Writing

Gladys Unger

Born — Died

1885-09-16 — 1940-05-25

Place of birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

20 titles

American author, screenwriter, and playwright.

Known for

Behind the camera

Madam Satan poster
6.0

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

Madam Satan

1930

Marianne poster
6.5

At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.

Marianne

1929

Cheating Cheaters poster
7.0

The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres.

Cheating Cheaters

1934

The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster
5.9

A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

Sylvia Scarlett poster
6.3

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.

Sylvia Scarlett

1935

Rendezvous at Midnight poster
10.0

There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who actually confessed to the killing before it was committed.

Rendezvous at Midnight

1935

Night of Mystery poster
10.0

Philo Vance investigates a series of murders among members of the wealthy Greene family.

Night of Mystery

1937

Wayward poster
6.3

Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.

Wayward

1932

Alias Mary Dow poster
7.2

A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.

Alias Mary Dow

1935

Great Expectations poster
7.0

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Great Expectations

1934

Daughter of Shanghai poster
5.4

A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.

Daughter of Shanghai

1937

Romance in the Rain poster
9.0

The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.

Romance in the Rain

1934

Strange Wives poster
7.0

When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.

Strange Wives

1934

Embarrassing Moments poster
9.0

Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in the death of his best friend.

Embarrassing Moments

1934

The Heart Thief poster
10.0

Paul Kurt, embittered and disillusioned by war, returns to Budapest and devotes his life to roistering and gambling. He falls in love with Anna Galambos but leaves her when he realizes his unworthiness. She returns to her father, a gamekeeper at the castle of Count Franz, a despotic bachelor whose brothers Lazlos and Michael covet his estate. Disheartened by her shattered romance, Anna accepts the proposal of Franz. The brothers conspire to hire Paul to compromise the girl, but Paul, discovering she is none other than the woman he loves, decides to win her for himself. Paul finally exposes the plot to Franz, and Anna, convinced of his sincerity, is reunited with him after Franz releases her.

The Heart Thief

1927

Breakfast at Sunrise poster
9.0

While plotting together to win back their lovers, the rich Madeleine and the penniless Pierre fall for each other.

Breakfast at Sunrise

1927

Coming Out Party poster
6.0

In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her debut. Her social adviser fills the debutante’s dance card with partners, which inflames the violinist.

Coming Out Party

1934

Many a Slip poster
10.0

Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.

Many a Slip

1931

Glamour poster
4.2

An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leave him for a handsome singer.

Glamour

1934

Partners in Crime poster
8.0

Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.

Partners in Crime

1937