Richard Schayer

1880-12-13 Washington, District of Columbia, USA 103 Credits
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008

Original Film Writer

5.5
Writing

Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to purs...

The Mummy Returns

The Mummy Returns

2001

Characters

6.4

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubi...

The Mummy

The Mummy

1999

Original Film Writer

6.9
Writing

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It ha...

Arizona Raiders

Arizona Raiders

1965

Story

6.4
Writing

Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant ...

Apache Rifles

Apache Rifles

1964

Story

5.6
Writing

A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.

Sword of Lancelot

Sword of Lancelot

1963

Writer

4.5
Writing

Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love wit...

Gun Fight

Gun Fight

1961

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wa...

Five Guns to Tombstone

Five Guns to Tombstone

1961

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

Billy Wade is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt, not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces ...

The Mummy

The Mummy

1959

Original Film Writer

6.7
Writing

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries...

Gun Brothers

Gun Brothers

1956

Screenplay

4.3
Writing

Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw...

Top Gun

Top Gun

1955

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

Characters

6.0

Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.

Khyber Patrol

Khyber Patrol

1954

Story

7.0
Writing

British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at the Khyber Pass. Enter Capt. Kyle Cameron of the Bri...

The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun

1954

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

Cruze arrives in town and when he stands up to the three Moran brothers, he gets appointed Marshal. First the brothers kill a rancher while framing an...

The Steel Lady

The Steel Lady

1953

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Surviving a plane crash in the Sahara, four oilmen find and manage to repair a German Afrika Corps tank which had been buried in the sand since WWII.

The Bandits of Corsica

The Bandits of Corsica

1953

Writer

5.8
Writing

Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.

Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek

1952

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the outlaws are stealing high grade ore, having it smelted, an...

Indian Uprising

Indian Uprising

1952

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches...

The Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers

1951

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to c...

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

1951

Screenplay

4.6
Writing

An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.

Kim

Kim

1950

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English s...

The Iroquois Trail

The Iroquois Trail

1950

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous names...

Black Magic

Black Magic

1949

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

The Black Arrow

The Black Arrow

1948

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is...

The Mummy's Curse

The Mummy's Curse

1944

Characters

5.5

After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princes...

The Mummy's Ghost

The Mummy's Ghost

1944

Original Film Writer

5.7
Writing

An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning th...

The Mummy's Tomb

The Mummy's Tomb

1942

Characters

5.6

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian...

The Mummy's Hand

The Mummy's Hand

1940

Original Film Writer

5.7
Writing

A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving ...

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

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

Dangerous Waters

Dangerous Waters

1936

Screenplay

3.0
Writing

While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.

The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket

1935

Screenplay

3.5
Writing

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

The Meanest Gal in Town

The Meanest Gal in Town

1934

Writer

6.5
Writing

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.

Cocktail Hour

Cocktail Hour

1933

Screenplay, Additional Dialogue

5.3
Writing

Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist, rebels against the premise that every woman is destined...

Private Jones

Private Jones

1933

Story

Writing

After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter ...

The Mummy

The Mummy

1932

Story

6.7
Writing

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads...

The All-American

The All-American

1932

Story

5.0
Writing

The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.

Night World

Night World

1932

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's st...

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1932

Adaptation

3.5

The story about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit, who returns to wreak havoc following his release from prison.

The Impatient Maiden

The Impatient Maiden

1932

Screenplay

Writing

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.

Law and Order

Law and Order

1932

Scenario Writer

4.0
Writing

A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932

Scenario Writer

6.1
Writing

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets fail...

Private Lives

Private Lives

1931

Scenario Writer, Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arriv...

Strictly Dishonorable

Strictly Dishonorable

1931

Scenario Writer

5.1
Writing

A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, ...

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1931

Script Editor

7.5

Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are...

The Spirit of Notre Dame

The Spirit of Notre Dame

1931

Screenplay, Associate Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

1931

Scenario Writer

7.0
Writing

In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid s...

Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo

1931

Adaptation, Dialogue

4.8

A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931

Other

5.2

Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets marrie...

Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter...

Trader Horn

Trader Horn

1931

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

While on safari in an unexplored area of Africa, Trader Horn and Peru find missionary Edith Trent killed by natives. They decide to carry on her quest...

Forward, March!

Forward, March!

1930

Writer

Writing

Spanish-language version of Doughboys.

Men of the North

Men of the North

1930

Writer

5.0
Writing

Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie be...

Doughboys

Doughboys

1930

Writer

6.0
Writing

Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he acc...

Estrellados

Estrellados

1930

Writer

Writing

A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispan...

Children of Pleasure

Children of Pleasure

1930

Scenario Writer

4.7
Writing

A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1930

Scenario Writer

6.1
Writing

Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira w...

Devil-May-Care

Devil-May-Care

1929

Adaptation

5.5

A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

1929

treatment

6.6

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

Where East Is East

Where East Is East

1929

Continuity

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).

Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage

1929

Continuity

6.7

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't reali...

Wild Orchids

Wild Orchids

1929

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A prince in J... tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.

The Flying Fleet

The Flying Fleet

1929

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sic...

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

1928

Writer

Writing

Two men are rivals for the same girl. When she finally agrees to marry one, the other--appearing to be magnanimous in defeat--presents his former riva...

The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928

Screenstory

7.8
Writing

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

The Actress

The Actress

1928

Writer

Writing

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The re...

Across to Singapore

Across to Singapore

1928

Writer

6.8
Writing

While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their ret...

The Law of the Range

The Law of the Range

1928

Writer

2.5
Writing

Jim Lockhart is out to capture the robbing and murdering "Solitaire Kid".

Tell It to the Marines

Tell It to the Marines

1926

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lacka...

The Terror

The Terror

1926

Writer

Writing

While Pop Morton, a rancher, is being sworn in as deputy sheriff, his daughter Molly, to escape the unwelcome attentions of usurer Blair Hatley (who h...

The Frontier Trail

The Frontier Trail

1926

Screenplay, Story

Writing

Dolly Mainard, en route to her father, a major at Fort Blaine, is escorted through dangerous Sioux territory by a cavalry detachment and Army scout Ji...

The Scrappin' Kid

The Scrappin' Kid

1926

Story, Scenario Writer

Writing

Bill Bradley, who owns a small house and a one-horse corral in the hills, saves the lives of Betty Brent and her brother Mike from a forest fire in wh...

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

1926

Writer

Writing

The Unknown Soldier is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Renaud Hoffman and written by Richard Schayer and James J. Tynan. The film stars ...

The Seventh Bandit

The Seventh Bandit

1926

Writer

Writing

The story of David Scanlon - a former gunfighter turned farmer, who sells the family homestead in favor of adventure in the California gold fields.

Rustlers' Ranch

Rustlers' Ranch

1926

Writer

Writing

Lee Crush, an out-of-work cowhand, gets into a fight with Bull Dozier and knocks him through a railing. Thinking he has killed the man, Lee takes to h...

The Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede

1925

Writer

5.8
Writing

Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-C...

The Man in Blue

1925

Writer

Writing

Tom Conlin, an Irish cop walking a beat in an Italian neighborhood, falls in love with Tita Sartori, the daughter of a florist. Tita returns Tom's aff...

The Hurricane Kid

The Hurricane Kid

1925

Writer

Writing

The Hurricane Kid runs afoul of Colonel Langdon's ranch foreman, Lafe Baxter when Joan Langdon shows an obvious preference for The Kid, and The Kid re...

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

1924

Writer

Writing

After 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who killed his homesteader foster father, Pop Watkins. Bud ...

Silk Stocking Sal

1924

Writer

Writing

Silk Stocking Sal is discovered burgling a palatial townhouse by its owner, Bob Cooper. Intrigued with her poise and daring, he offers to find her an ...

The Dangerous Flirt

1924

Screenplay

Writing

The naïve Sheila Fairfax (Brent) plays with men’s emotions without fully comprehending the risks leading to several dangerous situations from which sh...

