Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Gambler (uncredited)
El abogado James Curtayne (Spencer Tracy), que está superando su adicción al alcohol y que se ha retirado del ejercicio de la abogacía, decide volver para defender a John O'Hara (Arthur Shields) de una acusación de asesinato.
Dill's Lawyer #1 (uncredited)
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Tennis Umpire (uncredited)
Inspirada en la novela homónima de Patricia Higsmith. Durante un viaje en tren, Guy, un joven campeón de tenis (Farley Granger), es abordado por Bruno (Walker), un joven que conoce su vida y milagros a través de la prensa y que, inesperadamente, le propone un doble asesinato, pero intercambiando las víctimas con el fin de garantizarse recíprocamente la impunidad. Así podrían resolver sus respectivos problemas: él suprimiría a la mujer de Guy (que no quiere concederle el divorcio) y, a cambio, Guy debería asesinar al padre de Bruno para que éste pudiera heredar una gran fortuna y vivir a su aire.
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
Drunken Man
Un representante de actrices llega a un pequeño pueblo acompañando al féretro de una joven actriz que acaba de fallecer. Sólo ha podido acabar una película para la que ha sacrificado su salud. Su último deseo fue descansar junto a la iglesia de San Miguel. Mientras su representante ultima el funeral le comunican que la película no se estrenará. El hombre se siente defraudado pues la actriz, de la que estaba enamorado lo dio todo por esa película. De pronto se le ocurre una idea. Gasta todos sus ahorros en alquilar las campanas de todas las iglesias para que toquen durante tres días. Todo el mundo se pregunta que ocurre e incluso la prensa nacional se hace eco del extraño repicar de campanas. Ellas obrarán un pequeño milagro y la felicidad de todo un pueblo.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Después de catorce años en prisión, Frankie abandona la prisión para reencontrarse con su hermano Dave para reclamar su parte del club acordado 14 años atras
Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)
Jeff Bailey, un antiguo detective, regenta una gasolinera en un pequeño pueblo, donde lleva una vida tranquila y sencilla. Sus amores son la pesca y una jovencita con la que quiere casarse. Inesperadamente, recibe la visita de un viejo conocido que le anuncia que el jefe quiere verlo. Bailey se ve entonces obligado a contarle a su novia su turbio pasado.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Victor Grandison es criminólogo y una estrella de la radio; es el tutor de una rica heredera, Matilda, a quien se ha dado por muerta en un naufragio. También tenía una secretaria, a la que han asesinado. Para alegrarle la vida, sus amigos le preparan una fiesta, a la que acude una persona no invitada: el viudo de Matilda, del que nadie sabía nada... todo esto se parece demasiado a su programa de radio.
Concertgoer
Siete bellas jóvenes son encontradas asesinadas. La única coincidencia entre ellas es que todas respondieron a anuncios clasificados. El encargado de la investigación es el inspector Temple (Charles Coburn) de Scotland Yard. Sandra, una amiga de Lucy, la última joven asesinada, le servirá como anzuelo. Bajo la protección de un guardaespaldas (George Zucco), Sandra responderá a todos los anuncios que puedan proporcionar una pista a la policía. La joven asiste a una fiesta, en la que Robert Fleming (George Sanders) intenta chantajearla; a partir de ese momento Temple cree que el caso está resuelto.
Party Guest
Chris Hunter (Ann Sheridan) mata a un intruso que merodeaba por su casa, pero le oculta a su marido y también a su abogado que el hombre era un escultor que fue su amante mientras su marido estaba en la guerra. Para complicar más las cosas, la viuda del escultor conserva una estatua, para la cual Chris Hunter había posado desnuda.
Croupier
Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which leads to the involvement of the girl reporter's father.
