Movies by Elisabeth Risdon

Love in a Wood

Love in a Wood

The film is a contempary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.

Bannerline

Bannerline

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.

The Secret Fury

The Secret Fury

The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

The King Steps Out

The King Steps Out

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

The Girl from Mexico

The Girl from Mexico

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.

I Live on Danger

I Live on Danger

A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.

A Song for Miss Julie

A Song for Miss Julie

Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.

Grissly's Millions

Grissly's Millions

An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.

Guard That Girl

Guard That Girl

Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a client of his who is to inherit three-million dollars the next Thursday. He tells them he has reason to believe the girl is in danger from five relatives who stand to benefit from her death.

Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever

Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally, a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.

The Mother of Dartmoor

The Mother of Dartmoor

A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.

Full Confession

Full Confession

A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.

Mama Loves Papa

Mama Loves Papa

A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood's scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.

Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back

A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.

Mountain Justice

Mountain Justice

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.

Sorority House

Sorority House

A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.

Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.