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Alfred Santell is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Director of Photography American born on 14 september 1895 at San Francisco (USA)

Alfred Santell

Alfred Santell
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Birth name Alfred Allen Santell
Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1895 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 19 june 1981 (at 85 years) at Salinas (USA)

Alfred Santell was an American film director born September 14, 1895 in San Francisco, California.

Santell directed over 60 films, beginning in 1917, and most of them two-reel comedy short subjects for Hal Roach and other productions companies. Taking up feature films from about 1924, Santell worked for several major studios. He left the business in 1946, and died on June 19, 1981 in Salinas, California.

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The Patent Leather Kid
The Patent Leather Kid
(1927)
(Director) Aloma of the South Seas
Aloma of the South Seas
(1941)
(Director)

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Filmography of Alfred Santell (41 films)

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That Brennan Girl
That Brennan Girl (1946)
, 1h35
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks, Charles Arnt
Rating63% 3.1857153.1857153.1857153.1857153.185715
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.
The Hairy Ape
The Hairy Ape (1944)
, 1h32
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder, Dorothy Comingore, Roman Bohnen, Alan Napier
Rating60% 3.048893.048893.048893.048893.04889
This script must be run from the command line
Jack London
Jack London (1943)
, 1h34
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Virginia Mayo, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport, Frank Craven
Rating51% 2.5671852.5671852.5671852.5671852.567185
The film follows the adventures of the writer-adventurer Jack London (Michael O'Shea) who was, among other things, oyster pirate, hobo, sailor, prospector and war correspondent.
Aloma of the South Seas
Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
, 1h17
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on plays, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Lynne Overman, Phillip Reed, Katherine DeMille, Fritz Leiber
Rating54% 2.724872.724872.724872.724872.72487
Aloma and Prince Tanoa, are promised by the islanders to wed from their childhood, though the two despise each other and fight. Tanoa is sent to the United States for an education and does not return for 15 years after the death of his father. Once crowned, Tanoa's treacherous cousin Revo who has plotted to rule in place of Tanoa since childhood, sees his chance by arming himself and his band with rifles and a light machine gun.
Having Wonderful Time
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
, 1h10
Directed by Robert Parrish, Alfred Santell, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films based on plays, Road movies
Actors Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Red Skelton, Lee Bowman
Rating59% 2.996442.996442.996442.996442.99644
Bored New York office girl Teddy (Ginger Rogers), goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains called Camp Kare Free, for rest and to get away from the noisy, busy, city life and avoid advances from Emil. She meets and at first does not like waiter Chick, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. She also meets friend Faye, her roommate Miriam, and Buzzy. Miriam has eyes for Buzzy, who seems to have eyes for everyone. Within her two-week stay, Teddy and Chick fall in love and spend every day together.
Cocoanut Grove
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
, 1h25
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Fred MacMurray, Harriet Nelson, Ben Blue, Eve Arden, Rufe Davis, Billy Lee
Rating62% 3.137013.137013.137013.137013.13701
Johnny Prentice, a bandleader in Chicago with a bad temper, alienates some of his musicians and is in danger of losing custody of Half Pint, his son. He hires Linda Rogers to be the boy's tutor.
Breakfast for Two
Breakfast for Two (1937)
, 1h7
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Donald Meek, Etienne Girardot
Rating63% 3.195253.195253.195253.195253.19525
After drunkenly carousing on the town, idle playboy Jonathan Blair (Herbert Marshall) wakes up to find that Texan Valentine Ransome (Barbara Stanwyck) has spent the night in his mansion. He remembers little of the night and knows little about his houseguest. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform and then to marry him, explaining to her horse-breaking uncle Sam (Frank M. Thomas) that she intends to "slip a bit in his mouth and make him like it". In her way is Jonathan's girlfriend, actress Carol Wallace (Glenda Farrell).
Internes Can't Take Money
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
, 1h18
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Steve Pendleton, Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman
Rating68% 3.438653.438653.438653.438653.43865
This script must be run from the command line
A Feather in Her Hat
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
, 1h12
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Lord, Basil Rathbone, Billie Burke, Louis Hayward, Wendy Barrie, Nydia Westman
Rating61% 3.051033.051033.051033.051033.05103
In 1925 London, middle-aged, widowed shopkeeper Clarissa Phipps (Pauline Lord) pities genteel, but homeless drunkard Captain Randolph Courtney (Basil Rathbone) and takes him in. When Courtney corrects the lower-class accent and grammar of her son Richard, a germ of an idea is born. Richard benefits from Courtney's tutelage as he grows up.