
Nick Grindé
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Nick Grindé was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grindé graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Throughout his career, Grindé was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. In the mid 1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grindé Papers in its Special Collections.
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Shopworn (1932)
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Menu (1933)
Director

The Devil's Cabaret (1930)
Director

Before I Hang (1940)
Director

How to Sleep (1935)
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Love Is on the Air (1937)
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The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
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Good News (1930)
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The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
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Vanity Street (1932)
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This Modern Age (1931)
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King of Chinatown (1939)
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Million Dollar Legs (1939)
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Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
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Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942)
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Sudden Money (1939)
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Lucky Fugitives (1936)
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Friendly Neighbors (1940)
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Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
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The Captain's Kid (1936)
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No More West (1934)
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Men Without Souls (1940)
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The Desert Rider (1929)
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The Great American Pie Company (1935)
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White Bondage (1937)
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Stone of Silver Creek (1935)
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Under Southern Stars (1937)
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Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
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Beyond the Sierras (1928)
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Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
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Convicted Woman (1940)
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Road to Alcatraz (1945)
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The Girl from Alaska (1942)
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Jailbreak (1936)
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Mountain Moonlight (1941)
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Public Wedding (1937)
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Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
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Girls of the Road (1940)
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Scandal Sheet (1939)
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The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
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Morgan's Last Raid (1929)
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A Woman is the Judge (1939)
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Bum Voyage (1934)
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Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938)
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Riders of the Dark (1928)
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Injun Talk (1946)
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Remote Control (1930)
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The Ballad of Paducah Jail (1934)
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Delinquent Parents (1938)
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Metro Movietone Revue #4 (1930)
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Border Brigands (1935)
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Metro Movietone Revue #3 (1930)
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Mis dos amores (1938)
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Metro Movietone Revue #2 (1929)
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Leo Beers: World Renowned Whistling Songster (1928)
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Wu Li Chang (1930)
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Metro Movietone Revue #1 (1929)
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Van and Schenck: Pennant Winning Battery of Songland (1927)
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Fuzzy Knight and His Little Piano (1928)
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