John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Nacimiento : 1887-01-16, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Muerte : 1958-10-15

Historia

John Rummel Hamilton was an American actor, who played in many movies and television programs. He is probably best remembered for his role as the blustery newspaper editor Perry White for the 1950s television program “Adventures of Superman.”

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Películas

Outcasts of the City
In this drama, set just after the end of WWII, an American officer falls in love with a German woman. Their blissful affair is disrupted when her German ex-lover returns and tries to exact his jealous revenge upon the Yankee. When the ex-lover shows up dead, the American is blamed.
Bobby Ware Is Missing
Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom letter is received.
Sitting Bull, casta de guerreros
Ulysses S. Grant
Sitting Bull (Toro Sentado), jefe de los Sioux, pone en pie de guerra a su tribu como respuesta a las constantes provocaciones de su irreconciliable enemigo el general Custer. El resultado final es la tristemente famosa batalla de Little Big Horn. Después de haber tratado de evitar la matanza, el Mayor Parrish, amigo de los Sioux, es juzgado y acusado de colaborar con el enemigo.
Moby Dick
'Jeroboam' Captain
The demented, ruthless Captain Ahab pursues the white whale which took off his leg years before.
City Story
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once attended, has her released in his charge. She tells the pastor she doesn't come to church because the congregation is too cold and unfriendly. Realizing that she has spoken the truth, the pastor tries to inject new life into the church and brings up the idea of widened community services before the church board. There is opposition, at first because of the cost, but they vote to give the new plan a chance.
The Miami Story
Clifton Staley
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Stamp Day for Superman
Perry White
Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped.
Man of Conflict
Mr. Cornwall
Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father has been corrupted by power. In addition, he falls for the daughter of one of his father's poverty-stricken workers.
El cerebro de Donovan
Mr. McNish (uncredited)
Un millonario muere en un accidente de aviación cerca de la casa del profesor Patrick Cory, un científico que realiza experimentos sobre el cerebro. Cory decide extraer el cerebro del cadáver y mantenerlo vivo de manera artificial. Sin embargo, el cerebro se va adueñando progresivamente de la voluntad del científico cuando intenta comunicarse con él telepáticamente.
Cumbres doradas
Charlie
La cantante estadounidense Grace Moore, a punto de debutar en el Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York, recuerda sentada en su camerino el largo camino que ha tenido que recorrer hasta esta primera noche de éxito absoluto. Por su memoria van pasando los primeros años de su infancia, cuando su tía Laura logró convencer a su padre, el severo coronel Moore, para que la mandara a Washington a estudiar canto. Biopic de la gran soprano Grace Moore, cuya magnífica carrera operística se vio truncada prematuramente por su muerte en un accidente aéreo.
Run for the Hills
Mr. Harvester
Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family.
Iron Mountain Trail
Circuit Judge
Rex Allen and Slim Pickens are sent from Washington, D.C. to California in 1850 to speed up deliveries of mail to the goldfields, and find a destructive feud raging between two stage-line owners, Sam Sawyer and John Brockway. In their attempts to have their stages and drivers first on the dock to get the mail brought East by ship, the two have damaged each other's equipment and schedules to the point that no consignment of mail reaches the goldfields intact or on time.
Jack McCall Desperado
Col. Cornish
Cuando estalla la Guerra Civil americana (1861-1865), el sureño Jack McCall se une al ejército de la Unión. Un malentendido hace que lo tomen por un espía y lo condenen a muerte. A pesar de ello, Jack logra escapar y, desde ese momento, intentará probar su inocencia por todos los medios a su alcance. (FILMAFFINITY)
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Stover - Prison Warden
Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his stooge who then offers even less than Mason. But Rocky eventually suspects Mason and when Bill Anderson informs him the agent is a fake, they head out after Mason
Nunca saludes a un soldado
Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
Jo, una joven dama divorciada de la buena sociedad, decide alistarse en el ejército para estar más cerca de su novio, un coronel. No cuenta con que su ex marido ha sido fichado como consultor de defensa, y que va a hacer todo lo que esté en su mano para sabotear el romance de Jo
Nunca saludes a un soldado
Senator Holbrook
Jo, una joven dama divorciada de la buena sociedad, decide alistarse en el ejército para estar más cerca de su novio, un coronel. No cuenta con que su ex marido ha sido fichado como consultor de defensa, y que va a hacer todo lo que esté en su mano para sabotear el romance de Jo
The Studebaker Story
Father Studebaker
The history of the Studebaker family, their success at making wagons and the company's venture into automobiles.
