Dr. Granden
Cuando un hombre joven acepta competir con un caballo maravilloso, un jugador deshonesto tiene planes de sabotear el concurso.
Tenant (uncredited)
En un momento de gran auge del poder de la mafia, Walter Brown debe acompañar a una mujer para que testifique en un juicio en Los Ángeles. Ella es la viuda de un gángster que ha sido asesinado. La Mafia, sin embargo, está dispuesta a evitar la comparecencia de la mujer al precio que sea... (FILMAFFINITY)
Picked-pocket Customer
Con el fin de conseguir una exitosa temporada, el empresario circense Brad Bramen, contrata al famoso trapecista Sebastián para emparejarlo con Holly, una de las trapecistas favoritas del público.
Coroner (uncredited)
Lloyd y su esposa Linda viajan en tren camino a Los Ángeles. Al pasar por Las Vegas él le propone pararse y pasar unos días allí, idea que ella acepta contrariada, debido a hechos de su pasado. Una vez allí Lloyd juega frenéticamente y no para de perder dinero. Además, la policía le detiene acusándolo de la muerte del propietario del casino.
Produce Company Proprietor (uncredited)
En plena Guerra Fría, unos terroristas comunistas se han infiltrado en los Estados Unidos. Se han instalado en un pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra y desde allí intentan un ataque bacteriológico para apoderarse del país.
Hawai, verano de 1942. Los aviones surcando constantemente el cielo contrastan con la placidez de las playas y ponen de manifiesto una trágica realidad: la guerra. Los japoneses dominan las islas hasta Guadalcanal. El mayor Dan Kirby es nombrado comandante del escuadrón de combate VMF-247, noticia que no es muy bien recibida por los soldados, que esperaban el ascenso de Carl Griffin, su capitán. Los caracteres de Kirby y Griffin chocan al principio, aunque el capitán irá descubriendo poco a poco el valor y la entereza de Kirby, sobre todo cuando deban emprender la gran batalla del Pacífico.
Ryan
An out of work racehorse trainer is adopted by the daughters of a wealthy breeder and trains a cast-off horse for the big race of the season.
Man Yelling from Apartment House (uncredited)
Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) es testigo de un asesinato mientras pasea una noche a su perro. El inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) le pide que declare ante el gran jurado, pero Frank decide huir. Su mujer, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), que además piensa que en realidad huye de un matrimonio fracasado, obtiene la ayuda de un periodista, Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe), para localizar a su marido. Pero ellos no son los únicos que le están buscando...
Merchant
Omar, se opone al tirano príncipe Murad. Para evitar que Murad se case con Schaharazade, Omar se casa con ella engañándola. Cuando el truco es descubierto, tanto el príncipe y la princesa quiere la cabeza de Omar.
Racing Secretary
"Ma" Ryan, who runs a burger stand at the county fair, asks daughter Loretta to put a bet on a horse that Loretta's boyfriend Tommy is riding. Unfortunately, Loretta mistakenly places the bet on the wrong horse. When she discovers her error she tries to get the cashier to exchange the ticket for the horse she wanted, but the cashier refuses. Peter Brennan, standing in back of her in line, buys the ticket for the horse Loretta wants and then exchanges it with her. It turns out that Peter is from a wealthy family that owns racehorses, and Peter is a horse trainer himself. He soon begins to fall for Loretta, and Tommy doesn't like it one bit. Complications ensue.
Ezra (uncredited)
Charles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Challenge of the Range. Wandering cowboy Steve Roper (Starrett) is hired by the Farmers Association to stem the activities of a group of gunmen who are driving ranchers off their land. The most likely suspect turns out to be innocent: the real culprits are within the Association itself. With the help of the chief suspect's son, Roper brings the crooks to justice.
Bill Sneed
Un funcionario del servicio de inteligencia estadounidense debe viajar hasta China. Una vez allí, su misión será tratar de evitar la ejecución de un grupo de rehenes norteamericanos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Farmer Brown
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.
Limpy
Los madereros, cuyo trabajo consiste en transportar los troncos por el río, llegan a una ciudad del alto Mississippi, donde les espera un barco con su casino de juego, en el que reina la hermosa Sequin, que está enamorada de uno de los madereros. Pero también la pretende el rico industrial Beauvais, por lo que surge un conflicto entre los dos hombres.
Policeman (uncredited)
Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles), un marinero irlandés, entra a trabajar en un yate a las órdenes de un inválido casado con una mujer fatal (Rita Hayworth) y queda atrapado en una maraña de intrigas y asesinatos.
Counterman (uncredited)
Steve Kenet, un veterano piloto de guerra, es ingresado en un psiquiátrico después de haber confesado el asesinato de su esposa. La doctora Ann Lorrison es la encargada de esclarecer el oscuro caso.
