Writing

Joseph Anthony Roach

Born June 17, 1886 · Missouri, USA

Died April 15, 1945 · aged 58

No biography available.

Known For

Ferocious PalFerocious Pal · 1934
Ferocious Pal
★ 10.01934
MovieActionAdventure
A stray German shepherd, a runaway teenage boy, and a runaway teenage girl end up at her uncle's place in Oregon, where an epidemic of sheep rustling is under way.
His Wedding NightHis Wedding Night · 1917
His Wedding Night
★ 5.61917
MovieComedy
Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
Hell-Roarin' ReformHell-Roarin' Reform · 1919
Hell-Roarin' Reform
★ 7.01919
MovieWestern
Tom Mix plays Tim, a goodhearted cowpuncher who, while riding down a trail, gets robbed of the money he was carrying for the Belgian Babies' Milk Fund.
Shod with FireShod with Fire · 1920
Shod with Fire
★ 10.01920
MovieDramaWestern
Ann Lytton arrives in a small Arizona town just as ranchman Bruce Baynard brings a man into the hotel who is unconscious from drink. The man proves to be Ann's husband Ned, whom Bruce takes to his ranch in order to reform. When Ann comes to visit, Ned accuses her of having an affair with Bruce and, to punish her, he forces her to go to the mine which he has swindled from Benny Lynch's father. Fearing Lynch's vengeance, Bruce has warned Ann not to allow Ned near the mine, and so Ann sends Bruce an "SOS" via his horse Abe. Bruce manages to save Ned, but Lynch finally exacts his revenge by killing him, thus freeing Ann to marry Bruce.
Jaws of JusticeJaws of Justice · 1933
Jaws of Justice
★ 5.21933
MovieWestern
Seeker Dean has found the gold he has been looking for for 15 years. Heading for the Government office, Boone Jackson kills him. Kickabout finds a cryptogram as to the gold's location and Sergeant Kinkaid solves the puzzle. But Jackson learns of the gold's location and to get it, he sets out to dynamite the dam that would flood the entire communuty.
Melting MillionsMelting Millions · 1927
Melting Millions
★ 9.01927
MovieAdventureAction
Melting Millions is a 1927 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
The Man Without a FaceThe Man Without a Face · 1928
The Man Without a Face
★ 9.01928
MovieAdventureAction
The Man Without a Face is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
The Hour and the ManThe Hour and the Man · 1914
The Hour and the Man
1914
MovieDrama
A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man was his own brother.

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Cowardice CourtCowardice Court · 1919
Cowardice Court
★ 8.01919
MovieRomanceDrama
A feud in the Adirondack Mountains develops when Randolph Shaw will not give up a shack and its acreage adjoining the estate of Lord Cecil Bazelhurst, whose wife, the former Evelyn Banks of Jersey City, married him for his title and now wants to get rid of Randolph's ugly shack. When Randolph meets Cecil's sister Penelope, a romance begins which is furthered after one of the Bazelhurst servants shoots Randolph in the arm for trespassing and Penelope, who earlier had looked upon the feud as a joke, runs away to Randolph's house and accepts his engagement proposal. Cecil and his men pursue Penelope, but are frightened away by Randolph's men and are forced to spend a miserable stormy night in the woods. The next day everyone becomes reconciled when Lady Evelyn realizes that the desired property will now be in the family, and Randolph offers Cecil and his men dry, if ill-fitting, garments to wear.

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Tin Pan AlleyTin Pan Alley · 1919
Tin Pan Alley
★ 7.01919
MovieComedyDrama
After losing his factory job, virtuoso violinist Tommy Breen is inspired by June Norton, who lives in the same boardinghouse to write his song, "When You Smile with Your Eyes in Mine." Song publisher Simon Berg signs Tommy and the song becomes an enormous success. Success goes to Tommy’s head, he forgets June, surrounds himself with Broadway lowlife, spends extravagantly, and becomes infatuated with Mona Merwin, a musical comedy performer. He hits a rough patch, and June asks Berg to help her save Tommy from himself, so he decreases Tommy's royalty checks. Tommy's Broadway friends desert him when the checks stop coming. Now that Tommy has seen the error of his ways Berg sends him to a country cottage he purchased in Flatbush, where Tommy finds June waiting to marry him.

Writer

Love Is LoveLove Is Love · 1919
Love Is Love
★ 7.01919
MovieCrimeDrama
Gerry Sands dreams of being an editor but is forced by his employer, locksmith Nick Barket, to crack safes. During a robbery he experiences an epiphany and stops. His sweetheart Polly Ann Kerry is thrilled and gets him work at the hotel where she works, but Red Devlin, the brains behind the burglaries, frames Gerry for theft. In hopes that Gerry will resume the thefts Devlin bails him out, but Gerry leaves town for work on a Western newspaper. Afterwards Polly exposes the crooks, she falls ill. Risking arrest Gerry returns and goes to the police station seeking help locating her. The police captain gives him twenty-four hours’ probation. Upon finding Polly the police captain vouches for Gerry's integrity, and they marry.

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