Writing

Barry Barringer

Known for

Writing

Credits

25 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Federal Agent poster
8.0

A federal agent sets out to track down his partner's killers.

Federal Agent

1936

The Death Kiss poster
5.2

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.

The Death Kiss

1932

No artwork available
10.0

Sylvia Summers, a wealthy young woman attempts to reform slum conditions through speeches but faces resistance from Paddy Flynn refusing to make fire traps safe, leading to action involving heroic fireman David Walker.

Roaring Fires

1927

What's Your Racket poster
8.0

Mae Cosgrove, a nightclub hostess, carries out a robbery on the safe of a gangster's palatial home.

What's Your Racket

1934

Murder at Dawn poster
5.4

Mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.

Murder at Dawn

1932

The Red Blood of Courage poster
5.5

A man posing as Mark Henry is after Henry's oil land but Henry's niece is part owner and he needs to marry her off to his henchman Slager. Mountie Jim Sullivan arives posing as a wanted man and is soon caught up in the plot when Slager, wanting everything for himself, kills his boss and makes Jim a prisoner.

The Red Blood of Courage

1935

Northern Frontier poster
8.0

A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.

Northern Frontier

1935

No artwork available
10.0

Cullen Landis stars as rookie fireman Danny Grogan. Though well-liked by his colleagues, Danny is openly despised by one of the smoke-eaters, who has a yen for our hero's sweetheart.

Frenzied Flames

1926

Valley of Wanted Men poster
6.3

Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.

Valley of Wanted Men

1935

Chandu on the Magic Island poster
5.2

On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic. Nadji is located in the Far East port of Suva, but shielded by the White Magical powers of Frank Chandler, an American raised by Eastern mystics who is also known as Chandu. When Chandu takes a voyage alone, however, the evil Voice of Ubasti is able to magically spirit her to Lemuria, where Black Magic reigns supreme. Chandu sets out in pursuit with his sister Dorothy, niece Betty and nephew Bob; but, shipwrecked on the magic island, Chandu finds his family also held prisoner for sacrifice while he is plunged into an endless maze of caverns beneath the evil temple, where both his mortal and magical strength seem rendered useless.

Chandu on the Magic Island

1935

Dynamite Denny poster
9.0

When a railroad engineer refuses to participate in a strike, the union drops him and he loses his job.

Dynamite Denny

1932

The Face on the Barroom Floor poster
5.0

Bill Bronson is a likable young bank clerk, whose congenital thirst for liquor is kept under control until he joins his wife Mary at getting blotto at a company party. From there it is a downward spiral.

The Face on the Barroom Floor

1932

The Lightning Flyer poster
8.0

A freight train careening off the tracks sends Jimmie Nelson (James Hall), the ne're-do-well of a railroad owner, John Nelson (Robert Homans), out to redeem himself, by working under an assumed name, to investigate why and who is the culprit behind the sabotage against his father's fast-express line.

The Lightning Flyer

1931

Graft poster
5.0

Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.

Graft

1931

The Dude Ranger poster
6.0

An Easterner Inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them.

The Dude Ranger

1934

Song of the Trail poster
5.8

A cowboy realizes too late that his girlfriend's father had been cheated out of everything in a crooked card game. He sets out to get revenge on the crooks.

Song of the Trail

1936

Men of Action poster
6.0

A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.

Men of Action

1935

Daring Daughters poster
7.0

A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.

Daring Daughters

1933

The Honorable Mr. Buggs poster
7.0

Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

1927

Held For Ransom poster
6.0

A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.

Held For Ransom

1938

No artwork available
10.0

Wealthy contractor Michael Arnold hires civil engineer Jerry Foster to work on a dam under construction in the West. Michael hopes to enter high society and encourages his daughter, Alice, to marry Lafayette Van Renselaer, a fashionable young aristocratic. Alice is attracted to Jerry but mistakes his friendship with Kathleen O'Toole for love. Lafayette abruptly ends his affair with Kathleen when he has an opportunity to wed Alice, and accuses Jerry of trifling with Kathleen's affections.

Smilin' at Trouble

1925

Fire and Steel poster
8.0

Terry O'Farrell pulls off several rescues in the course of the plot, whose locale is a steel mill, and Ann McGreagor uses her common sense to expose the villain's trickery and save the day for her sweetheart.

Fire and Steel

1927

Timber War poster
6.5

The owners of a lumber mill hire an investigator to find out who is sabotaging their mill.

Timber War

1935

No artwork available
9.0

Our crippled heroine inherits virtually nothing but debts upon the demise of her father. The one tangible asset in the estate is a racehorse which has never won a race.

Riding to Fame

1927

No artwork available
9.0

Our crippled heroine inherits virtually nothing but debts upon the demise of her father. The one tangible asset in the estate is a racehorse which has never won a race.

Riding to Fame

1927