The Sawdust Trail

The Sawdust Trail

1924

Writer

Writing

Clarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West show where he clashes with the leading lady, "Calamity...

Ride for Your Life

Ride for Your Life

1924

Adaptation

Bud Watkins loses his ranch and savings to gambling house proprietor "Gentlemen Jim" Slade. The Cocopah Kid, a notorious bandit, lures away Betsy Burk...

Hook and Ladder

Hook and Ladder

1924

Writer

Writing

Cowboy Ace Cooper, to avoid arrest, becomes a fireman, falls in love with the chief's daughter, Sally Drennan, and wins her in spite of the efforts of...

The Thrill Chaser

The Thrill Chaser

1923

Scenario Writer

5.0
Writing

In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills a...

The Ramblin' Kid

The Ramblin' Kid

1923

Scenario Writer

Writing

The Ramblin' Kid, a cowboy, falls in love with Carolyn June, a beautiful easterner, and wins her after he triumphs in a rodeo in spite of having been ...

The Victor

The Victor

1923

Writer

Writing

In order to save his family from financial ruin, an English aristocrat agrees to come to America and marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Once...

The Spider and the Rose

The Spider and the Rose

1923

Adaptation

In Southern California during the Mexican regime, Don Marcello, son of the territorial governor, returns home to find that his father's secretary, Men...

My Dad

My Dad

1922

Writer

Writing

Tom's father, Barry, lives at a lonely trading post up north and is constantly in fear the post's factor, who has threatened to turn him in to the Mou...

The Man Of The Forest

The Man Of The Forest

1921

Writer

Writing

Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his heir...

Black Roses

Black Roses

1921

Writer

Writing

Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.

The Killer

The Killer

1921

Writer

Writing

Claire Adams as a girl forced to marry the man she suspects killed her father. When she refuses, she is virtually kept a prisoner along with kid-broth...

An Arabian Knight

An Arabian Knight

1920

Writer

Writing

Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is cast as an ancient Egyptian donkey boy in An Arabian Knight. The humble Hayakawa rescues high-born Lillian Hall from...

Li Ting Lang

Li Ting Lang

1920

Writer

Writing

In a day and age when interracial marriages were considered taboo, film star Sessue Hayakawa rarely got the girl in his pictures. The issue of prejudi...

The Woman in Room 13

The Woman in Room 13

1920

Scenario Writer

Writing

Laura Bruce is married to John Bruce, police commissioner. She discovers her husband is enjoying a drunken revel with another woman, and vows she will...

The Cup of Fury

The Cup of Fury

1920

Writer

Writing

Sir Joseph and Lady Webbing are the foster parents of Marie-Louise. The couple are also in league with Verrinder, a German spy. When their work agains...

The Tong Man

The Tong Man

1919

Scenario Writer

5.7
Writing

An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.

Flame of the Desert

Flame of the Desert

1919

Writer

Writing

An Englishman goes undercover posing as an Egyptian sheik in order to infiltrate a conspiracy to throw off British rule. An English woman complicates ...

The Dragon Painter

The Dragon Painter

1919

Scenario Writer

6.3
Writing

A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.

The Westerners

The Westerners

1919

Writer

Writing

Michael, a half-breed Indian, is forced off a wagon train by scout Michael. Seeking revenge, he murders the wife of a college professor, kidnaps her b...

A Man's Country

A Man's Country

1919

Scenario Writer

Writing

Dance-hall queen Kate Carewe is the toast of the gold-mining camp of Huxley's Gulch. One day a minister, Ralph Bowen, arrives to "clean up" the town. ...

The One Woman

The One Woman

1918

Scenario Writer

Writing

Denounced for preaching socialism Reverend Frank Gordon founds his own "Temple of Man." financed by Kate Ransom, the woman Gordon has fallen in with l...

Sudden Riches

Sudden Riches

1916

Scenario Writer

Writing

Successful, but financially struggling architect Robert Crewe is devoted to his wife Marion and daughter Emily. Unknown to him, his Uncle Abner harbor...