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Alan James is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 23 march 1890 at Port Townsend (USA)

Alan James

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Nationality USA
Birth 23 march 1890 at Port Townsend (USA)
Death 30 december 1952 (at 62 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Alan James (23 March 1890 – 30 December 1952) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 79 films between 1916 and 1943. He also wrote for 62 films between 1916 and 1951.

He was born in Port Townsend, Washington and died in Hollywood, California.

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Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard
(6 films)
Ted McCord
Ted McCord
(3 films)
William Gould
William Gould
(4 films)
Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson
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Ralph M. DeLacy
Ralph M. DeLacy
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alan James (27 films)

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Director

Scouts to the Rescue
Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Directed by Ray Taylor, Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Jackie Cooper, Vondell Darr, William Ruhl, Sidney Miller, Edwin Stanley, Frank Coghlan, Jr.
Rating57% 2.8744252.8744252.8744252.8744252.874425
A troop of boy scouts use a treasure map to find a stash of counterfeit notes and a lost tribe with a secret Radium deposit.
Flaming Frontiers
Flaming Frontiers (1938)

Directed by Ray Taylor, Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Charles Stevens, John Archer, Charles Middleton, Eddy Waller, Jack Rutherford
Rating66% 3.333413.333413.333413.333413.33341
Prospector Tom Grant discovers found a rich gold vein up South. His findings however, soon attract landowner Bart Eaton. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields with Eaton and his men following. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They then frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom...
Red Barry
Red Barry (1938)

Directed by Alan James, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Buster Crabbe, Cyril Delevanti, Frank Lackteen, Wade Boteler, Philip Ahn, William Ruhl
Rating66% 3.324033.324033.324033.324033.32403
An undercover police detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in Bonds.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy (1937)

Directed by Ray Taylor, Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta, Carleton Young, William Humphrey
Rating65% 3.2887653.2887653.2887653.2887653.288765
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One (both names are used) and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.
The Painted Stallion
The Painted Stallion (1937)
, 3h32
Directed by Ray Taylor, Alan James, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Sammy McKim, Duncan Renaldo, Wally Wales
Rating63% 3.186573.186573.186573.186573.18657
A wagon train travelling from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe means trouble for Alfredo Dupray, his authority from Spain will end with the arrival of a Mexican Governor. He plots to solve this by intercepting a trade agreement, to be negotiated by Clark Stuart on the wagon train, and disrupt Mexico–United States relations.
SOS Coast Guard
SOS Coast Guard (1937)

Directed by Alan James, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Richard Alexander, Herbert Rawlinson, Lawrence Grant
Rating58% 2.9479552.9479552.9479552.9479552.947955
Boroff is a mad scientist who has invented a "disintegrator gas" and plans to smuggle it to his buyers in Morovania. When his ship, the Carfax, gets stranded on outlying rocks in the first chapter, the Coast Guard comes to rescue him. Recognised by the reporters, Jean and Snapper, Boroff runs and kills the pursuing coast guard Ensign Jim Kent, who turns to be Lt Terry Kent's brother.
Valley of Wanted Men
Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
, 1h2
Directed by Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Russell Hopton, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Walter Miller
Rating56% 2.807752.807752.807752.807752.80775
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Strawberry Roan
Strawberry Roan (1933)
, 1h19
Directed by Alan James, John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Ken Maynard, Gene Autry, Ruth Hall, Gloria Henry, Harold Goodwin, Jack Holt
Rating64% 3.2334653.2334653.2334653.2334653.233465
Joe is paralyzed by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. His father, Walt, tries to kill the horse in anger but is unsuccessful and the horse escapes. Autry, who stopped Walt from killing the animal, is asked to leave the ranch. He finds the horse and trains it in the hopes of returning it to Joe to give him the will to overcome his disability.
The Phantom
The Phantom (1931)
, 1h2
Directed by Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Allene Ray, Niles Welch, Sheldon Lewis, Wilfred Lucas, Tom O'Brien
Rating43% 2.1770452.1770452.1770452.1770452.177045
A reporter goes in search of a deranged masked killer hiding in an insane asylum.
The White Panther
The White Panther (1924)

Directed by Alan James
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Frank Whitson, Boris Karloff, Billy Franey

Irene Falliday is the daughter of the British governor who rules over an Indian province. She loses a shawl and finds Yasmini wearing it and asks Tommy Farrell to get it back. Farrell is in love with Irene, but Yasmini loves him, and when he finally gets the shawl from her, the circumstances shame her in the eyes of her father Shere Ali, Sirdar of the Afghans, and his subjects. In revenge, Shere Ali kidnaps Irene.