Fred Myton
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Fred Myton was an American screenwriter
. He wrote for 168 films between 1916
and 1952
.
He was born in Garden City, Kansas
and died in Los Angeles, California
.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He wrote for 168 films between 1916
1916 in film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
and 1952
1952 in film
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
.
He was born in Garden City, Kansas
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...
and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Selected filmography
- Dead Men WalkDead Men WalkDead Men Walk is a 64 minute, 1943, United States, black-and-white horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation . It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young and Dwight Frye, directed by Sam Newfield...
(19431943 in filmThe year 1943 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 3 - 1st missing persons telecast * February 20 - American film studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor films....
) - The Mad MonsterThe Mad MonsterThe Mad Monster is an American horror film released in 1942 by P.R.C. , a Poverty Row studio. The film, a B-movie shot in black and white, features a mad scientist and a werewolf as the main characters. Directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton, the film—Poverty Row's only Werewolf...
(19421942 in filmThe year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
) - White EagleWhite Eagle (1941 serial)White Eagle is the eighth serial released by Columbia Pictures and was based on a 1943 western film starring Buck Jones.-Plot:White Eagle, a Pony Express Rider, is the son of a massacred Army officer who has been raised by an Indian tribe. He believes himself to be the son of the tribal chief, and...
(19411941 in filmThe year 1941 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.-Top grossing films :-Academy Awards:...
) - Hitler, Beast of BerlinHitler, Beast of BerlinHitler, Beast of Berlin was one of the most popular "hiss and boo" films of the World War II era, based on the novel Goose Step by Shepard Traube. The film was the first production of Producers Releasing Corporation. It was recut and released as Beasts of Berlin the same year, having been banned...
(19391939 in filmThe year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...
) - Harlem on the PrairieHarlem on the Prairie (film)Harlem on the Prairie is a race movie, billed as the first "all-colored" western musical. The movie reminded audiences that there were black cowboys and corrected a popular Hollywood image of an all-white Old West....
(19371937 in filmThe year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.- Events :*April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US....
) - Parisian NightsParisian NightsParisian Nights is a 1925 drama film directed by Alfred Santell and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Elaine Hammerstein - Adele* Gaston Glass - Jacques* Lou Tellegen - Jean* William J. Kelly - Fontane* Boris Karloff - Pierre* Renée Adorée - Marie...
(19251925 in film-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
) - Broadway LadyBroadway LadyBroadway Lady is a 1925 silent American drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Rosalie Ryan* Marjorie Bonner as Mary Andrews* Theodore von Eltz as Bob Westbrook* Joyce Compton as Phyllis Westbrook...
(1925) - Three of a KindThree of a Kind (1925 film)Three of a Kind is a 1925 silent American crime film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Evelyn Brent...
(1925) - Alias Mary FlynnAlias Mary FlynnAlias Mary Flynn is a 1925 silent American drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Mary Flynn* Malcolm McGregor as Tim Reagan* William V...
(1925) - Smooth as SatinSmooth as SatinSmooth as Satin is a 1925 silent American drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Gertie Jones* Bruce Gordon as Jimmy Hartigan* Fred Kelsey as Kersey...
(1925) - Lady RobinhoodLady RobinhoodLady Robinhood is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Evelyn Brent as Señorita Catalina / La Ortiga* Robert Ellis as Hugh Winthrop* Boris Karloff as Cabraza* William Humphrey as Governor...
(1925) - Forbidden Cargo (1925)
- Midnight MollyMidnight MollyMidnight Molly is a 1925 silent American drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Margaret Warren / Midnight Molly* John T. Dillon as Daley...
(1925) - The Brass BottleThe Brass Bottle (1923 film)The Brass Bottle is a 1923 silent fantasy film comedy produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by First National Pictures. This story by novelist F. Anstey was produced as a Broadway play in 1910. A 1914 silent followed. Both silent versions are lost...
(19231923 in film-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
) - The Deadlier SexThe Deadlier SexThe Deadlier Sex is a 1920 comedy film directed by Robert Thornby and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Blanche Sweet - Mary Willard* Winter Hall - Henry Willard* Roy Laidlaw - Huntley Green* Mahlon Hamilton - Harvey Judson* Russell Simpson - Jim Willis...
(19201920 in filmThe year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
) - The Prince and BettyThe Prince and Betty (film)The Prince and Betty is a 1919 comedy film directed by Robert Thornby. It features Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. It is based on the novel of the same name written by P. G. Wodehouse.-Cast:* William Desmond - John Maude* Mary Thurman - Betty Keith...
(19191919 in filmThe year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...
) - All NightAll NightAll Night is a 1918 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and Carmel Myers.-Synopsis:Richard Thayer, a shy, unassuming man is in love with a sheltered young woman, Elizabeth Lane . While the feelings are mutual and Richard wishes to propose, he can never find a moment to speak to Beth alone...
(19181918 in filmThe year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
) - The Empty GunThe Empty GunThe Empty Gun is a 1917 silent Western film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Franklyn Farnum - Robber* Claire McDowell - Mary* Lon Chaney - Frank* Sam De Grasse - Jim...
(19171917 in filmThe year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
) - TriumphTriumph (1917 film)Triumph is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney Only three of the five reels survive.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Nell Baxter* Lon Chaney - Paul Neihoff* William Stowell - Dudley Weyman...
(1917)