Elliott Nugent
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
Romance
as HarryA beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
Movie page
Stage Door Canteen
as Elliott NugentA young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous...
Movie page
The Single Standard
as Party Boy (uncredited)A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.
Movie page
The Unholy Three
as Hector McDonaldA trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
Movie page
Strictly Dynamite
as Program Director (uncredited)A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
Movie page
Not So Dumb
as GordonNot-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right...
Movie page
The Sins of the Children
as JohnnieA barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...
Movie page
The Last Flight
as FrancisCary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the...
Movie page
So This Is College
as EddieScheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
Movie page
My Girl Tisa
as uncredited1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed...
Movie page
Wise Girls
as KempyEarly MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical...
Movie page
For the Love o' Lil
as Sandy JenkinsDirected by James Tinling. With Jack Mulhall, Sally Starr, Elliott Nugent, Margaret Livingston.
Movie page
So This is Eden
as JimThe film opens with an animated prologue about Adam and Eve, by Tony Sarg. The viewer is then...
Movie page
Virtuous Husband
as Daniel CurtisWhen a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide...
Movie page