Fred Myton (November 15, 1885 – June 6, 1955) was an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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. He wrote 168 films between 1916 and 1952, mostly low-budget "B" pictures for
Poverty Row
Poverty Row is a slang term used to refer to Hollywood films produced from the 1920s to the 1950s by small (and mostly short-lived) B movie studios. Although many of them were based on (or near) today's Gower Street in Hollywood, the term did n ...
studios and independent producers. He wrote many films for
Producers Releasing Corporation
Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoest ...
Triumph
The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectl ...
The Empty Gun
''The Empty Gun'' is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney and Claire McDowell. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was reissued theatrically on April 29, 1921. This was the last s ...
Love Aflame
''Love Aflame'' is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by James Vincent and Raymond Wells and starring Ruth Stonehouse and Stuart Holmes and Jack Mulhall.Connelly p.155 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1 ...
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Fear Not
''Fear Not'' is a studio album by contemporary worship band Fearless BND. It was released on June 26, 2020 by Fearless International and BEC Recordings
BEC (Brandon Ebel Company) Recordings is a Christian rock record label that is an imprint o ...
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The Lash of Power
''The Lash of Power'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Solter and starring Kenneth Harlan, Carmel Myers and Helen Wright.Shull p.218
Cast
* Kenneth Harlan as John Rand
* Carmel Myers as Marion Sherwood
* Helen Wright as Mr ...
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The Spotted Lily
''The Spotted Lily'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Solter and starring Ella Hall, Jack Nelson and George Beranger.Spehr & Lundquist p.10 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
Cast
* Ella Ha ...
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Follow the Girl
''Follow the Girl'' is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Ruth Stonehouse, Jack Dill and Roy Stewart.
Cast
* Ruth Stonehouse as Hilda Swanson
* Jack Dill as Olaf
* Roy Stewart as Larry O'Keefe
* Mattie ...
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The Terror
The Reign of Terror (french: link=no, la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, ...
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The Devil's Pay Day
''The Devil's Pay Day'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Franklyn Farnum, Leah Baird and Gertrude Astor.Lowe p.29
Cast
* Franklyn Farnum as Gregory Van Houten
* Leah Baird as Jean Haskins
* Ger ...
Mr. Dolan of New York
''Mr. Dolan of New York'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raymond Wells and starring Jack Mulhall, Noble Johnson and Julia Ray.
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Princess Virtue
''Princess Virtue'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Mae Murray, Lule Warrenton and Wheeler Oakman. An incomplete copy was found and kept in the Library of Congress. Prints and/or fragments were foun ...
Maid o' the Storm
''Maid o' the Storm'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Raymond B. West and starring Bessie Barriscale, George Fisher and Herschel Mayall.Spehr & Lundquist p.394 The film takes place in Scotland and London.
Cast
* Bessie Barris ...
The Prince and Betty
''The Prince and Betty'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally published in '' Ainslee's Magazine'' in the United States in January 1912, and, in a slightly different form, as a serial in '' Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom bet ...
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Fighting Cressy
''Fighting Cressy'' is a lost 1919 silent film western directed by Robert Thornby and starring Blanche Sweet. It was produced by Jesse D. Hampton and distributed through Pathé Exchange.
Cast
* Blanche Sweet - Cressy
* Russell Simpson - Hir ...
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Desert Gold Desert Gold may refer to:
* ''Geraea canescens'', a wildflower also known as Desert Sunflower
* Desert Gold (horse), a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse
**Desert Gold (1919 film), ''Desert Gold'' (1919 film), an Australian film about the racehorse ...
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The Gray Wolf's Ghost
''The Gray Wolf's Ghost'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Park Frame and Joseph Franz and starring Lurline Lyons, Rita Stanwood and Hector V. Sarno.Connelly, p. 355.
Cast
* Lurline Lyons as Dona Maria Saltonstall
* Ri ...
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The Deadlier Sex
''The Deadlier Sex'' is a 1920 American silent drama-comedy film directed by Robert Thornby which stars Blanche Sweet and features Boris Karloff, and was distributed by Pathé Exchange. The screenplay was written by Fred Myton, based on a short ...
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Dice of Destiny
''Dice of Destiny'' is a 1920 American silent crime drama film directed by Henry King and starring H. B. Warner, Lillian Rich, and Howard Davies.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166
Cast
* H. B. Warner as Jimmy Doyle
* ...
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Felix O'Day
''Felix O'Day'' is a lost 1920 silent film directed by Robert Thornby and starring H. B. Warner. The film was released through Pathé Exchange. It is based on a novel of the same name.
Cast
* H. B. Warner - Felix O'Day
*Marguerite Snow - La ...
A Game Chicken
''A Game Chicken'' is a lost 1922 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Realart and distributed by Famous Players-Lasky. This film starred Bebe Daniels and was directed by Chester Franklin.South of Suva'' (1922)
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Where the North Begins
''Where the North Begins'' is a 1923 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. This was the third film for up-and-coming canine actor Rin Tin Tin. The film survives today and lapsed into the public domain on January 1 ...
