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Rowland V. Lee is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 5 september 1891 at Findlay (USA)

Rowland V. Lee

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Birth name Rowland Vance Lee
Nationality USA
Birth 5 september 1891 at Findlay (USA)
Death 21 december 1975 (at 84 years) at Palm Desert (USA)

Rowland V. Lee, né le 6 septembre 1891 à Findlay et mort le 21 décembre 1975 à Palm Desert (États-Unis), est un réalisateur, acteur, scénariste et producteur américain. En tant qu'acteur, il est crédité sous le nom de Rowland Lee.

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Filmography of Rowland V. Lee (54 films)

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Actor

Her Husband's Friend
Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Enid Bennett, Rowland V. Lee, Tom Chatterton, Mae Busch, George C. Pearce
Roles Billy Westover (as Roland Lee)

The Woman in the Suitcase, 1h
Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Enid Bennett, William Conklin, Rowland V. Lee, Claire McDowell, Donald MacDonald, Gladys George
Roles W.H. 'Billy' Fiske (as Roland Lee)
Rating61% 3.0817353.0817353.0817353.0817353.081735
His Own Law
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Hobart Bosworth, Rowland V. Lee, Frank Brownlee
Roles Jean Saval
Rating57% 2.877762.877762.877762.877762.87776
As summarized in a Film Daily, J.C. MacNeir (Hobart Bosworth), a construction engineer of repute, becomes attached to young French engineer Jean Saval (Rowland V. Lee), whom he meets during one of the drunken sprees he indulges in between jobs. After a night spent in cheap lodging, MacNeir takes Saval home with him and then to the next job in Chinook. Here Saval falls in love with Sylvia Harris (Jean Calhoun). After he is suddenly called up for French military service, and with no one to marry them, Saval pledges his faith and gives Sylvia a wedding ring. When MacNeir hears that Saval has been killed in battle, he marries Sylvia so that his friend's child will have a name and father. They are happy together as Saval becomes less distinct in Sylvia's memory. Then, after four years in a German prison, Saval returns and initially denounces MacNeir, who has sacrificed everything to protect Sylvia and her child. Saval gradually learns the truth and, convinced that Sylvia loves MacNeir, determines to leave. MacNeir says that he must be the one to go and, although he is very much in love with Sylvia, tells "Frenchy" that he has always considered Sylvia to be Saval's wife. The two men decide to leave the decision to the woman. Although she has tremendous regard for MacNeir, Sylvia's heart forces her to choose Saval. MacNeir congratulates the two of them through his tears.
Polly Ann
Polly Ann (1917)

Directed by Charles Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Bessie Love, J.P. Lockney, Rowland V. Lee, Josephine Headley, Alfred Hollingsworth
Roles Howard Straightlane

As described in a film magazine, Polly Ann (Love) lives at the poor farm and dreams of one day becoming a lady. The poor farm directors assign her to work for Jud Simpkins (Lockney), keeper of the village tavern. She is coaxed away from the inn one night by a cheap actor after playing a small part with a wandering theatrical company, but is rescued by Howard Straightlane (Lee), who has left the city to live down his craving for drink. Howard becomes the village school teacher and Polly Ann one of his students. Finally, she is sent for by a sick relative, who is in the clutches of scheming relatives. Polly Ann nurses the relative back to health and then returns to the village. The reunion of the teacher and pupil follows and the two are made happy by the arrival of Howard's uncle, who give the two his blessing.
The Maternal Spark
Directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Irene Hunt, Rowland V. Lee, Josie Sedgwick
Roles Howard Helms

Howard Helms quitte à regret la petite ville de Pepperell avec sa femme Mary et leur jeune fils Bumpkins pour vivre une nouvelle vie à New York, où on lui a offert un travail bien payé. Rapidement, Howard apprend les règles de la grande ville et tombe amoureux d'une aventurière, Clarice Phillips. Mills, le patron d'Howard, et un ami dévoué de Mary, apprend cette liaison et pousse Howard à la ruine. Pendant ce temps, Mary en appelle à l'instinct maternel de Clarice en lui demandant de lui laisser Howard pour le bien de leur fils. Bien qu'elle soit vraiment amoureuse d'Howard, Clarice le renvoie à sa femme. La famille retourne alors, plus sage, à Pepperell.
The Mother Instinct, 50minutes
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Enid Bennett, Rowland V. Lee, Margery Wilson, John Gilbert, Gertrude Claire
Roles Jacques

La jeune Eleanor, traumatisée par la mort en mer de son père, est envoyée vivre chez sa tante à Paris. Des années plus tard, elle est devenue un mannequin à succès et elle reçoit la visite de sa sœur aînée Marie, venue à Paris cacher une grossesse illégitime. Lorsque leur mère arrive et croit que c'est Eleanor qui est la mère de l'enfant, cette dernière ne la contredit pas afin de permettre à Marie d'épouser Pierre Bondel, un pêcheur. Peu après le retour de Marie dans son village en Normandie, son frère Jean est accusé du meurtre de Raoul Bergere, des témoins l'ayant vu le menacer de mort pour avoir volé son bateau. Marie confesse alors que c'est elle la coupable, Raoul étant le père de son enfant. Pierre promet alors à Marie de prendre soin d'elle et de son enfant, et l'honneur d'Eleanor est rétabli.
The Stainless Barrier
Directed by Thomas N. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Irene Hunt, Jack Livingston, Henry Arthur Barrows, Rowland V. Lee, J. Barney Sherry, Kate Bruce
Roles Richard Shelton