Gambling House Bouncer (Uncredited)
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Street Onlooker (uncredited)
Después de servir con una notable falta de distinción en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el cabo Slicker Smith y el soldado Herbie Brown regresan a los Estados Unidos. Desconocido por su amargado sargento Collins, Slicker y Herbie se han traído a la pequeña huérfana de guerra Evie, ocultándola de las autoridades de inmigración. En sus esfuerzos por encontrar un hogar digno para Evie, nuestros héroes vuelven a los trabajos de antes de la guerra como vendedores ambulantes, para hacer después un desastroso intento de recolectar su dinero de los bonos de guerra. También luchan por salvar a Evie de la deportación, evitando por todos los medios al sargento Collins... Secuela de "Los reclutas" ("Buck Privates", 1941).
Jim Lacy
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
Nightclub Patron
La II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) pone a un matrimonio al borde de la ruptura. Cuando empieza el conflicto, ella se marcha a servir a su país, pero, cuando regresa, se encuentra con que su marido está más que interesado por otra mujer. Así las cosas, se plantean el divorcio.
Card Player
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Military Officer in Montage (uncredited)
Es la vigilia de Navidad en Bedford falls, NY, y George Bailey está planeando suicidarse. Pero un ángel es enviado para detenerle en su intento. Él le enseñará a George las cosas maravillosas de su juventud, cómo salvó la vida de su hermano y la de otros que, gracias a haber conocido a George, son felices. Así, nuestro amigo descubrirá que... ¡La vida es realmente un tesoro maravilloso que debemos disfrutar!
Party Guest (uncredited)
Adaptación de la célebre novela de Somerset Maugham. Los horrores de la guerra hacen que Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) lo abandone todo, incluso a los que han formado parte de su vida. Viaja a Europa y después a la India con la intención de encontrar un sentido a su vida.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Una vez terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Swede Lunn, un soldado veterano y boxeador en declive, encuentra dificultades para reincorporarse a la vida civil. Un día conoce a la novia de un gángster, la irresistible y misteriosa Kitty Collins.
Joe
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
Man in Gow's Outer Office (uncredited)
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Anne Crandall es la viuda de un alcalde de una pequeña localidad de Vermont y ahora alcaldesa de la ciudad. Vive con la hija, a la cual crió, y el padre de su difunto marido. Con el fin de encargar una nueva estatua de su difunto esposo, ya que ha sido dañada por un rayo, se desplaza a Nueva York para entrevistarse con un escultor, George Corday, del que se enamora. Estando ambos en una discoteca de dudosa reputación, se ve envuelta en una redada y va a la cárcel al confundirla con la vedette. De vuelta a casa, ella trata de mantener el escándalo en secreto y olvidar a Corday, pero él aparece en la ciudad para construir la estatua.
Club New Yorker Patron (uncredited)
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Sidewalk Barker (uncredited)
Laurel y Hardy dirigen una escuela de danza. Laurel se encarga de los bailes clásicos y Hardy de los modernos. Bob Bailey ha hecho un invento importante, pero no puede casarse con la mujer a la que ama porque el padre de ésta se opone a la boda. Hardy trata de ayudarle en la comercialización del invento y ensaya distintos métodos para hacer dinero. Uno de ellos consiste en suscribir una póliza de seguros a favor de Laurel. Hardy, para cobrar la póliza, se entrevista con una banda de maleantes especialistas en eliminar a personajes asegurados...
Photographer
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
Club Patron (uncredited)
Un tipo adinerado se enamora de la artista de un club nocturno, que a su vez ama a un bailarín. Ante el dilema de casarse por dinero o por amor, ella opta por lo primero. Pero el millonario sufre un accidente, y sueña que se encuentra en la época de Luis XV, y que él es monarca que persigue a madame Du Barry, que, claro está, tiene el rostro de su amada. Simpática comedia musical rodada en technicolor, que combina la época actual con de la Francia cortesana. Cuenta con buenos trabajos de Lucille Ball y Gene Kelly, éste cantando los temas musicales "Do I Love You" y "Song of the Rebellion".
