The New Howell Theater

presents

The Screenplays of

Ronald L. Ecker




(Note to producers: These unproduced screenplays are currently
available for option or purchase. WGA registered.)







Want a love story? See

Chambers of the Heart

The tragic love story of Soren Kierkegaard and Regine Olsen.

Soren's pursuit of Regine starts here.




Want a romantic comedy? See

Counting the Ways

A young man trying to make it in country music can't catch a break, while his girlfriend makes it without even trying.

The journey to Nashville starts here.




Want a comedy Western? See

Dead Man’s Hand

Past life regression can make your life a bad deal, past and present.

The bad deal starts here.




Want classic horror? See

The Fall of the House of Usher

Murder, madness, and more in a suspenseful adaptation of Poe's horror tale.

The chills start here.




Want comedy/horror? See

Little Red Cells

Ten-year-old Dorian Jarrett has a vampire obsession. A trip to Transylvania, his father hopes, will help prove to Dorian that vampires don't exist.

Dorian is rising from his crate right now.




Want more comedy/horror? See

Night of the Dragon's Blood

What if Hitler survived the war as a vampire?

It all starts in wartime Transylvania.




Want a biblical comedy? See

Of Kings and Concubines

A peasant girl sets out to win the heart of the king. She succeeds, but then things spiral out of control, threatening to bring down the kingdom unless she can help save it.

We start with a biblical mystery.




Want historical drama? See

The Twenty-One Gun Salute

During the Mexican Revolution, a conflict of wills between U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and Mexican dictator Victoriano Huerta leads to a U.S. invasion of Veracruz.

The gunboat diplomacy starts here.




Three Comedy Shorts


A Canterbury Tale

Two Cambridge lads, eager to prove they can outwit a miller who's notorious for cheating his customers, take a sackful of grain to his mill for grinding. The miller also has a horny wife and daughter. (Based on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.)

The grinding starts here.




The Fable of Nathan Gooch

A college boy who can't get a date tries using some animal courtship techniques, with surprising results.

Do you know why lizards do push-ups?




The Trial of William Benton

Pancho Villa has a corpse put on trial before a military tribunal.

Benton starts out asking for trouble.







Enjoy the movie(s)!



For more of Ron's screenplays, including those
written with Kyle Barnett, click here.



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THE NEW HOWELL THEATER is named after the old Howell that once graced Lemon Street in Palatka, Florida, where Ron Ecker grew up, seeing everything at the Howell from Gone with the Wind to Plan 9 from Outer Space.