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Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 31 (Director), 50 (Writer)
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Berth Marks
Berth Marks (1929) - Short Film
Big-time (so they think) vaudeville stars Stanley and Oliver take the train to Pottsville, their next booking. On board, they bumble into the wrong sleeping compartment, startling a semi-dressed woman. Her irate husband mistakes another passenger for the intruder and starts a coat-ripping free- for-all. The boys spend the rest of the trip trying to squeeze themselves into their cramped single upper berth. (imdb)
Men O\
Men O'War (1929) - Short Film
Two sailors on leave, Stanley and Oliver meet two girls at a park and invite them to have a soda. Unfortunately, the boys have only enough money to split theirs, a point which Oliver can't seem to get across to his friend. That problem is solved when Stanley hits the jackpot on a slot machine. Now with enough money to hire a boat, they start a battle-royal with other boaters, with everybody eventually winding up in the lake. (imdb)
Bacon Grabbers
Stan & Ollie find work as debt collectors. Their first assignment is to collect a late payment on a radio set. The owner refuses to pay the debt, so Stan & Ollie decide to reclaim the set. The owner will not let the duo in to reclaim the radio, and a fight breaks out as Stan & Ollie try to break in while the owner tries his hardest to keep them out. (imdb)
The Bold and the Brave
The film traces the destinies of three American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Fairchild (Corey) is an idealistic soul who doesn't believe in killing. Preacher is a religious bigot, who can't see anything in terms other than Good and Evil. The most intriguing (and entertaining) member of the trio is Dooley (Rooney), an inveterate gambler who runs a floating crap game up and down the Italian front. (imdb)
Manhandled
The secretary to a phony psychiatrist finds herself caught up in the murder of a patient's wife and realizes that her life is also in danger. (imdb)
Cavalry Charge
Two brothers who are not the best friends because they were fighting on different sides during the Civil War have to cooperate in order to defend themselves against an attack of indians. (imdb)
Dakota Incident
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off. (imdb)
Jamaica Run
Promoter William Montague wants to buy the estate owned by the Daceys, Mrs. Dacey and her daughter Ena and son Todd, in order to build a resort hotel. When they turn him down, he produces a couple of distant relatives, Janice and Robert Clayton, and sets about to prove that the estate rightfully belongs to them... (imdb)
Tonka
In Dakota territory in the 1870s, White Bull, a young Sioux, proves his manhood by catching and training a wild colt he names Tonka. When a cruel cousin claims the horse as the privilege of rank, White Bull lets Tonka go. The horse ends up in the hands of a captain in the US cavalry about the time that Sitting Bull gathers the tribes to confront the growing US presence, epitomized by the bigoted General Custer... (imdb)
Unaccustomed As We Are
Oliver surprises his wife by bringing his pal, Stanley, home for dinner. After exploding at both men, Mrs. Hardy leaves them to fend for themselves. Mrs. Kennedy from across the hall tries to help them, which ends up being misunderstood by Mr. Kennedy, a jealous police officer! (imdb)
The Eagle and the Hawk
1863. Texas Ranger Todd Croyden and Union spy Whitney Randolph cross into Mexico to investigate a growing struggle for power between the French-supported Maximilian and the native-born Benito Juarez. In Mexico they meet General Liguras, who is loyal to Juarez, and the beautiful Madeline -- daughter of or wife to the powerful and manipulative Basil Danzeeger. Croyden falls for Madeline but soon runs afoul of Danzeeger who condemns him to be pulled apart between two horses. (imdb)
Double Whoopee
Stanley and Oliver, in their new jobs as footman and doorman at a ritzy hotel, wreak their usual havoc on the guests, including partially undressing a swanky blonde guest and repeatedly escorting a haughty Prussian nobleman into an empty elevator shaft. (imdb)
Hong Kong
An ex-GI tries to steal a valuable antique from an orphan in China.
Crashout
The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot. (imdb)
Crosswinds
Adventurer tries to recover gold from sunken plane. (imdb)
El Paso
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. (imdb)
Angora Love
Angora Love (1929) - Short Film
Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord. (imdb)
Those Redheads from Seattle
A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Alaska during the Gold Rush to find their fortune. (imdb)
Tropic Zone
Ronald Reagan saves Rhonda Fleming's banana plantation and roughs up some bad guys as expatriate freedom-fighter Dan McCloud. (imdb)
Passage West
In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns. Tensions and hardships grow as the travelers continue to trek toward California across dry, desolate country. (imdb)
The Lucky Stiff
A lawyer tries to clear the name of a glamorous nightclub singer, accused of murdering her boss.
The Sign of Zorro
The wealthy and debonair Don Diego return home, in the Mission era of Spanish California, to the pueblo known as Reina de Los Angeles. There he finds that the lives and freedom of the citizens are constantly threatened by an oppressive military tyrant, Captain Monastario and his Lancers. Diego makes it his mission to put an end to the oppression along the King's Highway. He dons a mask and a cloak and becomes the fearless freedom rider known as Zorro. (imdb)
Captain China
Charles Chinnough, aka Captain China, washed ashore off his ship during a storm, is later rescued, but is relieved of duty when his former first mate, Brendensen (who thought he was dead), and two aides, testify falsely against him in a hearing concerning the loss of his ship. Seeking to clear his name, he books passage on a ship commanded by Brendsen.He and Brendensen both fall for a passenger, Kim Mitchell. (imdb)
Armored Car
A detective goes undercover to break up a hijacking ring. (imdb)
She\
A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves. (imdb)
The Man Who Cried Wolf
An actor continually confesses to murders he didn't commit, figuring that the police won't believe him when he confesses to a murder that he actually does intend to commit. (imdb)
Second Hand Kisses
Knockabout comedy in which woman marries widower each having a child of their own which the other knows nothing about.
The Itching Hour
Comedy spoof of THE CAT AND THE CANARY.
Knights Before Christmas
Karl Dane and his pal come home for a disastrous Christmas.
Dumbbells in Derbies
Karl Dane & George K. Arthur enter a gangster town.
Lime Juice Nights
Karl Dane & George K. Arthur trading places while dining.
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