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Erle C. Kenton is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 1 august 1896 at Montana (USA)

Erle C. Kenton

Erle C. Kenton
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 august 1896 at Montana (USA)
Death 28 january 1980 (at 83 years) at Glendale (USA)

Erle C. Kenton (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980) was an American film director. He directed 131 films between 1916 and 1957. He was born in Norborne, Missouri and died in Glendale, California from Parkinson's disease.

Kenton and Edward Ludwig were the principal directors of the 1958-1960 CBS television series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley, a "Robin Hood of the West", who drifts through the region helping persons in need.

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Vera West
Vera West
(9 films)
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Erle C. Kenton (47 films)

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Actor

His Speedy Finish
Directed by Reggie Morris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Fay, Erle C. Kenton, Jack Perrin
Roles le tueur professionnel

His Bread and Butter
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Hank Mann, Peggy Pearce, Slim Summerville, Bobby Dunn, Claire Anderson, Wayland Trask
Roles un invité de la dégustation de vin
Rating62% 3.1082753.1082753.1082753.1082753.108275

Director

House of Dracula, 1h7
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Cyberpunk films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Martha O' Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Glenn Strange
Rating56% 2.8497052.8497052.8497052.8497052.849705
Count Dracula (John Carradine) greets the castle's owner, Dr. Franz Edelmann (Onslow Stevens). The Count, who introduces himself as "Baron Latos", explains that he has come to Visaria to find a cure for his vampirism. Dr. Edelmann agrees to help. Together with his assistants, Milizia (Martha O'Driscoll) and the hunchbacked Nina (Poni Adams), he has been working on a mysterious plant, the clavaria formosa, whose juices have the ability to reshape bone. Edelmann explains that he thinks vampirism can be cured by a series of blood transfusions. Dracula agrees to this, and Edelmann uses his own blood for the transfusions.
House of Frankenstein, 1h11
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Cyberpunk films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Elena Verdugo, Glenn Strange
Rating61% 3.0989553.0989553.0989553.0989553.098955
The film focuses on the exploits of the vengeful Dr. Gustav Niemann (Boris Karloff), who escapes from prison. He is helped by the hunchback Daniel (J. Carrol Naish), for whom he promises to create a new, beautiful body. The two murder Professor Lampini (George Zucco), a traveling showman, and take over his horror exhibit. To exact revenge on Bürgermeister Hussman (Sig Ruman), who had once caused his imprisonment, Niemann revives Count Dracula (John Carradine). Dracula seduces Hussmann's granddaughter-in-law Rita (Anne Gwynne) and kills Hussmann himself, but in a subsequent chase, Niemann disposes of Dracula's coffin, causing the vampire to perish in sunlight.
In Society
In Society (1944)
, 1h14
Directed by Erle C. Kenton, Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Crime
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marion Hutton, Kirby Grant, Arthur Treacher, Thomas Gomez
Rating65% 3.2954253.2954253.2954253.2954253.295425
Eddie Harrington (Bud Abbott) and Albert Mansfield (Lou Costello) are plumbers who receive a call about a leak in the private bathroom of Mr. Van Cleve (Thurston Hall), a wealthy businessman. The leak is keeping him awake, but the costume ball that his wife (Nella Walker) is throwing downstairs is not.
Son of Dracula, 1h20
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Erle C. Kenton, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Louise Allbritton, Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating60% 3.048283.048283.048283.048283.04828
Hungarian Count Alucard (Lon Chaney Jr.), a mysterious stranger, arrives in the U.S. invited by Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton), one of the daughters of New Orleans plantation owner Colonel Caldwell (George Irving). Shortly after his arrival, the Colonel dies of apparent heart failure and leaves his wealth to his two daughters, with Claire receiving all the money and Katherine his estate "Dark Oaks." Katherine, a woman with a taste for the morbid, has been secretly dating Alucard and eventually marries him, shunning her long-time boyfriend Frank Stanley. Frank confronts the couple and tries to shoot Alucard, but the bullets pass through the Count's body and hit Katherine, seemingly killing her.
