Hamilton MacFadden
Director · 1901 – 1977 · Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Hamilton MacFadden (April 26, 1901 – January 1, 1977) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. MacFadden's parents were Rev. Robert A. MacFadden and Edith Hamilton MacFadden. His father died in 1909, leaving his mother to support herself and four children. In 1928, she became the first woman to file papers to run for governor of Massachusetts. MacFadden was a 1925 graduate of Harvard University. Soon after graduating, he became producer of the American Theatre Company, which presented plays for 10 weeks in the Boston area. The project was backed by Michael Strange, a writer who made her professional stage debut in the productions. He also served as director of the Community Arts Association in Santa Barbara, California, and the Theatre Guild School of Acting in New York. Plays that MacFadden produced on Broadway included Gods of the Lightning and La Gringa. After starting out on Broadway in the 1920s, he moved into filmmaking in Hollywood. During the early 1930s he was a contract director at Fox. McFadden made a number of films for them including several early entries in the Charlie Chan series such as Charlie Chan Carries On (1931). He was released from his Fox contract following the 1934 merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. Thereafter he mixed occasional directing jobs with a number of small supporting appearances in films. Later in his career, MacFadden was associate chief of the United States Department of State's international motion picture division.
Movies15
Movie6.6AnimationFamilyHumorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · 170 votes
Movie6.7RomanceComedyWhen a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
The Lady in Question
1940 · 26 votes
Movie5.3DramaA showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.
Tarnished Angel
1938 · 6 votes
Movie6.5MysteryThrillerMary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939 · 20 votes
Movie7.0MysteryComedyNewspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
While New York Sleeps
1938 · 1 votes
Movie6.6ComedyMysteryMillionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · 12 votes
Movie10.0AdventureComedyFather goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939 · 1 votes
Movie6.3MysteryThrillerA detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Dressed to Kill
1941 · 26 votes
Movie6.5CrimeMysteryIn Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
Charlie Chan in Rio
1941 · 15 votes
Movie6.1CrimeMysteryMovie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
The Black Camel
1931 · 38 votes
Movie6.4CrimeMysteryPrivate eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
Sleepers West
1941 · 16 votes
Movie7.0MusicActionA movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
Shooting High
1940 · 3 votes
Movie9.0AdventureDramaYoung America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts, Robert Cornell, William Tracy and Roman Bohnen. The film was released on February 6, 1942, by 20th Century Fox.
Young America
1942 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAddie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.
Chicken Wagon Family
1939 · 1 votes
Movie8.0AdventureAce newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated. He gets his negatives out of the country and finds the young crown prince who is also in danger.
Sharpshooters
1938 · 1 votes