Waldemar Young

Waldemar Young

1878-07-01 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 69 Credits

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London After Midnight

London After Midnight

2002

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney.

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000

as Self (archive footage / uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subje...

Test Pilot

Test Pilot

1938

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

Man-Proof

Man-Proof

1938

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

The Plainsman

The Plainsman

1936

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

Poppy

Poppy

1936

Writer

6.8
Writing

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter...

Desire

Desire

1936

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France....

Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

1935

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter i...

The Crusades

The Crusades

1935

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohamm...

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1934

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Men in White

Men in White

1934

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he...

A Bedtime Story

A Bedtime Story

1933

Screenplay

8.0
Writing

Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

1932

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half...

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight

1932

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.

Sinners in the Sun

Sinners in the Sun

1932

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

Sky Bride

Sky Bride

1932

Story

Writing

Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and...

The Miracle Man

The Miracle Man

1932

Adaptation

5.7

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and use...

Compromised

Compromised

1931

Screenplay

1.0
Writing

Poor working-class girl Stella marries wealthy Sidney Brock, recently jilted by his fiancée and social equal Connie. The two go through contentious ti...

Penrod and Sam

Penrod and Sam

1931

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join ...

Chances

Chances

1931

Adaptation

7.0

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom be...

The Girl of the Golden West

The Girl of the Golden West

1930

Screenplay

Writing

A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison.

Ladies Love Brutes

Ladies Love Brutes

1930

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an It...

Sally

Sally

1930

Writer

6.7
Writing

Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Wor...

Where East Is East

Where East Is East

1929

Adaptation

5.7

A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes).

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

1928

Adaptation

7.0

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98

1928

Continuity

6.2

Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

London After Midnight

London After Midnight

1927

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

The abandoned Balfour House, the owner of which was found dead five years earlier, comes back to life with the arrival of two suspicious sinister-loo...

The Unknown

The Unknown

1927

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really ...

Women Love Diamonds

Women Love Diamonds

1927

Adaptation, Writer

Writing

A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.

The Show

The Show

1927

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. The highlight of the show is a reenactment of Salo...

The Flaming Forest

The Flaming Forest

1926

Writer

Writing

North-West Mounted Police Sgt. David Carrigan takes a breather from fighting as he brings a convict to trial and woos the lovely Jeanne-Marie.

The Blackbird

The Blackbird

1926

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the ...

The Mystic

The Mystic

1925

Adaptation

6.6

Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man crashes — and proceeds to swindle — American high soc...

The Unholy Three

The Unholy Three

1925

Scenario Writer

6.7
Writing

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series o...

The Great Divide

The Great Divide

1925

Writer

Writing

Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken brutes who begin to barter for her. In desperation, ...

The Dixie Handicap

The Dixie Handicap

1924

Writer

Writing

Tale of a man and his horse.

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1924

Adaptation

4.3

In the year 1550, Sir George Vernon agrees to have his young daughter Dorothy betrothed to John Manners, the son of the Earl of Rutland. Sir George si...

The Hill Billy

The Hill Billy

1924

Writer

Writing

Jed is a hillbilly in love with pretty Emmy Lou who is forced into marriage with her dreadful cousin Aaron. Jed interrupts the marriage and Aaron is a...

Poisoned Paradise

Poisoned Paradise

1924

Writer

Writing

Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang o...

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1923

Writer

Writing

Edith sets out to prove that a wife can never be fooled by her husband - but will she succeed?

Java Head

Java Head

1923

Story, Adaptation

Writing

Gerrit Ammidon, despairing of any chance to marry his love, Nettie Vollar, because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, sails to C...

Burning Sands

Burning Sands

1922

Screenplay

Writing

A kindly old sheik is being deceived by his villainous son, who seeks to destroy his father by uniting with the enemy tribe. However, the plan is foil...

Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen

1922

Adaptation

Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.

A Prince There Was

A Prince There Was

1921

Writer

Writing

A wealthy socialite poses as a magazine editor living in a boardinghouse to learn more about an intriguing woman who wants to publish her stories.