Dan - Marlowe's Manager (uncredited)
Charlie Davis es un chico de familia humilde que aspira a conseguir la fama en el mundo del boxeo. Aunque su madre y su novia desaprueban su decisión, Charlie se asocia con Robert, un promotor de combates de boxeo, y va perdiendo los escrúpulos poco a poco, llegando a dejarse vencer en un combate amañado.
Mac (uncredited)
Steve Randall se acaba de casar y busca un nuevo trabajo como camionero, pero se da cuenta de que la carga del camión es robada y lo denuncia a la policía. El temible gangster Walt Radak jura venganza. Steve y su esposa empiezan a temer por sus vidas...
Jeff Parks
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.
Ben - Bus Driver (uncredited)
El Dr. Joseph McRory es el director de la clínica de un pequeño pueblo a la cual llega el joven Dr. Jim Pearson. Este tiene una gran afición a cantar (lo cual no gusta nada a su gruñón jefe), y se siente atraído por una atractiva profesora que ayuda en la clínica, la cual no le corresponde.
Street Gawker (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).
Editor A. C. Blaine
Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.
Professor Owen Townley
Miss Hinklefink invites the Teen Agers to stay at her new ranch for the summer. Freddie is mistaken for a famed bank-robber and hijinx ensue.
Mr. Ashland
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds.
Building & Loan Board Member (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!
Mailman
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Minister (uncredited)
Una mujer decide casarse con un hombre de negocios del que está totalmente enamorada. Sin embargo, tras la boda, empieza a sospechar del oscuro pasado de su esposo, un hombre perverso y lleno de maldad. La misteriosa desaparición del hermano de su marido será el punto de partida de una larga investigación...
Principal Townley
The students at Whitney High School are down in the dumps since their football team faces almost certain defeat and hasn't won a game in 28 years. The school paper may have to suspend publication because the circulation is so low and the principal intends to replace student performers at the school bazaar with professionals.
Banker Tuttle
Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This time the heroic duo try to save a female rancher from a greedy financier who wants her land so he can exploit the enormous oil fields lying under it.
Professor Townley
During the Whitney High School student government election, a rich man’s son tries to pay his way into office with promises of new athletic uniforms. His desperate competitors decide to stage a series of song and dance spectacles to try to garner votes.
Professor Townley
A high school student is mistaken for a famous radio singer who goes missing.
George Coffey (uncredited)
The citizens of the small town of Midburg are thrilled when one of their native sons, Dan Flannery, becomes a war hero while serving in the Merchant Marines. But before arriving he is stricken with amnesia and falls in with a gang of crooks...
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Rich and beautiful Southern heiress Sally Warren loves horse-racing and running her horse-farm although her husband of seven years hates the four-legged mammals. Spouse Jeff Warren is a successful author, Civil War scholar, and popular lecturer on the ladies club circuit. After Jeff buys aging twelve-year old nag Albert in the mistaken belief that he's a colt and Sally purchases a desk for her husband in the naive belief that it once belonged to Jefferson Davis, it's obvious that they have few interests in common. The squabbling is complicated by Jeff's jealousy of Sally's relationship with Lance Gale, her childhood friend, neighbor, and fellow horse breeder.
Joe Morell
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.
Factory Foreman
El maquinista Bill Cummings y la administrativa Susan son un humilde matrimonio neoyorquino, del barrio del Bronx, que vive en una situación económica muy precaria. Sus problemas para encontrar trabajo se ven agravados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Sobre su vida cotidiana planea permanentemente la amenaza de un futuro incierto.
Baltimore Postman
Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Elizabeth y John llevan un año casados cuando él decide alistarse voluntario para ir al frente. Al acabar la guerra, Elizabeth recibe la noticia de que su esposo ha fallecido en combate. Sin embargo, John no está muerto. Mutilado y desfigurado, se encuentra en un hospital austriaco donde el doctor Ludwig decide realizarle operaciones, entre ellas, una cirugía estética. A pesar de los consejos del médico para que John regrese a su hogar y con su esposa, éste considera que su vida está acabada y decide seguir constando como fallecido. Con el tiempo Elizabeth se casa. Pero el destino hace que John regrese a los EEUU después de 20 años.
Employee (uncredited)
Christopher Cross es un simple cajero infelizmente casado, pero tiene un raro talento para la pintura. En cierta ocasión, conoce a una aventurera de la que se enamora y le hace creer que es un pintor de éxito. La chica y su novio, un individuo sin escrúpulos, aprovechan la ocasión para explotar al pobre hombre, que llegará incluso a cometer un desfalco en su empresa para que ella siga creyendo que es un artista de éxito.
Gunderson
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist that hopes to find and prove that a fabled white gorilla is a missing link.
Counterman (uncredited)
A pesar de que en el título aparece la palabra Hollywood, esta comedia no gira en torno al mundo del cine, sino al de la música. Abbott y Costello vuelven a interpretar a dos perdedores que sueñan con convertirse en importantes agentes musicales. Quieren cumplir su sueño, así que empiezan con pequeños clientes con carreras alejadas del estrellato. Por el momento son unos don nadie, habrá que ver si la pareja de cómicos consigue convertirlos en los reyes de la música.