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Un soldado estacionado en una base del ejército quiere casarse con su novia, pero no tienen dinero. Tres compañeras del trabajo de ella quieren volver con sus maridos, y contratan al soldado y a dos de sus amigos para "acompañarlas durante el fin de semana. Los maridos se presentan de repente.
Party Guest
Una inocente muchacha se enamora locamente de un músico que no está interesado por ella.
Angry Man at Hotel Registration Desk
Al teniente Ward Stewart y a su equipo les han asignado una importante misión dentro del submarino Albacore. Investigan a un pequeño barco que resulta ser un Q-ship nazi. Los miembros del Albacore consiguen escapar de la emboscada, pero cuando llegan a Nueva Londres, Stewart y el capitán del submarino se ven envueltos en un triángulo amoroso que afectará a la misión más peligrosa que jamás hayan tenido que afrontar en toda su vida.
Man in Lobby (uncredited)
Una chica de pueblo cambia de identidad para triunfar en Nueva York, y su novio resulta sospechoso de su "desaparición".
Embassy Club Patron (Uncredited)
La ambiciosa Helen Chernen (Ida Lupino) empuja a su joven hermana Katherine (Joan Leslie) a casarse con el frustrado artista de variedades Albert Runkel (Jack Carson) y, de esta forma, las dos mujeres pueden abandonar la sucia ciudad donde viven. El socio de Runkel, Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan), sin embargo, intuye el plan de Helen. Helen continúa conduciendo la carrera de su hermana y finalmente Katherine se convierte en una estrella de Broadway, mientras que las actuaciones de Runkel y Collins se tambalean. Pronto el éxito se le sube a la cabeza a Katherine y se convierte en una chica de vida fiestera. El tiempo pasa y Helen y Katherine se tropiezan con Paul, ahora el líder de una exitosa banda. Katherine y Paul se enamoran. Las dos hermanas tienen finalmente un enfrentamiento en el estreno del último espectáculo de Katherine, cuando ésta descubre que Helen también está enamorada de Paul.
Country Club Guest (uncredited)
Siglo XVII. Cuando Jennifer, acusada de brujería, está a punto de ser quemada en la hoguera, lanza una maldición sobre su acusador: todos sus descendientes serán infelices en sus matrimonios. En 1942, Wallace Wooley, al tiempo que se presenta como candidato a gobernador, está preparando su boda con la presumida de Estelle Masterson. Un rayo golpea el árbol junto al cual fue quemada la bruja y ésta cobra vida. Desde entonces, intentará arruinar la vida de Wallace.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Charlotte Vale, una mujer de mediana edad que pertenece a una familia acomodada de Boston, vive reprimida y totalmente controlada por su dominante e insensible madre. Gracias a la ayuda de un amable psiquiatra, Charlotte consigue recuperar la autoestima y superar sus miedos. Además, se vuelve mucho más extrovertida y empieza a sentirse incluso atractiva. Dispuesta a disfrutar de su nueva vida, hace un crucero por América del Sur y en el barco conocerá a un apuesto arquitecto infelizmente casado.
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
La joven Ruth Sherwood quiere ser periodista a toda costa, así que se traslada de Ohio a Nueva York para ver cumplido su sueño. En el viaje le acompaña su hermana Elena, una aspirante a actriz. Ambas alquilan un humilde apartamento en Greenwich Village, donde se encontrarán con todo tipo de excéntricos personajes. El problema es que nada de lo que escribe Ruth parece ser lo suficientemente bueno para ser publicado, hasta que decide contar sus propias experiencias personales...
Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Durante la campaña para la reelección, el político corrupto Paul Madvig decide limpiar su pasado, rechazando el apoyo del gángster Nick Varna y asociándose con el respetable político reformista Ralph Henry. Cuando el hijo de Ralph, Taylor Henry, un jugador y el amante de la hermana de Pablo Opal, es asesinado, el brazo derecho de Paul, Ed Beaumont, encuentra su cuerpo en la calle. Nick utiliza la situación financiera de The Observer para forzar al editor Clyde Matthews a utilizar el periódico para sembrar la sospecha de que Paul Madvig podría haber matado a Taylor
Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
El mejor autor de novelas del oeste, Bronco Bob Mitchell, nunca ha puesto un pie en el oeste. Un artículo de prensa ha puesto de manifiesto este hecho a sus fans, y su imagen está sufriendo a causa de ello. Por ello decide lavar su imagen haciendo una aparición en un rodeo de caridad de Long Island. Mientras está montado en un caballo, un novillo se escapa y se lanza contra él. No sabiendo qué hacer, una vaquera, Anne Shaw, viene a su rescate y le salva la vida. Mientras tanto, Duke y Willoughby son vendedores de cacahuetes en el rodeo. No son muy buenos en su trabajo, y pronto causan estragos. En una de esas se esconden de su jefe en un vagón de ganado y de pronto se encuentran camino hacia el oeste...
Clayton's Secretary (uncredited)
Ésta es la primera película de la famosa pareja formada por Spencer Tracy y Katharine Hepburn. Él es un periodista deportivo, ella, una periodista política que necesita que le recuerden los placeres simples de la vida. Una inteligente comedia de lucha de sexos llena de química y encanto.
Old Field Inn Patron
Jim is hardly thrilled when his new bride, Ellen, invites an old friend, Randy, over for dinner. Yet Jim turns genuinely dismayed once Randy arrives and turns out to be an insufferable, boorish braggart with bad manners and little self-awareness. That dismay turns to outright annoyance when Jim realizes Randy thinks he has come to stay for the weekend. How much damage to a marriage can one unwanted guest do in the space of one weekend?
Well-Wisher (uncredited)
George Custer (Errol Flynn) llega a la Academia de West Point lleno de arrogancia y vanidad. Su carácter indisciplinado le ocasionará numerosos problemas con sus superiores. A pesar de todo, y debido a la acuciante necesidad de oficiales para la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865), es enviado al frente. Terminada la guerra, se casa con Beth (Olivia de Havilland), pero pronto le asignan un nuevo destino: la guerra contra los indios. Al frente del Séptimo de Caballería, el Teniente Coronel Custer se enfrentará a los indios de Caballo Loco. La campaña termina con la famosa batalla de Little Big Horn (Montana, 1876).
Nightclub patron (uncredited)
Cuando la bella Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) es encontrada asesinada, la policía detiene al empresario Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) para interrogarlo. Frankie había llevado a Vicky de ser mesera a ser aceptada socialmente y había organizado toda su carrera hasta que recibió una oferta de Hollywood, justo antes de su muerte. Sólo la hermana de Vicky, Jill Lynn (Betty Grable) tiene las suficientes pruebas para dirigir las sospechas, que apuntaban todas a Frankie, hacia otro lado. Pero el detective dueño del caso, Ed Cornell (Laird Cregar), parece especialmente interesado en él.
Concert Attendee (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Unos gángters quieren hacer que un grupo de gente abandone una casa donde ellos se han escondido. Para ello intentarán asustarles hasta conseguir que se marchen.
Speakeasy Patron - 100% American (uncredited)
A Kitty Foyle, una humilde chica de Filadelfia, Wyn Strafford, el rico heredero de una influyente familia de la ciudad, le ofrece el puesto de secretaria en la revista que dirige. Jefe y empleada se enamoran, pero las diferencias sociales serán durante años un obstáculo difícil de sortear. Con motivo de una de sus rupturas, Kitty se traslada a Nueva York y se pone a trabajar de dependienta en una perfumería. Allí conoce a Mark, un modesto médico que se enamora de ella, pero Wyn vuelve a irrumpir en su vida.
Birthday Party Guest
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?
Party Guest (uncredited)
La fría y calculadora esposa del propietario de una plantación de caucho en Malasia asesina a un hombre, supuestamente en defensa propia. Pero, de repente, aparece una comprometedora carta cuyo contenido echa por tierra la versión de los hechos de la protagonista.
