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| Author | Frederic S. Isham |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill |
Publication date | 1920 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 248 |
The Nut Cracker is a 1920 comedy novel by the American writer Frederic S. Isham. [1] It was publisher by the Indianapolis-based Bobbs-Merrill Company. After an accident a man pretends to have lost his memory and enjoys a series of adventures.
In 1926 it was made into a silent film The Nutcracker directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Mae Busch and Harry Myers. [2]
Summer Bachelors is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced and directed by Allan Dwan. The film is based on the 1926 novel Summer Widowers, by Warner Fabian and stars Madge Bellamy, Matt Moore, Allan Forrest, and Hale Hamilton.
Wanted by Scotland Yard is a 1937 or 1938 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring James Stephenson, Betty Lynne and Leslie Perrins. It was made at Welwyn Studios, and is sometimes known by the alternative title of Dangerous Fingers. Its year of release is often described as 1939, the year of its American distribution, but it had premiered in Britain earlier. When jewel thief Fingers recognises intended victim Standish as the man who caused the death of his girlfriend, his motivations switch from robbery to revenge.
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Subway Express is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Jack Holt, Aileen Pringle and Fred Kelsey.
Caesar's Wife is a 1919 play by the British writer Somerset Maugham. Its West End run at the Royalty Theatre in London lasted for 241 performances from 27 March to 25 October 1919. Amongst the original cast were C. Aubrey Smith, Fay Compton, George Relph and Helen Haye.
The Lunatic at Large is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill and Warren Cook. Written by Ralph Spence, it is based on the 1899 novel The Lunatic at Large and its sequels The Lunatic at Large Again (1922), The Lunatic Still at Large (1923), and The Lunatic In Charge (1926) by British writer J. Storer Clouston, which had previously inspired a 1921 film of the same title. The film shifted the setting from the original's London to New York. The film was released on January 2, 1927, by First National Pictures.
The Killer is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and Howard C. Hickman and starring Claire Adams, Jack Conway and Frankie Lee.
Their Mutual Child is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by George L. Cox and starring Margarita Fischer, Joseph Bennett and Margaret Campbell. It was based on the 1919 novel of the same title by P. G. Wodehouse.
A Million a Minute is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by John W. Noble and starring Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne and Robert Cummings. The film is based on a novel, A Million a Minute: A Romance of Modern New York and Paris by Robert Aitken. John W. Noble, a regular director for Metro releases, did directing honors.
The Red-Haired Cupid is a 1918 American silent Western comedy film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Roy Stewart, Charles Dorian and Peggy Pearce.
Ricochet is a 1963 British crime film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Maxine Audley, Richard Leech and Alex Scott. Part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on the 1922 novel The Angel of Terror.
The Green Rust is a 1919 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. An American detective battles an evil Doctor who plans to destroy the world's wheat supplies.
A Debt Discharged is a 1916 thriller novel by Edgar Wallace. An American investigator goes in pursuit of a gang forging money on a large scale.
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The Mansion of Aching Hearts is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Ethel Clayton, Barbara Bedford, and Priscilla Bonner.
Skinner's Dress Suit is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bryant Washburn, Hazel Daly and Harry Dunkinson. It is based on the short story Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge, which was again adapted into a silent film of the same title in 1926.
The Clue of the Silver Key is a 1930 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.
Short Skirts is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, Ena Gregory and Jack Mower.
Big Timber is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring William Desmond, Olive Hasbrouck and Betty Francisco. It is adapted from a 1913 novel The Heart of the Night Wind by Vingie E. Roe. It is not a remake of the 1917 film of the same title, itself based on a novel by Bertrand William Sinclair.
Nothing But the Truth is a 1914 comedy novel by the American writer Frederic S. Isham. It was adapted into a hit 1916 Broadway play of the same title.
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