Police chief
The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his sissy son.
Bartender Serving Double Scotch (uncredited)
Gene Kelly y Frank Sinatra son dos marineros de personalidades opuestas: uno (Sinatra) es tímido y un tanto ingenuo, mientras que el otro (Kelly) es un hombre de mundo. Ambos vivirán mil peripecias en la ciudad de Los Ángeles
Veterinarian
After having been framed by gamblers, Muggs is barred from riding in horse races. Snce he can no longer race, he takes up a collection so Ma Brown, who owns the horses won't have her stable foreclosed on. However, one of the gamblers involved in the frame falls for Ma Brwn's daughter, and decides to come clean and confess to the police about the frame. The other gamblers hear about it and set out to shut him up and discredit Muggs and Ma Brown once and for all.
Whortle (Uncredited)
Susan Darell (Joan Fontaine) a lo largo de su vida recuerda cómo fue amada por cuatro hombres que la veían de maneras diferentes.
Dan (uncredited)
Edimburgo, 1831. Donald Fettes, un joven estudiante de medicina, llega a la mansión del doctor MacFarlane, un prestigioso cirujano y profesor, para servirle como ayudante. El siniestro cochero John Gray es quien le proporciona clandestinamente al médico los cadáveres que utiliza en sus clases y en sus investigaciones, cadáveres frescos procedentes de las tumbas del cercano cementerio. Gray aprovechará la situación para chantajear a MacFarlane, poniendo así, inconscientemente, su vida en peligro.
Herbert Sinclair (uncredited)
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Slaughterhouse Shannon
A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).
Sam Morgan
An American businessman returns from a hunting trip to find fascists have overrun the country in this propaganda film.
Workman (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.
Station Master
La convaleciente Evelyn (Anne Baxter), hace la vida insoportable a su familia cuando vuelve al hogar un verano, y aflora su victimismo que la convierte en una terrible tirana. Lo que demuestra que su enfermedad, más que física, es mental, y tiene como dolorosa consecuencia la de hacer padecer a los demás.
Wheeler
Reportero Patsy Reynolds (Robin Raymond) y el fotógrafo Eddie Porter (Frank Jenks) se asignan a entrevistar a John Foster (Davison Clark), jefe de la Foundadtion Emmerson en relación con un dispositivo de escucha en el que la organización está trabajando. Foster acude al laboratorio para ver al profesor Reynolds (HB Warner), el verdadero inventor. Pronto se ven involucrados en varios tiroteos, un cadáver en su coche que aparece y desaparece varias veces, la pérdida de sus puestos de trabajo y varias personas que, o bien piensan que son asesinos o son candidatos a ser asesinados.
Joe, Train Engineer (Uncredited)
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
U.S.O. Show Emcee (uncredited)
In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business.
Mailman
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
Father at Baby Window (uncredited)
Casanova Q. Brown, profesor de historia de una pequeña ciudad, está a punto de casarse con Magde Ferris, cuando recibe noticias de Isabel, su anterior esposa, que le comunica que es padre de un niño.
Charlie
Una mujer comienza a sospechar que su nuevo marido puede ser un asesino.
Tom Scott
The three Scott sisters, Susie, Hallie and Lily, live in the small town of Riverdale with their father Tom, a handyman whose laziness is legendary. The high-spirited sisters relieve the tedium by collaborating on Lily's correspondence with Pvt. Robert Mason, who is stationed in Arizona....
'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)
El Doctor Corydon M. Wassell, un médico rural, viajó a China tras ver una foto de Madeleine, un bella enfermera. Cuando estalla la Segunda Guerra Mundial se incorpora al ejército, en el cuerpo médico de la marina de los EEUU, que combate duramente a los japoneses en el Pacífico. En marzo de 1942 es destinado a Tjilatjap, en la isla de Java, coincidiendo con la batalla del estrecho de Maccasar. Allí se hará cargo de un grupo de soldados heridos a los que se les impide embarcarse con rumbo a casa.
Pop Turner
A truck driver turns to prizefighting with hopes of earning enough cash to send his son to military school. 1944.
Wright (uncredited)
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
Reporter Asking About Flowers (uncredited)
Una bailarina de Brooklyn abandona a su novio tras ganar un concurso de belleza y convertirse en una famosa modelo de revista, pero pronto descubrirá que la fama y la fortuna no pueden reemplazar al amor verdadero.
Shep Wayne
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Un policía canadiense (Errol Flyn) detiene a un espía nazi. Cuando el preso consigue escapar, el policía no se da por vencido y finge ser un desertor para infiltrarse entre los nazis. Thriller de espionaje con grandes dosis de acción y aventuras ambientado en la inmensidad de las blancas montañas canadienses
Mac
El hijo de un oficial de la Marina se pone al frente de la familia, dirige el esfuerzo bélico y monta un espectáculo musical para elevar la moral de los trabajadores.