It Ain't Hay, 1h20
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Shemp Howard, Cecil Kellaway, Eugene Pallette, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating65% 3.295753.295753.295753.295753.29575
Wilbur Hoolihan (Lou Costello) accidentally kills a hack horse owned by King O'Hara (Cecil Kellaway) and his daughter, Princess (Patsy O'Connor) by feeding it candy. In hopes of raising enough money to replace it, he and his friend Grover Mockridge (Bud Abbott) visit a gambling parlor. They are successful in raising the money, but before they can purchase a new horse, a con man swindles Wilbur out of his cash. They are informed by some touts that an old horse is available for nothing at one of the tracks. They visit the track and mistakenly take the wrong horse, a champion by the name of Tea Biscuit. They present the horse to O'Hara as a replacement for his deceased horse.
The Ghost of Frankenstein, 1h7
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers
Rating60% 3.0473053.0473053.0473053.0473053.047305
The residents of the village of Frankenstein feel they are under a curse and blame all their troubles on Frankenstein's monster. Rumors circulate about Ygor who is still alive and supposedly trying to revive the monster. The villagers pressure the Mayor into allowing them to destroy Frankenstein's castle. Ygor (Béla Lugosi) attempts to put up some resistance, but the villagers rush the gates and begin to destroy the castle. Ygor, fleeing through the catacombs, finds the monster released from his sulfuric tomb by the explosions. The exposure to the sulfur weakened the monster but also preserved him. Unseen by the villagers, Ygor and the monster flee the castle to the surrounding countryside; there they encounter a powerful thunderstorm. The monster is struck by a bolt of lightning, but instead of being harmed by it, he seems to be rejuvenated. Ygor decides to find Ludwig, the second son of the original Frankenstein, to help the monster.
Who Done It?, 1h16
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, William Gargan, Patric Knowles, William Bendix, Mary Wickes
Rating72% 3.644713.644713.644713.644713.64471
Chick Larkin (Bud Abbott) and Mervyn Milgrim (Lou Costello) both work at the soda counter of a local radio station. Their true passion, however, is to become writers on a radio mystery show. They attend a broadcast of the radio program Murder at Midnight along with one of the writers, Jimmy Turner (Patric Knowles) and the producer, Jane Little (Louise Allbritton).
Pardon My Sarong, 1h24
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson
Rating67% 3.396523.396523.396523.396523.39652
Tommy Layton (Robert Paige), a wealthy bachelor, rents a city bus to take him from Chicago to Los Angeles. Once there he intends to participate in a yacht race to Hawaii. The bus drivers, Algy (Bud Abbott) and Wellington (Lou Costello), are chased by a detective (William Demarest) hired by the bus company. They escape capture by driving the bus off a fishing pier. Layton, who is now on his yacht, rescues them and hires them as his crew for the race. A competitor of his in the race, Joan Marshall (Virginia Bruce) has fired his original crew without his knowledge. He enacts revenge by kidnapping her and taking her along on the race.
Melody for Three, 1h7
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King, Astrid Allwyn, Maude Eburne, Irene Ryan
Rating58% 2.9106052.9106052.9106052.9106052.910605
Le Dr Christian s'intéresse à un jeune garçon, prodige du violon, dont la mère est professeur de musique divorcée. Son intérêt ne se limite pas à la carrière musicale du garçon - il pense qu'il serait préférable que le garçon retrouve ses parents ensemble, et se propose de le faire.
Petticoat Politics
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Karns, Spencer Charters, Ruth Donnelly, George Ernest, Polly Moran, Paul Hurst
Rating71% 3.5526353.5526353.5526353.5526353.552635
Lil Higgins become excessively worried rhat her newly retired husband Joe will die now that he has nothing to do all day. She has learned from a sales-eager insuranceman that the mortality rate is exceptionally high for inactive older men. To try to keep Joe alive, Lil wants him to make some home improvements in the kitchen.