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E.B. Derr

Production

Biography

Edward Bennett Derr (May 20, 1891 – August 13, 1974), typically credited as E.B. Derr, was an American film producer during the genesis of the sound era. He would produce almost forty films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Derr retired from the film industry in 1943. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

County Fair
7.5

Racetrack drama about a young jockey accused of drugging his horse.

County Fair

1937
Old Louisiana
7.5

The Louisiana Purchase is imminent and Gilmore is smuggling guns into St. Louis so his men can make him Governor of the new Louisiana Territory. But John Colfax fights to defeat Gilmore.

Old Louisiana

1937
Holiday
6.3

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.

Holiday

1930
The Painted Desert
5.2

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?

The Painted Desert

1931
Sin Takes a Holiday
5.6

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from plain to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair.

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930
Lonely Wives
5.3

A highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in mother-in-law tries to keep him in line. When an actor-impersonator comes to see him, the two switch lives.

Lonely Wives

1931
Undercover Agent
4.2

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Undercover Agent

1939
The Deerslayer
7.0

Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are a white family living on an ark in the middle of a lake. The Hurons attack them and Deerslayer enlists the aid of scout Harry March, who is escorting sixty-five brides to the near-by settlement. Deerslayer and Harry are both in love with Judith Hutter, who is secretly in love with Harry. The Hurons succeed in capturing her father and Harry, where-upon Judith's sister Hetty, playing on an Indian superstition never to harm an insane person, feigns madness and makes an escape. Hutter, Judith, Hetty and Princess Wah-Tah return to the ark, where they ate attacked by the waiting Hurons and Hetty is killed. Deerslayer, Harry and the settlement men arrive to time to drive the Hurons away.

The Deerslayer

1943
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7.5

A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.

Secret Evidence

1941
Barefoot Boy
5.4

A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.

Barefoot Boy

1938
Gang Bullets
5.9

A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.

Gang Bullets

1938
Criminals Within
6.5

A young soldier uncovers a ring of spies when he investigates his brother's mysterious murder.

Criminals Within

1941
Her Man
5.2

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

Her Man

1930
Swing High
7.7

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.

Swing High

1930
Beyond Victory
9.0

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

Beyond Victory

1931
Under the Cock-eyed Moon
N/A

Horace and Chester search for peace and quiet in the Arizona desert, with Lizzy, their personalized jalopy. Arriving in a small town they befriend two girls, a crack-pot prospector, and attract the ire of a dangerous outlaw.

Under the Cock-eyed Moon

1930
Pardon My Gun
5.5

Ted is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.

Pardon My Gun

1930
Battle of Greed
6.5

When silver is found in Virginia City, Lawyer John Storm leads a group from Indiana west. He soon has to defend them all in court against a company that is after their claims. Fighting a crooked Judge, he gets a mis-trial by telling how much each of the jurors was bribed. Then he gets the Governor to appoint a new Judge. But just as the retrial opens, the Judge learns his daughter has been kidnaped.

Battle of Greed

1937
Drums of Destiny
7.0

In this war film, set in 1817, an American Army captain searches throughout Spanish-ruled Florida for his brother who has been abducted by an evil Don. En route he begins to romance the daughter of the Don.

Drums of Destiny

1937
My Old Kentucky Home
7.5

Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn't marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.

My Old Kentucky Home

1938