James Rennie

James Rennie

Born: April 18, 1889
Died: July 31, 1965
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Movies for James Rennie...

A Bell for Adano
Title: A Bell for Adano
Character: Lt. Col. Sartorius
Released: June 21, 1945
Type: Movie
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
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Wilson
Title: Wilson
Character: Jim Beeker
Released: August 1, 1944
Type: Movie
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.
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Now, Voyager
Title: Now, Voyager
Character: Frank McIntyre
Released: October 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
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Tales of Manhattan
Title: Tales of Manhattan
Character: H.R. 'Hank' Bronson (Robinson sequence)
Released: August 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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Skylark
Title: Skylark
Character: Ned Franklyn
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
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The Little Damozel
Title: The Little Damozel
Character: Recky Poole
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
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The Divorce Racket
Title: The Divorce Racket
Character: Detective Malcom 'Duke' Ayres
Released: October 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Assigned to investigate a lawyer's murder, a detective finds that his chief suspect is his own secretary--who is also the woman he loves.
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Party Husband
Title: Party Husband
Character: Jay Hogarth
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its premature end. Fellow Ziegfield alum Mary Doran plays the coquette whose intended conquest of the free-thinking hubby (James Rennie) starts to throw the couple’s “understanding” awry.
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Illicit
Title: Illicit
Character: Richard 'Dick' Ives II
Released: February 14, 1931
Type: Movie
Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.
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The Lash
Title: The Lash
Character: David Howard
Released: December 14, 1930
Type: Movie
A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.
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The Girl of the Golden West
Title: The Girl of the Golden West
Character: Dick Johnson
Released: October 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison.
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The Bad Man
Title: The Bad Man
Character: Gilbert Jones
Released: September 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Film version of a play about a Mexican bandit.
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Title: An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
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Clothes Make the Pirate
Title: Clothes Make the Pirate
Character: Lieutenant Cavendish
Released: March 15, 1926
Type: Movie
A disgruntled 18th century Bostonian who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken for the real pirate, Dixie Bull. More importantly, Errol "slays" the villain and puts his foot upon the pirate's head. This is more than enough and he heads back home to his unappreciated wife
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Title: Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Character: Philippe
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Paris and New York.
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Argentine Love
Title: Argentine Love
Character: Philip Sears
Released: December 22, 1924
Type: Movie
While his daughter, Consuelo, is visiting the United States, Emanuel García, the Mayor of Alcorta in the Argentine, arranges for her marriage to Juan Martin, in return for Martin's financial assistance. On her return, Consuelo, who is in love with Philip Sears, an American engineer working in Argentina, refuses Juan but gives no reason. Juan is furious with outraged pride and soon kills Rafael Cornejo, the son of a senator, when he flirts with Consuelo.
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Restless Wives
Title: Restless Wives
Character: James Benson
Released: January 6, 1924
Type: Movie
1924 picture directed by Gregory La Cava.
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His Children's Children
Title: His Children's Children
Character: Lloyd Maitland
Released: November 4, 1923
Type: Movie
Follows three generations of the Mayne family through the year 1921-22. The 81-year-old patriarch reminisces about his rough beginnings in post-Civil War railroading, son Rufus rides rough waters as a wealthy financier, and his wife and three daughters muddle through their New York high society life.
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Mighty Lak' a Rose
Title: Mighty Lak' a Rose
Character: Jimmy Harrison
Released: February 12, 1923
Type: Movie
A blind orphan, Rose Duncan, who has a special talent with the violin. Jerome Trevor, a famed pianist, hears her playing and sends her to an uncle in New York so she can become educated. But the uncle is killed in an accident on his way to meet her and she is taken in by gang leader Bull Morgan. Morgan pretends to be her uncle to elude the police, and he sees the value of keeping her around as cover.
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Flying Pat
Title: Flying Pat
Character: Robert Van Nuys
Released: November 11, 1920
Type: Movie
Wild flapper Patricia Van Nuys decides to become a pilot like her husband Robert, but with a difference--she wants to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane. Capt. Endicott, a friend of Robert's, offers to teach her how to fly. One day while aloft in the plane, the craft takes a sudden nosedive and crashes. The pair walk away uninjured and find shelter in a roadhouse. Robert, upon hearing of this, becomes jealous of Pat's spending so much time with Endicott, which angers Pat. She decides to leave Robert and slips out of the house to catch an evening train, but unfortunately, Endicott is also aboard the train. Robert finds out about that, too. Complications ensue.
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Remodeling Her Husband
Title: Remodeling Her Husband
Character: Jack Valentine
Released: June 13, 1920
Type: Movie
After she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield discovers that her husband's reputation as a flirt is well deserved when she sees him riding in a taxi with a strange woman. Jaine sets out to remodel her husband into the man she wants.