Emory Johnson
Directing
Biography
No biography available for Emory Johnson.
Born: March 16, 1894
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
The Right to Be Happy
Considered to be lost.
Polly of the Storm Country
Polly Hopkins belongs to a family of squatters living in Silent City. The poor squatters are constantly at odds with the wealthy "hilltoppers," but Polly's grandmother has gone against popular opinion by teaching Polly to love everybody. Polly keeps the faith, even when her sister's husband is railroaded into jail.
Romance on the High Seas
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
What Came to Bar Q
Charles Clemens, a ranch owner, sends a letter to Fred Church, his foreman, informing him that his son and daughter are coming to spend their vacation on the ranch. Church and the boys meet the stage, and to their amazement and secret joy, find that the boy is very effeminate. What the boys do to Clarence is a scream, hut his sister, who is more of a boy than he is, gets even with them for hazing her brother, and the boys are forced to take off their hats to her.
Johanna Enlists
A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
The Sea Lion
When his long-suffering wife leaves him, the hard-driving captain of a whaling ship turns bitter and takes out his anger, resentment and frustrations on all those around him, leading to tensions with his crew that come up to the point of mutiny.
The Good-for-Nothing
The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and when son Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management. Gilbert's love for the high life led him away from his duties, and it was nothing unusual for him to spend six nights out of the week with questionable company. Early one morning, intoxicated, Gilbert finds his way to his home. His father reprimands him and finally puts him out of the house, telling him "never to return."
The Last Edition
A twenty-year veteran of the printing room of The San Francisco Chronicle is passed up for a promotion at the same time his son is accused of graft and involved in scandal. The historical landmarks of old San Francisco are present: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, City Hall and the Pickwick Hotel-- but they don't distract from the dramatic and emotional perforamces at the film's center.
The Circus of Life
A man is tormented by the thought that his wife's child might not be his.
The Way of the World
Gubernatorial candidate Walter Croyden is in love with Beatrice, but he acts obnoxiously when he drinks, so she flees to Europe to re-evaluate the relationship.
Filmography
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
as Newspaper Employee - Cameo Appearance
as Herbert Boone
as Tom Walton
as James Randolph
as William Lattimer
as Robert Robertson
as Robert Winston
as Kent Whitney
as David Remington
as John Collins
as Emory Hewitt
as Mike Moran
as Gerald Wantage
as Lt. Frank Le Roy
as Morgan Hunter
as Howard Grey
as Pepe Rey Don Jose
as Kenneth Scott
as Fred
as Wade Hildreth
as Tom Boling
as Tommie
as Marcel
as Fred, Scrooge's Nephew
as Stephen
as Mason Van Horton
as Westie Phillips
as Charles Dalton
as Robert Goodman
as Jose Garcia
as Walter Croyden
as Hamilton Powers
as Sandy Morton
as Flores
as Roy Turner
as Emery Rawlins
as The Escort
as A Soldier
as Clarence Clemens