Frank Davis

1897-10-24 25 Credits
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1974

Teleplay

The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.

The Train

The Train

1964

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He...

Night of the Quarter Moon

Night of the Quarter Moon

1959

Writer

5.3
Writing

A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

1955

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

The Boy from Oklahoma

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

1953

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle

1952

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipmen...

The Story of Will Rogers

The Story of Will Rogers

1952

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers

Ten Tall Men

Ten Tall Men

1951

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's...

Jim Thorpe – All-American

Jim Thorpe – All-American

1951

Dialogue

6.1

The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his m...

Fighting Father Dunne

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.

The Woman on the Beach

The Woman on the Beach

1947

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well thro...

Are Husbands Necessary?

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942

Screenplay

Writing

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on...

Remember the Day

Remember the Day

1941

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Da...

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career...

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World

1939

Producer

6.4
Producing

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by ...

The Chaser

The Chaser

1938

Producer

6.0
Producing

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the tr...

Lord Jeff

Lord Jeff

1938

Producer

7.1
Producing

Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a ca...

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936

Producer

6.9
Producing

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Petticoat Fever

Petticoat Fever

1936

Producer

5.5
Producing

A lonely radio operator in Labrador falls for an engaged woman.

One New York Night

One New York Night

1935

Screenplay

Writing

Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, a...

The bitter fruit

The bitter fruit

1931

Producer

5.0
Producing

Min, a hard-boiled proprietress of a waterfront hotel, who has as her sweetheart Bill, a fisherman, brings up Nancy, a girl who was deserted by her ow...

Spring Fever

Spring Fever

1927

Writer

6.9
Writing

Kelly's employer, Waters, is such a keen golfer that he asks Kelly to help him improve his game at an exclusive country club.

California

California

1927

Writer

5.0
Writing

"The war with Mexico serves to bring together American officer and Mexican senorita, the former all ardent and the latter defiant because of the fact ...