Torment
Torment may refer to:
* The feeling of pain or suffering
* Causing to suffer, torture
Films
* ''Torment'' (1924 film), a silent crime-drama
* ''Torment'' (1944 film) (''Hets''), a Swedish film
* ''Torment'' (1950 British film), a British thr ...
Forbidden Cargo Forbidden Cargo may refer to:
* Forbidden Cargo (1925 film), ''Forbidden Cargo'' (1925 film), an American film starring Boris Karloff: rum-running from Bahamas to United States
* Forbidden Cargo (1954 film), ''Forbidden Cargo'' (1954 film), a Brit ...
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Lady Robinhood
''Lady Robinhood'' is a 1925 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince, starring Evelyn Brent, and featuring Boris Karloff.
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews, in one of the provinces of Spain, cut off by impassab ...
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Smooth as Satin
''Smooth as Satin'' is a 1925 American silent drama film based upon the stage play, ''The Chatterbox'', by Bayard Veiller. It was directed by Ralph Ince and stars Evelyn Brent. The film was remade in 1930, entitled ''Alias French Gertie''.
P ...
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Flaming Waters
''Flaming Waters'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Malcolm McGregor, Pauline Garon, and Mary Carr
Mary Carr (née Kenevan; March 14, 1874 – June 24, 1973), was an American film actress and ...
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Alias Mary Flynn
''Alias Mary Flynn'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, John Reagan, Sr. adopts Mary Flynn after rescuing her ...
Broadway Lady
''Broadway Lady'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Evelyn Brent.
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, Evelyn, as a chorus girl, is admired by a young blue-blood whose family invite her ...
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Parisian Nights
''Parisian Nights'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell and featuring Boris Karloff.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Adela, a wealthy sculptress, finds in Jean, a leader of a Parisian Apaches, the model ...
Queen o'Diamonds
''Queen o'Diamonds'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Evelyn Brent, Elsa Lorimer, and Phillips Smalley.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, chorus girl Jerry Lyon resembles Jeanette Durant, ...
The Wreck of the Singapore
''The Wreck of the Singapore'', also known as ''The Singapore Mutiny'', is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ince, Estelle Taylor, and Jim Mason.Quinlan p. 152
Cast
* Ralph Ince as Kelsey
* Estelle Taylor ...
The Voice of the Storm
''The Voice of the Storm'' is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Lynn Shores and starring Karl Dane, Martha Sleeper and Theodore von Eltz.Munden p.861
Cast
* Karl Dane as Spike
* Martha Sleeper as Ruth
* Hugh Allan as Tom Powers ...
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Smoke Bellew
''Smoke Bellew'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford and Alphonse Ethier.Langman, p. 534 It is based on the 1912 short story collection ''Smoke Bellew''.
Cast
* Conwa ...
The Gambling Terror
''The Gambling Terror'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith and Charles King.Pitts p.121
Plot
A town is effectively terrorised by a protection racket with no one knowing who th ...
Gentleman from Dixie
''Gentleman from Dixie'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Albert Herman and starring Jack La Rue, Marian Marsh and Clarence Muse.Berry & Berry p.239
Cast
* Jack La Rue as Thad Terrill
* Marian Marsh as Margaret Terrill
* Clarence M ...
The Mad Monster
''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 American black and white horror film, produced and distributed by "Poverty Row" studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The melodrama was produced by Sigmund Neufeld, directed by Sam Newfield, written by Fred Myto ...
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Dead Men Walk
''Dead Men Walk'' is a 1943 American horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, and Dwight Frye, di ...
'' (1943)
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Black Hills Express
''Black Hills Express'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by John English and starring Don 'Red' Barry, Wally Vernon and Ariel Heath.Martin p.306
The film's art direction was by Russell Kimball.
Partial cast
* Don 'Red' Barry as L ...
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Thundering Gun Slingers
''Thundering Gun Slingers'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, Charles King, Jack Ingram and Karl Hackett. The film was released on M ...
'' (1944)
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Apology for Murder
''Apology for Murder'' is a 1945 American film noir directed by Sam Newfield and starring Ann Savage, Hugh Beaumont, Russell Hicks and Charles D. Brown.
The plot of ''Apology for Murder'' is a blatant rip-off of the seminal film noir '' Double ...
'' (1945)
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Lady Chaser
''Lady Chaser'' is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Inez Cooper, Frank Ferguson, William Haade and Ralph Dunn. The film was released on November 25, 1946, ...
'' (1946)
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Murder Is My Business
''Murder Is My Business'' is a 1946 American action film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. It is based on the 1940 novel ''The Uncomplaining Corpses'' by Brett Halliday. The film stars Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbo ...
'' (1946)
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Too Many Winners
''Too Many Winners'' is a 1947 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall and Ralph Dunn.Marshall p.333
Plot
Private detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend/secretary Phyllis are in the offic ...