Writing

H. Tipton Steck

Born October 23, 1888 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died June 3, 1953 · aged 64

No biography available.

Known For

Outcast SoulsOutcast Souls · 1928
Outcast Souls
7.01928
MovieDrama
Alice Davis and Charles Turner are arrested for petting in an automobile and marry on impulse.
The Last OutlawThe Last Outlaw · 1919
The Last Outlaw
7.11919
MovieWestern
The Last Outlaw (1919) proved very tantalizing. An end-of-the-West Western, it shows its grizzled hero revisiting the town of his youthful exploits. But now, in an anticipation of Ride the High Country (1962), civilization has taken over. Cars chase Bud off the streets and the theatre features movies (Universal Bluebirds at that, a bit of product placement). Ford heightens the contrast by letting us into the hero’s memory, introduced by the title: “Memories of the past flashing back to him”—the earliest reference to the term “flashback” I recall seeing in the movies.
The Phantom BuccaneerThe Phantom Buccaneer · 1916
The Phantom Buccaneer
1916
MovieDrama
Stuart Northcote, a London adventurer, slays the president of a mythical South American republic, and establishes himself at its head. Mercia Solano, daughter of the slain official, leads a conspiracy to avenge her father's death by killing Northcote. The adventurer escapes to London, however, after looting the republic's treasure chest. He is pursued by Mercia and a band. The adventurer, perceiving his deadly peril, employs Jack Burton, an impoverished young Englishman, to act as his double. The girl shoots at the double, and other fiendish plots are carried out to kill him. Burton frustrates them all.
White LiesWhite Lies · 1914
White Lies
8.01914
MovieDrama
Greg Hamilton, a young artist, decides to go east and try his fortune. He finds his work unappreciated, and is unable to earn a living. One day while strolling in the park with his wife, Helen, he saves a little girl's life by stopping her runaway horse, but breaks his finger in doing so. He is then unable to paint, and is forced to take a position in a factory, but tells his wife that he is writing stories for a magazine. A few days later, Helen tells him she has accepted a position as governess. Things go on nicely, but one day they discover they are both employed in the same factory but in different departments.
The Man Who Was AfraidThe Man Who Was Afraid · 1917
The Man Who Was Afraid
1917
MovieDramaWar
Young Benton Clune is not a coward at heart. He is a victim of over-zealous mother love which has grown to exert too great an influence over him. When the President's call to arms comes, Clune's regiment of National Guard prepares. Mrs. Clune is terror-stricken.
The Small Town GuyThe Small Town Guy · 1917
The Small Town Guy
9.01917
MovieComedyDrama
Coaxed by sharpers, who seek to profit by his rustic innocence, the boy from the small town goes to the city with them and become, innocently enough, a successful swindler, but he learns of the deception and returns home, too ashamed to seek his old sweetheart. The crooks return to try a blackmail game, but Ernie's eyes are opened now. He cleans up in whirlwind fashion.
Gift o' GabGift o' Gab · 1917
Gift o' Gab
1917
MovieComedy
Gift o' Gab is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by W.S. Van Dyke.
An Unplanned ElopementAn Unplanned Elopement · 1914
An Unplanned Elopement
1914
MovieDrama
A young woman lingers too long on the boat seeing her sweetheart off, and the two embark together on an unplanned elopement to Europe.

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Occasionally YoursOccasionally Yours · 1920
Occasionally Yours
8.01920
MovieDrama
When Bruce Sands, a dilettante artist with a history of amorous peccadilloes, discovers that his latest flame Bunny Winston wants to marry him, he seeks refuge at his friend John Woodward's country home, unaware that Woodward has asked Bunny to marry him. Bunny follows the artist to Woodward's estate, where Bruce begins a flirtation with Woodward's daughter Audrey. After Audrey is injured in a fall from a horse, Bruce promises to marry her, thinking that she is on her deathbed. Upon hearing the news, Bunny assumes that Bruce will now be a member of the family and so marries Woodward. When Audrey recovers, the engagement is broken, Bruce returns to town, and Bunny follows. Bruce rejects Bunny and begins his campaign for his next victim, leaving Audrey and her father to console each other.

Scenario Writer

The Sea FlowerThe Sea Flower · 1918
The Sea Flower
4.01918
MovieDramaAdventure
U.S. Secret Service agent Truxton Darnley attires himself as a sailor and boards a schooner owned by arms smuggler Gus Olsen, who is in the employ of German spy Von Linterman to smuggle arms to German raiders in the South Seas. Truxton learns Gus’s plan to blow up the National Munitions Plant in San Francisco, just before his identity is discovery and he is thrown overboard. Washed ashore on the island of Moana, Truxton meets native girl Lurline. Promising to return to her, Truxton boards a steamer bound for San Francisco to foil the plot and soon afterwards Lurline’s father sells her into marriage with Gus. Escaping to Truxton's steamer, Lurline sails to San Francisco where Gus abducts her forcing her to dance in his Barbary Coast saloon. Truxton raids the bar, kills Gus is killed and the lovers are reunited.

Scenario Writer