Tag Archives: Alfred Santell

Episodes in the novelist’s life: In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Read More »

Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Read More »

A boxer has difficulty balancing his sport with a budding romance Read More »

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott Read More »

Hank Smith, a brutish stoker on board a freighter, is appalled when Mildred Douglas Read More »

A loving mother tells her son that he isn’t hers so that the boy will be able to climb out of their poor surroundings. Read More »

In a fantastically art-deco hospital, young Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished Janet Healy Read More »

Ginger Rogers, an overworked New York office girl, seeks 2 weeks of rest and relaxation at a camp in the Catskills. Read More »

A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire. Read More »

Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. Read More »

In this musical comedy, a popular Mexican singer finds himself tiring of the constant adulation of rabidly adoring females Read More »

After Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is injured while acting, she’s brought to the home of a nearby ministry, John Hartley. Read More »

A young girl’s parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. Read More »

Playboy Jonathan Blair wakes up after a night on the town to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Read More »

John Shadwell, a promising politician, is married to Laura but is in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his home town. Read More »