Writing
Frank Harvey
Born December 21, 1885
Died October 10, 1965 · aged 79
No biography available.
Known For
White Death · 1936White Death
★ 4.51936
MovieRomanceAdventure
Zane Grey bets he can catch a fish bigger than one he sees at Watsons Bay. He hears about a large shark, nicknamed "white death", terrorising the Queensland coast and goes to catch it. He is thwarted by the comic attempts of Newton Smith, a representative of the Wallanga Branch of Fish Protectors, to persuade Grey not to harm fish. There is also a romance between two young people. Eventually Grey manages to catch the shark.
Lovers and Luggers · 1938Lovers and Luggers
★ 7.01938
MovieAdventureRomance
Daubeney Carshott, a concert pianist, leaves London to dive for pearls on Thursday Island in the South Seas at the whim of Stella Raff, his fiancée. Once there, he discovers that the life he leads as a pearl diver is better in every way than his former existence as a social-lion pianist. He meets and falls in love with Lorna Quidley, after learning this Stella had send other suitors off in quest of a giant pearl for her.
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out · 1939Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
★ 7.01939
MovieDramaComedy
A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forcing the innocent man to become involved with gangsters, as well as federal agents.
Tall Timbers · 1937Tall Timbers
★ 7.01937
MovieAdventure
A young forestry graduate, Jim Thornton, is involved in a race between timber companies to fill a major contract. Jim has joined the crew of a genial timber baron, Burbridge, and foils attempts by a rival, Blake, to sabotage their work. J. Alan Kenyon's special effects are the highlights of the film with comic relief provided by Joe Valli as a Scottish timber-train driver amorously pursued by a shrill-voiced maid of the Burbridge's country house.
High Treason · 1951High Treason
★ 5.71951
MovieActionThriller
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
Cape Forlorn · 1931Cape Forlorn
★ 8.21931
MovieDrama
William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an affair with Henry Cass, the handsome assistant later taken on by her husband; when she then begins to flirt with a stranger who is rescued from the wreck of a motor-launch, a chain of shocking events is set in motion...
Things Happen at Night · 1948Things Happen at Night
★ 4.71948
MovieComedyHorror
A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.
A Ticket in Tatts · 1934A Ticket in Tatts
★ 6.01934
MovieComedy
After being fired from his job at a grocer, George, gets a job as a stableboy at a local stud farm run by the Fleming family. He befriends the horse Hotspur who is a favourite to win the Melbourne Cup, and develops a strong whistle which is used to make the horse run fast.






