Delmer Daves

Delmer Daves

1904-07-24 San Francisco, California, USA 63 Credits

Biography

Delmer Daves was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

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The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

as Self - Writer and Director (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.

Love Affair

Love Affair

1994

Original Film Writer

5.4
Writing

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship ...

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

1965

Director, Writer, Producer

4.8
Directing Writing Producing

Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.

Youngblood Hawke

Youngblood Hawke

1964

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.1
Directing Writing Producing

An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.

Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain

1963

Writer, Director, Producer

6.7
Writing Directing Producing

Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the t...

Rome Adventure

Rome Adventure

1962

Director, Producer, Screenplay

5.5
Directing Producing Writing

Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job ...

Susan Slade

Susan Slade

1961

Producer, Director, Screenplay

5.8
Producing Directing Writing

A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.

Parrish

Parrish

1961

Writer, Director, Producer

5.4
Writing Directing Producing

Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's riva...

A Summer Place

A Summer Place

1959

Director, Writer, Producer

6.5
Directing Writing Producing

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequence...

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

1959

Director

6.7
Directing

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a ma...

The Badlanders

The Badlanders

1958

Director

6.2
Directing

Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people i...

Kings Go Forth

Kings Go Forth

1958

Director

6.2
Directing

When Harris applies for the position of a radioman in Loggins' army unit, he is hired immediately. While on a mission together in France, they both fa...

Cowboy

Cowboy

1958

Director

6.4
Directing

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Ree...

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

1957

Director

7.2
Directing

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's ga...

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

1957

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon

1956

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who ha...

Jubal

Jubal

1956

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly make...

White Feather

White Feather

1955

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surv...

Drum Beat

Drum Beat

1954

Producer, Director, Story

6.0
Producing Directing Writing

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy ...

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954

Director

6.5
Directing

The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-kee...

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

1953

Director

5.6
Directing

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

Treasure of the Golden Condor

Treasure of the Golden Condor

1953

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.

Return of the Texan

Return of the Texan

1952

Director

6.0
Directing

A young widower named Sam Crockett returns from Kansas City to his small hometown in rural Texas, bringing with him his feisty grandfather and two you...

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

1951

Screenplay, Director, Producer

5.7
Writing Directing Producing

Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga's Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and ...

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

1950

Director

6.7
Directing

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians ...

Task Force

Task Force

1949

Writer, Director

7.0
Writing Directing

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the ...

A Kiss in the Dark

A Kiss in the Dark

1949

Director

4.7
Directing

Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.

To the Victor

To the Victor

1948

Director

Directing

An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

1947

Screenplay, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

The Red House

The Red House

1947

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in ...

Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines

1945

Director

6.5
Directing

Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wif...

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944

Screenplay, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...

The Very Thought of You

The Very Thought of You

1944

Screenplay, Director

6.2
Writing Directing

Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory.

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

1943

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in adv...

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...

You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier

1942

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

The Night of January 16th

The Night of January 16th

1941

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interes...

Unexpected Uncle

Unexpected Uncle

1941

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.

Young America Flies

1940

Screenplay

Writing

World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

Safari

Safari

1940

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned ad...

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1940

Story

5.0
Writing

Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Claric...

$1,000 a Touchdown

$1,000 a Touchdown

1939

Screenplay, Story

2.0
Writing

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.

Love Affair

Love Affair

1939

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed ...

Professor Beware

Professor Beware

1938

Writer

6.1
Writing

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 po...

She Married an Artist

She Married an Artist

1937

Screenplay

Writing

Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which p...

The Singing Marine

The Singing Marine

1937

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an a...

The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter

1937

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1936

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and th...

Shipmates Forever

Shipmates Forever

1935

Story, Screenplay

6.5
Writing

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no ...

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory

1935

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Stranded

Stranded

1935

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

Flirtation Walk

Flirtation Walk

1934

Original Story, Screenplay

5.6
Writing

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years ...

Dames

Dames

1934

Screenplay, Story

6.4
Writing

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

No More Women

No More Women

1934

Screenplay, Story

4.5
Writing

Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at ...

Divorce In The Family

Divorce In The Family

1932

as Mr. Humphries

6.0
Acting

A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lo...

Divorce In The Family

Divorce In The Family

1932

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lo...

Shipmates

Shipmates

1931

Adaptation, Dialogue

4.7

A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly rank.

Good News

Good News

1930

as Beef

5.0
Acting

A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

The Bishop Murder Case

The Bishop Murder Case

1929

as Raymond Sperling

5.2
Acting

The 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 h...

So This Is College

So This Is College

1929

Screenplay

4.2
Writing

Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

A Man's Man

A Man's Man

1929

as Delmar Daves (uncredited)

Acting

An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.

The Duke Steps Out

The Duke Steps Out

1929

as Bossy Edwards

5.0
Acting

Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his ha...

The Mating Call

The Mating Call

1928

as Undetermined Role

6.2
Acting

A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership...