Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Nacimiento : 1891-09-07, San Bernardino, California, USA

Muerte : 1970-02-06

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roscoe Karns (September 7, 1891 – February 6, 1970) was an American actor who appeared in nearly 150 films between 1915 and 1964. He specialized in cynical, wise-cracking (and often tipsy) characters, and his rapid-fire delivery enlivened many comedies and crime thrillers in the 1930s and 1940s. Though he appeared in numerous silent films, such as Wings and Beggars of Life, his career didn't really take off until sound arrived. Arguably his best-known film role was the annoying bus passenger Oscar Shapeley, who tries to pick up Claudette Colbert in the Oscar-winning comedy It Happened One Night (1934), quickly followed by one of his best performances as the boozy press agent Owen O'Malley in Howard Hawks' Twentieth Century. (Six years later, he co-starred as one of the reporters in another Hawks classic, His Girl Friday.) In 1937, Paramount teamed him with Lynne Overman as a pair of laconic private eyes in two B comedy-mysteries, Murder Goes to College and Partners in Crime. From 1950 to 1954, Karns played the title role in the popular DuMont Television Network series Rocky King, Inside Detective. His son, character actor Todd Karns, also appeared in that series. From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Admiral Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper in the title role of a United States Navy physician, and Abby Dalton as nurse Martha Hale. His final film was another Hawks comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?, in 1964. Karns was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roscoe Karns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Roscoe Karns
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Películas

Su juego favorito
Major Phipps
Roger Willoughby, un famoso experto en pesca, acaba de escribir un libro que se ha convertido en un best seller. Sin embargo, Roger nunca ha pescado nada. Su jefe acepta la idea de Abigail, la directora publicitaria, de inscribirle en un concurso de pesca.
Onionhead
'Windy' Woods
Follow-up to Andy Griffith's big hit in "No Time for Sergeants" moves the action to the Coast Guard and WW II.
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Officer Carmody
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
Speed to Spare
Kangaroo
Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's former girl friend. Also working for Jerry is Pete Simmons, son of the owner Al Simmons, and office secretary Jane Chandler, who is Pete's sweetheart. Before long, Cliff has made enemies of Pusher Wilks, a trucker whose run he takes over, and also Pete, whose girl he is trying to take over. Pusher sabotages Cliff's rig at every opportunity causing several near-fatal accidents.
Devil's Cargo
Lt. Hardy
John Calvert takes over as the Falcon in this Poverty-Row continuation of the film series.
The Inside Story
Eustace Peabody
Un agente de cobro llega a un pequeño pueblo con 1000 dólares para un granjero. Mientras espera a que el agricultor llegue, el dinero es guardado en una caja fuerte de un hotel. Sin embargo, el dinero se saca por error y solventa un serie de problemas antes de ser devuelto.
Ése es mi hombre
Toby Gleeton
Un taxista le cuenta a un pasajero, que es crítico deportivo, cómo conoció a Joe Grange, el propietario de Gallant Man, un caballo de carreras que ha conseguido muchas victorias y que está a punto de retirarse. Todo empezó cuando Joe, desesperado por el juego, se jugó una gran cantidad a favor de Gallant Man.
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Bill Delaney
The ranch of Red Ryder (Allan Lane) and his aunt, The Duchess (Martha Wentworth), is being used as the training site for "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (George Turner) for his upcoming fight in Carson City, Nevada for the heavyweight championship against Bob Fitzsimmons (John Dehner). Molly McVey (Peggy Stewart), the daughter of a U.S. Senator, crusading against prize-fighting in Nevada, complicates matters soemwhat when she conceives the bright idea of having Corbett kidnapped, thus causing the cancellation of the fight. The two men (George Chesebro and George Lloyd) she hires to do the kidnapping also add to the complications by kidnapping Ryder instead of Corbett. Meanwhile, a gang of crooks, led by McKean (Roy Barcroft), descend on the town intent on looting the town and also making off with the fight proceeds.
Avalanche
Red Kelly
Two T-men track a tax evader and his money to an Idaho ski resort, where a raven tends bar.
