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Hamilton MacFadden is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer American born on 26 april 1901 at Boston (USA)
Hamilton MacFadden (1901–1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. After starting out on Broadway in the 1920s, he moved into filmmaking in Hollywood. During the early 1930s he was a contract director at Fox. McFadden made a number of films for them including several early entries in the Charlie Chan series such as Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). He was released from his Fox contract following the 1934 merger with 20th Century Pictures. Thereafter he mixed occasional directing jobs with a number of small supporting appearances in films.
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Nationality USA
Birth 26 april 1901 at Boston (USA)
Death 1 january 1977 (at 75 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 26 april 1901 at Boston (USA)
Death 1 january 1977 (at 75 years) at New York City (USA)
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Il commence sa carrière comme acteur puis, au début des années 1930, il est engagé comme réalisateur à Hollywood par la Compagnie Fox. Il réalise notamment L'Amant de minuit (1930) avec Jeanette MacDonald et Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) avec Shirley Temple. Par la suite, il redevient un acteur de seconds rôles.Usually with
Filmography of Hamilton MacFadden (34 films)
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Young America (1942)
, 1h13Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts, William Tracy, Roman Bohnen, Irving Bacon
Roles Jim Benson
Rating56%
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
, 1h12Directed by Ub Iwerks, Alfred L. Werker, Ford Beebe, Hamilton Luske, Erwin Verity, Jack Cutting, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Clarence Nash, Billy Lee, Frank Faylen
Roles Hamilton MacFadden
Rating66%
L'humoriste Robert Benchley visite les studios Disney pour essayer de vendre à Walt Disney une idée pour un film d'animation : l'histoire du « Dragon récalcitrant ».
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Harold Huber, Sheila Ryan, Kay Linaker, Ethel Griffies
Roles Bill Kellogg
Rating68%
In the beginning of the film, detective Charlie Chan is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, along with his son, Jimmy, and the Rio chief of police, Chief Souto, to arrest singer Lola Dean, whom Chan suspects killed a man in Honolulu. After a performance, Lola’s boyfriend, Carlos, asks her to marry him, which she accepts. Her personal assistant, Helen Ashby, then reminds Lola she has an appointment with a Hindu psychic, Marana. Lola visits the psychic, who puts her in a semi-comatose state using coffee and cigarettes laced with a special natural herb. Lola reveals in this state that she did kill a man, Manuel Cardozo, after he refused to marry her in Honolulu. The psychic records the conversation. When Lola wakes up, the psychic tells her what she told him, but assures her that it will be kept confidential between them. On the way home, a worried Lola convinces Carlos to elope instead of marry at a later date. When she arrives home, she begins packing.
Dressed to Kill (1941)
, 1h20Directed by Eugene Forde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan, William Demarest, Virginia Brissac, Henry Daniell
Roles Reporter
Rating63%
Private investigator Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is just about to marry his sweetheart, singer Joanne La Marr (Mary Beth Hughes). On their wedding day he meets up with Joanne at the Hotel du Nord where she is staying, but as they are about to leave together, Michael hears a woman screaming from one of the rooms.
Sleepers West (1941)
, 1h14Directed by Eugene Forde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy, Don Costello
Roles Conductor Meyers
Rating65%
Shadowed by persistent girl reporter Kay Bentley (Lynn Bari), private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) tries his best to secretly escort murder-trial witness Helen Carlson (Mary Beth Hughes) by train from Denver to San Francisco.
The Lady in Question (1940)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Actors Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles Guard (uncredited)
Rating63%
While serving on a Paris jury Andre Morestan (Brian Aherne) persuades his deadlocked peers to vote for the acquittal of Natalie Roguin's (Rita Hayworth), a young woman on trial for the death of a young man she had known. Securing her innocence, Morestan invites her to live and work at his bicycle shop so she can readjust to society. However, he decides to keep her true identity a secret, which soon begins to raise the doubts of his family, especially his son played by a very young Glenn Ford, who soon falls in love with her.
Shooting High (1940)
, 1h6Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Western
Actors Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver, Hamilton MacFadden, Frank M. Thomas, Robert Lowery
Roles J. Wallace Rutledge
Rating58%
The Carsons and the Pritchards have been feuding in the town of Carson's Corners for generations. The budding romance between Will Carson (Gene Autry) and Marjorie Pritchard (Marjorie Weaver) is now being threatened by the long-standing feud. Margorie's father, Calvin Pritchard (Frank M. Thomas), is the bank president and mayor of Carson's Corners. Calvin pretends to support Will's courtship of his daughter because he needs to acquire a piece of Carson property for a proposed highway through the area. When Will learns of Calvin's true motives, he accuses Marjorie of scheming with her father to steal Carson land.