Croupier (uncredited)
¡Romance AL RITMO DE LA RUMBA ... en este musical mágico de la alegría! La notable película de Abbott y Costello por ser la primera. El equipo juegan un papel de menor importancia, pero robar el cuadro con cinco rutinas clásicas, incluyendo una versión abreviada de "¿Quién es primero?"
Night Club Patron
Margot (Myrna Loy), la editora de una glamurosa revista femenina, para evitar el continuo asedio de sus colegas masculinos y la cólera de sus celosas esposas, decide ponerse un anillo de oro en el tercer dedo de la mano izquierda, haciendo ver que está casada. Todo se complica cuando el artista Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas), harto de sus continuos fracasos con Margot, decide fingir ante todo el mundo ser su marido, que se creía desaparecido hace mucho tiempo.
Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)
Un publicista le pide a su secretaria que se case con ella, por pura conveniencia, para poder cerrar un negocio que tiene entre manos. El pacto conlleva el divorcio inmediato, una vez cerrado el asunto. El problema viene cuando ella rehúsa cumplir con su parte, quiere seguir casada con su 'maridito'.
Reporter (uncredited)
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Burly
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
Nightclub / Dance Extra
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
Nightclub Patron
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Justo antes de Navidad, la joven Lee Leander (Barbara Stanwyck) es arrestada por el robo de una joya y es procesada
por el fiscal John Sargent (Fred McMurray) pero el juicio se pospone hasta después de Navidad.
Sargent acaba sintiendo pena por ella y decide llevarsela con él a casa de su madre. Después de pasar unos dias
juntos, ámbos se enamoran, pero les surge un nuevo problema, como solventar el asunto de la justicia.
Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
West Indies Club Patron (uncredited)
A Nick y a Nora Charles, un matrimonio muy excéntrico, les apasiona ejercer de detectives aficionados. Un día, la familia Charles, después de pasar un fin de semana fuera, regresa a su casa en compañía de un industrial de Long Island que sospecha que alguien quiere matarle, e inmediatamente su temor se hace realidad. Lo peor es que Nick está entre los sospechosos, pero Nora tiene sus propias ideas sobre el caso y se escabulle dentro de un club para buscar pistas.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Estados Unidos, Ley Seca, años 20. Relato sobre los diferentes caminos que siguen tres veteranos que se conocen durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Cuando regresan a América tras luchar por su país, tropiezan con el problema del desempleo y con grandes difícultades económicas. Uno de ellos (Lynn) seguirá con decisión el buen camino; otro (Cagney), amargado por la falta de futuro, no encuentra más salida que el contrabando ilegal de licor; el tercero (Bogart) se convierte en un implacable gángster.
Mug
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Senate Clerk (uncredited)
Jefferson Smith, un joven ingenuo e idealista, que parece fácilmente manipulable, es nombrado senador. Ignora que en Washington tendrá que vérselas con políticos y empresarios sin escrúpulos que le harán perder la fe. Sin embargo, gracias a su secretaria, una joven que conoce muy bien los entresijos de la política, protagoniza en el Senado una espectacular y maratoniana intervención en la que, además de defender apasionadamente la democracia, pone en evidencia una importante trama de corrupción.
Major 'Brownie' Horner (uncredited)
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
Gangster (uncredited)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Man in Line-Up
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Man in Box at Wintergarden (uncredited)
En Nueva York durante los años 20, una cantante lucha por apartar a su novio de los problemas...
Stockbroker
Vernon Castle, que se gana la vida como actor cómico de segunda fila, conoce en una playa a Irene, quien ve en él grandes aptitudes como bailarín. Ambos se enamoran y poco después se casan. Irene convence a Vernon para formar juntos una pareja de baile. Un malentendido les lleva a París, donde en realidad sólo le querían a él para interpretar un grotesco número cómico de vaudeville. La suerte, sin embargo, les sonríe de inmediato: una empresaria pone sus ojos en ellos y les hace debutar en el Café de París. Vernon e Irene triunfan por todo lo alto en el mundo de la moda. Pero estalla la guerra y Vernon siente la necesidad de alistarse.