Target
Bailey
A female marshal and a newspaper editor help heroic Tim Holt fight an evil land agent. Western.
The Pace That Thrills
Sour Puss
Chills and spills in the fast-paced world of motorcycle racing.
Criminal Lawyer
Police Captain Loomis
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
Million Dollar Pursuit
Police Inspector Morgan
A petty thief schemes a big score when he plans an armored car robbery.
Badman's Gold
The Marshal
A marshal searches for stagecoach robbers.
Peligro en las nubes
Second Senator
El oficial Talbot está decidido a usar misiles teledirigidos en su submarino. La marina todavía no ha dado el visto bueno, por lo que él decide saltarse a la torera las órdenes de sus superiores y comienza a probarlos. La iniciativa no puede resultar peor pues en las pruebas mueren varios de sus hombres, lo que le acaba provocando un colapso mental.
Peligro en las nubes
Senator
El oficial Talbot está decidido a usar misiles teledirigidos en su submarino. La marina todavía no ha dado el visto bueno, por lo que él decide saltarse a la torera las órdenes de sus superiores y comienza a probarlos. La iniciativa no puede resultar peor pues en las pruebas mueren varios de sus hombres, lo que le acaba provocando un colapso mental.
The Missourians
Mayor Grant McDowall
In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword of prejudice; his foreign birth and also the fact that his brother, Nick Kovacs, is the leader of an outlaw gang known as The Missourians.
Mensaje de otro mundo
John Deming (uncredited)
Dos agentes de policía son encargados de desbaratar una organización de timadores. Los incautos son atraídos ante la posibilidad de ponerse en contacto con seres queridos ya fallecidos. Un experto timador reúne a una banda ante una víctima ideal: una viuda millonaria cuyo hijo murió en la guerra en Europa.
Los Hombres
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Película sobre la difícil reincorporación a la vida civil de los soldados parapléjicos a causa de las heridas recibidas en la guerra. Norm es uno de ellos y ha perdido completamente la esperanza y las ganas de vivir. Cuando se enamora de una muchacha y decide casarse con ella, recupera la ilusión y la esperanza de la recuperación
The Invisible Monster
"Henry Miller"
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibility chemical and plans to build a mercenary army of invisible men.
The Reformer and the Redhead
Police Captain
La iracunda Kathleen Maguire contrata los servicios de un abogado joven para ayudar a su padre, guarda del zoo, a recuperar su empleo después de que sea despedido por razones políticas. Mientras ponen al descubierto la corrupción política local y hacen frente a un león que se escapa del zoológico, los dos logran enamorarse.
La reina del oeste
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Basada en una obra de Broadway, cuenta la historia de la risueña Annie Oakley. Ella es una pistolera y acróbata profesional del circo temático de Buffalo Bill, donde su mayor desafío no será dar en el blanco, sino ganar el corazón de un guapo colega. (FILMAFFINITY)
Davy Crockett, el explorador indio
Col. Pollard
Corre el año 1848. Un pelotón del ejército que escolta una caravana de colonos que se dirige al sudoeste es atacado por los indios. Después de las primeras investigaciones, el coronel Pollard está convencido de que tiene que existir un espía que pasa información a los indios. Uno de los colonos acusa directamente a Halcón Rojo, un guía indio que trabaja para el ejército. Su compañero de fatigas, Davy Crockett, sobrino del famoso explorador, intentará dar con el verdadero culpable para limpiar el honor de su compañero.
Pioneer Marshal
Man with Bracelet
Monte Hale is cast as Ted Post, a Texas marshal who's on the trail of embezzler Larry Forester (Myron Healey). His search takes him to a remote frontier town that serves as an outlaw hideaway. All previous lawmen have been disposed of by town boss Bruce Burnett (Damian O'Flynn), who demands a hefty price for his services.
Strange Bargain
Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.
Alias the Champ
Police Commissioner Bronson
Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling.
The James Brothers of Missouri
Lon Royer [Ch.1]
This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a prominent member) to become normal everyday citizens. Of course, there's no room in the Wild West for reformed outlaws, and the duo inevitably find themselves caught up in showdowns and robberies.
