Elderly Man
Dos ineptos atracadores de bancos que acaban de ser puestos en libertad intentan, por todos los medios, convertirse en ciudadanos respetables... ¡pero todo se pondrá en contra de ellos! Cuando intentan depositar dinero en un banco, son tomados por ladrones. Cuando se unen a la cabellería del ejército de Estados Unidos, son acusados de intentar volar un fuerte y llevados a prisión... Cuando los más torpes vaqueros del Oeste cabalgan de nuevo, la acción, el romance, la aventura y la risa están servidos.
Clerk at D.M.V.
Phil es un camionero de aspecto bonachón a quien le entusiasman la cerveza fría, la música country y hacerse respetar por medio de sus puños. Phil, que se hace acompañar por un orangután que ganó en una apuesta, está enamorado de una cantante llamada Lynn, pero ella no quiere compromisos serios
Seadog
Phillipe Charboneau es el hijo ilegítimo de un duque Inglés. Cuando viaja de Francia a Inglaterra para reclamar su herencia, incurre en la ira de la familia de su padre y se ve obligado a huir a América, donde se ve envuelto en los acontecimientos que condujeron a la Revolución Americana.
Old Man
Griffin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quietly facing his death, he decides to have fun in the time remaining. At a college class on death, he meets Phoenix, who has terminal leukemia.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Robert E. Crowe
El famoso gángster Al Capone controla el hampa de Chicago, pero ahora debe enfrentarse al gran número de rivales que se oponen a su dominio.
Grocer
Tia (Kim Richards) y Tony (Ike Eisenmann) son dos huérfanos con poderes extraordinarios. Lucas Deranian (Donald Pleasence) se hace pasar por su tío para manipularlos y utilizar sus poderes en su propio beneficio. Pero Jason (Eddie Albert) hará todo lo posible para ayudar a los niños a escapar de la montaña embrujada donde han sido encerrados. Una conocida película de la época de Walt Disney que tuvo una secuela en "Los pequeños extraterrestres" (Return from Witch Mountain,
Jonathan Kent
TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems.
Pawnshop owner
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get to California.
Judge Harley Nast
Un aspirante a periodista espera escribir una gran historia, después de pasar la noche en una casa embrujada.
Martin
Clem Rogers, conocido como "el Juez de la Horca" llega a Stone Junction, Texas, en 1889 para presidir el juicio por el asesinato de Pete Stone, hijo del dueño del pueblo "Big John" Stone. Las cosas se ponen más difíciles cuando Rogers se entera de que Joe Rile, el hombre que mató a su padre, está trabajando para Stone.
George, Chauffeur
Tras la muerte de su rico marido, Margareth De Lorca recibe la visita de Edith Philips, su hermana gemela, a la que no ve desde hace dieciocho años por culpa de un conflicto amoroso que las enfrentó. Margareth le ofrece ayuda económica, pues se encuentra en una delicada situación, pero Edith la rechaza y, movida por el odio, empieza a urdir un siniestro plan para suplantar la identidad de su hermana.
car-selling old man
Harvey Hunnicut is the stereotypical used car salesman: a fast talker who, to put it politely, is prone to stretching the truth about the cars he sells. He buys a used car from an old gentleman paying him far less that it's worth. After the deal, the old man tells him the car is haunted. Soon, Harvey finds that he can only tell the truth.
Simpson
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
Gus Withers
Un sheriff llega a su nuevo destino, el pequeño pueblo de Bancroft, tras el asesinato de su predecesor. Convencido que la forma de hacer respetar la ley es encontrar al culpable, intenta por todos los medios encontrar al hombre que mató al antiguo sheriff.
Zimmie
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
Reporter
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Chandler
Tras la Guerra de Secesión, el gobierno envía u na partida de ganado desde Texas a Kansas, pero bandidos mexicanos y apaches renegados planean robar el ganado y un cargamento de rifles de repetición.
Ben Sneed
Dan Roman, un veterano piloto con un trágico pasado, se tendrá que hacer cargo de un avión de pasajeros que atraviesa el Pacífico y se encuentra en graves dificultades.
Grimes
Un oficial de la Armada es enviado a Laramie, donde tiene que descubrir porqué la construcción de las vías del tren está parada.
Rene
Un avión de mercancías se estrella en las tierras heladas de la península del Labrador. Mientras la tripulación espera ser rescatada, el piloto tendrá que ingeniárselas para mantener a sus hombres con vida en tan duras condiciones. (FILMAFFINITY)
Deputy Leach
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know that her fiancée is one of the politicians responsible. Tad wants to stay with his new friend Doc, who is attracted to Zerelda, to the discomfiture of his old flame Clara...all amid nostalgic musical numbers.
Farmer
Dinamarca, siglo XIX. El zapatero Hans Christian Andersen tiene alborotada a toda la chiquillería del lugar con el relato de sus fantásticas historias. El alcalde, presionado por el maestro, que considera nefasta la influencia de Andersen sobre los niños, lo obliga a abandonar el pueblo. Biografía del célebre escritor danés, autor de cuentos como "El patito feo", "El soldadito de plomo" o "Las zapatillas rojas"
Jud Canova
An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.
