Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American

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. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of Joan Blondell and

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, and later directed a number of Westerns, many featuring Randolph Scott. Enright was born in

Anderson, Indiana Anderson, named after Chief William Anderson, is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison County. Anderson ...

, and died in

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, from a

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Partial filmography

As director

*'' Tracked by the Police'' (1927) *'' Jaws of Steel'' (1927) *''

The Girl from Chicago ''The Girl from Chicago'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African-American cast including lead actors Grace Smith and Carl Mahon. The story concerns a federal agent who falls in love ...

'' (1927) *'' Domestic Troubles'' (1928) *'' Song of the West'' (1930) *''

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'' (1930) *''

Dancing Sweeties ''Dancing Sweeties'' (1930) is an American Pre-Code romantic comedy film with music directed by Ray Enright, released by Warner Bros., and starring Grant Withers and Sue Carol. The film is based on the story ''Three Flights Up'' by Harry Fried ...

'' (1930) *''

Scarlet Pages ''Scarlet Pages'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Fergu ...

'' (1930) *'' Play Girl'' (1932) *''

Blondie Johnson ''Blondie Johnson'' is a 1933 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell and Chester Morris. It was produced by Warner Bros. Plot Set during the Great Depression, Blondie Johnson (Joan Blondell) quits her ...

'' (1933) *'' Tomorrow at Seven'' (1933) *'' Havana Widows'' (1933) *'' I've Got Your Number'' (1934) *''

Twenty Million Sweethearts ''Twenty Million Sweethearts'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, and The Mills Brothers. The film was remade in 1949 as '' My Dream Is Yours''. Plot Ag ...

'' (1934) *'' The Circus Clown'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *''

The St. Louis Kid ''The St. Louis Kid'' is a 1934 drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring James Cagney. Plot A truck driver A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster, or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Aus ...

'' (1934) *'' While the Patient Slept'' (1935) *'' Traveling Saleslady'' (1935) *''

Alibi Ike ''Alibi Ike'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland and William Frawley. Based on the short story of the same name by Ring Lardner, first published in the ''Saturday Evening ...

'' (1935) *'' Miss Pacific Fleet'' (1935) *'' We're in the Money'' (1935) *'' Snowed Under'' (1936) *''

Earthworm Tractors ''Earthworm Tractors'' is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown and June Travis. The film is also known as ''A Natural Born Salesman'' in the United Kingdom. The film is based on characters created by William Ha ...

'' (1936) *'' China Clipper'' (1936) *'' Ready, Willing, and Able'' (1937) *'' Slim'' (1937) *'' The Singing Marine'' (1937) *''

Swing Your Lady ''Swing Your Lady'' is a 1938 country musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, and Louise Fazenda. Ronald Reagan is also in the cast in one of his early roles. Daniel Boone Savage, a professional wres ...

'' (1938) *'' Gold Diggers in Paris'' (1938) *'' Hard to Get'' (1938) *'' Going Places'' (1938) *''

The Angels Wash Their Faces ''The Angels Wash Their Faces'' is a 1939 Warner Bros. film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan and the Dead End Kids. Plot Gabe Ryan is released from reform school and is taken to a new house by his sister Joy to s ...

'' (1939) *'' On Your Toes'' (1939) *'' Brother Rat and a Baby'' (1940) *'' Teddy, the Rough Rider'' (1940 short) *''

An Angel from Texas ''An Angel from Texas'' is a 1940 comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Bertram Millhauser. The film stars Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. The film was released by Warn ...

'' (1940) *'' The Wagons Roll at Night'' (1941) *'' Bad Men of Missouri'' (1941) *'' Law of the Tropics'' (1941) *'' Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' (1942) *'' The Spoilers'' (1942) *'' Sin Town'' (1942) *'' Gung Ho!'' (1943) *'' China Sky'' (1945) *'' Man Alive'' (1945) *'' One Way to Love'' (1946) *''

Trail Street ''Trail Street'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys and George "Gabby" Hayes. Based on the novel ''Golden Horizons'' by William Corcoran, and a screenplay by Norman Hou ...

'' (1947) *''

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'' (1948) *''

Coroner Creek ''Coroner Creek'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott and Marguerite Chapman. It was based on the novel of the same name by Luke Short. Plot After his fiancée is abducted from a stagecoach and e ...

'' (1948) *'' Return of the Bad Men'' (1948) *'' South of St. Louis'' (1949) *''

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'' (1950) *'' Kansas Raiders'' (1950) *''

Flaming Feather ''Flaming Feather'' is a 1952 Technicolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Sterling Hayden. The film was shot on location around Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Arizona, and at the Montezuma Castle National Monument near Sedona ...

'' (1952) *'' The Man from Cairo'' (1953)

As screenwriter

*'' Gold Dust Gertie'' (1931) *''

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'' (1931)

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