I Ring Doorbells
Stubby
Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper reporting after he bombs as a playwright. Believing his grown son is in danger of marrying a gold digger, the paper's publisher assigns his new reporter to expose her.
One Way to Love
Hobie Simmons
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Archie
An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pretty girl become a singer.
The Navy Way
Frankie Gimble
The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.
Minstrel Man
Lasses White
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is cast as Dixie Boy Johnson, who rises from the ranks of minstrel shows to become a top Broadway attraction. On the opening night of his greatest stage triumph, Dixie Boy's wife dies in childbirth. Profoundly shaken, he walks out of the show, leaving the baby to be raised by his showbiz pals Mae and Lasses White (Gladys George, Roscoe Karns). The kid grows up to be an attractive young woman named Caroline (Judy Clark), who follows in her dad's footsteps by billing herself as-that's right-Dixie Girl Johnson. This leads to a tearful reunion between Caroline and the father she'd long assumed to be dead. If Minstrel Man seems at times to be a dress rehearsal for Columbia's The Jolson Story (1946), it shouldn't surprising: the PRC film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, who went on to helm Jolson Story's musical highlights.
Vieja amistad
Charlie Archer
Adaptación de una obra de teatro de John Van Druten. Dos amigas de la infancia, al hacerse mayores, se convierten en rivales, tanto en el terreno profesional como en el privado. En 1981, George Cukor hizo una nueva versión: "Ricas y famosas", con Jacqueline Bisset y Candice Bergen como protagonistas.
His Butler's Sister
Fields
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
En la cumbre de la felicidad
Shorty
Ann Castle es una cantante y reina del burlesque que decide regresar al lugar que la vio nacer, Arizona, cuando su padre está a punto de perder una de sus minas de plata.
Tres días de amor y fe
Roscoe Karns
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Dakota (Terry), un soldado que está de permiso en Nueva York, visita la famosa Stage Door Canteen (título original del film), un local de Broadway donde célebres artistas entretenían a los soldados que volvían del frente. Dakota y sus amigos, Tex (Sunset Carson) y California (Lon McAllister), caen rendidos ante los encantos de Eileen (Cheryl Walker), Jean (Marjorie Riordan) y Ella Sue (Margaret Early). Artistas del calibre de Katharine Hepburn, Merle Oberon, George Raft, Johnny Weismuller, Ralph Bellamy o Harpo Marx llenan el local, en el que actúan las bandas de Xavier Cugat, Count Basie y Benny Goodman.
My Son, The Hero
Big-Time Morgan
Learning that his long-unseen son is soon to arrive for a visit, a small-time con-man enlists the help of his cronies to help him pretend to be a wealthy and important businessman. Comedy.
You Can't Escape Forever
'Mac' McTurk
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Yokel Boy
Al Devers
A film company hires a gangster to mock himself holding up a bank, but he succeeds too well and makes off with the money. But all ends well.
La mujer del año
Phil Whittaker
Ésta es la primera película de la famosa pareja formada por Spencer Tracy y Katharine Hepburn. Él es un periodista deportivo, ella, una periodista política que necesita que le recuerden los placeres simples de la vida. Una inteligente comedia de lucha de sexos llena de química y encanto.
A Tragedy at Midnight
Cassidy
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
Road to Happiness
Charley Grady
A struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but wealthy mother will gain custody of the boy.
Half Shot at Sunrise
Henry Warren
After his wife walks out on him, obnoxious Roscoe takes his son to the movies and creates havoc in the theater.
The Gay Vagabond
Arthur Dixon / Jerry Dixon
Farce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.
Black Eyes and Blues
Alfred Harmon
Roscoe's wife decides to divorce him and heads for Reno.
Pasos en la oscuridad
Monahan
Errol Flynn es un superficial caballero de la alta sociedad. Su carácter frívolo poco hace sospechar a los que le rodean que tiene una doble vida. Compagina su faceta más exclusiva con una labor como escritor de novelas de misterio y colaborador de la policía.
Petticoat Politics
Joe Higgins
Pa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both boyfriend to the Higgins girl and the son of Pa's opponent.
