Writer/director Rian James came to Hollywood in 1932 to adapt his novel Love is a Racket to the screen. Thereafter, James trafficked in racy crime yarns and mysteries at Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount and Hal Roach. In 1946, he ventured to Mexico to script La Otra, wherein Dolores Del Rio played good and bad twins; the film was remade in 1964 as Dead Ringer, with Bette Davis. In addition, Rian James turned director for a 1933 Charles "Buddy" Rogers vehicle, Best of Enemies.
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Dead Ringer
Short Story Author |
1964 | |||
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La Forteresse
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Whispering City
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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La Otra
Short Story Author |
1946 | |||
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Eve Knew Her Apples
Screenwriter |
1945 | |||
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Not a Ladies Man
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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Parachute Nurse
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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This Time for Keeps
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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Broadway Limited
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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Down Argentine Way
Short Story Author |
1940 | |||
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Turnabout
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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The Gorilla
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Submarine Patrol
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Exclusive
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Internes Can't Take Money
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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The Witness Chair
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Walking on Air
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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We're Only Human
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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It Happened in New York
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Redheads on Parade
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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To Beat the Band
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Bedside
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Gift of Gab
Actor, Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Big Shakedown
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Dragon Murder Case
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The White Parade
Book Author, Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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42nd Street
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Best of Enemies
Director |
1933 | |||
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Central Airport
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Lawyer Man
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Man Killer
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Parachute Jumper
Short Story Author |
1933 | |||
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She Had to Say Yes
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Crooner
Short Story Author |
1932 | |||
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Hat Check Girl
Book Author |
1932 | |||
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Love Is a Racket
Book Author |
1932 |