Party Guest / Racetrack Spectator
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Roger (Uncredited)
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Al (Uncredited)
Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.
Country Club Patron
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
Man in Webb's Office (uncredited)
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
Court Clerk
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Man with Radio Station Manager
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Los Carleton son una familia que, durante años, se ha dedicado al engaño y la estafa de poca monta, pero un día su suerte cambia y tienen que huir de Montecarmelo para no ir a la cárcel. En Londres conocen a una anciana, Doña Fortuna, con quien entablan una relación de amistad. Doña Fortuna está sola en el mundo y posee una gran fortuna, parece la victima perfecta de una estafa... o no?
Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited)
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Los O'Leary son una familia de pioneros cuyos hijos mayores alcanzan poder y notoriedad en la bulliciosa ciudad de Chicago. Jack (Don Ameche) es elegido alcalde con la ayuda de su popular hermano Dion (Tyrone Power), pero ambos hermanos se enfrentan después a causa de sus diferencias de opinión sobre el destino que deben dar a los barrios bajos de Chicago. Usando a su esposa (Alice Faye), una cantante de cabaret, como peón en la disputa, Dion echa leña al fuego de la rivalidad con su hermano hasta que la ciudad entera comienza a tomar partido por el uno o por el otro
Smith Tredgold
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Portia's Co-Counsel
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
Reporter (uncredited)
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
Eddie
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
Extra at Class Reunion (uncredited)
After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed. Her sister, however, is worth considering, until he learns about her gold-digging family.
Traveling Salesman
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
Craig
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
Mr. Walden
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
David Sullivan
Cuando la flota atraca en el puerto de San Francisco, Bake Baker sólo piensa en recuperar a su antigua novia y pareja de baile, Sherry Martin. Mientras tanto, su amigo Bilge Smith mantendrá un romance con Connie, la hermana de Sherrie. Pero las cosas no discurrirán apaciblemente: Bake tiene la costumbre de hacerle perder sus trabajos a Sherrie, y Bilge no parece preparado para sentar la cabeza.
Man in Gambling House (uncredited)
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
Harold
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
The Thief
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
Party Guest
A whodunit set in Budapest, starring Edmund Lowe as a detective investigating the murder of an unemployed vaudeville actor.
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Gilbert Gordon es un compositor que solo tiene de plazo una semana para terminar un musical de Broadway. En su camino para encontrar la inspiración necesaria hallará a una revoltosa muchacha que pilota un avión y que va a estrellarse cerca de donde él se encuentra.
Member of Stock Company (uncredited)
Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
Audience Member (uncredited)
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
Ship Passenger
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.
Racetrack Spectator
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Casino Manager in Nightclub (uncredited)
Ann Grey, condenada por un asesinato que no cometió, escapa cuando un accidente de tráfico le concede la oportunidad. Recibe la ayuda de un joven abogado, que la esconde de la policía con la ayuda de su mayordomo. A la chica también la buscan los mafiosos que cometieron el crimen, pues creen que conoce el paradero de 250.000 dólares en bonos. Cuando los gangsters la secuestran, el abogado pide la ayuda del fiscal del distrito y de la policía.
Man with Doc at Foyot's Bar (Uncredited)
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
Bar Owner Joe Williams (uncredited)
Una mujer de la alta sociedad trata de reformar a su marido, un playboy, tratando de ponerle celoso.
Bar Patron (uncredited)
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Man (uncredited)
Un abogado abandona su profesión para convertirse en agente del gobierno con la intención de descubrir al asesino de su mejor amigo. Las primeras investigaciones le conducen hasta un gángster que fue compañero suyo de la infancia. Mientras resuelve el caso, en escena aparece la hija de su jefe, de la que se enamora locamente.