Clem Barstow
A feud develops between the settlers and the railroad detectives in Red Rock Valley. Clem Barstow sends for Billy the Kid and Fuzzy Jones to help.
Joseph (Uncredited)
Mary (Kim Hunter), una joven provinciana, decide ir a Nueva York para buscar a su hermana Jacqueline (Jean Brooks), que ha desaparecido. Con la ayuda de su ex marido (Tom Conway) y de un prestigioso psiquiatra, Mary descubre horrorizada que la desaparición de su hermana está relacionada con una secta satánica. (FILMAFFINITY)
Match Salesman Wetherby
A man framed for a series of Wells' Fargo stage robberies and a comical sheriff's deputy join forces to uncover the real robbers, unaware that a U.S. Marshal assigned to the case and the Mayor of the town which is at the center of the robberies, are the leaders of the gang.
Man in Bar Booth
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Rancher
Dorn is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady from helping them. When his man Hammond kills Brady, there is a run on the bank. When Rocky volunteers to ride to the next town for money, he is ambushed by Dorn's men, loses his memory, and is jailed for supposedly stealing the money.
Senator
Billy the Kid is framed for murder.
Briggs (uncredited)
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Pressman
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.
McGann
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Joe (as Milt Kibbee)
There are no queens and very little Broadway (except for an opening establishing shot) in Queen of Broadway. Instead, this sentimental B-picture is the story of a gambler (Rochelle Hudson), who tries to clean up her act and adopt an orphan (Donald Mayo).
(uncredited)
Biografía del campeón de boxeo James J. Corbett. Conocido como 'Gentleman Jim', Corbett se convirtió en el primer campeón del mundo de los pesos pesados en 1892, cuando derrotó a John L. Sullivan, tras la entrada en vigor de las llamadas reglas de Queensberry, que exigían la utilización de unos guantes hinchados para proteger los nudillos, un cuadrilátero con unas medidas determinadas y establecían la duración del combate... En Estados Unidos obtuvo excelentes críticas.
Station Agent (uncredited)
Después de probar fortuna en Nueva York y no tener éxito, Susan Applegate decide regresar a su pueblo en Iowa. Previendo esta situación había reservado 27,50$ para el tren, pero como la tarifa ha aumentado decide disfrazarse de niña de 12 años para pagar la mitad. Los revisores del tren dudan que en realidad sea una niña y para escapar de ellos entra en el camarote de un apuesto militar, el Mayor del título, y es donde comienzan los enredos.
Dr. Thomas Harrigan
A woman - raised in the jungle - tries to help an American stop a native uprising spurned on by Nazis.
Ezra Tompkins (as Milt Kibbee)
Tom Craig (John Wayne) llega a Sacramento (California) con el fin de establecer allí una farmacia. Pero la ciudad está dominada por Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), y muy pronto estallará la guerra entre ambos.
Dr. Hagen
Knowing the Army is arriving to establish a post. Doc Hagan and his gang and the crooked Sheriff are trying to drive the ranchers off the land. When the gang wound a rancher, the Doc finishes him off with his needle. Running from the law again, Billy and his pals arrive and take up the ranchers fight. But when Billy's pal Jeff is wounded, Fuzzy unknowningly takes him to Doc Hagan.
Joe Carson
Tom Cameron must prove himself innocent after he is wrongfully charged with the murder of a prison guard.
Connie's Cabbie (uncredited)
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman that Gene replaced, now just a ranch hand. Gene eventually gets the daughter straightened out but has to fire the ex-foreman and this leads to trouble when he returns intent on revenge.
Judge Clarke (as Milt Kibbee)
Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of his men can impersonate them for the robberies and murders he has planned.
Hadley
A fugitive doctor (Lionel Atwill) tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders.
The Judge (as Milt Kibbee)
In this western, a frontier detective disguised as an entertainer performs for the leader of an outlaw gang. At the same time, he learns the whereabouts of the outlaws' hideout. Unfortunately, his true identity is revealed and he must escape if he is to bring the gang to justice.
Hotel Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escaped from a shady sanitarium, where he has been held prisoner by Nazi spies.
Sam Turner
A singing cowboy and his sidekick rescue miners from a bad deal.
Fred (uncredited)
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
News Vendor Rod Meakin (uncredited)
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.
Alf McAfee (uncredited)
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Postman (uncredited)
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Hotel Desk Clerk
Candy Johnson es un estafador y timador de lengua viperina. Candy Johnson prospera hasta ser el jefe mafioso de Yellow Creek, pero el padre alcohólico de su esposa tratará de poner las cosas en su sitio.
Pop
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
Defense Attorney Larkin
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.