, 1h17Directed by Eugene Forde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel, Elizabeth Patterson, Donald MacBride
Roles Reporter
Rating65%
A private detective is hired to act as a guardian to a wealthy man's daughter, who has been gambling away her allowance at the racetrack and associating with shady characters in a casino. However, he quickly finds himself embroiled in a murder case and has to stay one step ahead of the police while he attempts to solve it.
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Kane Richmond
Roles Night Clerk
Rating69%
Mary Whitman has arrived in Reno to obtain a divorce. While there, she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers).
Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
, 1h3Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leo Carrillo, Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Spring Byington, Kane Richmond, Hobart Cavanaugh
Roles Auctioneer
Rating62%
, 1hDirected by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Roberts, Billy Mahan
Roles Townsend - Director
Rating57%
The film is one of the seventeen in the Jones Family B movie comedy series, with its repeating cast of characters.
Tarnished Angel (1938)
, 1h8Directed by Leslie Goodwins, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Sally Eilers, Lee Bowman, Ann Miller, Alma Kruger, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), Jonathan Hale
Roles Reverend Summers
Rating59%
Sharpshooters (1938)
, 1h5Directed by James Tinling
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, John King, Douglass Dumbrille, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Bowman
Rating45%
The Black Camel (1931)
, 1h7Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, Victor Varconi, Dorothy Revier, Murray Kinnell
Roles Val Martino (uncredited)
Rating65%
Movie star Shelah Fayne is making a picture on location in Honolulu, Hawaii. She summons mystic adviser Tarneverro from Hollywood to help her decide whether to marry wealthy Alan Jaynes, a man she has only known for a week. Her friend Julie O'Neil worries, however, that the famous psychic has too much influence over her. Meanwhile, Julie has fallen in love herself with local publicity director Jimmy Bradshaw.
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Inside the Law (1942)
, 1h2Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Wallace Ford, Frank Sully, Harry Holman, Luana Walters, Lafe McKee, Barton Hepburn
Rating52%
Billy (Wallace Ford) is the boss of a small gang of seven, who are all on their way to California for a change of scenery. Before they even enter the city of Los Angeles they watch as a cop on a motorbike pull over a drunk driver, Stanley Blythe, and arrest him. One of the gang members manage to steal Stanley's wallet before he is taken to jail, and in it they find a letter informing that Stanley is to start his new job as bank manager at the Walnut Valley Bank. Billy decides to impersonate Stanley and start working at the bank and hire his ganga so they can break into the vault and rob it. The bank president, Judge Mortimer Gibbs (Harry Holman), welcomes Billy to his new job and likes his bold idea of changing the staff to get a fresh start. The gang start their jobs, but soon discover that isn't much cash in the vault to steal. They come up with a plan to increase the savings deposits, challenging people to bring their safes and let a safe "expert", gang member Jim Burke (Frank Sully), try to crack them. If he fails in doing so, they will get $100. It turns out Burke easily cracks every safe presented to him, and in fear of being robbed, people from all around the area bring their private savings to the bank. The gang get gready and they decide to stay on a while and collect more money before they rob the bank. They pack one of the gang member's, Dora Mason (Luana Walters), suitcases full with the money just in case they need to flee quickly. After a visit to church, like good citizens, Billy, Dora and Mom Cobbs (Rose Plumer) have a change of heart and decides to stay and run the bank for real. Burke, hiwever, steals the suitcase full of money, and Billy is knocked unconscious when he tries to stop him. Dora pretends to be in on Burke's escape and leaves with him, to later try and retrieve the money along the way to the Mexican border. After a tip from Billy they are stopped by the customs, and Billy goes down to meet them. Meanwhile, the real Stanley has been let out of jail and pays a visit to the gang, demanding to meet Billy. The gang liquors the man up, but after a while the police come to arrest them all for disturbance. Billy and Burke fight over the suitcase at the border, and Dora manages to grab the case and run away in Billy's car. She gets back to Walnut Valley and Billy comes after her. Arriving back in town, the chief knows about the suitcase and arrests them on the spot. A bank examiner is about to arrive at the bank the same day, and the gang stalls him when he arrives, so that Billy will have time to return with the stolen money. When Billy finally comes with the suitcase, it turns out it's empty. The Judge then confesses that he has a habit of always taking the money home with him when the week is at an end. When all seems in order, and the examiner counts the money, Burke arrives and holds everyone at gunpoint, trying to rob the bank. He is unaware that the gun is unloaded, and he is easily overpowered by the rest of the gang. Since the money is found, the police have no reason for arresting the gang members, and instead they are sentenced by the judge to run the bank in the future.