DeWitt Jennings

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65.

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Alibi (1929)

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland West
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Harry Stubbs  •  Mae Busch  •  Eleanor Griffith

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland West
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Harry Stubbs  •  Mae Busch  •  Eleanor Griffith

Movie Crazy (1932)

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clyde Bruckman
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Constance Cummings  •  Kenneth Thomson  •  Louise Closser Hale

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clyde Bruckman
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Constance Cummings  •  Kenneth Thomson  •  Louise Closser Hale

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

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Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Clark Gable  •  Franchot Tone  •  Herbert Mundin

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Clark Gable  •  Franchot Tone  •  Herbert Mundin

The Secret Six (1931)

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George W. Hill
CAST:  Wallace Beery  •  Lewis Stone  •  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Jean Harlow

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George W. Hill
CAST:  Wallace Beery  •  Lewis Stone  •  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Jean Harlow

The Big House (1930)

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George W. Hill
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Wallace Beery  •  Lewis Stone  •  Robert Montgomery

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George W. Hill
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Wallace Beery  •  Lewis Stone  •  Robert Montgomery

Min and Bill (1930)

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George W. Hill
CAST:  Marie Dressler  •  Wallace Beery  •  Dorothy Jordan  •  Marjorie Rambeau

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George W. Hill
CAST:  Marie Dressler  •  Wallace Beery  •  Dorothy Jordan  •  Marjorie Rambeau

Two Arabian Knights (1927)

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Mary Astor  •  Louis Wolheim  •  Ian Keith

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Mary Astor  •  Louis Wolheim  •  Ian Keith

Arrowsmith (1931)

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Helen Hayes  •  A.E. Anson  •  Clarence Brooks

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Helen Hayes  •  A.E. Anson  •  Clarence Brooks

The Big Trail (1930)

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Marguerite Churchill  •  El Brendel  •  Tully Marshall

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Marguerite Churchill  •  El Brendel  •  Tully Marshall

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Fay Wray  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Frank McHugh

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Fay Wray  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Frank McHugh

I Dream Too Much (1935)

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Henry Fonda  •  Lucille Ball  •  Eric Blore

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Henry Fonda  •  Lucille Ball  •  Eric Blore

Night Court (1932)

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Walter Huston  •  Anita Page  •  Lewis Stone

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Walter Huston  •  Anita Page  •  Lewis Stone

A Wicked Woman (1934)

A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Mady Christians  •  Jean Parker  •  Charles Bickford  •  Betty Furness

A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Mady Christians  •  Jean Parker  •  Charles Bickford  •  Betty Furness

Within the Law (1923)

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Lew Cody  •  Eileen Percy  •  Jack Mulhall

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Lew Cody  •  Eileen Percy  •  Jack Mulhall

The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)

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

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Pert Kelton  •  El Brendel  •  James Gleason

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

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Pert Kelton  •  El Brendel  •  James Gleason

A Dog of Flanders (1935)

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sloman
CAST:  Frankie Thomas  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Helen Parrish  •  Ann Shoemaker

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sloman
CAST:  Frankie Thomas  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Helen Parrish  •  Ann Shoemaker

Village Tale (1935)

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Kay Johnson  •  Arthur Hohl  •  Robert Barrat

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Kay Johnson  •  Arthur Hohl  •  Robert Barrat

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Ann Dvorak  •  John Beal  •  Ray Mayer

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Ann Dvorak  •  John Beal  •  Ray Mayer

The Daring Young Man (1935)

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Mae Clarke  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Sidney Toler

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Mae Clarke  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Sidney Toler

This Is My Affair (1937)

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President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy
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