Bandit King of Texas
John Turner
The Jewel Land Company of Elko, Texas is selling Government land to settlers. Before any of the settlers can claim their land, they are being killed by McCabe's gang. When Rocky comes to Elko to find his friend Jim, he winds up in Jail on a charge of stealing money from the new Marshal. The only person in town that is on his side is Nugget, but there is little that he can do by himself. When Rocky escapes from the jail with another prisoner and the Marshal is shot, he has to find who is behind his problems and what has happened to Jim and Emily.
The Wyoming Bandit
Marshal
Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't commit, only to find his son on his deathbed. Seeking revenge for his son's murder, Dan enlists the help of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane), who poses as an outlaw to try to uncover the truth. When the duo manage to track down the killer, they find him armed to the teeth.
Law of the Golden West
Isaac Cody, Bill's father
Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy.
Canadian Pacific
Pere Lacomb
Tom Andrews trabaja en la construcción del ferrocarril Canadian Pacific. Dirk Rourke, un poderoso comerciante, se opone a estas obras ya que cree que pueden ser perjudiciales para su negocio. Además, entre Tom y Dirk hay otra causa de discordia, la bella Cecille.
The Judge
Lt. Edwards
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.
Sheriff of Wichita
Prison Warden
It has been almost five years since the outlaws have stolen the army payroll from Lt. Raymond D'Arcy. While claiming that he gave the money to Major Bishop, neither the money or Bishop have ever been found and Raymond was convicted of the theft. Now he is at the abandoned fort, an escaped convict with a letter, looking to find the truth about the robbery. Members of his old command are also there and Rocky shows up to return Raymond to prison.
Rusty Leads the Way
Board Member (uncredited)
Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, Penny resists all efforts to cope with her handicap. But with Rusty's help, the girl gains a new lease on life and agrees to adopt a seeing-eye dog.
Desperadoes of Dodge City
Land Agent
Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four is the gang leader. Rocky has to learn his identity and retrieve the message.
Walk a Crooked Mile
G.W. Hunter
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?
The Checkered Coat
Marcus Anson
A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explains his problem, he inadvertently implicates himself in the crimes.
The Gallant Legion
Speaker of the House
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.
Song of My Heart
Czar
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Muro de tinieblas
Police Surgeon (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.
The Judge Steps Out
Diner on Train (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ben Shaw
As prisoner Ed Archer is being transferred, the stage is attacked and crashes. Archer escapes the attackers but Ranger Rocky Lane catches up with him. As Rocky is bringing him in, Archer is attacked again. Somebody wants Archer killed and Rocky, now suspecting Archer is innocent, decides to find out who and why.
Blondie in the Dough
Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
Blondie #21: Blondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series based on the popular comic strip. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
News Hounds
Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.
Too Many Winners
Albert Payson
Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.
Violence
Dr. Chalmers
Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.
Sucedió en la 5ª avenida
Harper (uncredited)
Un vagabundo neoyorquino se muda a una mansión y, por el camino, se va reuniendo con sus amigos a los que lleva a vivir con él.
The Devil On Wheels
Mr. Davis
American-International did not invent the juvenile delinquents-jalopies-reckless driving-hot rodders-build it at home-chicken playing genre of movies. PRC and Monogram started churning them out in the mid-forties as part of their let-this-be-a-lesson-to-you genre, preceded by the zoot-suiter and jitter-buggers films, which was better than the social guidance films teen-agers were being overdosed on at school. PRC did at least use card-carrying members of SAG. This one is a sermon against speeding, and Darryl Hickman has it brought straight home to him when he side-swipes a car and causes a collision in which his best friend is killed---the fate of all best friends in juvenile-theme movies including "Rebel Without a Cause"--- and his mother is injured. Lots of lecturing precedes and follows.
Raiders of the South
George Boone
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers. He saves the life of Shorty Kendall, an unreconstructed rebel about to be hanged, and this wins him the gratitude of Belle Chambers, a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War who hates all Yankees with a fever.
La primera dama
Mr. Witherspoon
Biografía de Dolly Payne (Ginger Rogers), la esposa de James Madison, el cuarto Presidente de los Estados Unidos. A Dolly la cortejan dos líderes políticos: Madison (Burgess Meredith) y Aaron Burr (David Niven). Ella coquetea con los dos, llegando incluso a enfrentarlos, no sólo por motivos sentimentales, sino porque desea contribuir a la construcción del país. Tras ejercer su influencia sobre Burr, ayudará a Thomas Jefferson a llegar a la presidencia de Estados Unidos (1801-1809). Cuando Madison (1809-1817) gana las elecciones presidenciales se convierte en la Primera Dama.