Meet the Missus
Joe Higgins
Gran Higgins cae bajo el hechizo de una viuda ansiosa de amor.
Ladies Must Live
Pete Larrabee
A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.
La pasión ciega
Irish McGurn
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.
Saturday's Children
Willie Sands
La bonita Bobby ama a Rims, un inventor sin mucha suerte. Rims pretende ir a Manila para convertir cáñamo en seda y enriquecerse, pero cuando un miembro de la familia de Bobby la convence de que engañe a Rims para casarse, el mundo real se desmorona sobre los dos.
Double Alibi
Jeremiah Jenkins
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Luna nueva
McCue
Hildy Johnson, la mejor reportera del periódico Morning Post, anuncia que va a dejar el periodismo para casarse y dedicarse a su familia y a las labores del hogar. Pero Walter Burns, el editor del periódico y ex-marido de Hildy, no puede aceptarlo, por lo que se sirve de toda clase de tretas para retenerla en el periódico y, de paso, intentar reconquistarla.
That's Right - You're Wrong
Mal Stamp
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
Everything's on Ice
Felix Miller
Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.
Dancing Co-Ed
Joe Drews
Una universitaria se esfuerza por sobrevivir en la academia y en el mundo del espectáculo.
King of Chinatown
Rep Harrigan
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Thanks for the Memory
George Kent
Un escritor en paro se ocupa de las labores domésticas, mientras su esposa va a trabajar para su ex novio, y editor del marido, quien todavía está enamorado de ella.
You and Me
Cuffy
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Tip-Off Girls
Tom Benson aka Tommy Logan
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
Dangerous to Know
Duncan
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.
Scandal Street
Austin Brown
Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin Brown, who, unknown to his wife, is engaged in a moneymaking scheme with James Wilson.
Partners in Crime
Sim Perkins
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
On Such a Night
Joe Flynn
When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
Night of Mystery
Sergeant Heath
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
Murder Goes to College
Sim Perkins
Whodunit in a college setting.
Clarence
Clarence Smith
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Clarence ingratiates himself with the wealthy and eccentric Wheeler family, though daughter Cora can't stand the boy.
Cain and Mabel
Reilly
Los mánagers de un campeón de boxeo y de una estrella del musical de Broadway deciden montar un romance entre ellos para promocionarlos.
Three Married Men
Peter Cary
Jennie Mullins and her fiancé Peter Cary are happily in love but their families are miserable about their relationship. The Carys and Mullinses have been feuding for years over the apparent failure of the Carys' business which was caused by the now-deceased Mr. Mullins. Despite familial pressure to the contrary, Jennie and Peter proceed with their wedding. Just before the wedding, Peter receives advice from his soon-to-be brothers-in-law, Jeff and Bill Mullins. Both men warn him about the drudgery of marriage, ply him with drink, and destroy his fantasy of an ideal, romantic marriage.
Border Flight
Calico Smith
Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Farmer) in a concerning the Coast Guard and smugglers. The chief points of interest are the truly exceptional aerial sequences and Farmer's early performance.
Woman Trap
Mopsy
A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as reporter Kent Shevlin, whose investigation of the murder leads to a tenure as a temporary FBI agent.
Two-Fisted
Chick Moran
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find themselves involved in romance, shady characters and a possible kidnapping.
La que apostó su amor
Toots O'Grady
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.
Alibi Ike
Carey
Un jugador de beisbol que siempre pone excusas se enamora de la cuñada del entrenador. Poco después, unos gangsters le secuestran para que haga perder al equipo en la final.
Four Hours to Kill!
Johnson
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.
Red Hot Tires
Bud Keene
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
Alas en la noche
Nick Williams
Sheila Mason es una aviadora de acrobacias que se enamora de un aviador que está intentando descubrir mejoras de seguridad en los vuelos. Por culpa de un accidente, él queda ciego, lo que no le impide ir a rescatar a la chica cuando ella está en peligro en un vuelo entre Nueva York y Moscú.
