Writing

John Monk Saunders

Born — Died

1895-11-22 — 1940-03-11

Place of birth

Hinckley, Minnesota, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Docks of New York poster
7.0

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

The Docks of New York

1928

Ace of Aces poster
5.9

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the fight. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.

Ace of Aces

1933

The Legion of the Condemned poster
10.0

Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legion. Christine is later revealed to be the spy whom Price has been ordered to drop behind enemy lines. They are reconciled, are captured by the Germans, and are rescued by his unit.

The Legion of the Condemned

1928

The Finger Points poster
6.4

Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.

The Finger Points

1931

The Conquest of the Air poster
5.4

This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

The Conquest of the Air

1931

The Conquest of the Air poster
5.4

This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

The Conquest of the Air

1931

The Last Flight poster
6.5

WWI pilots Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis, traumatized by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet the eccentric and wealthy Nikki, who is drawn to Cary. The five friends, tagged by boorish reporter Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.

The Last Flight

1931

She Goes to War poster
6.4

A young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancéé into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like.

She Goes to War

1929