Robert McWade

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.

Ohio, 1840. Un pastor llega a una pequeña comunidad dispuesto a ofrecer sus servicios espirituales, y encuentra a unas gentes mezquinas e incapaces de aceptar cualquier síntoma de progreso. El hijo del pastor se rebela contra esta situación y marcha a Baltimore para estudiar medicina. Cuando estalla la Guerra Civil Americana, el muchacho se alista en el frente.

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.

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

Un ex conductor de autobuses escolares regenta una empresa de camiones, que compite con un tren de mercancías para entregar piezas de aviones en la Costa Oeste.

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in his place to a dinner party aimed at squeezing a few Merriweather millions. That Cinderella plan soon turns into a pumpkin coach with the wheels fallen off. Circumstances will force shave-and-a-haircut Joe to masquerade as Merriweather for much longer.The comedy comes fast and frantic in Mister Cinderella, from Hal Roach Studios.

Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

Life changes in surprising ways when a lazy, unemployed husband and father finds a box containing thousands of dollars in cash.

Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.

Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

La aspirante a actriz Cicely Tyler (Margaret Sullavan) pone su carrera en espera cuando se casa con el ambicioso periodista Christopher Tyler (James Stewart). Mientras tanto, Tommy Abbott (Ray Milland), que ama en secreto a Cicely, le reserva una gran oportunidad en Broadway. Cuando a Christopher se le asigna a la oficina de su periódico en Roma, provoca una ruptura en el matrimonio, pero pronto abandona su puesto cuando descubre que Cicely está embarazada y promete no dejarla nunca, lo cual provoca que pierda el empleo y tenga que comenzar de nuevo.

Adaptación de un musical de gran éxito en Broadway.

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.

When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.

"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also takes time, along the way, to smooth the rocky road to romance being traveled by Bill Peck and Barbara Blake.

La historia del legendario jugador Diamond Jim Brady y su romance con la actriz y cantante Lillian Russell.

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."

Un joven médico al frente de una clínica de salud para enfermos de la polio se queda deslumbrado por una hermosa y rica chica de la alta sociedad, en detrimento de sus pacientes y de la mujer que en le ama de verdad.

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.

In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.

Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.

The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department store business.

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.

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.

An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.

Guerra de Secesión, 1862. Tras el desastre de la Segunda Batalla de Bull Run, el comandante Allen, jefe del Servicio Secreto de la Unión, pide a la actriz Gail Loveless que se convierta en uno de sus espías y se infiltre en territorio enemigo.

La princesa Catterina se pone enferma de paperas justo antes de viajar a los Estados Unidos. Al ser un viaje fundamental para la supervivencia económica de su Reino, contrata a una actriz de enorme parecido físico con ella para que suplante su personalidad. Aunque nadie nota la farsa, todo se complica cuando el editor de un periódico quiere acompañar a la princesa en su gira americana...

"That girl" is newspaper sob-sister Tony Bellamy (Claire Trevor), whose nose for news gets her into one jam after another, especially when she poses as an exotic dancer to get the goods on a gangster.

A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.

A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.

The murders are committed in swift succession on board a liner crossing the Atlantic in a dense fog, and many of the passengers come under suspicion before the actual killer is bought to justice with the aid of a very substantial "ghost."

Un ex marinero convertido en boxeador encuentra el romance y tiene una oportunidad por el título de peso pesado.

Película inspirada en la novela de Stefan Zweig “Carta de una desconocida”. La protagonista es una mujer que es seducida en dos ocasiones por el mismo hombre, sin que éste la reconozca la segunda vez.

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.

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.

An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds, a traumatized but courageous man who will experience, in the years to come, the pain of misfortune but also the happiness of success and hope and love for other human beings.

Un circo al borde de la quiebra decide salvarse montando un número con leones y tigres por primera vez.

The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.

Julian Marsh, un exitoso productor de Broadway, a pesar de su delicada salud, produce un nuevo espectáculo, financiado por un hombre rico que está enamorado de la actriz principal, Dorothy Brock , aunque ella no le corresponde. Cuando la víspera del estreno Dorothy se lesiona, es sustituida por una chica del coro.

