Elliott Nugent

Born: 1896-09-20

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896, Dover, Ohio - August 9, 1980, New York City) was an American actor, writer, and film director. He successfully made the transition from silent film to sound. He directed The Cat and the Canary (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films Never Say Die (1939) and My Favorite Brunette (1947). Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play The Male Animal (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney. He also directed the 1942 Warner Bros. film version of The Male Animal, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Nugent's autobiography Events Leading Up to the Comedy (1965) skips over large portions of Nugent's life and work, but deals honestly with the alcoholism that largely ended his career. Nugent was the son of veteran actor J.C. Nugent who sometimes wrote or acted with Elliott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elliott Nugent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Stage Door Canteen

as Elliott Nugent
Released: 1943-06-24

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous...

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Romance

as Harry
Released: 1930-08-20

A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

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The Single Standard

as Party Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1929-07-27

A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.

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Not So Dumb

as Gordon
Released: 1930-02-02

Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right...

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So This Is College

as Eddie
Released: 1929-11-08

Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

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The Unholy Three

as Hector McDonald
Released: 1930-07-12

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

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My Girl Tisa

as uncredited
Released: 1948-02-07

1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed...

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The Last Flight

as Francis
Released: 1931-08-29

Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the...

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Strictly Dynamite

as Program Director (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-11

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

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Wise Girls

as Kempy
Released: 1929-09-21

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical...

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The Sins of the Children

as Johnnie
Released: 1930-06-27

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...

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For the Love o' Lil

as Sandy Jenkins
Released: 1930-08-29

Directed by James Tinling. With Jack Mulhall, Sally Starr, Elliott Nugent, Margaret Livingston.

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Virtuous Husband

as Daniel Curtis
Released: 1931-04-12

When a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide...

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So This is Eden

as Jim
Released: 1927-01-01

The film opens with an animated prologue about Adam and Eve, by Tony Sarg. The viewer is then...

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