Stagehand
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
Bartender Frankie
In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee with a bad check.
Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
En un momento de gran auge del poder de la mafia, Walter Brown debe acompañar a una mujer para que testifique en un juicio en Los Ángeles. Ella es la viuda de un gángster que ha sido asesinado. La Mafia, sin embargo, está dispuesta a evitar la comparecencia de la mujer al precio que sea... (FILMAFFINITY)
Dr. Bill Ryan (Uncredited)
Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) es la jefa de una banda de atracadores que, tras dar un golpe en un casino, se interna en una clínica para recibir tratamiento: sus ojos están dañados gravemente. Las cosas se complican con esta operación pues ella va enamorándose paulatinamente del doctor que la atiende; su amante, el tipo duro de la banda se pone cada vez más violento y celoso mientras el FBI estrecha su cerco sobre la mujer peligrosa.
Deputy Sheriff
Una joven blanca que ha sido criada por los indios Cherokees, quiere vengarse de los enemigos blancos que mataron a sus parientes indios. Para ello, necesitará la ayuda de un hombre blanco, el marshal Hollister. (FILMAFFINITY)
A mediados del siglo XIX, un guía de caravanas (Robert Taylor) recibe el encargo de conducir a un grupo de mujeres desde Chicago a California. A partir de Independence (Missouri) tendrán que recorrer cinco mil kilómetros cruzando las montañas de Utah y el desierto californiano, en un viaje lleno de penalidades que constituye una auténtica odisea. El objetivo de la caravana es llegar a un valle habitado por un grupo de solteros solitarios que buscan esposa.
Gowie
Hacia 1830, varios tramperos, entre ellos Flint Mitchell, se dedican a la caza en los inexplorados territorios de Montana e Idaho. Para evitar que los indios Pies Negros le corten la cabellera, Mitchell se casa con Kamiah, la hija del jefe de la tribu.
Jed (uncredited)
En plena Guerra Fría, unos terroristas comunistas se han infiltrado en los Estados Unidos. Se han instalado en un pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra y desde allí intentan un ataque bacteriológico para apoderarse del país.
Willie
Audie Murphy es el Jesse James más pánfilo de la historia del western, aquejado de un grave problema edípico que le impide aceptar la maldad sin límites del famoso "coronel" Quantrill (para que quede más claro, se enamora de su mujer y Quantrill pierde ambos ojos). Acompañado de su hermano Frank, dos hermanos Younger y un Dalton (Tony Curtis, que se pasa la película dándole a la armónica), secundan las furibundas incursiones del cruel sudista, hasta que los yankis les tienden una emboscada. Quantrill morirá ciego pero con honor, la rubia se irá por sus fueros, y los demás se dedicarán a continuar saqueando y robando alegremente. (FILMAFFINITY)
Henderson
Una joven trabajadora, tratando de encontrar una manera de conseguir un asiento en el metro, se lleva una muñeca para asegurar el camino. Ella termina atascada en una gruesa trama para vender un anuncio a un cliente rico que cree que su muñeca es un bebé real que lleva su nombre. Sus compañeros de trabajo tratan de que siga jugando a ser "madre" hasta que puedan conseguir un contrato para el anuncio.
'Squirrely' Davis, convict
Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.
Johnny
A finales del siglo pasado, una familia tiene dificultades para hacerse cargo de la educación de un hijo problemático y difícil, por lo que deciden mandarlo a una escuela tan rígida que al chico le costará muchísimo adaptarse al severo régimen de conducta imperante.
Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.
Lester Hubley
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.
Smitty, Piano Player
Un ladrón de diligencias es designado como nuevo ayudante del 'sheriff' después de salvarle la vida. Rhiannon se debate entre su nuevo trabajo y la perspectiva de robar el próximo cargamento de oro.
Carl's Boss (uncredited)
Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.
Motel Proprietor
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.
Telegraph Operator
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.
Police Photographer
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
Cashier (uncredited)
Un prestigioso abogado liberal, surgido de los barrios bajos y la pobreza, asume la defensa de un joven delincuente acusado de asesinar a un policía.
Patient #1
Bob Hope es un nervioso dentista que se convierte en pistolero cuando se casa con Calamity Jane (Jane Russell), una mujer aficionada a crear problemas y que en realidad trabaja para el gobierno. (FILMAFFINITY)
Monty
Tom Walker, ex jugador de fútbol americano, vuelve a su ciudad natal convertido en clérigo. También lo hace Carol Maynard, famosa modelo que se lleva una decepción al ver que la pensión de su tío, al que había pagado la hipoteca, está llena de parásitos que no pagan. Tom y Carol reanudan su romance, que se interrumpió cuando cada cual siguió su camino...
