary,depart a riverboat and are met by Phil Talbot. Phil informs Dr. Smith that Jessup, the only other white man in the village, has died while the doctor and his wife were off on a two-day holiday. Unknown to Smith, Jessup and his partner, Ross King, had a large cache of ivory tusks in the jungle, and he had told Phil about it. Meanwhile, Mary Smith has decided to steam-boat down the Congo River to Capetown for an extended holiday. Kuba, King's gun-bearer, asks Smith to write a letter to King, currently residing at a New York City Explorer's Club, and advise him that his partner has died. Talbot sends a letter to his stateside sweetheart, Diane Cameron, and her father, asking them to come to Africa and join him on an ivory-treasure expedition, and replenish their family-fortune lost in the recent stock-market crash. What Mr. Cameron and Diane don't know about Talbot is that his years in Africa have unhinged him...

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