Betsy Shelton et son frère Dick vivotent dans la petite ville de Mandeville, pendant que Dick cherche du travail à New York. Il y rencontre Roger Enderleigh, qui l'implique dans une affaire louche. Sur le point d'être arrêté, Enderleigh fuit New York et cherche à faire peser toutes les charges sur Dick. Dick et lui se battent, et Enderleigh est tué. Pour sa défense, Dick explique son geste en disant qu'il l'a tué pour venger l'honneur de sa sœur. Betsy témoigne dans le même sens et il est acquitté, mais Calvin Stone, un avocat, ne croit pas à cette histoire...

Director

Captain Kidd, 1h30
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, John Qualen
Rating62% 3.1475653.1475653.1475653.1475653.147565
In 1699, William Kidd (Charles Laughton), a pirate who has recently captured the ship The Twelve Apostles and killed its crew, presents himself at the court of King William III (Henry Daniell) as an honest shipmaster seeking royal backing. With this backing, he recruits a crew from the inmates of Newgate and Marshalsea prisons, promising them a royal pardon at the end of their voyage. Among the new recruits is the quarrelsome, though cultured Adam Mercy (Randolph Scott), whom Kidd makes his new master gunner because of his claimed prior service with a famous pirate.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 1h47
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lynn Bari, Francis Lederer, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Nazimova, Louis Calhern, Donald Woods
Rating55% 2.7653052.7653052.7653052.7653052.765305
In the year of 1774, a hundred-year old bridge leading to the chapel of San Luis Rey in Peru, plunges into the deep chasm it spans, killing the five people who are crossing it. Brother Juniper (Donald Woods) is one of the chapel monks, whose faith is rocked by the unfortunate incident. He travels to Lima to seek answers to his questions why these five were chosen by God to die this violent death.
Powder Town, 1h19
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, June Havoc, Dorothy Lovett, Eddie Foy, Jr., Damian O'Flynn
Rating54% 2.7160452.7160452.7160452.7160452.716045
Young J. Quincy Pennant is a brilliant but absent minded scientist who has come up with an amazing theory. Unlike skip bombing, Pennant is experimenting with detonating explosives where the shock wave can be sent like a stone skipping over distances without hitting immediate targets, but able to destroy targets at a further distance away, even if they are behind walls. He is sent to a "powder town", a rapidly growing city being built around an arsenal and munitions factory where wartime population growth has brought in criminals, enemy spies and saboteurs.
The Son of Monte Cristo, 1h42
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates, Montagu Love, Ian Wolfe
Rating61% 3.098833.098833.098833.098833.09883
In 1865, the proletarian General Gurko Lanen becomes the behind the scenes dictator of the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg located in the Balkans. Gurko suppresses the clergy and the free press and imprisons the Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff. The rightful ruler of the Grand Duchy the Grand Duchess Zona, hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France and makes her escape pursued by a troop of Hussars loyal to Gurko. She is rescued by the visiting Count of Monte Cristo in the area on a hunting trip. The Count escorts her to a neutral country, but Gurko's Hussars violate international neutrality to return the Grand Duchess and her lady-in-waiting back to Lichtenburg.
Son of Frankenstein, 1h39
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan
Rating70% 3.545443.545443.545443.545443.54544
Years after the events of the last film Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), son of Henry Frankenstein (creator of the Monster), relocates his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and their young son Peter (Donnie Dunagan) to the family castle in the eponymous village. Wolf wants to redeem his father's reputation, but finds that such a feat will be harder than he thought after he encounters hostility from the villagers. Aside from his family, Wolf's only friend is the local policeman Inspector Krogh (Lionel Atwill) who bears an artificial arm, his real arm having been "ripped out by the roots" in an encounter with the Monster as a child.
Tower of London, 1h32
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical
Actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter, Nan Grey
Rating65% 3.2931753.2931753.2931753.2931753.293175
The plot was not derived from Shakespeare's Richard III, but rather was written by Robert N. Lee (director Rowland V. Lee's brother) after reading a great deal of British history. George, Duke of Clarence (one of Richard's brothers) is depicted as something less than the tragically noble figure found in Shakespeare. Ian Hunter portrays Edward IV, who is not depicted here as the feeble, dying King found in Laurence Olivier's 1955 film version of Shakespeare's play.
Service de Luxe, 1h25
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Charles Ruggles, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, Halliwell Hobbes
Rating61% 3.0978053.0978053.0978053.0978053.097805
Helen Murphy offre des services d'assistance à de riches clients, elle recherche un homme qui est capable de s'occuper de lui-même. Robert Wade est un inventeur qui recherche une femme qui ne dirigera pas sa vie. Helen et Robert sont faits pour vivre ensemble, sauf qu'il y a des complications à surmonter...