The Secret of the Whistler
McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
Wife Wanted
Judge
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
The Brute Man
Professor Cushman (uncredited)
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
Paso a paso
Police Capt. Edmonds
El veterano marino Johnny Christopher conoce a Evelyn Smith en la playa y se siente inmediatamente atraído ella. El nuevo trabajo de Evelyn, como secretaria de un senador estadounidense en California, pronto trae intrigas y problemas inesperados para ella y para Johnny. Las maquinaciones de un siniestro grupo de espías nazis conducen a misterios e identidades equivocadas. Los dos pronto se ven incriminados en un asesinato.
One Exciting Week
Dr. Jones (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...
Territorio de bandidos
Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
Durante la creación de los Estados Unidos de América, una franja de tierra olvidada entre los Territorios Indios y los Estados de Colorado, Kansas, Nuevo México y Texas se convierte en el refugio y hogar de gran parte de los forajidos más famosos y despiadados del Salvaje Oeste. Allí deberá ir el Sheriff Mark Rowley (Randolph Scott) en busca de su hermano y ayudante John (James Warren), quien tras ser traicionado por el despiadado Marshal Bill Hampton (Morgan Conway), tuvo que huir con la banda del forajido Jesse James (Lawrence Tierney) a la ciudad de Quinto, en el corazón del Territorio de Forajidos. Tras llegar a Quinto, Mark Rowley conocerá a Henryetta Alcott (Ann Richards), la comprometida editora del periódico local que lucha por traer la legislación del estado en creación de Oklahoma a su tierra sin ley...
Home on the Range
State Official
Two brothers settle a wilderness, one builds the largest cattle ranch in the state while the other creates a game preserve to protect the wild life. Trouble lies ahead.....
Johnny Comes Flying Home
C.H. Metters (uncredited)
Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business.
The Madonna's Secret
Lambert
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. The trouble stems when the model he has used in all his work is found floating dead in the Seine.
The Phantom Rider
Senator Williams
A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking looters.
Northwest Trail
John Owens
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Voice of the Whistler
Doctor (uncredited)
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
Sensation Hunters
Night Court Judge
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.
On Stage Everybody
Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
Tramposos entrampados
Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
En la década de 1890, el capitán Sam lleva su barco-teatro River Queen a lo largo del río Mississippi, llevando su espectáculo de entretenimiento a cada pueblo. Durante una de esas escalas, en la ciudad de Ironville, se encuentra con tres granujas, Crawford, Bonita y Bailey, que se esconden de la policía local. Dexter Broadhurst y su jefe Sebastian Dinwiddle, se unen a ellos para jugar una partida de cartas. Después de beber hasta embriagarse, y a resultas de una partida amañada, el capitán pierde su barco. Los nuevos dueños usan su poder para convertir el Showboat en un casino flotante. Pero Dexter y Sebastian ayudarán al capitán a recuperar la propiedad de su buque y expulsar a los delincuentes...
Circumstantial Evidence
Gov. Hanlon
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
El Gran Flamarion
Coroner (uncredited)
Flamarion es la atracción de un Music Hall. Con éxito presenta su show en vivo. Dentro de su espectáculo se encuentra su bella ayudante, casada pero enamorada de un acróbata que participa en el show. La ayudante decide seducir a El Gran Flamarion para que mate a su marido y poder huir con el acróbata. Cuando El Gran Flamarion descubre la trama, la busca para acabar con ella
Mom and Dad
Dr. Burnell
A teenage girl from a traditional family goes on a date with a pilot and ends up having sex with him. After the pilot dies in a plane crash, the girl discovers she is pregnant with his child.
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Judge Homer T. Blackwell
In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone else killed his father.
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
R.N. Swanson
A teenage fan sets out to boost her favorite radio singer's career. Comedy with songs.
Crazy Knights
Mr. Gardner
Also known as Ghost Crazy. Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted house.
Zorro's Black Whip
Mr. Walsh
Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes the dead sibling's identity as "The Black Whip," righting the wrongs of Crescent City very much in the manner of her famous ancestor, Zorro.
I'm from Arkansas
Harry Cashin
A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.
