
Directing
Nick Grindé
Born — Died
1893-01-12 — 1979-06-19
Place of birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Nick Grindé was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grindé graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Throughout his career, Grindé was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. In the mid 1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon…
Known for
6.3Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
Babes in Toyland
1934
6.3Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
Before I Hang
1940
4.6A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Convicted Woman
1940
6.2A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Good News
1930
6.3Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
6.7A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Shopworn
1932
Behind the camera
6.3Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
Babes in Toyland
1934
6.3Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
Before I Hang
1940
4.6A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Convicted Woman
1940
6.2A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Good News
1930
6.3Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
6.7A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Shopworn
1932
5.9At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns, the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to The Devil's Cabaret to be entertained. After they enjoy songs and dancing, the people go willingly to Hades.
The Devil's Cabaret
1930
5.4The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
6.3Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
5.6A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
King of Chinatown
1939
6.6Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
6.4Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claims that she had no knowledge of Gene's criminal activity, but FBI agent Lee Laird doesn't buy it.
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
6.2A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
Love Is on the Air
1937
5.4The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, ne'er-do-wells, innocents, fugitives, the once-priviledged, and all down-trodden - either running from or toward something, but who find they must support each other as they hitch-hike their way across Great Depression-era America in search of an increasingly elusive decent life.
Girls of the Road
1940
6.7In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.
The Captain's Kid
1936
6.7A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
Jailbreak
1936
4.9A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
7.0Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial is none other than Mary Cabot.
A Woman is the Judge
1939
6.0The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.
Public Wedding
1937
6.8A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
White Bondage
1937
5.5A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
8.0A would-be prospector becomes involved in a plot to deceive an old prospector of his cache, but falls in love with his daughter instead.
The Girl from Alaska
1942
6.2When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
The Divorcee
1930
7.0The crimes of a tabloid publisher are exposed by a reporter, his secret illegitimate son.
Scandal Sheet
1939
6.5Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter, only to find she is in love with his roommate.
We've Never Been Licked
1943
6.0At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his girl Susie; he schemes to revive crew boat racing. Sinking boats, no money, and his own waistline stand in his way. Can they win the big race with State University?
Million Dollar Legs
1939
9.0Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly arrested, Wyckoff finds himself handcuffed to an attractive lady. Wycoff escapes custody and flees across the country with the law in hot pursuit, refusing to establish either his true identity or his innocence until the lady unwillingly trapped at his side agrees to marry him.
Lucky Fugitives
1936
5.4A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.
Menu
1933
10.0Bert Lahr is a big city boy hung up on tales of the Old West. When his playing cowboys and Indians causes a ruckus, he's brought before a judge who prescribes him rest and relaxation...out West.
No More West
1934
8.0Jack Hoxie pledges to take care of a prospector's son before the man dies from shooting wounds. Jack Hoxie must find the killer before he disappears with the prospector's gold. A young woman also searches the killer for motives of her own.
The Desert Rider
1929
7.5In this comedic short, two pie vendors discuss merging their businesses, but one of them may have an ulterior motive.
The Great American Pie Company
1935
6.5The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.
Bum Voyage
1934
2.5Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts Frances White, The Ponce Sisters, The Reynold Sisters, Joseph Regan, and Jack Pepper.
Metro Movietone Revue #3
1930
8.0In perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the tough but goodhearted proprietor of the Bonanza, the only gambling establishment in otherwise God-fearing Silver Creek. Noel Francis, who used to play blonde schemers in Warner Bros. gangster films, earns second billing as the casino's equally goodhearted chanteuse.
Stone of Silver Creek
1935
8.0Dan Claibourne refuses to fight against his state when Tennessee secedes during the Civil War preliminaries. His sweetheart brands him a traitor. Dan joins Morgan's raiders of the Confederate Army and gets an opportunity to rescue the girl during a raid.
Morgan's Last Raid
1929
2.0A hilarious musical short starring character actor John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight and his little piano, 1928. Knight was known for playing sidekicks in 1930s and '40s "B" westerns.
Fuzzy Knight and His Little Piano
1928
2.5Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts George Dewey Washington, The Ponce Sisters, Joseph Regan, Ella Shields, and Jack Pepper.
Metro Movietone Revue #4
1930
5.7Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
9.0The police think a young lawyer (Robert Lowery) killed his partner, but he was drugged when it happened.
Road to Alcatraz
1945
6.7A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
Men Without Souls
1940
