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DeWitt Jennings is a Actor American born on 21 june 1871 at Cameron (USA)
DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937.
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Birth name DeWitt Clarke Jennings
Nationality USA
Birth 21 june 1871 at Cameron (USA)
Death 1 march 1937 (at 65 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 21 june 1871 at Cameron (USA)
Death 1 march 1937 (at 65 years) at Hollywood (USA)
DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937.
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He was born in Cameron, Missouri on June 21, 1871 to Georgia S. and Oliver A. Jennings. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California on March 1, 1937.Best films
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Thru Different Eyes (1942)
, 1h4Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frank Craven, June Walker, Donald Woods, Mary Howard, Vivian Blaine, Jerome Cowan
Roles Paducah
Rating58%
Slave Ship (1937)
, 1h40Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell
Roles Snodgrass
Rating62%
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This Is My Affair (1937)
, 1h40Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Douglas Fowley
Roles Bradley Wallace
Rating65%
US President William McKinley (Frank Conroy) is put under great pressure by everyone, even US Bank Examiner Henry Maxwell, to do something about a gang of bank robbers nobody has been able to bring to justice. He sends U.S. Navy Lieutenant Richard L. Perry (Robert Taylor) undercover without notifying anyone, not even the Secret Service.
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
Directed by Christy Cabanne, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Paul Hurst, J. Carrol Naish, Russell Hopton
Roles Mike Brannigan
Rating65%
A man is arrested for murdering his wife. His lover and a sleuth work to free him.
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, John Qualen, Douglas Fowley
Roles Captain Galloway
Rating60%
That I May Live (1937)
, 1h10Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, Jack La Rue, Frank Conroy, Fred Kelsey
Roles Chief of Police
Rating61%
The Accusing Finger (1936)
, 1h2Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Paul Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Kent Taylor, Robert Cummings, Harry Carey, Bernadene Hayes
Roles Prison Warden
Rating64%
Un avocat est responsable de l'envoi en prison d'un innocent pour un assassinat qu'il n'a pourtant pas commis. Quand la femme de l'avocat est assassinée, personne ne le croit quand il clame son innocence.
Kelly the Second (1936)
, 1h10Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films
Actors Patsy Kelly, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Charley Chase, Pert Kelton, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber
Roles Judge (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Rating58%
A feisty Irishwoman named Molly Kelly (Patsy Kelly) helps a truck driver named Cecil Callahan (Guinn Williams) to become a professional boxer.
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
, 1h30Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy, Patsy Kelly, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin
Roles Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Rating58%
After Joan Warren (Alice Faye) is fired from her singing job at the Ritz Club, where she performs with the Ritz Brothers, she seeks help from theatrical agent, Nicky Alexander (Gregory Ratoff). Nicky, however, is in the process of being evicted from his office suite, so he tells her to find another agent. When she insists that he represent her, he takes her to Mr. Brewster (Paul Stanton), president of the Federal Broadcasting Company, and Joan auditions, but Brewster refuses to hire her because she is not of the upper class.
Sins of Man (1936)
, 1h26Directed by Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins, J. Edward Bromberg, Francis Ford, Ann Shoemaker
Roles Twichelesko
Rating63%
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
, 1h31Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Jane Withers
Roles Freight Agent
Rating63%
Afin d'économiser de l'argent pour s'acheter une ferme, un jeune agriculteur travaille de temps à autre sur le canal Érié. Il fait la connaissance d'une charmante jeune fille, employée du bateau transportant fret et passagers d'une rive à l'autre, qui ne se voit guère vivre sur la terre ferme...
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
, 2h35Directed by Frank Lloyd, J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Movita Castaneda, Mamo Clark, Donald Crisp
Roles Fryer
Rating75%
HMS Bounty leaves England in 1787 on a two-year voyage over the Pacific Ocean. The ship's captain, William Bligh (Charles Laughton), is a brutal tyrant who routinely administers harsh punishment to officers and crew alike who lack discipline, cause any infraction on board the ship, or in any manner defy his authority. Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable), the ship's lieutenant, is a formidable yet compassionate man who disapproves of Bligh's treatment of the crew. Roger Byam (Franchot Tone) is an idealistic midshipman who is divided between his loyalty to Bligh, owing to his family's naval tradition, and his friendship with Christian.
Village Tale (1935)
, 1h20Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Randolph Scott, Kay Johnson, Arthur Hohl, Robert Barrat, Janet Beecher, Edward Ellis
Roles Sheriff Ramsey
Rating48%
Somerville se sent très attiré par Janet Stevenson, la femme d'Elmer Stevenson, qui tient le village sous son joug. Les commères du coin, par pure méchanceté, convainquent Steve que Janet le trompe. Celui-ci, furieux, décide d'assassiner Somerville avec l'aide de son frère Drury…
Front Page Woman (1935)
, 1h22Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Wini Shaw, J. Carrol Naish, June Martel
Roles Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rating64%
Ellen Garfield refuses to marry fellow reporter Curt Devlin until he admits she is as good at her craft as any man. The two work for rival newspapers, and their ongoing efforts to better each other eventually leads to Ellen getting fired when Curt tricks her into misreporting the verdict of a murder trial. The tables are turned when she scoops him by getting the real perpetrator, Inez Cordoza, to confess to the crime. Forced to admit Ellen is a good reporter, he finally wins her hand.
I Dream Too Much (1935)
, 1h37Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Henry Fonda, Lily Pons, Eric Blore, Lucille Ball, Osgood Perkins, Mischa Auer
Roles Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
Rating53%
Annette Monard Street (Lily Pons) is an aspiring singer, who falls in love with and marries Jonathan Street (Henry Fonda), a struggling young composer.