Maisie Goes to Reno
Judge Carter (Uncredited)
Maisie está agobiada y su jefe le ordena tomar dos semanas de vacaciones. Al ir a subir al autobús con destino a Reno, donde cantará en una banda, conoce a una chica y un soldado, que le da una carta para su mujer, quien ha ido a Reno para pedir el divorcio. Pero la mujer no es la verdadera, y Maisie se pone a investigar.
The Port of 40 Thieves
Mr. Fellows
A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an attorney prove her wrong.
The Girl Who Dared
Beau Richmond
A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.
Wilson
Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
Biopic sobre el presidente democráta de los Estados Unidos Woodrow Wilson. Dejó su puesto en la Universidad de Princeton para presentarse a gobernador de New Jersey, y de ahí fue ascendiendo hasta llegar a presidente (1913-1921). Durante su mandato tuvo que enfrentarse a la muerte de su esposa, además de a las hostilidades alemanas que finalmente llevaron a los Estados Unidos a entrar en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Además fue fundador de la liga de las naciones en 1919, lo que le valió el Premio Nobel de la Paz.
Rumbo a Oriente
Man In Theatre Lobby
Comedia musical sobre un hipocondríaco que tiene que trabajar como ascensorista en un hospital.
Standing Room Only
General
Lamont, Indiana, durante la II Guerra Mundial. Lee Stevens (Fred MacMurray) es el ejecutivo de una fábrica de juguetes, cuyo dueño es T.J. Todd (Edward Arnold). Esperando obtener más rentabilidad, T.J. enviará a Lee para Washington, D.C., para intentar obtener un contrato con el gobierno y convertir la empresa para fabricar material bélico. Cuando la hija de T.J., Alice Todd (Hillary Brooke), que es novia de Lee, descubre que él viajará acompañado por su atractiva secretaria, Peggy Fuller (Veda Ann Borg), ella le exige a su padre que mande una secretaria menos atractiva para acompañarlo. Paralelamente Jane Rogers (Paulette Goddard), una funcionaria que trabaja en la cadena de montaje, fue enviada para ser advertida por Lee, ya que no se concentra bien en el trabajo...
La chica del gobierno
Irate Man (uncredited)
En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, un fabricante de coches intenta construir aviones en Washington. Por suerte, o no, encuentra una secretaria que sabe desenvolverse en el laberinto político de la capital... y algunas cosas más.
Crazy House
Outraged Director
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.
Larceny with Music
Important banker
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.
So's Your Uncle
Mr. Craig
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
J.C. Allison
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
Daredevils of the West
Senator Garfield
A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory.
Misión en Moscú
Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
El empresario Joseph E. Davies es nombrado por el presidente Roosevelt embajador de los Estados Unidos en la Unión Soviética para que averigüe cuáles son las intenciones de este país respecto a la inminente Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). El embajador se llevará algunas sorpresas en una nación que pocos conocen realmente.
Phantom Killer
John G. Harrison
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.
A través del Pacífico
Court-Martial President
Bogart interpreta a un oficial de artillería del ejército nortamericano que, en 1941, tras un juicio militar, cae en desgracia y decide abandonar el país. Consigue un trabajo en América Central, pero cuando está a punto de irse descubre que los japoneses proyectan atacar el Canal de Panamá y las bases americanas en Pearl Harbor.
Escape from Crime
Rafferty
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
Un gángster sin destino
Judge
Un gánster, próximo a morir en la cárcel, comienza a rememorar su vida. Condenado cuatro veces, la última fue a cadena perpetua, aunque era inocente. El culpable de todo ello fue un famoso abogado convertido en gánster que lo contrató para un atraco a cambio de una gran suma.
Como ella sola
Police Inspector Millett
Una neurótica mujer, emocionalmente desequilibrada, arruina la vida de todas las personas que se cruzan en su camino, hasta el punto de que las consecuencias de su comportamiento llegan a ser trágicas.
Una gran señora
Sen. Grant
Hannah Hoyt, una anciana centenaria, asiste a la inauguración de una estatua en homenaje a su marido, un pionero con el que, en 1848, vivió en las montañas, donde buscando oro corrieron toda clase de peligros.
I Was Framed
Judge
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
Always in My Heart
Prison Warden
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.
Over My Dead Body
District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
Pacific Blackout
Police Captain
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Borrowed Hero
William Brooks
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
I Killed That Man
District Attorney
A condemned inmate's premature death places officials under suspicion.
