Directing
William C. McGann
Born 1893-04-15 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William C. McGann was an American film director. He directed 52 films between 1930 and 1940. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
In France, opera star Enrico Baroni is tired of his mistress Pompom. After a performance, Enrico goes to a cabaret with his manager, Muldoni, and some friends. When Pompom arrives, Enrico leaves the cabaret with his servant, Fresco. Hearing music nearby, Enrico and Fresco discover a band of gypsies.
La buenaventura
1934
5.0Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton's wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that he will come back to his senses.
American Empire
1942
7.0Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
Maybe It's Love
1935
6.1Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
6.3A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
Everybody's Hobby
1939
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Impromptu
1932
5.3Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
In Old California
1942
6.2Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Two Against the World
1936
5.6Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
The Stolen Jools
1931
5.3A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
10.0A blackmailer falls in love with his female victim. Alternate-language version of The Lady Who Dared (1930).
La dama atrevida
1931
5.9Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the title sea creature.
Sh! The Octopus
1937
7.0A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
Freshman Love
1936
9.0A Mexico/United States border patrol officer is aided by his police dog, Rinty.
On the Border
1930
6.6A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Highway West
1941
9.0Undercover police officer Dan Hogan infiltrates a ruthless gangster mob. Hogan’s main objective is to identify the real criminals responsible for the murder of his younger brother. Along the way, he teams up with a woman named Nora Brady, whose own brother was falsely convicted of the same murder. Spanish version of Those Who Dance (1930).
Those Who Dance
1930
5.7A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
A Shot in the Dark
1941
6.5A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
A Night at the Ritz
1935
NRA short drama about a married couple planning to go to Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls
1930
4.8A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
Times Square Playboy
1936
5.1A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Alcatraz Island
1937
6.1Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
Brides Are Like That
1936
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
Her Night Out
1932
5.3A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.
When Were You Born
1938
