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J. Walter Ruben is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer, Second Unit Director and Second Unit American born on 14 august 1899 at New York City (USA)
Jacob Walter Ruben (14 August 1899 – 4 September 1942) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for 35 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. His great-grandson is actor Hutch Dano.
He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California.
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Birth name Jacob Walter Ruben
Nationality USA
Birth 14 august 1899 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 september 1942 (at 43 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 14 august 1899 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 september 1942 (at 43 years) at Hollywood (USA)
He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California.
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Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
, 1h22Directed by Norman Taurog, J. Walter Ruben, Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Slim Summerville, Virginia Weidler, Mary Nash, John F. Hamilton
Rating61%
On the way to an audition at the Hula Parlor Café, singer Maisie Ravier (Ann Sothern) gets trouble with her car in the middle of nowhere in Arizona. She manages to get to a ranch nearby, owned by a grumpy man namd Bill Anders (Lee Bowman), who gets overly friendly during the night.
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
, 1h29Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Lewis Stone, Noah Beery Sr., Dennis O'Keefe, Joseph Calleia
Rating62%
The Good Old Soak (1937)
, 1h7Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Wallace Beery, Una Merkel, Judith Barrett, Eric Linden, Ted Healy, Janet Beecher
Rating60%
Trouble for Two (1936)
, 1h15Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Louis Hayward, E. E. Clive
Rating63%
Prince Florizel of Carovia (Robert Montgomery) is unpleasantly surprised to learn that negotiations for his marriage to Princess Brenda of Irania are far advanced. He has not seen his intended bride since they were children, and at the time, he was not impressed. Luckily for him, Brenda is equally unwilling to marry him, likening it to "buying a pig in a poke". However, his father, the King (E. E. Clive), reminds him of his duty and their somewhat precarious position; only three years earlier, a revolution was suppressed, and the ringleaders are still at large. The King sends his son to London to think things over, accompanied by Colonel Geraldine (Frank Morgan).
Old Hutch (1936)
, 1h20Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Wallace Beery, Virginia Grey, Elizabeth Patterson, Donald Meek, Cecilia Parker, Robert McWade
Rating68%
Riffraff (1936)
, 1h34Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia, Victor Kilian, Mickey Rooney
Rating61%
Spencer Tracy plays a rough and tough fisherman ("Dutch" Mueller), who leads in a strike with his fellow fishery workers against the "fat-cat" owners of a tuna cannery. The love interest Hattie (Jean Harlow), is also a tuna cannery worker.
Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
, 1h29Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Prison films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone
Rating66%
Undercover FBI agent Jeff Crane (Chester Morris) is planted in the same prison as Sonny Black (Joseph Calleia), who is suspected of belonging to the notorious Purple Gang. Jeff helps Sonny escape in the hope that he will lead Jeff back to the rest of the gang.
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
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.
Success at Any Price (1934)
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Colleen Moore, Frank Morgan, Edward Everett Horton, Nydia Westman
Rating63%
Joe, an amoral capitalist and boyfriend of Sarah Griswold, gets a job as a clerk in a New York City advertising agency and starts to work his way to the top. He is fired, but Sarah intervenes on his behalf and he manages to create an ad that earns him a promotion. He meets the mistress of his boss and decides he wants to win her from him. The company is in trouble, but Joe has invested wisely and sells out his boss to his competitor. He abandons Sarah and proposes to the mistress, who marries him. Joe becomes head of his agency, but because he neglects his new wife, she becomes the mistress of another man. He attempts suicide, but Sarah rescues him and nurses him back to health.
Java Head (1934)
, 1h25Directed by J. Walter Ruben, Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Anna May Wong, Elizabeth Allan, Leatrice Joy, Ralph Richardson, John Loder, Herbert Lomas
Rating64%
The son of a wealthy Bristol shipping magnate marries a Chinese noblewoman, but she soon becomes aware that he is in fact in love with another woman.
Where Sinners Meet (1934)
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Billie Burke, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray, Gilbert Emery
Rating57%
Leonard and Anne drive along the lovers' road to Dover, intending to embark for Calais and go to Paris. The car breaks down and Saunders takes them to a nearby hotel, which turns out to be a residence with servants, owned by a Mr. Latimer. They are told they cannot leave for seven days so that they can see if a marriage between them will work. The next day, Anne begins to notice things about Leonard that she ignored before. Another couple in the house are about to leave after seven days—Leonard's wife Eustasia and her lover Nicholas.
Man of Two Worlds (1934)
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Francis Lederer, Elissa Landi, Henry Stephenson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Walter Byron, Forrester Harvey
Rating62%
Ace of Aces (1933)
, 2h24Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Joe Sawyer, Ralph Bellamy, Theodore Newton, Nella Walker
Rating62%
When the United States enters World War I, Nancy Adams (Elizabeth Allen) becomes a Red Cross nurse, while her fiancé, Rex "Rocky" Thorne (Richard Dix), registered as a conscientious objector, pursues his sculpting career. She mocks his pacifism and accuses him of cowardice. Thorne, in retaliation for her rejection and determined to prove his bravery, enlists and trains to become a fighter pilot. As part of the American Expeditionary Forces, he is, at first, a hesitant combat pilot until he encounters his first enemy aircraft and shoots it down. Renouncing his past, Thorne becomes completely committed to the war in the air, vowing to become the "ace-of-aces".
No Other Woman (1933)
, 58minutesDirected by J. Walter Ruben, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre, Christian Rub, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Linden
Rating59%
Anna (Irene Dunne) yearns to escape from Pittsburgh and tells her boyfriend, steelworker Jim Stanley (Charles Bickford) that she will never marry a steelworker, but he changes her mind. After their marriage, however, she does not abandon her dream; she gets as much money as she can and runs a boarding house to build up their savings.
The Great Jasper (1933)
, 1h25Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Richard Dix, Edna May Oliver, Florence Eldridge, Wera Engels, Bruce Cabot, Walter Walker
Rating63%
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