Murieron con las botas puestas
Colonel (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).
El halcón maltés
District Attorney Bryan
Un detective privado es abordado por una misteriosa mujer, que dice estar amenazada. Pero tanto el perseguidor como el hombre encargado de su protección aparecen muertos. Todo parece girar alrededor de una estatua de un halcón de valor incalculable.
Si no amaneciera
Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
Georges Iscovescu (Charles Boyer), un seductor europeo que quiere residir en los Estados Unidos, decide casarse con una romántica e ingenua maestra norteamericana (Olivia de havilland) para conseguir el permiso de residencia.
Casi un ángel
Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Un joven le pide a una encargada del guardarropa que finja ser su prometida para hacer a su padre feliz en su lecho de muerte. Sin embargo, la salud del anciano mejora y ahora su hijo no sabe cómo decirle que está comprometido con alguien más, en especial porque su padre se ha encariñado con la impostora.
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Police Chief (uncredited)
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Sucker List
James Sawyer (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have.
Strange Alibi
Judge
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Flight from Destiny
Judge
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.
Flight Command
Pensacola Commander
Para cubrir la baja de un piloto muerto en acto de servicio, el ejército envía a Alan Drake de la academia de Pensacola a la base de los fabulosos Hellcats en San Diego. Allí, para ganarse un puesto, tendrá que mostrar su habilidad a bordo de un Grumman F3F -3 biplano, enfrentándose tanto al peligro como a sus propios sentimientos.
The Great Plane Robbery
Dr. Jamison
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the client alive after he is taken hostage by former henchmen.
Lady with Red Hair
Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
You, the People
Frank Y. Carter
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Capt. Broad
Two rival tugboat captains compete for local business.
The Flag of Humanity
Gen. James Garfield
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Fruto dorado
McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Dos amigos que pretenden hacerse ricos con el negocio del petróleo en los campos de Oklahoma, comienzan a tener problemas cuando se enamoran de la misma mujer.
Fruto dorado
Defense Attorney
Dos amigos que pretenden hacerse ricos con el negocio del petróleo en los campos de Oklahoma, comienzan a tener problemas cuando se enamoran de la misma mujer.
The Golden Fleecing
Judge (uncredited)
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
La pasión ciega
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Joe y Paul Fabrini son dos hermanos que tratan de abrirse camino por su cuenta como camioneros. Tras unos duros comienzos, las cosas comienzan a ir bien, pero la ambición de Joe y la aparición de una mujer obsesionada con él hará que todo se complique.
Murder in the Air
Hargrave
Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a tattoo of a circle and arrow. This is a tattoo for saboteurs for hire and Brass must impersonate the dead man to find out what his orders are. As Steve Coe, he meets with the band of enemy agents in California and everything goes well until the wife of the dead 'Hobo' shows up. Luckily, Gabby is able to save Brass and Brass learns what is his assignment. He is to board the USN airship 'Mason', which is testing the super secret Inertia Projector, and destroy the airship.
Tear Gas Squad
Chief Ferris
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Johnny Apollo
Night Court Judge
Un corredor de bolsa de Wall Street es encarcelado por desfalco. Su hijo, recién licenciado en la universidad, intenta conseguir trabajo para pagar la fianza. Sin embargo, debido a la reputación de su padre, es rechazado en todas partes. Dadas las circunstancias, acaba entrando en una banda mafiosa y llega a ser la mano derecha de un poderoso gángster.
Flash Gordon Conquista El Universo
Professor Gordon
Miniserie de TV. 12 episodios. En el planeta Mongo, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden y el Dr. Zarkov batallan contra la Plaga de la Muerte Púrpura, intentando reestablecer en el poder al príncipe Barin. Tercero y último serial de la Universal Pictures basado en el inmortal personaje creado por la pluma y el pincel de Alex Raymond. Los dos previos eran "Flash Gordon" (1936) y "Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars" (1938).
La bala mágica
Hirsch
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.
Brother Rat and a Baby
Judge
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Barreras invisibles
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Cliff Taylor es un exconvicto que intenta llevar una vida normal, pero desde que salió de la cárcel en libertad condicional, su pasado criminal le impide encontrar y mantener un cualquier trabajo. Sin embargo, lo peor es que Tim, su hermano menor, siguiendo sus pasos, se une a la banda de Charles Martin
Swanee River
Doctor
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Old Hickory
Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
Four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.