Roswell T. Forrest
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Man in Getaway Car (uncredited)
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
Wedding guest (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
Dancing Boy (uncredited)
Un director de cine fracasado acepta un trabajo en una academia de interpretación. El director le convence de que utilicen los fondos que ha aportado un joven rico para rodar una película protagonizada por una bonita estudiante...
Charlie
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Un conocido inventor neoyorquino es acusado de varios asesinatos. Cuando llegan a la ciudad un famoso detective y su mujer y se enteran del asunto, ella, movida por el espíritu de aventura, trata de convencer a su marido para que acepte el caso.
Donny Detroit
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
A Son of the Desert (uncredited)
Stan y Ollie se comprometen a asistir a una convención de los “Hijos del Desierto” que coincide con un viaje a las montañas planeado por el matrimonio Hardy. Ollie simula una enfermedad que exige un viaje por mar. Mientras él y Stan disfrutan de la convención, el barco tropieza con una catástrofe.
Hiring Clerk (uncredited)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men es una película inteligente y perceptiva sobre las relaciones de clase que deja suficientes preguntas para que el final sea absolutamente perfecto o absolutamente devastador, dependiendo de tu punto de vista.
Mr. Hill - Assistant Office Manager
A day at the park starts out well when two couples enter a boat race, but things start going south when the boys lose their shirts and one of the girls loses her dress.
Jim Carter
A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
White House Press Correspondent (uncredited)
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Tony
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
Chauffeur
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Henchman with Gun (uncredited)
Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all they succeed in doing is sinking the Admiral's barge. After discharge, broke and out of work, they find work with a boat builder who wants the fastest race boat in the world. They design the boat, carburetor and the engine but lack of money and the foreclosure of the business hinders their efforts to prove the new design.
Muto
Mary Evans es una camarera cuya amistad con Max Carey, un director de cine alcohólico, le permite relacionarse con peces gordos. De esta manera llama la atención del millonario Lonny Borden, un productor de Hollywood cansado de la vida de la costa este y de ser un segundón de Max. (FILMAFFINITY)
George Mason
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dangerous, to keep away from girls, but he decides to open a dude ranch there. He asks his friend Slick, a professional gambler and his wife Kitty, to help him. Slick decides to go there in a cab, driven by shy Jimmy. Jimmy's younger sister Tessie also travels there. There Danny has fallen in love with Molly, but troubles arise for him when the local heavy decides that he doesn't like the ranch and announces running for sheriff. Danny and Slick got the idea that Jimmy would be the ideal candidate, especially because of the fact that the heavy has announced he would kill another sheriff. With some help Jimmy is elected, but Molly leaves Danny with a New York shyster for Mexico. Mitzi, Danny, Kitty, Patsy - Jimmy's sweetheart as well as Jimmy and Slick follow her to win her heart back for Danny, but they are followed by the local heavy and his friend.
Airport Lothario (uncredited)
Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartmenthouse resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him.
Spot Skee
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there until things cool down back in Chi or NYC, or wherever they lammed from.They are welcomed with open arms by the citizens under the impression they are there as capital investors with money to spend. Before long, Darvas figures the town is ripe for the taking and sends word for reinforcements, and each arriving train unloads a few suits and snappy-brim hats.Then they get rough, kill Sheriff Posey Meed and rile up the citizens, led by cowhand Brad Farley, who had Darvas spotted for a wrong number just by the way he made moves on Sue Vancey.
Mr. Mullins, Floor Manager
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
McFall
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions of a Havana saloon singer. Sparks fly as they both try to out do each other in obtaining what they know their opposite is after. In the end they will need to work together in order to save the day.
Mobster (Uncredited)
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did not commit.
Jamison
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.
Pat
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man and becomes jealous.
Al Mastick
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
Reporter (uncredited)
Marion trabaja como secretaria del abogado Hector Ferguson. Jack, cliente de Ferguson se enamora de Marion, y pasados unos meses se casan, pero la familia de él anula el matrimonio justo después de haber tenido ambos un hijo. Ante los problemas, Jack huye pero Ferguson, que ama en secreto a Marion, intentará ayudarla para darle un futuro y un bienestar al niño.