Cappy Ricks

Cappy Ricks

1921

Writer

Writing

When seaman Matt Peasley and his friend, Murphy (Hugh Cameron), go ashore in San Francisco, they save Florrie Ricks (Agnes Ayers) from a couple of rob...

Experience

Experience

1921

Writer

Writing

Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure an...

Girl in the Web

Girl in the Web

1920

Writer

Writing

A woman decides to take money from her wealthy mother to pay her gambling debts, but discovers that the contents of her mother's safe has already been...

Suds

Suds

1920

Scenario Writer

6.5
Writing

Amanda Afflick is a lovesick laundress who daydreams about customer Horace Greensmith and cherishes the shirt he brought in for washing eight months a...

The Wicked Darling

The Wicked Darling

1919

Writer

5.2
Writing

A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to ...

A Petal on the Current

A Petal on the Current

1919

Writer

Writing

A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.

The Spitfire of Seville

The Spitfire of Seville

1919

Writer

Writing
The Fire Flingers

The Fire Flingers

1919

Writer

Writing

A poor man assumes the identity of a wealthy look-alike after accidentally killing him; his wife prefers the new, non-abusive version and falls in lov...

The Light of Victory

The Light of Victory

1919

Writer

Writing

U.S. Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception, and his fiancee, Jane Ravenslee, the captain's daughter, breaks their enga...

A Taste of Life

A Taste of Life

1919

Story

Writing

When her husband, struggling lawyer Horace Dillingham, is unable to provide adequate money for her insatiable desire for expensive cherries, Kitty Dil...

The Little White Savage

The Little White Savage

1919

Scenario Writer

Writing

A reporter is related the tale of a girl from an isolated colony descended from the English survivors of a shipwreck.

The Millionaire Pirate

The Millionaire Pirate

1919

Writer

Writing

In the early eighteenth century, pirate captain Jean Lafitte fights a rival pirate and wins a treasure and a beautiful female captive. Although the gi...

Fast Company

Fast Company

1918

Writer

Writing

Lawrence Percival Van Huyler, a society fop, protests against the necessity of living up to his snobbish family's blue-blooded traditions. His fiancée...

Brace Up

Brace Up

1918

Scenario Writer

Writing

Hero Henry Court (Herbert Rawlinson) is very much his parents' child, having inherited the predominant character traits of both his go-getting father ...

The Flash of Fate

The Flash of Fate

1918

Writer

2.0
Writing

When his father commits suicide after being ruined by dishonest stockbroker Abner Hinman, Randolph Shorb resolves to gain revenge and rebuild his fort...

New Love for Old

New Love for Old

1918

Writer

Writing

At a mountain resort, Kenneth Scott falls in love with Marie Beauchamp, an older woman who merely amuses herself with him. When she deserts him to ope...

The High Sign

The High Sign

1917

Screenplay

Writing

In order to be admitted to his school fraternity, David Bruce is told to impersonate a Balkan prince. In that guise, Bruce leaves for the prince's tin...

The Man Trap

The Man Trap

1917

Writer

Writing

Framed by police inspector Finch and his managing editor, R. H. Steadman, to cover up their own crooked work, reporter John Mull languishes in prison ...

Flirting with Death

Flirting with Death

1917

Writer

Writing

When an aviator dies performing in a traveling circus, the circus closes and sideshow con men "Sky-High" Billy Wardell and "Domino" Dominick are arres...

A Stormy Knight

A Stormy Knight

1917

Scenario Writer

Writing

While relaxing in his cabin one stormy night, John Winton, a rising young businessman who has successfully resisted the institution of marriage, is in...

The Clean-Up

The Clean-Up

1917

Writer

Writing

A publicist for a racy burlesque troupe romances the daughter of the head of The Purity League, an organization that wishes to see such shows banned.

The Show Down

The Show Down

1917

Writer

Writing

Inconsiderate millionaire John Benson, philanthropist Oliver North, courageous Langdon Crane, wealthy idler Robert Curtis and Lydia Benson are among t...

The Car of Chance

The Car of Chance

1917

Scenario Writer, Story

Writing

In his will, Mr. Baird leaves his son Arnold just one seven-passenger auto and a hundred dollars to keep it filled up and in good repair. When James B...