Writing

Brown Holmes

Born — Died

1907-12-12 — 1974-02-12

Place of birth

Toledo, Ohio, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

26 titles

Brown Holmes was an American screenwriter.

Known for

Behind the camera

Ladies They Talk About poster
6.2

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

Ladies They Talk About

1933

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang poster
7.8

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

20,000 Years in Sing Sing poster
6.4

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

Castle on the Hudson poster
7.0

A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

Castle on the Hudson

1940

The Maltese Falcon poster
6.4

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

The Maltese Falcon

1931

Satan Met a Lady poster
5.8

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

Satan Met a Lady

1936

The Case of the Lucky Legs poster
5.9

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain poster
6.1

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

Play Girl poster
5.0

A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.

Play Girl

1932

We're in the Money poster
5.9

Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve four subpoenas in a breach of promise suit against rich C. Richard Courtney. Little does Ginger realize, C. Richard Courtney and her mysterious park bench boyfriend 'Carter' are one and the same.

We're in the Money

1935

Heat Lightning poster
7.2

Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra. When two escaped criminals stop for a bite to eat, Olga is reminded of the past she left behind.

Heat Lightning

1934

Oh, Doctor poster
7.0

A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.

Oh, Doctor

1937

The Crime of Doctor Hallet poster
10.0

Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

1938

Flying Hostess poster
10.0

The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.

Flying Hostess

1936

I Sell Anything poster
5.0

Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?

I Sell Anything

1934

Shed No Tears poster
5.1

A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.

Shed No Tears

1948

My True Story poster
6.6

Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly finds out that her freedom was bought by an old, vicious boss that has picked her for a job.

My True Story

1951

The Stranger's Return poster
6.2

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.

The Stranger's Return

1933

Three Blind Mice poster
6.1

Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with, Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her staff.

Three Blind Mice

1938

Moon Over Miami poster
6.5

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of their aunt Susan, the sisters take the last of their money and head to a well-known Miami resort where they soon meet two wealthy young men, Phil and Jeff, who begin a fierce rivalry for Kay, not realizing that Barbara has fallen in love with one of them.

Moon Over Miami

1941

The Studebaker Story poster
NR

The history of the Studebaker family, their success at making wagons and the company's venture into automobiles.

The Studebaker Story

1953

Top of the Town poster
6.0

In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"

Top of the Town

1937

No artwork available
7.0

Engineer Owen Merrill travels to the Pacific Northwest where he plans to build a dam. He stays at the Salmon Club, run by attractive Heather McHale. When Heather learns Owen's purpose, she explains that the club has a government lease on the river in order to preserve the area's good salmon fishing. Owen argues that the dam will create jobs, but Heather deplores the loss of beauty....

The Lady Fights Back

1937

The Avenger poster
8.0

A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.

The Avenger

1933

Snowed Under poster
7.4

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but he just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first ex-wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second ex-wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two ex-wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!

Snowed Under

1936

Dark Hazard poster
5.7

Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.

Dark Hazard

1934