On Dress Parade
A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
Los violentos años veinte
Judge
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.
Smashing the Money Ring
Night Captain
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Espionage Agent
Code Room Instructor
Cuando Barry Corvall descubre que su novia es una posible agente enemiga renuncia a la diplomacia secreta para desbaratar un anillo de espionaje que está planificando la destrucción de la capacidad industrial estadounidense. FY
Dust Be My Destiny
First Warden (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Angels Wash Their Faces
Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't commit.
The Bill of Rights
Colonel George Mason
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
They Shall Have Music
Detective (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.
I Stole a Million
Wilson
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
The Forgotten Woman
Dr. May
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
Stronger Than Desire
Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Rejas humanas
Warden
Tras asesinar al alcaide, Wilson se escapa de la cárcel y se refugia con su banda en una cabaña, donde se encuentra el doctor Shelby, que tendrá que utilizar todos sus recursos como psiquiatra para intentar dominar la violencia del gángster.
Confesiones de un espía nazi
FBI Chief (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.
Es mi hombre
Judge
En Nueva York durante los años 20, una cantante lucha por apartar a su novio de los problemas...
Forged Passport
Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. He resigns from the force in order to find out who was responsible. He believes it was a gang of smugglers, engaged in smuggling illegal aliens into the United States from Mexico, and in order to get inside the gang he fakes smuggling activities.
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Harry - Conference Room Businessman
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.
The Spirit of Culver
Maj. White
Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he can have free room and board, Allen initially resists the rigid discipline but later softens as he makes friends and sees the value to the hard work and discipline.
Secret Service of the Air
Warden Jackson
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Devil's Island
Captain of Second Convict Ship
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
I Stand Accused
Defense Attorney Brower
Fred, a young lawyer fresh out of school, climbs quickly to success as the mouthpiece for a gangland mob. His friend Paul, however, reaches equally quick success - in the district attorney's office. Inevitably, they meet on opposite sides of the courtroom.
Girls on Probation
Police Chief
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Mr. Wong, Detective
Dayton
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
Forja de hombres
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Conmovido al escuchar la historia de un convicto que inició su carrera delictiva siendo un niño al que nadie dio una oportunidad, el padre Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) dedice construir la Ciudad de los Muchachos, un lugar donde los jóvenes conflictivos puedan convivir, trabajar y labrarse un futuro honrado. Allí acude a la fuerza Withey Marsh (Mickey Rooney), un joven rebelde que parece un caso perdido y que está decidido a seguir los pasos de su hermano Joe (Edward Norris), líder de una banda de delincuentes.
Vive como quieras
Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Alice Sycamore, la única persona con un poco de cordura en una familia llena de lunáticos, se enamora de su jefe, Tony Kirby, que pertenece a una familia muy rica y muy cursi. La diferencia entre el estilo de vida y la mentalidad de ambas familias se agudizan cuando los padres de él van a cenar a casa de ella, y la cena termina con la llegada de la policía y la detención de todos los presentes, acusados de anarquistas.
Doctor Rhythm
Insp. Bryce
El doctor Remsen finge ser policía, y acaba recibiendo la misión de proteger a Judy Marlowe, de la cual se enamora.
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Philip Benton
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
Over the Wall
Warden Vance
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
Murder Is News
David Corning
A radio reporter does a story on the infidelity and divorce of a wealthy and powerful businessman. The man invites the reporter to his mansion for a chat, but when he gets there, he finds that the businessman has been murdered--and that now he himself is on the killer's hit list.
Night Club Scandal
Governor
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
Dangerously Yours
Roberts
A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks.
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Judge
An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.
Bad Guy
Warden
A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.
She Had to Eat
Police Captain (uncredited)
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
It Could Happen to You
Judge
A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a story by Nathanael West and Samuel Ornitz, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy Era.
Fifty Roads to Town
Captain Carroll
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
La contraseña
Warden
Un exoficial de la Marina, empleado del presidente McKinley a principios del siglo XX, lucha contra una poderosa organización criminal que ha hecho del atraco a entidades bancarias su principal fuente de financiación.
Criminals of the Air
Captain Wallace
El agente secreto Mark Owens es enviado a la Patrulla Fronteriza con México para acabar con una banda de contrabandistas muy bien organizada.
El Septimo Cielo
Gendarme
Entrañable historia romántica entre un trabajador de las alcantarillas y una joven a quien él libra de ser detenida por la policía. 'Chico' la invita a permanecer unos días en su apartamento con la condición de que se marche cuando se arregle la situación.