La atractiva Nan Taylor integrante de una banda que roba un banco, va a la cárcel gracias al evangelista David Slade... que la ama.

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

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.

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

Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.

Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.

Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd), un joven sin ninguna habilidad ni talento como actor, quiere desesperadamente, actuar en una película. Así que marcha a Hollywood y se presenta a numerosos castings, donde ocasiona todo tipo de dificultades y problemas.

Grace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being courted by two men, the steady but predictable Tommy Tucker and the more ambitious, flashy, and worldly Dick Loring, who seems closer to Grace in his desire for travel and adventure.

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.

Las diferentes historias de los huéspedes de un elegante hotel es el argumento de este film de brillante reparto. Obtuvo tan sólo un Oscar, pero fue el de mejor película.

Society matron Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane is selected as a juror in the trial of former chorus girl Yvette Gordon, who's accused of murdering her rich older husband. In court and during deliberations, Mrs. Crane proves to be a disruptive and unorthodox juror.

Con un argumento parecido a 'Hollywood al desnudo', rodado un año después, dos señoritas llamadas Wanda y Marie llegan a la ciudad de Nueva York deseosas de convertirse en actrices.

La historia de un hombre que desea construir rascacielos. Al morir su madre, entra a trabajar en una constructora cuyo propietario es su verdadero padre. Tras muchas vicisitudes, llegará a saber la verdad y se reconciliará con él.

Wallungford es un estafador, especialista en engañar a tontainas. Cuenta con dos cómplices. Su nuevo objetivo es una fábrica de cerámica de un pequeño pueblo. Cuando ha recibido dinero de diversos inversores, se enamora de Dorothy y decide regenerarse.

Una joven pareja intenta hacer frente a sus familiares que siguen inmiscuyéndose en su felicidad.

In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.

A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.

Oscarizada superproducción de la época que narra las aflicciones y tribulaciones de una familia en el viejo Oeste a lo largo de cuatro décadas, desde su llegada a Oklahoma en 1889 hasta el surgimiento de sus aspiraciones políticas en los años 20. Amores, luchas, triunfos y separaciones, además de la famosa y verídica carrera de diligencias son los ingredientes de uno de los mayores éxitos de la RKO.

Harold Horne (Harold Llloyd) es un vendedor de zapatos quien por casualidad conoce a Bárbara, la hija de su jefe, y se enamora de ella. Horne le cuenta a la chica que él es un magnate del cuero y debe esconder la verdad para no desilusionarla.Decide hacer lo posible para cortejarla, aunque eso signifique escalar todo un edificio. Más tarde, al tratar de entregar una carta, Horne se halla a sí mismo colgando de los andamios de un edificio, a muchos metros de altura sobre las calles de la ciudad.

A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.

Willie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult-to-injury Willie is also the store's designated 'Fired Man."; when a disgruntled customer demands that somebody-must-be-fired, Willie is summoned and summarily fired, only to be rehired when the now-satisfied customer has departed. Willie inadvertently adopts a four-year-old orphan at a cost of ten-dollars a week, and things go from bad to worse since Willie doesn't make ten-dollars a week. But, with the help of Mary, a beautiful young nurse, Willie manages to turn some corners and improve his lot in life, albeit with some skids along the way.

When love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the swirling eddy of his criminal past! (original ad)

Un inmigrante alemán, viudo y con cuatro hijos, llega a un pueblo norteamericano. Su intención es invertir sus ahorros en una sociedad de préstamos con un amigo, pero uno de sus hijos contrae la tuberculosis, así que tendrá que utilizar el dinero para pagar el tratamiento del chico.

Man from small town comes to New York to be best man at an old friend's wedding. He mistakenly supposes that the girl and her family are after his friend's money, and almost wrecks their romance.

Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle son, Tom Jr. (Neil Hamilton), calls him a grouch. As a result, Bates decides to teach his son a lesson by putting him in charge of the business for a year.