Writing

Scott Darling

Born — Died

1898-05-28 — 1951-10-29

Place of birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon poster
6.4

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein poster
5.8

Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942

Night Beat poster
6.2

A young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.

Night Beat

1931

Dynamite Denny poster
9.0

When a railroad engineer refuses to participate in a strike, the union drops him and he loses his job.

Dynamite Denny

1932

Jitterbugs poster
6.0

The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.

Jitterbugs

1943

Society Dogs poster
9.0

The picture opens with Brownie in a tuxedo, eating an elaborate meal and finishing with the proper use of his finger bowl. It is all a dream, however, as he is but the assistant to an itinerant glazier who ties a stone to Brownie's tail and has him break show windows for his master to repair. The glazier combines business with a clothes cleaner and Brownie with his mud-smeared tail, rubs up against people and brings in plenty of business.

Society Dogs

1921

Outlaw Justice poster
7.0

A man accused of murdering a sheriff, escapes a posse and joins a gang at the Bar-O-Ranch. The mistress of the ranch is about to be cheated out of her land, but the wanted man helps her against the gang and bests the leader in a fight.

Outlaw Justice

1932

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7.0

A British comedy film directed by John Rawlins

High Society

1932

The Big Noise poster
6.2

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.

The Big Noise

1944

Docks of New Orleans poster
6.1

Detective Charlie Chan springs into action when top officials of a New Orleans chemical company begin dropping like flies.

Docks of New Orleans

1948

The Great Impersonation poster
6.4

An Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.

The Great Impersonation

1942

The Dancing Masters poster
6.3

The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ballet school, and getting involved with an inventor. A young Robert Mitchum has an uncredited cameo role as a fraudulent insurance salesman.

The Dancing Masters

1943

The Bullfighters poster
6.0

Bumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the vengeful Richard K. Muldoon, who spent time in prison on Stan's bogus testimony.

The Bullfighters

1945

The Body Disappears poster
6.1

Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor party revelry to find he's been turned invisible by eccentric college professor Reginald Shotesbury. An unbelievable series of events is revealed by several witnesses testifying in a "mystery trial" to determine the reason for DeHaven's "disappearance".

The Body Disappears

1941

Bermuda Mystery poster
8.0

A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.

Bermuda Mystery

1944

The Mystery of Mr. Wong poster
5.9

Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939

The Golden Eye poster
5.6

A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.

The Golden Eye

1948

According to Mrs. Hoyle poster
5.7

A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.

According to Mrs. Hoyle

1951

The Spider poster
5.6

An ex-cop is suspected of murder after he is found with a dead woman. The private detective is on the run -- attempting to prove his innocence.

The Spider

1945

The Wolf Hunters poster
6.5

A Canadian Mountie follows a fugitive to a small fur-trapping community. Most of the action is handled by Chinook, a handsome German Shepherd.

The Wolf Hunters

1949

The Shanghai Chest poster
6.6

Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites, and all three victims were connected with the conviction and execution of an evidently innocent man.

The Shanghai Chest

1948

Forced Landing poster
8.0

In this high-flying mystery set aboard a cross-country flight to New York, some of the passengers are kidnappers who are trying to locate a hidden cache of loot. Unfortunately, something goes wrong during the trip and the pilots must land the plane in the Arizona desert during a terrible storm. There all of the passengers and crew find cramped accommodations in a lonely farmhouse where murder, mystery and mayhem occur.

Forced Landing

1935

Mr. Wong in Chinatown poster
5.4

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun...

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939

Fight and Win poster
9.0

Fight and Win is a 1924 American silent drama serial film directed by Erle C. Kenton.

Fight and Win

1924

The Chinese Ring poster
5.2

Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.

The Chinese Ring

1947

Borrowed Wives poster
5.3

Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".

Borrowed Wives

1930

Cracked Nuts poster
7.0

A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked attorney and two con men...

Cracked Nuts

1941

Adventure's End poster
5.5

Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being wooed by the first mate.

Adventure's End

1937

The Fatal Hour poster
5.7

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.

The Fatal Hour

1940

Behind Green Lights poster
5.6

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.

Behind Green Lights

1946

Born to Speed poster
8.0

The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the backdrop for this dramatic tale of a young driver who decides to follow in his late father's footsteps and win the big race.

Born to Speed

1947

Kidnapped poster
6.7

In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.

Kidnapped

1948

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now poster
6.5

In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their youngsters who unfortunately despise each other and only pretend to like each other to please their parents. On the nights they are to go out, they sneak out with their respective true loves. It all works well until the unwilling couple find themselves falling in love for real. songs include: "I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now", and "Got Romance".

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

1940

Desert Pursuit poster
6.5

In 1852, two friends left the Nevada prospector region to relocate from en route he meets the beautiful Marie who decides to make a trek with two friends, but on the way he is attacked by three Arabs who installs camels, take these Arab adventurers to the Indians.

Desert Pursuit

1952

The Old Homestead poster
10.0

A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.

The Old Homestead

1935

Boy of the Streets poster
6.0

Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.

Boy of the Streets

1938

Ladies Crave Excitement poster
5.7

Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

Tuna Clipper poster
7.8

Hoping to become a lawyer, Alec (Roddy McDowall) becomes a tuna fisherman in order to pay a debt. This turn of events puts Alec on the outs with his taciturn family. Eventually, the lad proves himself on all fronts, and is welcomed back into the family fold.

Tuna Clipper

1949

Blue Grass of Kentucky poster
7.0

The story revolves around a colt born in Kentucky and named "Blue Grass". and the training of the colt to win the Kentuck Derby. and how all of that affected the lives, fortunes and, relationships and romances of the people associated with the colt's race-track career.

Blue Grass of Kentucky

1950

The Hazards of Helen poster
NR

The Hazards of Helen is an American melodramatic adventure film serial of 119 twelve-minute episodes released between November 7, 1914 and February 24, 1917. Most episodes of this serial are presumed lost.

The Hazards of Helen

1917