Cal Chambers (as Milt Kibbee)
The irrepressible Donald Barry is twice falsely accused of murder in this typical low-budget but well-mounted Republic Western. Barry plays Jim Randall, a lawman assigned to investigate a series of gold shipment robberies. Arriving in the middle of a hold-up, Randall finds himself accused of killing the driver (Yakima Canutt). Wells Fargo agent Cal Chambers (Milton Kibbee) vouches for his innocence, however, claiming him to be a noted geologist. Along with several of the prospectors, Jim devises a plan to prove that Jud Parker (Harry Worth) is using his dummy mine as a cover for stealing ore.
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Groucho Marx, ayudado por los juguetones Harpo y Chico, organiza un caos en cada planta -e incluso en las paredes y techos- de un gran almacén. En el intento de cortejar a su eterna Dulcinea, la encantadora viuda Margaret Dumont, Groucho empeora la maraña de una feroz intriga de altos ejecutivos.
Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Un importante financiero estadounidense, Charles Foster Kane, dueño de una importante cadena de periódicos, de una red de emisoras, de dos sindicatos y de una inimaginable colección de obras de arte, muere en su fabuloso castillo de estilo oriental, Xanadú. La última palabra que pronuncia al expirar es Rosebud. El país entero y la prensa en general quedan intrigados por saber el significado de esta palabra. Para descubrirlo, un grupo de periodistas se pone a investigar.
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Secuela de "Forja de hombres". Una escuela para chicos problemáticos trata de sobrevivir a pesar de la falta de fondos. Su director sigue admitiendo a chicos con problemas de adaptación que han tenido una difícil vida.
Deputy Jones
A notorious outlaw is recruited by a cattle buyer, secret boss of a gang of cattle rustlers, to impersonate the town sheriff, who is the outlaw's twin brother; and complications ensue, as the sheriff, now a hostage, is on the eve of his marriage while the outlaw's cantina-dancer girlfriend has followed him to town and is at risk of exposing him.
Sheriff (as Milt Kibbee)
Elliott is hunted by Curtis who has spent six years behind bars because of his testimony. After knocking out several baddies and putting up with the zany antics of his sidekick Taylor, Elliott guns down his antagonist, but Luana Walters, the girl he almost marries, will not abide a gunslinger so Elliott is compelled to ride off alone into the sunset once more.
Leonard
Williams is out to stop Ellen Goreham from completing her road that is under construction and is using a man to impersonate Billy the Kid. When Billy sees the wanted posters and learns of the murders he supposedly committed, he sets out to find the imposter. His sidekick Fuzzy is there to help him but his friend Jeff, now a Marshal, is also after him.
Carnival Show Spectator (Uncredited)
Maisie es contratada como criada de una familia de ricos excéntricos.
Patient with Hand Injury
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
First Court Clerk (uncredited)
La joven irlandesa Nellie se enamora de Jerry, un guapo muchacho, pero sus padres se oponen a la relación. Ambos deciden casarse y mudarse a Nueva York.
Ship Steward (uncredited)
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.
Mr. Holden
Un grupo de jóvenes estudiantes forma su propia orquesta y consigue la fama gracias a su participación en el programa radiofónico de Paul Whiteman
Mr. Wilkes
A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse. The man agrees to let the boy ride his horse in a race, but first the gang must get enough money to pay for the race's entry fees.
Reporter at Taxi (uncredited)
Judy O'Brien forma parte de un grupo de baile y aspira a dedicarse al ballet clásico. Bubbles, compañera suya deja el grupo para centrarse en la comedia. Cuando el grupo se deshace, Bubbles le ofrece a Judy un ingrato trabajo: ser la telonera de su espectáculo.
Reporter (uncredited)
Cuando los periódicos publican la noticia del asesinato de Jesse James, su hermano Frank, que desde hace años vive con una identidad falsa (Ben Wooden), decide abandonar su pacífica vida de granjero para vengar su muerte.
Wells Fargo Man
Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the Cisco Kid. When a reward is offered for his capture and a large shipment of money goes out, Cisco is on hand. Seeing the gang rob the stage he goes after them only to be wounded. The gang leader leaves Cisco's handkerchief at the scene and now he is wanted for the murder he tried to break up.
Workman
Mediante flashback, un Edison de 82 años narra su vida desde su llegada a Nueva York con 22 años, cuando ya empezó a hacer sus pinitos en el mundo de la invención.
Baggage Man
Desde que era un niño, Thomas Alba Edison (Mickey Rooney) empezó a realizar sus primeros experimentos químicos en el sótano de su casa. Además, tuvo que ejercer múltiples oficios antes de poder registrar su primera patente. Queda para el recuerdo la escena de la operación de la madre, en que el joven Edison idea un sistema de juego de luces con espejos para iluminar el improvisado quirófano.
Abe's Friend (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Reporter
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
Jury Member (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.
Detective (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.
Cabbie (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.
Senate Reporter (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.
Neighbor
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.
