Directing
Howard Higgin
Born February 15, 1891 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Died December 16, 1938 · aged 47
From Wikipedia Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American writer and director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s. Higgin's first directing job was a 1922 comedy for legendary Wallace Reid, Rent Free. His later films include High Voltage and Skyscraper, and he worked with Wallace Beery, Clark Gable (as writer/director of Gable's screen breakthrough role as the un…
Known For
Her Man · 1930Her Man
★ 5.21930
MovieDramaRomance
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Power · 1928Power
★ 8.01928
MovieComedy
Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling buddies work side by side to rescue the deluge-threatened townsfolk.
Sal of Singapore · 1928Sal of Singapore
★ 5.71928
MovieDrama
SAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of the Academy Awards. The film, being a part-talkie, nearly disappared from view. However, a preservation print does exist at UCLA, although it is unavailable for public viewing, awaiting restoration.
King Kelly of the U.S.A. · 1934King Kelly of the U.S.A.
★ 5.21934
MovieComedy
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another.
The Line-Up · 1934The Line-Up
★ 3.51934
MovieCrimeDrama
Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of fur robberies. Peggy Arnold (Marian Nixon), a beautiful girl, comes under suspicion, but Bob, convinced of her innocence, adopts a desperate plan to clear her and round up the real criminals.
In the Name of Love · 1925In the Name of Love
★ 10.01925
MovieAdventureComedy
Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his childhood sweetheart, Marie Dufrayne.
The Last Man · 1932The Last Man
★ 9.01932
MovieMystery
The villainous Marsden plans to sink a ship owned by Mr. Wingate to collect the insurance money, while also hoping to win over Wingate's daughter, Marian. Suez Canal Company detective Bannister tracks the criminals through the dangerous streets of Port Said and eventually lures the culprit out by arranging a shipment of $1,000,000 in gold. Marsden accompanies Marian and Wingate on the voyage to seize the gold and the girl. Bannister sneaks aboard at the last minute to protect them.
The Invisible Ray · 1936The Invisible Ray
★ 6.41936
MovieScience FictionHorror
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Movies
Her Man · 1930Her Man
★ 5.21930
MovieDramaRomance
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Power · 1928Power
★ 8.01928
MovieComedy
Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling buddies work side by side to rescue the deluge-threatened townsfolk.
Sal of Singapore · 1928Sal of Singapore
★ 5.71928
MovieDrama
SAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of the Academy Awards. The film, being a part-talkie, nearly disappared from view. However, a preservation print does exist at UCLA, although it is unavailable for public viewing, awaiting restoration.
King Kelly of the U.S.A. · 1934King Kelly of the U.S.A.
★ 5.21934
MovieComedy
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another.
The Line-Up · 1934The Line-Up
★ 3.51934
MovieCrimeDrama
Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of fur robberies. Peggy Arnold (Marian Nixon), a beautiful girl, comes under suspicion, but Bob, convinced of her innocence, adopts a desperate plan to clear her and round up the real criminals.
In the Name of Love · 1925In the Name of Love
★ 10.01925
MovieAdventureComedy
Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his childhood sweetheart, Marie Dufrayne.
The Last Man · 1932The Last Man
★ 9.01932
MovieMystery
The villainous Marsden plans to sink a ship owned by Mr. Wingate to collect the insurance money, while also hoping to win over Wingate's daughter, Marian. Suez Canal Company detective Bannister tracks the criminals through the dangerous streets of Port Said and eventually lures the culprit out by arranging a shipment of $1,000,000 in gold. Marsden accompanies Marian and Wingate on the voyage to seize the gold and the girl. Bannister sneaks aboard at the last minute to protect them.
The Invisible Ray · 1936The Invisible Ray
★ 6.41936
MovieScience FictionHorror
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Don't Doubt Your Husband · 1924Don't Doubt Your Husband
★ 10.01924
MovieComedy
The Reckless Lady · 1926The Reckless Lady
★ 10.01926
MovieDrama
Set amidst French resorts and featuring gambling casinos and an automobile race, a mother and wife develops a mania for gambling, much to the dismay of her husband and daughter. A lost film.
The Painted Desert · 1931The Painted Desert
★ 5.21931
MovieWestern
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?
Revolt of the Zombies · 1936Revolt of the Zombies
★ 3.41936
MovieHorror
The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending the count's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, one of the members of the expedition has his own agenda.
Cafe Hostess · 1940Cafe Hostess
★ 5.41940
MovieCrimeDrama
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
Battle of Greed · 1937Battle of Greed
★ 6.51937
MovieWestern
When silver is found in Virginia City, Lawyer John Storm leads a group from Indiana west. He soon has to defend them all in court against a company that is after their claims. Fighting a crooked Judge, he gets a mis-trial by telling how much each of the jurors was bribed. Then he gets the Governor to appoint a new Judge. But just as the retrial opens, the Judge learns his daughter has been kidnaped.
High Voltage · 1929High Voltage
★ 5.21929
MovieDrama
A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.
The Perfect Sap · 1927The Perfect Sap
★ 7.01927
MovieComedyMystery
Wealthy young Herbert Alden, a would-be detective, is practicing housebreaking with his valet, an ex-convict, when he meets George and Polly, two real thieves; they are discovered and, following a chase, they go to Herbert's city apartment. George arranges with one of them, Tony-the-Lizard, to rob the guests at a ball given by Herbert's father at his country home. Herbert discovers that Tony is Tracy Sutton, a social lion engaged to Herbert's sister Roberta; and believing Herbert to be a famous criminal, Tony seeks his advice.
Why Change Your Wife? · 1920Why Change Your Wife?
★ 5.61920
MovieComedyDrama
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.
The Wilderness WomanThe Wilderness Woman
★ 7.0
MovieAdventureComedy
"Kodiak" MacLean, after years of gold prospecting in the Alaskan Klondike, finally strikes it rich and hits a million-dollar bonanza. His daughter, Juneau, immediately thinks it is time to move out of the snowdrifts into a suite in New York City's Ritz Hotel. And begins to spend with a shovel what her father made with a pick.
The Racketeer · 1929The Racketeer
★ 5.11929
MovieCrimeDrama
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
The Great Deception · 1926The Great Deception
★ 7.01926
MovieDrama
Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence, of which he is a member. He is loved by Lois, an American whose favor is sought by Rizzio, also a double agent, who suspects Cyril's disloyalty to Germany. With the intention of conveying false information to the Imperial German Government, Cyril, accompanied by his faithful mechanic, Handy, and by Lois, escapes to Germany, though Lois is herself abducted by Rizzio and brought to headquarters in a U-boat. Innocently, she betrays Cyril, and they are both sentenced to death. On a pretense of aiding Cyril, Rizzio urges Lois to accompany him on a diplomatic mission, but Cyril and Handy overcome their captors; and Lois and Cyril escape to England in his aircraft.
The Leatherneck · 1929The Leatherneck
★ 5.71929
MovieWarDrama
A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime officers in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd's girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don't come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.
Reckless Decision · 1933Reckless Decision
★ 5.31933
MovieDrama
The teenage daughter of a puritanical Reverend promises him she will not marry until she is older, but after a night of heavy drinking she wakes up to find she has a husband.
The Final Edition · 1932The Final Edition
★ 6.51932
MovieDramaCrime
A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.
Hell's House · 1932Hell's House
★ 5.31932
MovieDrama
A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
