Writing

Francis Edward Faragoh

Born — Died

1898-10-16 — 1966-07-25

Known for

Writing

Credits

18 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Frankenstein poster
7.5

Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.

Frankenstein

1931

Little Caesar poster
6.9

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Little Caesar

1931

Becky Sharp poster
5.7

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor.

Becky Sharp

1935

Renegades poster
5.8

The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.

Renegades

1946

Hat, Coat and Glove poster
7.0

A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.

Hat, Coat and Glove

1934

Too Young to Marry poster
8.0

In this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his overbearing wife. Only one of his daughters is on his side. The family is amazed and shocked by his sudden change. At first they rebel, but when he defies his wife and allows his good daughter to marry the grocery boy she loves, they finally come to respect him.

Too Young to Marry

1931

The Right of Way poster
5.2

Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.

The Right of Way

1930

Prestige poster
7.0

A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.

Prestige

1932

Easy Come, Easy Go poster
7.0

Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

Dancing Pirate poster
5.7

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.

Dancing Pirate

1936

Iron Man poster
5.7

After prizefighter Kid Mason loses his opening fight, his wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around, Mason trains and starts winning. Rose returns and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover, Lewis.

Iron Man

1931

Her Private Affair poster
4.1

A married society woman accidentally kills her would-be lover and blackmailer and then suffers a crisis of conscience when his disgruntled butler is charged with the crime.

Her Private Affair

1929

The Mad Martindales poster
7.5

A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.

The Mad Martindales

1942

Back Pay poster
4.9

Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.

Back Pay

1930

Chasing Yesterday poster
5.8

An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.

Chasing Yesterday

1935

The Return Of Peter Grimm poster
6.0

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.

The Return Of Peter Grimm

1935

Under-Cover Man poster
6.2

When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.

Under-Cover Man

1932

The Last Man poster
9.0

The villainous Marsden plans to sink a ship owned by Mr. Wingate to collect the insurance money, while also hoping to win over Wingate's daughter, Marian. Suez Canal Company detective Bannister tracks the criminals through the dangerous streets of Port Said and eventually lures the culprit out by arranging a shipment of $1,000,000 in gold. Marsden accompanies Marian and Wingate on the voyage to seize the gold and the girl. Bannister sneaks aboard at the last minute to protect them.

The Last Man

1932