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Joseph F. Poland is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 4 september 1892 at Waterbury (USA)
Joseph F. Poland (September 4, 1892 – March 23, 1962) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 136 films between 1913 and 1974.
He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and died in Los Angeles, California.
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 september 1892 at Waterbury (USA)
Death 23 march 1962 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 4 september 1892 at Waterbury (USA)
Death 23 march 1962 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and died in Los Angeles, California.
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Filmography of Joseph F. Poland (63 films)
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King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Directed by William Witney, Joseph F. Poland, John English
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Spy, Western
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Charles Trowbridge, Duncan Renaldo, Herbert Rawlinson, Frank Darien
Rating70%
When Tom King's Texas Ranger father is shot dead by Nazi saboteurs, he leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly he is given the mission of avenging his father's death and defeating the foreign agents.
The Old Corral (1936)
, 54minutesDirected by Joseph Kane, Nat Levine, Joseph F. Poland, Sherman L. Lowe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Irene Manning, Lon Chaney, Jr., Cornelius Keefe, Roy Rogers
Rating57%
After witnessing nightclub owner Tony Pearl murdered by gangster Mike Scarlotti (John Bradford), blues singer Eleanor Spenser (Irene Manning) flees Chicago and heads West on a bus. Soon her picture appears in newspapers across the country. The bus makes a stop in Turquoise City, New Mexico, where Martin Simms (Cornelius Keefe), the crooked owner of the Blue Moon saloon, befriends Eleanor. After seeing her picture in the newspapers, Simms, who is hoping to collect a reward from Scarlotti, sends the gangster a telegram revealing Eleanor's whereabouts.
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Dead Man's Trail (1952)
, 59minutesDirected by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Barbara Woodell, James Ellison, I. Stanford Jolley, Gregg Barton, Richard Avonde
Roles Histoire
Rating65%
Le Texas ranger Johnny Mack Brown doit retrouver et ramener Walt Winslow, un forçat évadé, qui a caché les 100.000 dollars du butin provenant du hold-up qui lui a valut sa condamnation. Johnny le retrouve mortellement blessé par les membres de son gang lors de l'attaque d'une diligence.
Texas City (1952)
, 54minutesDirected by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, James Ellison, Lois Hall, Lyle Talbot, Marshall Reed, Bud Osborne
Roles Story
Rating64%
, 4h47Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Actors Judd Holdren, George Eldredge, Gene Roth, Don C. Harvey, Skelton Knaggs, William Fawcett
Rating56%
Judd Holdren, in what was only his second starring screen role, plays Captain Video, the leader of a group of crime-fighters known as the Video Rangers. He faces an interplanetary menace, as the evil dictator of the planet Atoma, Vultura (Gene Roth) and his lackey, the traitorous earth scientist Dr. Tobor (George Eldredge) are planning to conquer the earth.
Texas Lawmen (1951)
, 54minutesDirected by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, James Ellison, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Roberts, Marshall Reed
Rating61%
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
, 4h12Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about children, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kirk Alyn, Lyle Talbot, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Chuck Roberson, Pierre Watkin
Rating66%
Lex Luthor, the Atom Man, invents a number of deadly devices to plague the city, including a disintegrating machine which can reduce people to their basic atoms and reassemble them in another place. But Superman manages to thwart each scheme. Since Kryptonite can rob Superman of his powers, Luthor decides to create a synthetic Kryptonite and putters about obtaining the necessary ingredients: plutonium, radium and the undefined 'etc.' Luthor places the Kryptonite at the launching of a ship, with Superman in attendance. He is exposed to the Kryptonite and passes out. Superman is taken off in an ambulance driven by Luthor's henchmen, and he is now under the control of Luthor. Superman is placed in a device, a lever is pulled, and the Man of Steel vanishes into "The Empty Doom" (which bears a similarity to the Phantom Zone of the comic books). Most of chapter 7 is a repeat of the origin story from chapter 1 of Columbia's first "Superman" serial, and this serial also finds a way to work in stock footage from Ken Maynard's 1936 Avenging Waters (also directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet). The serial features several elements re-used in later Superman features: the Man of Steel is exposed to synthetic Kryptonite during a public function, as he is in the motion picture Superman III. When he escapes from "The Empty Doom", the headline of the Daily Planet proclaims: Superman Returns, the title of the 2006 Superman movie.
