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Elliott J. Clawson is a Scriptwriter American born on 19 january 1883 at Salt Lake City (USA)

Elliott J. Clawson

Elliott J. Clawson
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1883 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Death 21 july 1942 (at 59 years) at Vista (USA)

Elliott J. Clawson (January 19, 1883 – July 21, 1942) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 81 films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died in Vista, California. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, he was nominated for four Oscars in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

Best films

The Leatherneck
The Leatherneck
(1929)
(Writer) Sal of Singapore
Sal of Singapore
(1928)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Tod Browning
Tod Browning
(4 films)
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney
(5 films)
Rupert Julian
Rupert Julian
(4 films)
Howard Higgin
Howard Higgin
(4 films)
William Boyd
William Boyd
(5 films)
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Filmography of Elliott J. Clawson (29 films)

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Scriptwriter

High Voltage
High Voltage (1929)
, 1h3
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Boyd, Carole Lombard, Owen Moore, Phillips Smalley, Billy Bevan, Shannon Lee
Roles Dialogue
Rating53% 2.659172.659172.659172.659172.65917
Billie (Carole Lombard) is on a bus, being hauled in to face felony charges, by Detective Dan (Owen Moore). The bus gets stuck in a snowstorm; and, the passengers meet William Boyd, who is already holed up, in a church, waiting out the storm.
The Leatherneck
The Leatherneck (1929)
, 1h5
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, Alan Hale, Fred Kohler, Diane Ellis, Paul Weigel
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9093252.9093252.9093252.9093252.909325
In the 1920s three U.S. Marines who have deserted return to their base in Tientsin, China; one is dead, one is insane and one is court martialed. On the witness stand he relates their story from the end of World War I. Following the Armistice with Germany Pvt Calhoun temporarily frees a German Prisoner of War named Schmidt to go drinking with him. In the bar another Marine, Pvt Hanlon refuses to drink with a German; their brawl escalates into a fight with the Military Police where the three become friends. The German eventually migrates to the United States where he enlists in the Marines.
The Thirteenth Chair
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
, 1h12
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Margaret Wycherly, Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.850332.850332.850332.850332.85033
À Calcutta (Inde britannique), Spencer Lee a été assassiné dans d'étranges circonstances, au moment où il préparait un article sur la mystérieuse secte des Thugs. Son ami Edward Wales, survenu au moment du meurtre, a vu s'enfuir une femme voilée, mais malgré son témoignage l'enquête menée par l'inspecteur Delzante piétine. Aussi, Whales décide d'organiser chez les Crosby, riche famille de Calcutta, une séance de spiritisme conduite par la médium Madame La Grange autour d'une dizaine de personnes invitées pour la circonstance, parmi lesquelles se trouve Helen O'Neill, fiancée du fils Crosby, Richard, et suspectée par Whales. Ce dernier espère que l'esprit du défunt désignera le ou la coupable.
Skyscraper
Skyscraper (1928)
, 1h8
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Boyd, Alan Hale, Sue Carol, Alberta Vaughn, Wesley Barry, Paul Weigel
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9098752.9098752.9098752.9098752.909875
West of Zanzibar
West of Zanzibar (1928)
, 1h5
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter, Jacqueline Gadsden, Kalla Pasha
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5927253.5927253.5927253.5927253.592725
Anna (Jacqueline Gadsden) cannot bring herself to tell her professional magician husband, Phroso (Lon Chaney), that she is leaving him. Her lover, Crane (Lionel Barrymore), informs Phroso that he is taking Anna to Africa, shoving the distraught husband away so forcefully that he falls over a railing and is crippled, losing the use of his legs. After a year, Phroso learns that Anna has returned. He finds his wife dead in a church, with a baby beside her. He swears to avenge himself on both Crane and the child.
The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
, 1h10
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lon Chaney, Lois Moran, Owen Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Sōjin Kamiyama, John George
Rating62% 3.142583.142583.142583.142583.14258
À Singapour, le trafiquant surnommé 'Singapore Joe' mène ses affaires louches à l'aide de deux complices, le chinois Charlie Wing (surnommé 'English') et Edward Herrington (surnommé 'L'amiral'). Ce dernier tombe amoureux de Rosemary, qui tient un bazar en ville. Le père James, sollicité pour célébrer leur mariage, est le seul à savoir que la jeune femme est la fille de son frère, prétendument disparu, qui n'est autre que 'Singapore Joe'.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
, 1h33
Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Lon Chaney, Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis
Roles Adaptation
Rating74% 3.746063.746063.746063.746063.74606
Based on the general release version of 1925, which has additional scenes and sequences in different order than the existing reissue print.