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David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer.
MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landowner. His intention was to become a doctor but changed his mind and aged 17 went to Malaya to work on a rubber plantation for seven and a half years. When he had leave to return to Scotland, he travelled via Hollywood and became interested in filmmaking. He returned to Malaya and worked at a plantation in Kedah. According to one story, while in Malaya he met Douglas Fairbanks who encouraged MacDonald to try his luck in Hollywood.
MacDonald broke into Hollywood by getting a job as technical adviser on a film Prestige. After that he was out of work for nine months.
He eventually gained a job working for Cecil B. DeMille. MacDonald worked as DeMille's assistant on The Sign of the Cross (1932), Four Frightened People (1934), Cleopatra (also 1934) and The Crusades (1935). He worked on Lives of a Bengal Lancer (also 1935) with Henry Hathaway. He also worked for King Vidor and Raoul Walsh. He returned to England with Walsh when the latter came to direct O.H.M.S. (1937) and elected to stay.
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Total trailers found: 47
01 January 1938
Skulduggery is on the menu after a bishop hands over a cathedral’s rebuilding fund to a shady businessman.
20 September 1949
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".
22 July 1941
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940.
01 February 1962
A bashful bank clerk who fancies himself a scientist discovers a method to make gold, which arouses the greed of unscrupulous businessmen, forcing him to overcome his nerves and rescue his girlfriend who has been kidnapped to force him to sell.
01 December 1952
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
04 May 1940
A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....
17 September 1953
Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency
01 October 1937
A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convinced of his innocence and with a journalist investigates the crime.
01 March 1937
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
01 September 1952
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
06 July 1940
On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs.
07 March 1951
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer.
08 November 1939
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
18 April 1949
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
02 August 1958
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart.
04 May 1936
Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up the feds, Lanny tackles a baffling espionage case.
28 April 1948
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime.
01 July 1939
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
05 October 1934
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
23 March 1948
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
08 March 1958
Comprised of 4 episodes from the unsold TV series "The Veil" (1958) - "Summer Heat," "Genesis," "Food on the Table," and "Jack the Ripper.
04 December 1939
Popular comedian Claude Dampier is seen at his best here, as he disrupts the sedate peace of Victorian England in his attempt to help a village blacksmith win both a bicycle race and the girl.
16 September 1938
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
25 November 1982
In Paul's family, there is always talk about needing more money. The tension in the household over lack of funds weighs heavily on Paul's young mind.
14 October 1957
The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter.
14 September 1967
Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.
12 April 1943
A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here".
01 January 1955
A compilation film of 3 episodes of the television series "The Vise":- (i) "Cruel Test" (ii) "Death "
01 November 1961
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts.
03 April 1936
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
01 May 1954
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.
01 January 1958
Esther and her sister Jennifer have just taken a remote country cottage. But there is strange gossip about the previous occupants.
12 October 1949
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
14 December 1955
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression.
07 May 1947
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
23 July 1937
An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.
21 June 1950
In colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs operating along the notorious Cairo Road.
30 March 1939
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy.
02 January 1940
Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during World War II finds the Nazis don't respect the lightships' humanitarian purpose.
01 February 1938
The middle aged matron at a Norwich school wins a large prize in a French lottery. She is murdered in London and the murderer's secretary impersonates her and draws the old lady's prize money.
01 October 1954
First episode of the television series "The Vise" (1954)
01 June 1938
There is a crisis in suburban politics because of a store magnate's plans to build a warehouse on the site of the local allotments.
01 January 1955
A compilation film of 3 episodes of the television series "The Vise" – "Behind The Mask", "The Deception" and "Broken Honeymoon".
17 December 1954
A compilation of episodes from the TV series "The Vise" – "Set a Murderer" and "Yellow Robe".
01 January 1955
Two crime drama tales of plans for a murder gone wrong. In the first story, a man plots to murder his daughter's blackmailer and then himself.
