Screenplay: George Randolph Chester

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by George Randolph Chester. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

1931 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast William Haines · Jimmy Durante · Ernest Torrence · Leila Hyams

Plot Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years. Jimmy's...

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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

1916 · Movie · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Fred Niblo

Cast Fred Niblo · Henry Carson Clarke · Enid Bennett · Eddie Lamb

Plot Two swindlers, Blackie and Rufus, arrive in Battlesburg, Iowa, and con the local townsfolk that they are wealthy businessmen. They use the town's money to establish plans for a factory...

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The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford

1915 · Movie · 280 min. · United States

Direction James Gordon · Leopold Wharton · Theodore Wharton

Cast Burr McIntosh · Max Figman · Lolita Robertson · Allan Murnane

Plot A series of 14 two-reel episodes, each complete in itself, involving the exploits of J. Rufus Wallingford and Blackie Daw, con men extraordinaire.

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The Bolted Door

1923 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

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Trumpet Island

1920 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Tom Terriss

Cast Marguerite De La Motte · Wallace MacDonald · Hallam Cooley · Josef Swickard

Plot Richard moves to a remote island to escape from the memory of Eve, who had been forced to marry another man, but Fate still has more in store.

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Twenty-One

1918 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction William Worthington

Cast Bryant Washburn · Gertrude Selby

Plot A young man trades places with a look alike boxer and learns to fight for what he wants.

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The First Degree

1923 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Frank Mayo · Sylvia Breamer · Philo McCullough · George A. Williams

Plot Sam Purdy, a banker-turned-politician-turned-sheep farmer is repeatedly blackmailed by his half-brother because of their love for a woman named Mary. In July 2020 it was announced by the Chicago Film...

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