Richard Sale — Playwright (8)
The Dude Goes West (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Dude Goes West
director: Kurt Neumann actor: Eddie Albert / Gale Storm
other title: El galán audaz / Abenteuer im Wilden Westen
Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and becomes the foe of the notorious Pecos Kid, the captive of Paiutes, the target in a saloon showdown, and the lone source of the whereabouts of a fabulous gold strike.
Seven Waves Away (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Seven Waves Away
director: Richard Sale actor: Tyrone Power / Mai Zetterling
other title: La settima onda / Die Angst hat tausend Namen
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurricane approaches and the many wounded passengers struggle for life, difficult decisions must be made about who will remain on the boat and who must be cast to the sea in order to give others the chance to survive.
Calendar Girl (1947) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Calendar Girl
director: Allan Dwan actor: Jane Frazee / William Marshall
other title: Musique aux étoiles
Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They both fall in love with the same girl, Patricia O'Neill. The artist paints a picture of her which outrages her father's sensibilities; but, as a result of the picture, she wins a chance to star in a Broadway play. She soon learns that the artist is just a trifler; and she turns to the composer, who loves her sincerely
The Inside Story (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Inside Story
director: Allan Dwan actor: Marsha Hunt / William Lundigan
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.
Over-Exposed (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Over-Exposed
director: Lewis Seiler actor: Cleo Moore / Richard Crenna
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.
Mother Is a Freshman (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mother Is a Freshman
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Loretta Young / Van Johnson
other title: L'adorabile intrusa / Mamá es mi rival
Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English professor whom Susan has a crush on.
Woman's World (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Woman's World
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Clifton Webb / June Allyson
other title: Il mondo è delle donne / Die Welt gehört der Frau
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and restoring their troubled marriage, she positive that his job will kill him, but gamely agreeing to play the good wife for the duration; and down-to-earth Bill, whose good-natured Katie fears that his promotion would spell the end of their idyllic familiy existence.