John Trent

Acting

John Trent

Born December 5, 1906 · Orange - California - USA

Died May 12, 1966 · aged 59

No biography available.

Known For

I Wanted WingsI Wanted Wings · 1941
I Wanted Wings
5.61941
MovieDramaWar
Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.
The Great GambiniThe Great Gambini · 1937
The Great Gambini
7.51937
MovieMystery
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
Danger FlightDanger Flight · 1939
Danger Flight
4.41939
MovieAdventure
Crooks plot to steal a payroll being shipped by air.
Sky PatrolSky Patrol · 1939
Sky Patrol
5.51939
MovieDramaAction
"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers. Carter Meade, whose father is the Colonel in charge of the patrol, has a terror of firing guns and his father insists he conquer this fear. Tommy sends him out on patrol, on orders from Washington D. C., to stop any unfamiliar aircraft. Carter challenges an unmarked amphibian plane, which opens fire on him. Carter, afraid to shoot, bails out as his plane is shot down. Carter is missing, and Tommy and Skeeter are searching for him and the mysterious airplane.
The Sky SpiderThe Sky Spider · 1931
The Sky Spider
3.51931
MovieActionAdventure
The three Morgan brothers, Glenn, Jim and Buddy are all air mail pilots. The plane flown by Jim is shot down by Hugh Jeffries for the money it carries. Another flight is made by Buddy followed by Jeffries intending to shoot him down also...
Mystery PlaneMystery Plane · 1939
Mystery Plane
7.21939
MovieCrimeAdventure
An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.
Stunt PilotStunt Pilot · 1939
Stunt Pilot
6.01939
MovieCrimeAdventure
The second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest (Universal also used the strip characters in two serials), finds a movie company shooting a war picture at Three Points airport, with Tailspin Tommy Tompkins as a stunt pilot in the film. Tommy is incensed by the complete disregard for human life shown by the film's director, Sheehan, and quits. Sheehan gets a replacement pilot named Earl Martin, who is known as a reckless pilot who will try an aerial stunt for a thrill. He hand Tommy get into a fight when Martin takes Betty Lou Barnes for a ride in a plane that is practically falling apart.
The Worst Woman in Paris?The Worst Woman in Paris? · 1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
9.01933
MovieDrama
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a local hero after injuring herself while saving a baby's life. While recovering at the home of the headmaster of a boy's school and his family, her veneer of oversophistications melts away and she finds herself fancying the small town life.

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John Meade's WomanJohn Meade's Woman · 1937
John Meade's Woman
7.01937
MovieDrama
"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where she meets "lumber king" John Meade. John takes her in for a hot meal and sends her roses the next day. John is engaged to penniless society beauty Caroline Haig, who is in love with Rodney Bentley and is marrying John for his money. A jovial millionaire without a conscience, John orders his long-time employee, Tim Mathews, to report to Chicago from the lumber mills and announces he is leaving the lumber business for wheat. Although Tim insists they reforest their lumber lands, John ignores his plea. For laughs, John invites Teddy and Tim to his engagement party at Caroline's wealthy friend's estate. Teddy, realizing John is engaged to a woman who does not love him, drowns her tears in liquor and embarrasses Caroline.

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