Joseph Franklin Poland (September 4, 1892 – March 23, 1962) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 130 films between 1913 and 1954. He was born in
Waterbury, Connecticut
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and died in
Los Angeles, California
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Patsy
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Wild Primrose
''Wild Primrose'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring Gladys Leslie, Richard Barthelmess, Eulalie Jensen, Charles Kent, and Claude Gillingwater. The film was released by V-L-S-E, Incorporated on Augus ...
The Spitfire of Seville
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Yvonne from Paris
''Yvonne from Paris'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Mary Miles Minter, Allan Forrest, and Vera Lewis. It was Minter's last film with the American Film Company; she signed a contract with Realart ...
The Intrusion of Isabel
''The Intrusion of Isabel'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter, J. Parks Jones, Allan Forrest, and Lucretia Harris. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.
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A Thousand to One
''A Thousand to One'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Hobart Bosworth, Ethel Grey Terry and Charles West.
Plot
The story follows William Newlands, a man deep in debt who marries wealthy Beatrice on ...
Princess Jones
''Princess Jones'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz and starring Alice Calhoun, Vincent Coleman and Helen Dubois.Connelly p.398
Synopsis
Princess Jones, the niece of a country store keeper, dreams of bei ...
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The Cup of Life
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Elope If You Must
''Elope If You Must'' is a 1922 American comedy film directed by C.R. Wallace and written by Joseph F. Poland. The film stars Eileen Percy, A. Edward Sutherland, Joseph Bennett, Mildred Davenport, Mary Huntress and Harvey Clark. The film was ...
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Madness of Youth
''Madness of Youth'' is a lost 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm and starring John Gilbert, Billie Dove and George K. Arthur.Munden p.473
Plot
Cast
* John Gilbert as Jaca Javalie
* Billie Dove as Nanette Banning
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Good-By Girls!
''Good-By Girls!'' or ''Goodbye Girls'' is a 1923 American silent comedy mystery film directed by Jerome Storm and starring William Russell, Carmel Myers and Tom Wilson.Solomon p.282
Plot
While staying at a country house, author Vance McPhee ...
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Man's Size
''Man's Size'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell and starring William Russell, Alma Bennett, and Stanton Heck. It is based upon the novel ''Man Size'' by William MacLeod Raine.The Night Hawk'' (1924)
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The Half-Way Girl
''The Half-Way Girl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Francis Dillon that was filmed around the Jersey Shore.
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews, Poppy La Rue is given a job in the hotel as “private hostess” ...
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The Unguarded Hour
''The Unguarded Hour'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved.
It is based on Bernard Meriv ...
The Sophomore
''The Sophomore'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Eddie Quillan, Sally O'Neil and Jeanette Loff.Munden p.747 Made during the early sound era, it was shot using the RCA Photophone sound system with a se ...
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Overland with Kit Carson
''Overland with Kit Carson'' is a 1939 American Western serial film directed by Norman Deming and Sam Nelson and starring Bill Ellott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske and Bobby Clack.
Plot
When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westwar ...
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The Lawless Nineties
''The Lawless Nineties'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring John Wayne and Lane Chandler as federal agents in Wyoming. The film also stars a 19-year-old Ann Rutherford as well as George Hayes.
The film's cop ...
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Mysterious Doctor Satan
''Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (also known as ''Doctor Satan's Robot'') is a 1940 American film serial directed by William Witney and John English. Produced by Republic Pictures, the serial stars Edward Ciannelli, Robert Wilcox, William Newell, C ...
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Jungle Girl
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King of the Texas Rangers
''King of the Texas Rangers'' (1941) is a Republic film serial. Set in the years prior to America entering World War II, the plot is slightly anachronistic in that the serial features a mix of period western and modern elements, which was not un ...
Spy Smasher
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Perils of Nyoka
''Perils of Nyoka'' is a 1942 Republic serial directed by William Witney. It stars Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial ''Jungle Girl''.
Plot
Nyoka, with help from La ...
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King of the Mounties
''King of the Mounties'' is a 1942 Republic 12-chapter film serial, directed by William Witney. Allan Lane played Sgt. Dave King of the Mounties, with Peggy Drake as heroine Carol Brent, and Abner Biberman played the villainous Japanese admiral ...
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G-Men vs the Black Dragon
''G-Men vs. The Black Dragon'' (1943) is a Republic Pictures movie serial. It is noteworthy among adventure serials as containing an unusually high number of fistfights, all staged by director William Witney and a team of stuntmen.
This was Witne ...
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Daredevils of the West
''Daredevils of the West'' is an American Western movie serial consisting of 12 chapters, released by Republic Pictures in 1943 starring Allan Lane and Kay Aldridge.
The plot involves a gang of land-grabbers who try to prevent safe passage o ...
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Secret Service in Darkest Africa
''Secret Service in Darkest Africa'' is a 1943 Republic serial. It was Republic's thirtieth serial, of the sixty-six produced by the studio.
It was a sequel to ''G-Men vs. the Black Dragon'' released earlier in 1943, again starring Rod Camero ...
Haunted Harbor
''Haunted Harbor'' (1944) is a Republic serial, based on the novel by Ewart Adamson.
Plot
Sea captain Jim Marsden is about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit, and is rescued from the gallows by two of his crewmen. To clear the captain' ...
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Zorro's Black Whip
''Zorro's Black Whip'' is a 1944 12-chapter film serial by Republic Pictures starring Linda Stirling. The film was made after the 1940 20th Century-Fox remake of '' The Mark of Zorro'' in order to capitalize on it. Republic was not able to u ...
The Purple Monster Strikes
''The Purple Monster Strikes'' is a 1945 Republic Pictures, Republic Movie serial. It was also released as a Century 66 television film under the title ''D-Day on Mars'' (1966).
The original production title for the serial was ''The Purple Shad ...
Black Hills
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Atom Man vs. Superman
''Atom Man vs. Superman'' is a 1950 American film serial and the second Superman movie serial featuring Kirk Alyn, credited (as with the previous serial) only by his character name, Superman.
When Lex Luthor blackmails the city of Metropolis by ...