Frederic Hatton

Writing

Frederic Hatton

Born July 30, 1879 · Peru, Illinois, USA

Died April 13, 1946 · aged 66

No biography available.

Known For

WreckageWreckage · 1925
Wreckage
8.01925
MovieDrama
In order to protect Grant Demarest from a siren named Margot, Stuart Ames attempts to disillusion him about the girl. Margot threatens to kill herself; Grant reaches for the gun and is accidentally shot. Blaming himself for his friend's death, Stuart books passage on a liner, where he meets Rene, the daughter of a dishonest dealer in gems. They are shipwrecked, and Rene returns to the United States, becoming the guest of Margot, her childhood friend. Rene is later lured to a wilderness cabin by Dysart (an accomplice of Rene's father who is disguised as a count); he attempts to assault her, and Ames, who has followed them, knocks him over a cliff. Ames and Rene make plans to be married.
MidstreamMidstream · 1929
Midstream
10.01929
MovieScience Fiction
Following a successful experimental operation to reverse age, a wealthy businessman stages his own death and assumes the identity of his nephew. His spurious pursuit of a very young woman eventually catches up with him, as does his age.
Tonight or NeverTonight or Never · 1931
Tonight or Never
6.21931
MovieComedyRomance
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
The Man in HobblesThe Man in Hobbles · 1928
The Man in Hobbles
8.01928
MovieAdventureComedy
Small-town photographer Joe Coleman marries Ann Harris quickly, only to find himself financially supporting her entire lazy family. After moving to New York to work and escape his burdensome in-laws, Joe must finally put his foot down when the whole family follows them.
Beautiful But DumbBeautiful But Dumb · 1928
Beautiful But Dumb
1928
MovieComedyRomance
Janet Brady, a stenographer, wants the love of her boss. She learns her personality has no appeal, so she drops her mannish clothes and blossoms forth as a simpering flapper. She develops sex appeal plus and though her boss is nonplussed for a time she wins him in the end.
The Trouble ShooterThe Trouble Shooter · 1924
The Trouble Shooter
9.01924
MovieWestern
Tom Mix, the most popular screen cowboy of his era, played a lineman for a power company in this action melodrama which was a Western in name only.
Time, the ComedianTime, the Comedian · 1925
Time, the Comedian
3.01925
MovieDrama
Nora Dakon, bored with the dullness of her life in a small New Jersey town, leaves her husband and small daughter to run off with Larry Brundage, a wealthy New York City sportsman. Nora's husband kills himself, and, to avoid scandal, Brundage walks out on Nora. She returns to her child and later she becomes a noted singer. Nora moves to Paris, France, and at a party to celebrate the Armistice, she again meets Brundage, who falls madly in love with her daughter, Ruth. To break up their engagement, Nora is forced to tell Ruth of her tragic relationship with Brundage years earlier. Ruth leaves Brundage and soon finds consolation in the love of Tom Cautley, a young art student.
The Great LoverThe Great Lover · 1931
The Great Lover
6.51931
MovieDrama
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.

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Mister AntonioMister Antonio · 1929
Mister Antonio
6.01929
MovieComedyDrama
Antonio Camaradino, florist and street musician, befriends a man robbed of his overcoat and money in a disreputable bar. Tony recognizes the man as Jorny, mayor of Avalonia, a straitlaced town where Tony was once arrested for playing his hurdy-gurdy. After this meeting, Tony's travels take him again to Avalonia. Camped on the outskirts of town, he meets June Ramsey, a cousin of the mayor's wife, ejected from town by the mayor because his reelection campaign is jeopardized by her having been seen in a roadhouse. Under considerable pressure because he wishes to conceal his previous encounter with Tony from the opposition, Jorny returns Tony's favor by asking June's forgiveness and inviting her to return to Avalonia. June accepts his apologies; she then follows Tony, with whom she has fallen in love.

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