I Sell Anything
Monk
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Shoot the Works
Sailor Burke
Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily (Dorothy Dell) to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
La comedia de la vida
Owen O'Malley
Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) es un dramaturgo y director teatral de Broadway que goza de gran prestigio, pero que tiene un carácter insoportable. En uno de los castings conoce a una joven actriz llamada Mildred (Carole Lombard), a la que escoge como protagonista de su obra. La rebautiza con el nombre de Lily Garland, que resulta mucho más comercial y llamativo. El estreno es un éxito de crítica y público, y la actriz se convierte en una estrella de Hollywood.
Come On, Marines!
Spud McGurke
'Lucky Davis', un sargento de los Marines, es un hombre mujeriego y sin escrúpulos. Es asignado para liderar a un escuadrón que deberá adentrarse en la jungla filipina, donde un forajido encabeza a un grupo de peligrosos guerrilleros.
Sucedió una noche
Oscar Shapeley
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.
Alicia en el país de las Maravillas
Tweedledee
Historia de magia y fantasía en la que Alicia se adentra en el sorprendente País de las Maravillas y conoce a extraordinarios personajes como Tweedledee y Tweedledum, el Sombrerero Loco, La Reina de Corazones y el frenético Conejo Blanco. Adaptación de las novelas de Lewis Carroll.
The Women in His Life
Aloysius Lester
An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his ex-wife, who left him.
La mujer preferida
Snappy Downer
Hugo y Biff son amigos y ambos se sienten atraídos por la misma chica, la guapa Virginia. Cuando ella se casa con Hugo, Biff hará lo propio con Amy, pero no puede dejar de pensar que Virginia será siempre la mujer de su vida.
Casino del mar
Blooey
Ace Corbin, cansado de una vida disoluta y repleta de malas compañías comienza una nueva vida con otro nombre y se aleja de su pasado en tren. Allí conoce a una joven llamada Eleanor que también arrastra un oscuro pasado...
Vivamos hoy
McGinnis
Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), Diana Boyce-Smith está atrapada en un triángulo amoroso con Claude, un funcionario británico, y con Bogard, un piloto de combate estadounidense.
A Lady's Profession
Tony
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
Grand Slam
Contest Radio Announcer
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
Lawyer Man
Merritt - Reporter (uncredited)
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
Under-Cover Man
Dannie
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.
Si yo tuviera un millón
Private O'Brien
Un millonario que está a punto de morir decide repartir su fortuna entre desconocidos cuyos nombres saca de la guía telefónica. Los afortunados emplean el dinero de diferentes formas: el oficinista plantará cara a su jefe, la prostituta intentará cambiar su vida, etc. Un filme compuesto por episodios en el que la Paramount empleó a sus mejores directores, James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Lothar Mendes, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter y Norman Taurog y a sus estrellas más relevantes como Charles Laugthon, Gary Cooper, George Raft, Jack Oakie o W. C. Fields. El mejor episodio es precisamente el dirigido por Lubitsch sobre la reacción de un oficinista al saberse repentinamente millonario, que interpreta Charles Laughton.
They Call It Sin
Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
An innocent, young, small town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big-city and left fending for herself.
Noche tras noche
Leo
En plena ley seca, un ex-boxeador compra un bar de primera clase y se enamora de una muchacha de la alta sociedad, que no sabe de su pasado. Las complicaciones siguen cuando aparecen algunas ex-novias de sus días de boxeo.
Viaje de ida
S.S. Maloa Bartender (uncredited)
Dan Hardesty, un hombre sobre quien pesa una acusación de asesinato, viaja en un barco escoltado por un policía, haciendo una travesía desde Hong Kong a la prisión norteamericana de San Quintín. Durante el viaje conoce a Joan, una muchacha gravemente enferma del corazón, de la que se enamora. Dan intenta fugarse, pero regresa al ver que Joan está sufriendo un ataque. Es entonces cuando planean fugarse a México. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Crooked Circle
Harry Carter
A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.
Two Against the World
Segall, reporter
Una mujer de la alta sociedad ha de testificar en un hijo por asesinato cuyo fiscal es su pretendiente.