Fisherman (uncredited)
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Grocery Creditor (uncredited)
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Telephone Repair Man
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
Man Greeting Waiter Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
Un agente del FBI (Robinson) investiga una amplia red de espionaje nazi que opera en Estados Unidos. Sus contactos llegarán hasta Suramérica y Europa. Se trata de una de las pocas películas del género antinazi rodadas antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, época en la que los Estados Unidos y, por consiguiente, Hollywood seguían una política aislacionista.
Burbank Official (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Printer (uncredited)
Kansas, 1866. Wade Hatton intenta imponer el orden y la justicia en Dodge City, una próspera ciudad a la que llega el ferrocarril, pero que está dominada por un cacique y su banda de pistoleros. En su empeño le ayuda Abby Irving, la sobrina del médico local.
New York Airport Manager
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Hardware Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Dos hombres inocentes son acusados injustamente de asesinato y condenados a muerte. La novia de uno de ellos convence a un detective de policía de su inocencia, y juntos tratan de encontrar al verdadero asesino antes de la fecha de ejecución de los hombres.
Train Conductor
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Receptionist
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
Reporter
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Terminado el periodo de la fiebre del oro en California, empezó la rivalidad entre granjeros y mineros en el valle de Sacramento. El Coronel Chris Ferris (Claude Rains), un rico agricultor, se opone firmemente a la minería hidráulica, un nuevo método desarrollado en los años 70, durante la fiebre del oro, porque está inundando las tierras de cultivo más prósperas de la región. A pesar de la postura de Ferris, Jared Whitney (George Brent), un ingeniero de minas del Este, no sólo se hace amigo del hijo del coronel (Tim Holt), sino que además se enamora de Serena (Olivia de Havilland), la bella hija De Ferris.
Chauffeur (uncredited)
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
Reporter (uncredited)
Un artista bohemio y una chica de la alta sociedad intentan averiguar si están hechos para casarse. Una vez casados, son pobres pero felices, hasta que él salta a las portadas de los periódicos y se convierte en la nueva sensación social.
Pink Thomas - a Reporter (uncredited)
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Spane
Tal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor for another murder which he did not do. The crooks need convict labor to build the dam so they convict innocent people for a pool of cheap labor. But Karan believes that Tal, using the name Smith J. Brown, could not be a killer. Unknown to her, her step brother, Hub, is part of the gang.
Joe Tawney
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Extra in Carter's Outer Office (uncredited)
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Jim Hall
Ace owns just about everything around except for the Bank, which is owned by John Ware. Ace also has his eye on Judy, but Judy only has eyes for Clay. Since Ace is a crook, he holds up the stage and has his cronies swear that Clay was the bandit which gets Clay 10 years in jail. After he gets out in 5 for good behavior, Clay sets out to find who framed him and stole the stage strongbox. Since the sheriff does not like Clay, he takes his guns away as part of his probation and it makes Clay a target for the Ace gang.
Jailer
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.
Mort - Hess Henchman
Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to get the gold out of the county unseen. Complicating matters is the arrival of pretty Barbara Morgan who has come to claim her inheritance - the ranch the outlaw gang is using for their headquarters.
(uncredited)
Nick Donati, un mánager de boxeo, descubre en un hotel a Ward, un botones que logra noquear a un peso pesado que estaba molestando a Louise, la novia de Nick. Nick le ofrece al chico entrenarlo para hacer de él un boxeador profesional. Ward acepta y se hace llamar 'Kid Galahad'. Las cosas se complicarán porque un tipo sin escrúpulos se interpondrá en los planes de Nick. Además, Louise empieza a sentirse atraída por Ward, pero éste se enamora de Marie, la hermana de Nick.
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
Ship line clerk (uncredited)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Blade Simpson
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
Smith (uncredited)
El mafioso Johnny Vanning dirige un ostentoso club nocturno de Nueva York en el que explota a sus chicas y las tiene atemorizadas. Mary incita a un juerguista a ganar más dinero del que tiene y, cuando no puede pagar, le matan. El fiscal del distrito, David Graham, convencido de que el caso está ganado, lleva a Vanning a juicio.
Tavern Customer (uncredited)
The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and courts high society at the expense of his blossoming relationship with beautiful Jean Armour. Soon a marriage is arranged for Jean, and Robby must race to her side before she is married off.
Sheriff Spence
A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
Steward
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
El oficial O'Malley detiene a John Phillips por una infracción de tráfico, perdiendo así la posibilidad de conseguir un buen trabajo. Dado que Phillips tiene una esposa y una hija lisiada, decide cometer un robo desesperado...
Reporter (uncredited)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
"Orlando" Radioman
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.
Harms (uncredited)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
Carlos, Blake's Henchman
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
Milt (uncredited)
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
Kansas City Airport Official
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Bart Banton
The Pony Express is finished as the Post Office plans to award the mail contract to a stage line. Bill and his father put in a bid for the mail, however there are three bids close together. The officials will run a race to pick the winner, and the Banton Brothers sabotage Bill's stage. Mary still believes in Bill until they try to get rid of him by holding up the regular stage with his well-known horse. Bill needs proof to clear himself and expose the bad guys.
