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Elliott Nugent is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 20 september 1896 at Dover (USA)
Elliott Nugent, parfois orthographié Elliot Nugent, est un réalisateur, scénariste et acteur américain né le 20 septembre 1896 à Dover dans l'Ohio, et mort le 9 août 1980 à New York.
(1951)
(Director)
(1930)
(Actor)
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 september 1896 at Dover (USA)
Death 9 august 1980 (at 83 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 20 september 1896 at Dover (USA)
Death 9 august 1980 (at 83 years) at New York City (USA)
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Il est le fils de J. C. Nugent (1868-1947), également acteur, réalisateur et scénariste.Best films
(1951)(Director)
(1930)(Actor)
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Filmography of Elliott Nugent (45 films)
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My Girl Tisa (1948)
, 1h35Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Hale, Hugo Haas, Gale Robbins
Rating65%
Without Love (1945)
, 1h51Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Elliott Nugent, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Carl Esmond
Rating65%
Lonely widow Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) helps the war effort by marrying a military research scientist, Patrick Jamieson (Spencer Tracy on film, Elliott Nugent on the stage), who has set up his lab in her house. Patrick has had all the worst of love and Jamie, all the best. They both believe that a marriage could be a success without love, as it reduces the chances of jealousy and bickering and all the other marital disadvantages. But as the film progresses, the inevitable happens as they begin to fall in love with each other.
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
, 2h12Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Cheryl Walker, Lon McCallister, Tallulah Bankhead, Kenny Baker, Margaret Early, Ralph Bellamy
Roles Elliott Nugent
Rating62%
The storyline of the film follows several women who volunteer for the Canteen and who must adhere to strict rules of conduct, the most important of which is that while their job is to provide friendly companionship to and be dance partners for the (often nervous) men who are soon to be sent into combat, no romantic fraternization is allowed. One volunteer who confesses to only becoming involved in the Canteen in order to be discovered by one of the Hollywood stars in attendance, ultimately finds herself falling in love with one of the soldiers.
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
, 1h11Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez, Norman Foster, William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Eugene Pallette
Roles Program Director (uncredited)
Rating56%
Norman Foster plays a poet whose life changes when he begins writing comedy for Durante and develops an infatuation for Durante's volatile partner.
The Last Flight (1931)
, 1h16Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, John Mack Brown, Helen Chandler, Elliott Nugent, Luis Alberni
Roles Francis
Rating68%
The film is known as a Lost Generation celebration of alcohol involving three young World War I veterans who opt to drink indefinitely and almost continuously in Paris with the vivacious and beautiful woman they've befriended.
Virtuous Husband (1931)
, 1h15Directed by Vin Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Betty Compson, Elliott Nugent, Jean Arthur, J. C. Nugent, Alison Skipworth, Tully Marshall
Roles Daniel Curtis
Rating69%
Not So Dumb (1930)
, 1h15Directed by King Vidor, Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn, William Holden, George Irving
Roles Gordon
Rating58%
Dulcy, la fiancée de Gordon, un jeune homme d'affaires, tente d'aider son futur mari à réussir dans les affaires. Mais si elle ne fait pas toujours ce qu'il faut au bon moment, elle n'est pas si bête.
Romance (1930)
, 1h16Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon, Elliott Nugent, Florence Lake, Clara Blandick
Roles Harry
Rating57%
On New Year's Eve, Harry (Elliott Nugent) tells his grandfather (Gavin Gordon), a bishop, the he intends to marry an actress, even though that is frowned upon by his social class. However, his grandfather recounts via flashback a cautionary tale of a great love affair with a "fallen women" during his own youth.
The Sins of the Children (1930)
, 1h35Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Montgomery, Elliott Nugent, Francis X. Bushman, Leila Hyams, Clara Blandick, Francis X. Bushman, Jr.
Roles Johnnie
Rating61%
"Adolf Wagenkampf", a German immigrant barber on the verge of becoming rich, takes his sickly son away on a two-year stay in a drier climate. The man's partner deems him a failure, but he learns that his family is more important than finance.
The Unholy Three (1930)
, 1h12Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles, Clarence Burton, John Miljan
Roles Hector McDonald
Rating66%
A sideshow is closed by the police after Tweedledee (Harry Earles), the embittered "Twenty Inch Man", kicks a baby, starting a riot. Echo, the ventriloquist, proposes that Tweedledee, the strongman Hercules (Ivan Linow), and he leave and, as "The Unholy Three", use their talents to commit crimes. Echo also takes along his pickpocket girlfriend Rosie (Lila Lee) and his gorilla, whom Hercules fears.
The Single Standard (1929)
, 1h11Directed by John S. Robertson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Lane Chandler, Mahlon Hamilton
Roles Party Boy (uncredited)
Rating66%
Arden Stuart (Greta Garbo) believes that a single standard of conduct should apply to both sexes. She strives for a combination of freedom, equality, and honesty in love. Her first attempt is with chauffeur Anthony Kendall, who is secretly a disillusioned "ace aviator" and son of a lord. However their romance ends in disaster; he commits suicide when he is fired because of it.
So This Is College (1929)
, 1h38Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards, Phyllis Crane, Max Davidson, Ann Brody
Roles Eddie
Rating54%
Biff and Eddie, two college classmates at the University of Southern California, are life-long friends, fraternity brothers, and members of the football team. Although they make a vow at the beginning of their senior year that they will no longer allow their pursuit of girls to get into the way of they friendship, they soon break their vow when both fall for pretty Babs Baxter, a popular co-ed. Vying for her affections, Biff and Eddie play pranks on each other that soon causes a serious breach in their relationship. When Biff finally realizes that Eddie wants to marry Babs, he decides to step aside for the sake of their friendship, but at the season's big football game, both realize that Babs has merely been toying with them she introduces them to her fiancé Bruce. After winning the game, Biff and Eddie decide never again to let girls come between them--until they see another pretty girl in the park.
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My Outlaw Brother (1952)
, 1h22Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, José Torvay, Don "Red" Barry
Rating52%
Danny O'Moore, an Irish lad from New York, has not seen big brother Patrick for eight years. Patrick is said to now own a silver mine in Mexico and sends welcome money to his family in America.
Just for You (1952)
, 1h44Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Julie Newmar, Ethel Barrymore, Robert Arthur, Natalie Wood
Rating60%
Widower Jordan Blake is a successful Broadway producer and songwriter, but he has been neglecting his teenaged children, Jerry and Barbara.
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
, 1h53Directed by Elliott Nugent, Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, James Barton, Franchot Tone, Ethel Barrymore
Rating62%
Newspaper reporter Pete (Bing Crosby) works in a Paris orphanage. His charming way with children and music enables him to find homes for even the most troubled kids. One afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey (Alan Reed and Minna Gombell), an American couple, come to the orphanage to adopt Bobby, a boy they saw in one of the ads Pete ran in his newspaper. Bobby misbehaves, but when Pete discovers that Mr. Godfrey plays for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he quickly produces a young blind opera wunderkind, Theresa (Anna Maria Alberghetti), who sings her way into the Godfreys' hearts.