Cody of the Pony Express (1950)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart, William Fawcett, George J. Lewis, Jack Ingram
Roles Story
Rating64%
The plot centers on a young Cody joining forces with the Lieutenant Jim Archer to battle an outlaw gang secretly headed by Mortimer Black, an unscrupulous lawyer who is tempted by greed into a series of crimes leading to murder. Original name is Cody O'Rourke.
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell, Gene Roth, Tristram "Tris" Coffin, Stanley Price
Roles Writer
Rating68%
Adventurer Jeff Drake sails to a Pacific island in aid of Kelly Walsh, an old friend whose freight line is being sabotaged by a ghost ship (such as the classic Flying Dutchman). Drake and Walsh's investigation concerns the search for Walter Castell, an escaped convict who stole 5 million dollars in diamonds at the close of World War II. Several other people, including Walsh's sister, all want to go to the island. Drake and his friends encounter multiple dangers when they are attacked by a gang also looking for the stolen diamonds led by the mysterious 'Admiral'...
Batman and Robin (1949)
, 4h23Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Poni Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey
Roles Writer
Rating58%
The Dynamic Duo face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electrical device which controls cars and a desire to set challenges for the Dynamic Duo, whose identity remains a mystery throughout until the end.
Bruce Gentry (1949)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Tom Neal, Forrest Taylor, Tristram "Tris" Coffin, Jack Ingram, Eddie Parker, Charles King
Rating61%
Dr Benson (Forrest Taylor ), a friend of charter pilot Bruce Gentry ( Tom Neal), is kidnapped by the mysterious enemy agent, "The Recorder" who only issues orders through recordings. Benson is used to perfect the villain's flying saucers, launched and controlled by electronic means. Industrialist Paul Radcliffe (Hugh Prosser) hires Bruce to investigate the saucers as he thinks they may have a commercial use.
Superman (1948)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Genres Science fiction, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about journalists, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Carol Forman, Tommy Bond, Forrest Taylor, George Meeker
Rating67%
Superman is sent to Earth by his parents just as the planet Krypton blows up and is later raised as Clark Kent by a farm couple. They discover that he has great powers so they send him off to use his powers to help those in need. After his foster parents die, the Man of Steel heads to Metropolis under the bespectacled guise of Kent and joins the staff of the Daily Planet in order to be close to the news. Soon after he is sent out to get the scoop on a new rock that a man has found that he calls Kryptonite and Clark passes out, the director thinks that he died but when he sat up, he was wrong. Then and there Superman discovered that his weakness is Kryptonite. Whenever emergencies happen, he responds in his true identity as Superman. This first serial revolves around the nefarious plot of a villain who calls herself the Spider Lady.
Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
Directed by Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Russell "Lucky" Hayden, Poni Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke, John Eldredge, John Mylong
Rating60%
The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Pamela Blake, Dennis Moore, Byron Foulger, Virginia Brissac, Joseph Crehan, Jane Randolph
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Anthony Waldron intends to steal a new submarine invention from Dr. Kittridge while blaming a fictitious mastermind he calls "Mr. M." To further this plan, Waldron uses a mind control drug he has developed called "Hypnotreme." However, a mystery villain soon appears claiming to be the real Mr. M and starts giving Waldron orders.
Federal Operator 99 (1945)
Directed by Yakima Canutt, Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors George J. Lewis, Lorna Gray, Wally Wales, LeRoy Mason, Maurice Cass, Forrest Taylor
Rating72%
Crime Lord James 'Jim' Belmont escapes FBI custody and resumes his criminal empire, only to be thwarted at every turning point by Jerry Blake, the FBI's Operator 99...