Marker
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
Brandon - Oafley's Butler (uncredited)
El abogado Perry Mason es convocado a la mansión del inválido Peter Laxter en la oscuridad de la noche para redactar un documento que evite que su nieta Wilma, que está por casarse, pierda su fortuna en un posible futuro divorcio. Peter pronto muere en un misterioso incendio y dos de sus nietos, Sam y Frank, heredan sus bienes con la condición de hacerse cargo del viejo cuidador Schuster y del gato Clinker. Luego Schuster es encontrado muerto en un sótano; y los diamantes de la familia Laxter están desaparecidos. También aparece muerta Louise, la enfermera de Peter, asesinada a golpes con la muleta de Schuster.
Henchman Steve
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
Wilbur - Detective
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
Mechanic (uncredited)
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Cabbie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
Artificial Leg Sales Clerk (uncredited)
After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone.
Hotel Clerk
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
Writer #2 (uncredited)
A radio-network manager's boss makes him air a serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Thompson, Dry Cleaning Owner (uncredited)
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
Taxi Driver
A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it.
Jury Foreman in Newsreel (uncredited)
Con la pandilla de Al Kruger a la cabeza, los gángsters de Nueva York prosperan gracias a una administración débil que ha enviado al duro policía Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) a un barrio de las afueras. Los cerebros de la banda son un triunvirato de banqueros cuyas influencias políticas, financieras y sociales permiten la existencia de los gángsters. Cuando Bryan, un editor que hace campaña contra ellos, aparece asesinado, un gran jurado designa al capitán Dan McLaren para que acabe con los malhechores. McLaren expulsa, aparentemente, a Blake del cuerpo de policía y éste, enfadado, se une a la banda como mano derecha de Kruger. Nick Fenner (Humphrey Bogart), el ayudante y asesino de Bryan, sospecha de Blake y desconfía de la presencia del ex policía en la banda.
Military Policeman
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
Man at Relay Station
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to rile the Indians up enough to go on the warpath and break the treaty. After the trouble starts, the Indians get the Colonel's daughter and hold her prisoner. Written by Tony Fontana
Bill - Drug Store Clerk
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
Convict Warning Larrabee
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
Reporter (uncredited)
John Ellman es un hombre acusado falsamente de asesinato y ejecutado en la silla eléctrica. Testigos de su inocencia recuperan el cuerpo y consiguen devolverlo a la vida mediante una innovadora técnica. Tras su regreso de la muerte, Ellman planeará vengarse de aquellos que provocaron su ejecución.
Henchman (uncredited)
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.
Sam / Art
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Train Ticket Clerk
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
Don Bellows (Franchot Tone) es un arquitecto que descubre a Joyce Heath (Bette Davis), su estrella favorita, en un bar, sola, borracha y deprimida pues su carrera está en crisis. Amablemente, se ofrece a cuidar de ella y ayudarle a su recuperación. Con el tiempo, Joyce mejora y ella y Don se enamoran pero ella está casada y debe enfrentarse a su matrimonio. También Don tiene una relación con su novia Gail y no puede dejarla tirada.
Shop Man (uncredited)
En plena fiebre del oro en San Francisco, un hombre llamado Bat Morgan acaba con la vida de un criminal que atemorizaba a toda la región. Gracias a su acción comienza a ganar importantes cuotas de poder dentro, aunque lo que verdaderamente le interesa es el amor por la joven Jean.
Hotel Desk Clerk
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Henchman Pete
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
Bank Teller
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
Hotel Garageman (uncredited)
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.
Pinball Player (uncredited)
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
Chauffeur (uncredited)
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Red's Pal
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Joe, Cashier (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.
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Cuando la reportera Ellen Garfield (Bette Davis) se desmaya al presenciar la ejecución de una mujer que asesinó a su amante, su novio Curt Devlin (Goerge Brent), que trabaja en el periódico rival, trata de convencerla de que el periodismo es cosa de hombres y de que su lugar está en la tranquilidad del hogar. Pero Ellen no se deja persuadir; le asegura que una mujer puede hacer tan buenos reportajes como un hombre y, además, está dispuesta a demostrárselo.
Pat, the Timekeeper (uncredited)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Orphanage Employee
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
Bill - Printing Press Mechanic
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
Waiter at Shim Sham Cafe
La Leyenda de ”Broadway”, Al Jonson, y su segunda esposa Ruby Keeler, protagonizan este bello musical sobre una historia de bastidores. Recogiendo el mismo estilo que desarrolló en sus primeras películas, nuestro protagonista interpreta a un artista irresponsable, cuyas artimañas no profesionales acaban en una revuelta de sus propios compañeros de trabajo, hasta que la dirección lo despide del espectáculo.
