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Jay Marchant is a Actor, Director, Unit Manager and Assistant Director American born on 7 january 1888 at Tripp County (USA)

Jay Marchant

Jay Marchant
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Nationality USA
Birth 7 january 1888 at Tripp County (USA)
Death 14 june 1962 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles County (USA)

Jay Marchant (January 7, 1888 – June 14, 1962), was an American film director and actor of the silent era. He directed 22 films between 1921 and 1925, including five film serials for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.

He was born in Tripp County, South Dakota and died in Los Angeles County, California.

Best films

Boys Town
Boys Town
(1938)
(Unit Manager)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(6 films)
J. P. McGowan
J. P. McGowan
(3 films)
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
(4 films)
Addison Richards
Addison Richards
(3 films)
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jay Marchant (16 films)

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Actor

Do or Die
Do or Die (1921)

Directed by J. P. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Eddie Polo, J. P. McGowan, Jay Marchant
Roles Mendez

Director

Producer

Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust (1949)
, 1h27
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernández, Porter Hall, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Kemper
Roles Production Manager
Rating75% 3.794053.794053.794053.794053.79405
The film closely follows the plot line of the Faulkner novel. It tells the story of Lucas Beauchamp, a respectable and rich black man, who is unjustly accused of the murder of a white man.
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
, 2h2
Directed by Victor Fleming, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore
Roles Unit Production Manager
Rating68% 3.444753.444753.444753.444753.44475
Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy) is the reckless pilot of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber flying out of England during World War II. He is in love with Women Airforce Service Pilot Dorinda Durston (Irene Dunne), a civilian pilot ferrying aircraft across the Atlantic. "Nails" Kilpatrick (James Gleason), Pete's commanding officer, first transfers Pete and his crew to a base in Scotland and then offers him a transfer back to America to be a flying instructor. Dorinda has a feeling that Pete's "number is up" and begs him to accept. Pete agrees, but goes out on one last mission with his best friend Al Yackey (Ward Bond) to check out a German aircraft carrier. Wounded after an attack by an enemy fighter, Pete has his crew bail out before bombing the ship and crashing into the sea.
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage (1940)
, 2h5
Directed by Jack Conway, Norman Foster, W. S. Van Dyke, King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Robert Barrat
Roles Unit Manager
Rating69% 3.494473.494473.494473.494473.49447
The film opens in the year 1759 with the arrival of Langdon Towne (Robert Young) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The son of a cordage (rope)- maker and ship rigger, he returns from Harvard University after being expelled for complaining about college food and drawing an unflattering picture of the President of Harvard College. Though disappointed, Langdon's family greets him with love, as does Elizabeth Browne (Ruth Hussey), the daughter of a noted clergyman. Elizabeth's father (Louis Hector) is less welcoming, however, and denigrates Langdon's aspirations to becoming a painter. That evening, while drinking in the local tavern with friend Sam Livermore (Lester Matthews), Langdon makes indiscreet remarks disparaging Wiseman Clagett (Montagu Love), the king's attorney, and the Indian agent, Sir William Johnson, unaware that Clagett is sitting in the next room with another official. Facing arrest for his comments, Langdon fights the two men with the help of "Hunk" Marriner (Walter Brennan), a local woodsman and friend, before they both escape into the woods.
Boys Town
Boys Town (1938)
, 1h36
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Darryl Hickman, Gene Reynolds
Roles Unit Manager
Rating71% 3.5955253.5955253.5955253.5955253.595525
The story opens when a convicted murderer asks to make his confession on the day of his execution. The condemned man is visited by an old friend, Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) who runs a home for indigent men in Omaha, Nebraska. When the prison officials suggest that the condemned man owes the state a debt, Father Flanagan witnesses the condemned man's diatribe to prison officials and a reporter that describes his awful plight as a homeless and friendless boy who was a ward in state institutions. After the convicted man asks the officials to leave, Father Flanagan provides some comfort and wisdom. On the train back to Omaha, Father Flanagan is transformed in his humanitarian mission by revelations (echoed in the words) imparted by the condemned man's litany of hardships experienced as a child without friends or family as a ward of the state.
Big City
Big City (1937)
, 1h20
Directed by George B. Seitz, Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Victor Varconi, Janet Beecher, William Demarest
Roles Production Manager
Rating63% 3.197913.197913.197913.197913.19791
Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Anna (Luise Rainer) are suspected of starting a taxi war. Although innocent, they are blamed for everything that has happened and the officials demand that Anna be deported from the United States. While trying to prove their innocence, the couple feels forced to hide.

Director

Secret of the Blue Room
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
, 1h6
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lionel Atwill, Edward Arnold, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas, Onslow Stevens, William Janney
Roles Assistant Director
Rating63% 3.192353.192353.192353.192353.19235
A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 a.m. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 a.m. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later.
Night Court
Night Court (1932)
, 1h32
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Phillips Holmes, Walter Huston, Anita Page, Lewis Stone, Mary Carlisle, John Miljan
Roles Assistant Director
Rating69% 3.484483.484483.484483.484483.48448
Un juge corrompu contraint une jeune fille innocente à la prostitution, après avoir eu connaissance d'informations compromettantes la concernant.
Suicide Fleet
Suicide Fleet (1931)
, 1h27
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Ginger Rogers, Richard Alexander, Harry Bannister
Roles Assistant Director
Rating56% 2.805452.805452.805452.805452.80545
Three friends who work on the Coney Island boardwalk, Skeets O'Reilly, Baltimore Clark, and Dutch Herman are all in love with the same woman, Sally. At the outbreak of World War I, the three men enlist in the US Navy. Before they leave for active duty, both Skeets and Baltimore meet with Sally, with the intention of letting her know how they feel about her. Baltimore can't bear the thought of Sally rejecting him, so he never discloses the depths of his feelings towards her. Skeets does propose to her, which she gently declines, being secretly in love with Baltimore.