Who directed the 1932 horror film based on the book written by Nina Wilcox Putnam?
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Nina Wilcox Putnam Nina Wilcox Putnam (November 28, 1888March 8, 1962) was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright. She wrote more than 500 short stories, around 1000 magazine articles, and several books in addition to regular newspaper columns, serials, comic books and children's literature. Many of her stories were made into films, including a story that was the basis for the 1932 film "The Mummy" starring Boris Karloff. She married four times, was estimated to have earned one million dollars from her writing, and drafted the first 1040 income tax form for the IRS.
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The Mummy (1932 film) The Mummy is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film directed by Karl Freund. The screenplay by John L. Balderston was from a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Released by Universal Studios, the film stars Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan and Arthur Byron. The film is about an ancient Egyptian mummy named Imhotep who is discovered by a team of archeologists and inadvertently brought back to life through a magic scroll. Disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy searches for his lost love, whom he believes has been reincarnated into a modern girl.
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Come on Danger It was a remake of a 1932 Tom Keene film.
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Robbers' Roost (1932 film) Robbers' Roost is a 1932 American Western film directed by David Howard and Louis King and written by Dudley Nichols. The film stars George O'Brien and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is based on the novel "Robbers' Roost" by Zane Grey. The film premiered in September 13 to early November or December 30, 1932, and was released on January 1, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation.
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The Dark Eyes of London (film) The Dark Eyes of London is a 1939 British horror film directed by Walter Summers, starring Béla Lugosi and Greta Gynt. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace. The film is about a scientist named Dr. Orloff who commits a series of murders for insurance money, while periodically disguising himself as the blind manager of a charity to further his scheme.
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The League of Frightened Men (1937 film) The League of Frightened Men is a 1937 mystery film based on the second Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. Directed by Alfred E. Green, the Columbia Pictures film stars Walter Connolly as Nero Wolfe, a role played by Edward Arnold in the previous year's "Meet Nero Wolfe". The role of Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin was reprised by Lionel Stander.
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The Mad Genius The Mad Genius (1931) is an American pre-Code horror drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris Karloff and Frankie Darro. The film is based on the play "The Idol" (1929) by Martin Brown, which opened in Great Neck, New York but never opened on Broadway.
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The Woman in White (1929 film) The Woman in White is a 1929 British silent mystery film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason and Cecil Humphreys. The film was made at Cricklewood Studios in London. It is based on the novel "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins.
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An American Tragedy (film) An American Tragedy is a 1931 Pre-Code drama film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and directed by Josef von Sternberg. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" which itself alludes to the real life 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette.
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Night of the Demon Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. It is adapted from the M. R. James story "Casting the Runes" (1911). The plot revolves around an American psychologist investigating a satanic cult suspected of more than one murder.
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra", directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he "loves" a star. The film remains most famous for Chaney's ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The film was released on November 25, 1925.
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That's My Boy (1932 film) That's My Boy is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Jordan.
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Thrill of Youth Thrill of Youth is a 1932 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring June Clyde and Dorothy Peterson.
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The Face on the Barroom Floor (1932 film) The Face on the Barroom Floor is a 1932 pre-Code American crime film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Dulcie Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher and Alice Ward.
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The Sorceror (film) The Sorceror (German: Der Hexer ) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač. It is a German screen adaptation of Edgar Wallace's thriller "The Ringer", and is not to be confused with the 1964 remake of the same title, "Der Hexer".
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The Pagan Lady The Pagan Lady is a 1931 American drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Evelyn Brent. It is based on the Broadway play "Pagan Lady" (1930) written by William DuBois.
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The League of Frightened Men The League of Frightened Men is the second Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. The story was serialized in six issues of "The Saturday Evening Post" (June 15–July 20, 1935) under the title "The Frightened Men". The novel was published in 1935 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. "The League of Frightened Men" is a Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, one of the most influential works of mystery fiction listed by crime fiction historian Howard Haycraft and Ellery Queen.
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Scarface (novel) Scarface is a novel written by Armitage Trail in 1929 and published in 1930. The 1932 film "Scarface" was based on it. The twenty-eight year-old author died suddenly of a heart attack in 1930.
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Under-Cover Man Under Cover Man is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film starring George Raft and Nancy Carroll, and directed by James Flood. The movie was Raft's first or second leading role, along with "Night After Night", released the same year.
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The Hands of Orlac (1924 film) The Hands of Orlac (German: Orlacs Hände) is a 1924 Austrian silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina and Fritz Kortner. The film's plot is based on the story "Les Mains d'Orlac" by Maurice Renard. Wiene had made his name as a director of Expressionist films such as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and in "The Hands of Orlac" combined expressionist motifs with more naturalistic visuals. The film has been remade twice.
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Frisco Jenny Frisco Jenny is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern, and directed by William A. Wellman.
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Ghost Story (1981 film) Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film directed by John Irvin and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Peter Straub. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). It was the last film to feature Astaire, Fairbanks, and Douglas (who died four months before the film's release), and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont, Saratoga Springs, New York and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.