Week-End Marriage
Jim Davis
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
The Roadhouse Murder
Dale
After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper stories about the crime front-page news. Eric Linden, Dorothy Jordan, Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Ates, Roscoe Karns and Purnell Pratt star in this 1932 thriller, directed by J. Walter Ruben.
Play Girl
Gambler (uncredited)
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
Stowaway
Insp. Redding
On her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the advances of first mate Groder. On the street and being pursued by a Policeman who thinks she is a prostitute, Mary seeks shelter on an old freighter. She is soon discovered by second mate Tommy and they quickly fall in love, but with first mate Groder lurking around will their lives work out in the end?
Ladies of the Big House
Frank - Twenty Questions player (uncredited)
Una pareja de recién casados es víctima de las maniobras del ex de la mujer, un gangster rencoroso y cruel. Acaban acusados de un crimen que no han cometido, él sentenciado a muerte y ella a cadena perpetua. Perro la anterior novia del gangster, que está en la misma cárcel, la ayuda a demostrar su inocencia.
Left Over Ladies
'Scoop'
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
Pleasure
Arnie
A novelist and his younger brother fall in love with the same woman.
Salvada
Fred Geer
Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens intenta suicidarse cuando Hamilton la abandona. Menos mal que aparece un predicador del Ejército de Salvación que está dispuesto a ocuparse de ella.
Many a Slip
Stan Price
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
Dirigible
Sock McGuire
Un explorador francés, que desea hacer un viaje al Polo Sur, consigue la ayuda de la marina norteamericana. El almirante John S. Martin hará que el comandante Jack Bradon y su amigo y acróbata Frisky Pierce, acepten la empresa de llevar al aventurero. Sin embargo, la esposa de Pierce se opondrá a que su marido participe en lo que ella presiente que será una tragedia.
The Gorilla
Simmons
A series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by an ape. (lost film)
The Costello Case
Blair
An Irish policeman handles gangsters, a mystery woman and a wise-guy reporter.
Man Trouble
Scott
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.
Little Accident
Gilbert
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
Safety in Numbers
Bertram Shapiro
Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the "underside" of big-city life.
Troopers Three
Bugs
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.
Noches de Nueva York
Johnny Dolan
Jill Deverne es una corista que se casó con Fred, quien es compositor pero sufre de alcoholismo. Ella quiere mostrar las últimas canciones de Fred, dentro de un año al mafioso Joe Prividi. Prividi es el productor del espectáculo musical que está trabajando y se compromete a utilizar su canción. Fred, sin embargo, se niega y rechaza la oferta de Prividi. Cuando Prividi utiliza la canción sin permiso, Fred y su amigo Johnny Dolan se emborrachan y se muestran en el club nocturno.
This Thing Called Love
Harry Bertrand
A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
Copy
City Editor John Mack
On a slow news day, the wisecracking staff of a newspaper write articles about the serious safety issues of a local excursion steamboat line.
The Flying Fleet
Shipwrecked Radio Operator (uncredited)
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.
The Shopworn Angel
Dance Director
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.
Jazz Mad
Sol Levy
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.
Moran of the Marines
Swatty
Adventures of a marine in China.
Beggars of Life
Lame Hoppy
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
Win That Girl
Johnny Norton II
A gridiron rivalry between two colleges is entering its third generation, and the Norton family (father and grandfather were members of teams defeated by rival squads captained by members of the Brawn family) rears Johnny Norton, 3d, to be a star football player. The lad is underweight, however, and initially shows a talent only for drop kicking. During the big game, Johnny is substituted for another player and leads his team to victory, winning for himself the love of Gloria Havens.
Warming Up
Hippo
Bert, a pitcher for a baseball team in a small town, is given the opportunity to try out for a team in the big leagues. Unfortunately, he incurs the enmity of McRae, the league's leading home-run hitter. In addition, he falls for the team owner's daughter, who McRae has designs on.
The Vanishing Pioneer
Ray Hearn
A western settlement of pioneer descendants is threatened with the loss of its water supply through the encroachments of nearby townspeople.
