William H. Strauss

Un joven con vocación de violinista entra en el mundo del boxeo para conseguir algo de dinero, y sin darse cuenta, empieza a alejarse de su verdadero sueño. El padre intenta recordarle que su pasión es la música, pero al hijo no le resulta fácil reemprender ese camino.

The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered chance to be a model and jumps at it. Her boyfriend is upset--he just wants to marry her and settle down to a life of domestic bliss. But she has stars in her eyes--and soon learns to use publicity to create a new movie star persona. Throughout all this, the sappy boyfriend is always waiting nearby--hoping that she'll come to her senses and give up this new life.

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

A Patsy Gargan, un antiguo criminal, sus corruptos compinches políticos le pagan sus servicios nombrándolo inspector de un reformatorio. Al principio no muestra ningún interés por la escuela, pero la simpatía que siente por los niños que son víctimas de abusos y maltrato por parte del despiadado director y sus matones, lo empuja a aceptar el trabajo.

James Cagney interpreta a un agente de prensa que se convierte en promotor de un maratón de baile.

Retrato desolador de la injusticia y el sufrimiento humanos causados por el sistema penal de los Estados Unidos vigente tras la I Guerra Mundial.

A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his advantage.

El editor de un importante periódico quiere aumentar sus ventas y para ello decide sacar a la luz un caso de asesinato de hace 20 años. La autora fue Nancy Voorhees, que disparó contra su amante. Pero ahora, años después, ella es una feliz madre de familia que no quiere remover su pasado.

Relato del auge y caída de Tom (James Cagney), un criminal de poca monta que asciende rápidamente gracias a la Ley Seca. Con la colaboración de su mejor amigo y cómplice (Edward Woods) Tom, seducido por el poder y el dinero, se involucra en turbios negocios.

Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most dismayed when she learns that Herbert has fallen in love with Pat Murray, a model in Darrow's dress shop. Pat's emphatic refusal to take Mrs. Carter's "suggestion" that she give up Herbert leads to her being fired, and she reluctantly accepts Herbert's invitation to weekend at the Carter country home. Finally realizing the hopelessness of the situation, Pat makes a spectacle of herself at a party; but Herbert is not fooled, and their love triumphs.

A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things don't work out quite as well as he planned.

Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.) es un diseñador de vestidos enamorado de la dependienta Hilda Jenson (Shirley Mason). Pero el problema es que el luchador ídolo del barrio es Spike Mullins (Johnny Walker) y también está enamorado de Hilda. Jerry, sin desanimarse por el hecho obvio de que, físicamente hablando, no es rival para Spike, toma algunas lecciones de boxeo.

Good cowboy vs. bad cowboy in this romantic adventure.

Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy preparing their meals and keeping the house, while the old men bask in the attention she gives them. However, this happy home is broken up when Sally wealthy aunt appears on the scene and takes Sally back to her luxurious penthouse in order to give her the advantages of money and social position. But Sally's heart is back across the river with her plumber sweetheart, Jimmie Adams.

Polly (Pauline Garon) and Gert (Gertrude Short) are a pair of lingerie models, ever on the prowl for boyfriends. When the girls "steal" the sweethearts of vaudeville's Dotty Sisters (Lillian Hackett, Jean Van Vliet), the Dottys retaliate by getting our heroines fired.

The neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their youngsters fall in love.

Nora, a department store clerk, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite her attractive ankles. She gets a job as model at the shop of McGuire and Goldberg, and they announce that Nora may be given a trip abroad if she persuades their financer to lend the partners additional funds. The financer, Hornsbee, becomes presumptuous, leading to an encounter between him and Barney, Nora's young suitor; and she is ultimately glad to accept Barney's modest attentions.

Meyer Rubens and his wife, Esther, own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther wants to move on up to the Upper West Side. She has a rich sister, Reba, who persuades Meyer to invest in the worthless oil stock sold by her husband. The stock proves to be not worthless and Meyer and Esther become overnight millionaires. But Reba thinks Meyer, who has no taste for high society, is holding her sister back socially, so she devises some schemes that involve catching Meyer in a compromising situation with other women, so her sister can file for a divorce.

A young racing driver combines the best features of two rival cars, thus producing an automobile which is the best entry in the race. He triumphs over the other contestants, incidentally winning the girl of his heart.

Skinner es un humilde oficinista cuya mujer fantasea con que consiga un esperado aumento de sueldo que les permitiría mejorar su nivel de vida. Cuando un día llega a casa y se encuentra con que ella ya da por hecho que lo ha logrado, éste se siente demasiado mal como para confesarle la verdad y le sigue la corriente. El problema es cuando ella en consecuencia empieza a gastar cada vez más hasta prácticamente acabar con sus ahorros.