Chester Erskine

Chester Erskine

Total Credits at Criticker: 7 (Director), 10 (Writer)

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    Androcles and the Lion
    Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life. Androcles and a number of other Christians are evenutally arrested and condemned to death in the arena. They are to die by being eaten by lions. Is it too much to hope that one of the lions may have a paw that has healed recently and might remember who helped heal it? (imdb)
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    The Egg and I
    On their wedding night Bob informs his new bride Betty that he has bought a chicken farm. An abandoned chicken farm, to be exact, which is obvious when the two move in. Betty endures Bob's enthusiasm for the rural life, rustic inconveniences, and battling nature, but her patience is severely tested when glamorous neighbor Harriet Putnam seems to set her sights on Bob. (imdb)
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    A Girl in Every Port
    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 pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated. (imdb)
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    Midnight
    A jury foreman feels responsible for the upcoming execution of a murderess who killed her lover. When it seems that his daughter is responsible for the murder of her lover, he suffers from mental anguish. (mandy)
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    Take One False Step
    Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. Next day Catherine is missing, believed killed; friend Martha convinces Andrew that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested. But this only puts Andrew in a more deadly kind of danger. (imdb)
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    Frankie and Johnnie
    This low-budget musical drama is based on the famous song and tells the story of Frankie, a cat-house singer (famed singer Helen Morgan), and the naive country boy Johnny who comes to St. Louis to seek his fortune. They fall in love and marry. Unfortunately, the country boy learns fast and soon begins fooling around with the sexy Nellie Bly. It is a tragic mistake, for when Frankie tires of his philandering she opts to stop Johnny with a bullet. (allmovie.com)
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    Irish Whiskey Rebellion
    IRA veteran Harry arrives at Fire Island, New York, where he intends to land a shipment of contraband whiskey. He must evade both the brutal Coast Guard and the representative of the local crime syndicate.
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