Chester Erskine

Chester Erskine

Chester Erskine (November 29, 1905 - April 7, 1986) was a Hollywood and Broadway director, writer, and producer. He was born in Hudson, New York and studied for a short time at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His first directing job was Harlem an 1929 all-black revue. He also directed Spencer Tracy in the play The Last Mile in 1930. Erskine's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi's, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library. In 1932 he began working in Hollywood where his best known work includes the direction of The Egg and I (1947) and the writing of All My Sons (1948). He died in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 83. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chester Erskine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Chester Erskine
  • Popularity: 3.461
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1905-11-29
  • Place of Birth: Hudson, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Честер Эрскин
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Chester Erskine Movies

  • 1953
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    Angel Face

    Angel Face

    7.1 1953 HD

    Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

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  • 1949
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    Take One False Step

    Take One False Step

    5.4 1949 HD

    Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that...

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  • 1949
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    Take One False Step

    Take One False Step

    5.4 1949 HD

    Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that...

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  • 1949
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    Take One False Step

    Take One False Step

    5.4 1949 HD

    Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that...

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  • 1959
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    The Wonderful Country

    The Wonderful Country

    6.1 1959 HD

    Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his...

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  • 1953
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    Split Second

    Split Second

    6.2 1953 HD

    Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.

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  • 1934
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    5.043 1934 HD

    Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the...

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  • 1934
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    5.043 1934 HD

    Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the...

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  • 1952
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    The Belle of New York

    The Belle of New York

    5.6 1952 HD

    In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his...

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  • 1954
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    Witness to Murder

    Witness to Murder

    6.2 1954 HD

    A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

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  • 1948
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    All My Sons

    All My Sons

    6.2 1948 HD

    During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him...

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  • 1952
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    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

    5.8 1952 HD

    George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a...

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  • 1952
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    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

    5.8 1952 HD

    George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a...

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  • 1952
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    A Girl in Every Port

    A Girl in Every Port

    4.8 1952 HD

    After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a...

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  • 1952
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    A Girl in Every Port

    A Girl in Every Port

    4.8 1952 HD

    After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a...

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  • 1947
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    The Egg and I

    The Egg and I

    7 1947 HD

    World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country....

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  • 1947
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    The Egg and I

    The Egg and I

    7 1947 HD

    World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country....

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  • 1947
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    The Egg and I

    The Egg and I

    7 1947 HD

    World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country....

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  • 1936
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    Frankie and Johnnie

    Frankie and Johnnie

    5 1936 HD

    The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.

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  • 1933
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    Master of Men

    Master of Men

    1 1933 HD

    One of ten films that Fay Wray made in 1993 (including King Kong), Master of Men casts her as Kay Walling, a woman who is being ignored by her...

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  • 1934
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    5.043 1934 HD

    Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the...

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  • 1930
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    My Mistake

    My Mistake

    1 1930 HD

    A hired gunman inadvertently targets an undertaker as his next victim, who talks the killer into leaving the undertaker's business card whenever he...

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  • 1948
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    All My Sons

    All My Sons

    6.2 1948 HD

    During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him...

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  • 1970
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    The Invincible Six

    The Invincible Six

    2.7 1970 HD

    Based on the story "The Heroes of Yucca," The Invincible Six features a ragtag group of jewel thieves who become the unofficial guardians of a small...

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  • 1972
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    The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

    The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

    3 1972 HD

    An Irish radical turns East Coast bootlegger during Prohibition.

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  • 1945
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    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    6 1945 HD

    While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for...

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