Stenographer (uncredited)
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the morning, a martini at suppertime, and champagne at night.
Ritz Clerk (uncredited)
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
Evening Bulletin Archivist (uncredited)
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
Man Restraining Johnny in Courtroom Fight
Johnny Ramirez (Paul Muni), un abogado formado en la escuela nocturna y excluido de la práctica legal, acepta un empleo como matón en el casino de Charlie Roark (Eugene Pallete), situado en las afueras. Allí se hace indispensable que, al poco tiempo, se convierte en socio del mismo. Marie (Bette Davis), la atractiva pero inestable esposa de Roark, muestra un romántico interés por Johnny, pero éste esquiva sus insinuaciones y centra su atención en Dale Elwell (Margaret Lindsay), una mujer de la alta sociedad que, aficionada a los barrios bajos, frecuenta los antros de las afueras de la ciudad.
Backed-Into Driver (uncredited)
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
Reporter (uncredited)
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
Gas Station Attendant
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
Spectator Bidding $3.50 (uncredited)
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Reporter (uncredited)
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
Detective (uncredited)
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
Reporter (uncredited)
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk. Montague dives in as does Greeff and Leland, but only Greeff and Leland come out. Montague is no where to be found so Leland suspects foul play and calls the cops. Luckily, Philo is with the D.A. and comes along, but they do not find Montague. When they drain the pool the next day, they find nothing except what looks like dragon prints. Philo has his suspicions and tries to piece the clues together to find out what has happened.
Mike (uncredited)
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Pilot (uncredited)
Un magnate del ferrocarril es chantajeado por el novio y manager de la chica con la que comete adulterio.
Johnny (uncredited)
Jimmy Corrigan (James Cagney), un tipo sin escrúpulos, tiene una agencia que se dedica a buscar en la prensa diaria gente que ha muerto dejando una herencia que nadie reclama. Su plan consiste en “fabricar” a los herederos adecuados para quedarse él con la herencia. Pero sus perfectos planes acaban torciéndose.
First Reporter (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck es una jugadora profesional llamada Lady Lee, que está obsesionada con el recuerdo de su padre, también un jugador profesional que se suicidó al no poder hacer frente a sus deudas. La vida de Lee se complica cuando se enamora de un hombre y debe salir indemne de peliagudos asuntos como el chantaje y el asesinato.
Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Peter Warren, es un periodista desempleado que se topa con Ellie, la hija de un millonario que huyó del barco de Alexander Andrews, su padre, porque no acepta al hombre con el que ella se quiere casar. Peter ve la oportunidad de conseguir una buena historia, pero varios hechos acaban por crear un vínculo entre ellos.
Charlie Dwyer (uncredited)
En esta ocasión, Paul Muni –especializado en papeles de gángster– intentó un cambio de registro al encarnar al editor de un periódico que, firmando con el pseudónimo de Nellie, comienza a investigar por su cuenta el asesinato de un banquero. Sus pesquisas le llevarán hasta los bajos fondos, donde conoce a algunos mafiosos y a la rubia de rigor (Glenda Farrell).
Photographer (uncredited)
Gore, un antiguo entrenador de éxito, pero de cáracter despiadado y cínico, dejará de lado incluso a su mujer en su afán por convertir al Calvert College en una potencia del fútbol.
Reporter (uncredited)
Archer Coe es hallado muerto en su inaccesible dormitorio. Todo parece indicar que se trata de un suicidio, pero el inspector Philo, que piensa que ha sido un asesinato, considera que el principal sospechoso es el hermano de Archer.
Movie Usher (uncredited)
En plena Gran Depresión, dos adolescentes huyen de su casa para no ser una carga para sus familias que se han quedado sin trabajo. El camino será más difícil de lo esperado.
Lane's Secretary (uncredited)
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
Man in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
Una anciana (May Robson) mantiene correspondencia con su hija, que vive en España, y le hace creer que es una gran dama de la alta sociedad que vive en un lujoso hotel. En realidad, es una alcohólica que vive de la venta ambulante de manzanas. Cuando su hija le anuncia que irá a verla para presentarle a su novio y a su suegro, miembros de una aristocrática familia, la desesperación se apodera de ella.
SS Atlantis Deck Steward (uncredited)
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
Reporter Outside Prison (uncredited)
El ex-convicto Danny Kean decide alejarse de su anterior vida de gánster y se convierte en el fotógrafo de un periódico. Pero se enamora de Patricia, la hija del policía que lo arrestó...
Police Stenographer (Uncredited)
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June decide to look for her to claim the reward.
Reporter (Uncredited)
Tras una pelea con su socio, un frustrado escultor londinense contempla atónito cómo éste incendia el museo con el fin de cobrar el seguro y poder pagar las deudas. El artista queda inconsciente en medio del fuego, pero sobrevive, aunque con las manos quemadas. Años más tarde reabre el museo en Nueva York.
