Writing

Charles Klein

Born 1867-01-07 · London, England

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Her Private Secretary poster
10.0

When a charming young man arrives to serve as a private secretary for the eccentric Helene Kiepergass a, he quickly becomes entangled in a series of mysterious events in her house. Amidst the arrival of a suspicious "nephew" from Mexico and a house full of peculiar guests, a romance blossoms between the secretary and the lovely companion Mary. He eventually is able to unmask two confidence tricksters amidst the residents.

Her Private Secretary

1940

Pleasure Crazed poster
7.0

Pleasure Crazed is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by Donald Gallaher.

Pleasure Crazed

1929

Gypsy Blood poster
10.0

Princess Stauffenstein has arranged a marriage for her grandnephew Poldi and orders him to meet his unknown bride Steffi. But he falls for alluring dancer Ilonka while his uncle Leopold, sent to reason with him, is enchanted by Steffi.

Gypsy Blood

1934

The Lion and the Mouse poster
8.0

John Burkett Ryder, "the richest man in the world," determines to discredit a judicial decision which works against the interest of his millions by discrediting its author, Judge Rossmore, and causes impeachment charges to be laid against him in Congress. The judge's daughter Shirley Rossmore, learns of his trouble and returns home from Paris, where she has won success as a writer. She is loved by Jefferson Ryder, son of the magnate who is slowly killing her father.

The Lion and the Mouse

1919

Furlough on Parole poster
6.0

In 1918, a German regiment is granted five-hours leave in Berlin.

Furlough on Parole

1938

No artwork available
NR

The disowned son of a wealthy family is tried for the murder...

The Third Degree

1913

The Sin Sister poster
7.0

Pearl a vaudeville dancer is stranded somewhere in Alaska. With no official place to stay in the vicinity, Pearl is obliged to accept the hospitality of a wealthy family which has itself been stranded in the Great White North. An ill-tempered fur trader and a looney Eskimo both lust after Pearl, but she is rescued by Peter Van Dykeman her hosts' male secretary….

The Sin Sister

1929

The Lion and the Mouse poster
NR

Silent film drama...

The Lion and the Mouse

1914

The Third Degree poster
7.0

Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Annie Martin, Alicia's deserted daughter, is a trapeze performer in a sideshow at Coney Island, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man (Underwood) to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently, he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.

The Third Degree

1926

Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit

1939

No artwork available
NR

Mrs. Travers, a society leader, is madly in love with Arthur Ingraham, a rising diplomat. Arthur is not in love with her and avoids her advances. He is in love with Beatrice Langton, a young debutante, to whom he becomes engaged. Mrs. Travers is furious.

The Gamblers

1912

The Telltale Heart poster
6.7

An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.

The Telltale Heart

1928

The Telltale Heart poster
6.7

An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.

The Telltale Heart

1928

Furlough on Word of Honor poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Furlough on Word of Honor

1955

Maggie Pepper poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Maggie Pepper

1919

Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt

1933