Two Wise Maids
Grover Wentworth
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry.
Torture Money
Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
A Man Betrayed
Mr. Carlton
A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tries to make things right for the stockholders, but gets framed.
Lady from Nowhere
Commissioner
A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her.
Three Smart Girls
Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
The three Craig sisters Penny, Kay, and Joan, go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother.
Legion of Terror
Cummings
Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and 'Slim" Hewitt, set out to track down the sender of a time-bomb to a U. S. Senator and, during their investigation, run across a hooded organization that is terrorizing an American city. They also meet Don Foster, who is loud in his condemnation of the terrorists, and his sister, Nancy, who fears for her brother's life.
Two in a Crowd
Purdy
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.
Craig's Wife
Detective (Uncredited)
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Frank Boyd
Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger, a female fight promoter, when he becomes involved with June Prentice and her high-society crowd.
Keep 'Em Rolling
Major in France Battlefield
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Inspector Carr
A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.
Murder In The Pullman
Detective
Noted team of detective and criminologist solve the murder of a new bride, in her compartment, on the train on which they are travelling.
The Cole Case
Inspector Carr
Dr. Crabtree (Donald Meek) and Insp. Carr (John Hamilton) are visited by a man who has been receiving notes threatening to kill him. The latest note says he will die at eight o'clock tonight, so Carr sends a couple men to his house. Sure enough, the many is murdered under everyone's noses, so the two men must find out what really happened.
The Skull Murder Mystery
Inspector Carr
When the skeleton of a young man is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tenants come under suspicion. The team of Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree use the skull of the victim to solve the murder.
The Studio Murder Mystery
Insp. Carr
When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree are called in to investigate.
The Symphony Murder Mystery
Insp. Carr
A cellist is murdered during a symphony concert. Shortly afterwards, the manager of the hall is found dead, an apparent suicide. But is it?
The Week End Mystery
During a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At nine o'clock sharp, he excuses himself from the card table to take his medicine, promising to return soon. When he doesn't, Claire goes in search of him, and finds his door locked from the inside.
The Wall Street Mystery
Inspector Carr
When the apparent murder of two stockbrokers are discovered in their Wall Street office. Police Inspector Crane summons forensic expert Dr. Crabtree to the crime scene. A beautiful woman found in the closet, a frightened African-American elevator operator, and a suspicious business associate are among the witnesses questioned.
Success
Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ballplayer, but his eyesight keeps getting him into trouble. Elmer also needs a new pair of glasses.
The Gigolo Racket
George Burke
As a publicity stunt, a musical comedy star announces her engagement to a young man she believes is a gigolo, with whom she eventually falls in love.
Heads Up
Capt. Whitney
Jack Mason of the Coast Guard Academy meets Mary at the graduation ball and falls in love with her, though the girl's mother finds wealthy Rex Cutting a more proper choice for her daughter. On a yachting cruise arranged by Mrs. Trumbull, Jack is not invited. Meanwhile, Mary suspects Rex of picking up contraband beyond the 12-mile limit and refuses his proposal of marriage, while Betty, her impish sister, drives Skippy to distraction in the galley, where he has installed an automatic kitchen that does most of his work. Jack smuggles himself aboard but is forcibly ejected at port by a coast guard, and Mrs. Trumbull discourages his attempt to elope with Mary; but on a subsequent cruise, he hides himself in a lifeboat with two aides. When the captain stops to take on a cargo of rum, Jack and his aides take over the vessel, and a battle ensues. The yacht is wrecked on an island, and Jack proves his heroism, while Rex reveals his true colors and is identified as a fugitive bootlegger.
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Grant
Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. While performing her boop-a-doop songs, Eustace Macy, the saxophone-tooting nephew of Mrs. Benson falls in love with Nan. And, then, the villain, the bank-robbing Doc Foster, makes his entrance. Can Dawes of the Royal Mounted be seen slushing in pursuit behind the gangster? Could Be.
At the Villa Rose
Starling
Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Odilion van Belle
In Belgium during the first World War , the Uhlans order the burgomaster to be shot by his son-in-law.
The Three Kings
Charlie King
Drama set around a circus at Blackpool. A clown loves a young housekeeper and saves her from a fire caused by a jealous lion tamer.
The Silver Lining
John Hurst
The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him.