The Desert Bride
Pvt. Terry
Captain Maurice de Florimont, a French Army intelligence officer, is captured by Arab nationalists while on an espionage mission. His sweetheart Diane Duval is also taken prisoner. Both are tortured by Kassim Ben Ali, leader of the Arab nationalists, but they refuse to divulge any information. They are finally rescued by French troops who storm the fortress and kill Kassim.
La senda del 98
Man on Ship (uncredited)
La acción transcurre en el año 1897, donde cazadores de fortuna que vienen de todo el país se dirigen hacia la zona de Klondike en el Yukón para buscar oro, en un largo y peligroso viaje que pone a prueba a los aventureros.
Beau Sabreur
Buddy
Un miembro de la Legión extranjera francesa descubre a un traidor entre sus filas y luego es enviado a una misión entre los árabes para lograr la firma de un Tratado de paz crucial.
El cantor de Jazz
Agent (uncredited)
Primer film sonoro. La Warner Bros. Pictures, que por entonces pasaba problemas financieros, fue el primer estudio en sacar un filme sonoro, que alternaba la voz y canciones de Al Jolson con subtítulos. Por supuesto, e independientemente de la calidad artística del filme, se convirtió en un gran éxito de taquilla.
Alas
Lieutenant Cameron
Jack Powell (Charles Rogers), un joven que vive en una pequeña ciudad de Estados Unidos en 1917, está enamorado de la sofisticada Sylvia Lewis (Jobyna Ralston) y se siente irritado por las constantes atenciones de la chica de la casa de al lado, Mary Preston (Clara Bown), Sylvia está a su vez enamorada del rico heredero David Armstrong (Richard Arlen), aunque su relación se ve interrumpida cuando los dos jóvenes se alistan en el Ejército. Tras un periodo de enfrentamiento, entran en las Fuerzas Aéreas y Jack y David conocen al cadete White (Gary Cooper), quien les sirve de inspiración para sus futuros combates aéreos. Drama bélico que ha pasado a la historia por ser el primer film que ganó el Oscar a la mejor película, el año de la creación de los premios de la Academia americana (años 1927-1928).
Ten Modern Commandments
Benny Burnaway
A chorus girl falls in love with a budding composer.
You'd Be Surprised
Party Guest
A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. The district attorney's butler/valet tells the coroner he saw who killed his employer and a few minutes later he is also murdered. The mystery deepens.
The Midnight Express
Switch Hogan
Wastrel son of a railroad magnate, Jack's father becomes frustrated with his son's wild ways. To prove himself, Jack goes to work in the railroad yard as a laborer. An escaped convict, Silent Bill Brachley, steals Jack's car, and the chase leads to a meeting between Jack, the engineer of the Midnight Express, and the engineer's pretty daughter, Mary. As he is led back to jail, Brachley swears revenge.
Los diez mandamientos
The Boy in the Rain (uncredited)
Primera épica bíblica de la historia de Moisés dirigida por el propio Cecil B. DeMille, y que se superaría a sí mismo con creces en su remake de 1956. Se narra la historia de Moisés desde su enfrentamiento a Ramsés y la aparición de las plagas de Egipto, hasta su éxodo liderando al pueblo judío hacia la Tierra Prometida, así como la revelación de los Diez Mandamientos en el monte Sinaí. El film tiene una segunda parte que analiza la influencia práctica de los Diez Mandamientos en la vida moderna, en una historia ambientada en la contemporánea San Francisco (FILMAFFINITY)
The Trouper
Working as a wardrobe girl in a cheap traveling stock company, Mamie Judd secretly loves Jenks, the leading man, who scarcely notices the young girl. She saves Neal Selden, son of a small-town banker, from being accused of robbery and murder, acts committed by the company's manager and leading lady.
The Life of the Party
Sam Perkins
An attorney is thrust into wild adventures by an attractive young woman.
The Family Honor
Dal Tucker
Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother Dal through college in the hope that he will support the family after graduation. However, Dal harbors no such ambition and instead spends his time gambling and drinking in a saloon owned by the town's mayor, Curran. During a raid led by Curran's crusading son Merle, a detective is killed and Dal is accused of the crime.
Her Own Money
Jerry Woodward
Her Own Money is a 1922 comedy