Elliott Nugent

Directing

Elliott Nugent

Born 1896-09-20 · Dover, Ohio, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896, Dover, Ohio - August 9, 1980, New York City) was an American actor, writer, and film director. He successfully made the transition from silent film to sound. He directed The Cat and the Canary (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films Never Say Die (1939) and My Favorite Brunette (1947). Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play The Male Animal (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney. He also directed the 1942 Warner Bros. film version of The Male Animal, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Nugent's autobiography Events Leading Up to the Comedy (1965) skips over large portions of Nugent's life and work, but deals honestly with the alcoholism that largely ended his career. Nugent was the son of veteran actor J.C. Nugent who sometimes wrote or acted with Elliott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elliott Nugent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting credits

Stage Door Canteen poster
6.3

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.

Stage Door Canteen

1943

Wise Girls poster
5.4

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical complications that result when she marries in haste.

Wise Girls

1929

Virtuous Husband poster
8.0

When a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide his life.

Virtuous Husband

1931

Romance poster
6.5

A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

Romance

1930

So This Is College poster
4.7

Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

So This Is College

1929

My Girl Tisa poster
9.0

1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.

My Girl Tisa

1948

The Last Flight poster
6.5

Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.

The Last Flight

1931

The Unholy Three poster
5.9

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

The Unholy Three

1930

Three Cornered Moon poster
6.0

Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.

Three Cornered Moon

1933

The Single Standard poster
5.8

A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.

The Single Standard

1929

So This is Eden poster
NR

The film opens with an animated prologue about Adam and Eve, by Tony Sarg. The viewer is then introduced to a young couple, Eve and Jim, who are having troubles in their marriage. Eve is frustrated by housework and dreams of living a wealthier lifestyle. While out shopping, Eve runs into an old flame, Don, who has earned his fortune overseas.

So This is Eden

1927

Not So Dumb poster
5.4

Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.

Not So Dumb

1930

Strictly Dynamite poster
6.5

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

Strictly Dynamite

1934

The Sins of the Children poster
4.7

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.

The Sins of the Children

1930

For the Love o' Lil poster
10.0

A virtuous lawyer falls for a beautiful but extravagant woman, leading him into financial trouble as he tries to keep up with her wasteful spending, ultimately testing their relationship and his principles.

For the Love o' Lil

1930

Behind the camera

My Favorite Brunette poster
6.7

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.

My Favorite Brunette

1947

The Great Gatsby poster
5.4

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

The Great Gatsby

1949

She Loves Me Not poster
6.0

A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.

She Loves Me Not

1934

Wise Girls poster
5.4

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical complications that result when she marries in haste.

Wise Girls

1929

Wise Girls poster
5.4

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical complications that result when she marries in haste.

Wise Girls

1929

Nothing but the Truth poster
7.3

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

Nothing but the Truth

1941

The Cat and the Canary poster
6.9

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

The Cat and the Canary

1939

Welcome Stranger poster
6.9

Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his temporary replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and young, singing Doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but once Pearson meets teacher Trudy Mason, he is delighted to stay. The locals, taking their cue from McRory, cold-shoulder Pearson, especially Trudy's stuffy fiancé. But then, guess who needs an emergency appendectomy?

Welcome Stranger

1947

Give Me a Sailor poster
6.1

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, Letty to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees only under one condition, he help her to win Walter!

Give Me a Sailor

1938

Two Alone poster
7.3

Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.

Two Alone

1934

The Male Animal poster
4.5

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.

The Male Animal

1942

Up in Arms poster
5.7

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.

Up in Arms

1944

Never Say Die poster
7.3

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?

Never Say Die

1939

The Skipper Surprised His Wife poster
5.3

A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

1950

My Girl Tisa poster
9.0

1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.

My Girl Tisa

1948

College Scandal poster
6.8

Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new French professor. Julie attraction from the make students drops a bit when two of her admirers are found murdered. When an attempt on the life of a third one is made. Seth Dunlap, an instructor at the school, decides to turn detective and find the killer. Assisted by his sister, who is in love with the third student, Dunlap begins to follow the the small trail of clues left by the killer.

College Scandal

1935

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College poster
7.3

A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949

Just for You poster
5.4

Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late?

Just for You

1952

Wives Never Know poster
9.0

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".

Wives Never Know

1936

Professor Beware poster
6.0

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.

Professor Beware

1938

Enter Madame poster
5.7

Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.

Enter Madame

1935

The Unholy Three poster
5.9

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

The Unholy Three

1930

The Mouthpiece poster
6.2

A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.

The Mouthpiece

1932

Three Cornered Moon poster
6.0

Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.

Three Cornered Moon

1933