Handcuffed Prisoner at Police Station (uncredited)
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
Dan Willis
Joe Collins (Eddie Quillan) arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
Trumbull
This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. The rest of the film is silent and subtitled. The trouble begins when the hero follows a pretty lady aboard an ocean liner. He boards the ship using the name of his friend who was supposed to take the cruise for health reasons. The friend was told that if he did not board the boat, he would not receive his inheritance. Unfortunately for the hero, a male nurse believes that he is the sick friend and forces him to stay in the cabin and subsist upon a diet of goat's milk.
Jerry's Guest (uncredited)
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.
Basil Worth
Adventures of a marine in China.
Trig Morgan
Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughter.
Steve Carter
Harold Lloyd ayuda al abuelo de su novia en el enfrentamiento que éste tiene con una gran compañía de transportes de Nueva York, a causa de su viejo tranvía de mula.
Reporter
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
Ed Pemberton
Jack Hamill, el pateador y capitán de la Selección de fútbol americano del Shoreham College, ve peligrar su reputación al hacer una inocente visita a una mujer cuyo marido se suicida, y ser falsamente acusado de su asesinato.
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is received by the wrong party. The Girl marries and, poverty-striken, leaves her husband during a snowstorm. Harry takes her in, and minutes later her child is born. He works like a slave for the mother and child, pretending they are his own. Meanwhile, the husband finds her and comes to the shack on Christmas Eve as Harry is preparing to play Santa Claus. Not realizing the unhappiness she is causing him, The Girl thanks him profusely and leaves with her husband. Overcome, Harry sits overnight on the doorstep and the next morning is found frozen stiff except for his eyes--with amusing results.
Harry
Julia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find themselves stranded when the manager is broke. Evicted for not paying the rent, they try various schemes to get food and lodging.
Paul
A smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz, stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz to local girl Anne, because she, as the wife of Jacob Politz, an ill-educated coal miner, believes their son should obtain a college education.
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Acabada la I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), un soldado belga emigra a Estados Unidos para trabajar en un espectáculo circense organizado por un antiguo enemigo, pero sobre todo para encontrar a una desconocida que le escribía cartas de amor cuando estaba en el frente.
Kenneth Slade
Jim Gordon, the son of a proud and loving father, enters the University of California as a student. There he meets Mary Ward, a campus coed who captures his heart on the first day. He becomes close friends with Larry Powell, his roommate, but incurs the wrath of Kenneth Slade, who is unable to take a practical joke. Jim and Larry attend a campus dance with Bessie and Phyllis, two vamps, and through a series of romantic complications Jim tries to convince Mary of his love for her.
Lt. Curtis
U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up a stagecoach with a pair of scissors. And rides out and does so. But the next day, the postmaster, returning from a neighboring town, is also held up and his bodyguard is killed. Ranson is arrested on suspicion and placed on trial. But at the trial suspicion point to Cahill, post trader, and father of Ranson's sweetheart, Mary. In order to save him, Ranson pleads guilty but, in return and knowing that his daughter loves Ranson, Cahill admits he is "The Red Rider." Meanwhile, the real "Red Rider" is still at large.
Taxi Driver
Harry compite en una carrera campo a través para poder pagar el alquiler de su padre… y ganarse a la hija del patrocinador.
Crook in Badger Game
Trusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he becomes a matinee idol on Broadway, she turns a chorus girl.
The College Cad
Harold Lamb es un estudiante novato dispuesto a todo para hacerse popular en la universidad.
Jack Fenton
A loyal dog follows his master to the front in World War One.
First Officer
A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
Bill Evans
McGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn't want to see her son sacrifice his life the way his father did. When she dies, McGee adopts little Elizabeth Stevens, who takes care of him instead of vice versa. Along the way he meets Agnes Evans, a chorus girl, and falls in love.
