Writing

Louis Stevens

Born — Died

1896-12-25 — 1963-09-29

Place of birth

Riga, Russian Empire

Known for

Writing

Credits

30 titles

Known for

Dracula poster
7.2

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Dracula

1931

Gun Duel in Durango poster
5.6

A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.

Gun Duel in Durango

1957

The Cimarron Kid poster
6.1

After being falsely accused of a payroll heist, The Kid heads for the high country where he joins a gang of outlaws slaughtered during a daylight bank robbery. Hiding out in a local ranch, he falls in love with the rancher's daughter, who tries to rehabilitate the cowboy.

The Cimarron Kid

1952

Horizons West poster
6.3

Following the Civil War, brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas, where ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he's rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, now the Marshal, but they have an inevitable falling-out.

Horizons West

1952

The Texas Rangers poster
6.6

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

The Texas Rangers

1936

The Ne'er-Do-Well poster
10.0

Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.

The Ne'er-Do-Well

1923

Behind the camera

Dracula poster
7.2

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Dracula

1931

Gun Duel in Durango poster
5.6

A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.

Gun Duel in Durango

1957

The Cimarron Kid poster
6.1

After being falsely accused of a payroll heist, The Kid heads for the high country where he joins a gang of outlaws slaughtered during a daylight bank robbery. Hiding out in a local ranch, he falls in love with the rancher's daughter, who tries to rehabilitate the cowboy.

The Cimarron Kid

1952

Horizons West poster
6.3

Following the Civil War, brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas, where ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he's rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, now the Marshal, but they have an inevitable falling-out.

Horizons West

1952

The Texas Rangers poster
6.6

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

The Texas Rangers

1936

The Ne'er-Do-Well poster
10.0

Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.

The Ne'er-Do-Well

1923

Border River poster
6.2

A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?

Border River

1954

The Last Train from Madrid poster
4.8

The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.

The Last Train from Madrid

1937

The Bronze Bell poster
10.0

In the 1850s, a young prince in India promises his dying father he will lead a revolt against the English colonial masters of India. However, since he is half-European himself, he can't bring himself to do it and flees to America, to live in obscurity. He finds, however, that he can't outrun his obligations

The Bronze Bell

1921

Sinners in Paradise poster
5.4

After a plane crash in the Pacific, the disparate band of survivors must learn to work together on a isolated island, change their self-centered ways, and examine their motives for wanting to escape from their pasts.

Sinners in Paradise

1938

Massacre River poster
6.6

Two Cavalry Officers clash over the Colonel's Daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.

Massacre River

1949

Colorado poster
6.4

Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason joins them. When Burke catches up with them he also finds Mason, his brother.

Colorado

1940

Wolf Dog poster
6.5

A paroled convict tries to start life anew by moving with his family to a ranch, where his young son finds a puppy that is half wolf and half dog.

Wolf Dog

1958

Special Investigator poster
5.4

A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.

Special Investigator

1936

Hellship Bronson poster
8.0

A ship's captain, believing that his wife has cheated on him, takes their young son and leaves her. he comes back 20 years later. His wife stows away on his ship when he leaves, hoping to see her son, who is aboard. She takes along with her Mary, the daughter of a woman the captain once loved. Complications ensue.

Hellship Bronson

1928

Hot Tip poster
7.0

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

Hot Tip

1935

No artwork available
10.0

Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter's cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewart, who catches Mary Ryan burglarizing the Van Horne home, induces her to pose as Dolores.

Easy Pickings

1927

Cartouche poster
5.8

The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lies.

Cartouche

1955

The Border Legion poster
5.0

Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the Border Legion. When the gang's boss is wounded, they kidnap Kells and force him to remove the bullet. Not allowed to leave and being a wanted man, he joins the gang. Now wanted as a gang member also, he nevertheless plans a raid that will lead the entire gang into a trap.

The Border Legion

1940

Human Desires poster
10.0

In Paris an actress divorces a jealous impresario and weds the officer who once saved from from suicide.

Human Desires

1924

The Widow poster
9.0

A woman falls in love with a race-car driver who two-times her for another girl.

The Widow

1955

Burning Daylight poster
5.4

Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. He journeys to San Francisco, makes three million dollars and loses it in San Francisco. He returns to Alaska and eventually finds his treasure.

Burning Daylight

1928

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

God's Prodigal

1923

Babe Comes Home poster
9.0

A baseball-styled sports filmed centered on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. It is considered a lost film.

Babe Comes Home

1927

The Great Well poster
10.0

In India a major tries to cash in on a dry oil well but shoots himself when the oil returns.

The Great Well

1924

Hot Stuff poster
10.0

An uptight society aunt sends her too sexy niece to college so she can land a man.

Hot Stuff

1929

No artwork available
8.0

Stationed in Nicaragua, U.S. Marine Sergeant Steve Smith secretly agrees to throw a high-stakes boxing match to fund his adopted orphan's education, but he is moved by the boy's integrity to fight clean, winning the match, his son's respect, and the love of Molly Malone.

United States Smith

1928

Flaming Frontier poster
7.0

Army officer whose parents are white and Indian tries to avert an Indian war.

Flaming Frontier

1958

The Home Stretch poster
10.0

Johnny Hardwick (Douglas MacLean) is the owner of the fastest horse in the next race. Although it's almost guaranteed that he will win big, Hardwick ruins his chance by saving a little girl who has run out onto the track. The child's father shows his gratitude later on when he offers Hardwick a job as a clerk in his hotel -- Hardwick has been forced to flee after a fight in a roadhouse.

The Home Stretch

1921

Claude Duval poster
NR

A Frenchman turns highwayman after a duchess's cousin frames him for killing a title blackmailer.

Claude Duval

1924