Herman (Waiter) (uncredited)
Dan Gunnin, un corredor de apuestas ilegales, decide dejar ese mundo y vivir tranquilo. Abre entonces un club nocturno cuya principal atracción es su hermana, que canta canciones de amor. Pero, cuando el mejor amigo de Dan tiene problemas con los gánsters, Dan vuelve a complicarse la vida para protegerlo.
Billy Wilkes
This western mystery offers a behind-the-scenes look at movie making. The trouble begins when a cowboy star is mysteriously killed on the set. A detective investigates and becomes determined to save the prime suspect. Despite the terrible danger he faces, the investigator does not stop until the real culprit has been apprehended and justice is served.
Aubrey - Assistant
Tras salir de la cárcel, John Muller (Paul Henreid), un astuto criminal con estudios en medicina y psiquiatría, sueña con el día en que logre dar "el gran golpe". Mientras tanto se ve obligado a desempeñar un aburrido trabajo de oficina. Un día, Mullerdecide llevar a cabo su sueño, robando en un conocido club de juego, propiedad del mafioso Rocky Stansyck. Tras el golpe y durante su huida, Muller será confundido con el Dr. Bartok, prestigioso psiquiatra, debido a su asombroso parecido. Muller tratará de aprovechar la ocasión para esconderse, suplantando la personalidad del doctor. Para ello, deberá auto infringirse una herida que le deja una cicatriz idéntica a la del conocido psiquiatra...
Mr. Rice (uncredited)
Cuando es expulsado del ejército, Mike McComb, jugador sin escrúpulos, egoista y cínico, decide convertirse en el mayor magnate de plata de Nevada. Su imperio empezará a caer cuando los demás mineros combinen sus esfuerzos contra él. Llegará a perder incluso el apoyo de su mujer y de sus viejos amigos.
Joe, the Bartender
A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.
Max
Un representante de actrices llega a un pequeño pueblo acompañando al féretro de una joven actriz que acaba de fallecer. Sólo ha podido acabar una película para la que ha sacrificado su salud. Su último deseo fue descansar junto a la iglesia de San Miguel. Mientras su representante ultima el funeral le comunican que la película no se estrenará. El hombre se siente defraudado pues la actriz, de la que estaba enamorado lo dio todo por esa película. De pronto se le ocurre una idea. Gasta todos sus ahorros en alquilar las campanas de todas las iglesias para que toquen durante tres días. Todo el mundo se pregunta que ocurre e incluso la prensa nacional se hace eco del extraño repicar de campanas. Ellas obrarán un pequeño milagro y la felicidad de todo un pueblo.
Reporter (uncredited)
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
Bert Kestner (as Geo. Chandler)
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and also to accept the death of his wife as she was about to embark from Europe, as a displaced person, to join him in America.
Ship's Steward
El éxito de uno de los tríos cómicos más populares de los Estados Unidos en los años cuarenta, se debió sobre todo a la vis cómica de Hope, al talento musical de Crosby y al glamour de Dorothy Lamour. Hicieron varias películas muy populares cuyo título empezaba siempre por "Road to... ("Camino de..."). Este delirante "Camino de Río" es una de las mejores muestras. (FILMAFFINIT)
Train Station Agent (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Hobo at Stan's Left Hand (uncredited)
Un ambicioso aspirante a artista de circo (Tyrone Power) está dispuesto a todo con tal de alcanzar la cima del éxito. Cuando encuentra el secreto de un truco de feria, decide montar un próspero negocio con unas ayudantes...
Bus Driver
Una empresa dedicada a los sondeos de opinión busca con ahínco su “milagro estadístico”: una pequeña ciudad cuya opinión refleje la del resto del país. Cuando las cosas se ponen feas y la empresa parece estar abocada a la bancarrota, se publican los resultados de una encuesta realizada a miles de personas en todo el país. Lo asombroso es que esos resultados coinciden con los del sondeo realizado por la empresa en el pequeño pueblo de Grandview.
Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Pickpocket Dippy
Saddle Pals hits a new low for Gene Autry's postwar Republic westerns, containing literally no action at all. Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement involving his old pal (Sterling Holloway) and a gang of land swindlers. The pal then goes on an extended vacation, leaving Autry to sort things out.
Louis Ord
Rip Murdock (Bogart) es un ex-soldado que intenta averiguar quién ha tendido una trampa a su amigo Johnny, acusándolo de asesinato y matándolo después. Investigando el oscuro pasado de su compañero durante la guerra, llega hasta Coral Chandler, la antigua novia de Johnny; pero, cautivado por su belleza, se deja atrapar en una maraña de mentiras.
Shrevvie
Mientras investiga el robo de una valiosa estatua de jade conocida como "La Dama Desaparecida", y el posterior asesinato de un comerciante de arte, el detective imperceptible Lamont Cranston, también conocido como la Sombra (Kane Richmond), es culpado del crimen. No ayuda las afirmaciones de inocencia de La Sombra cuando más cuerpos comienzan a acumularse. Menos mal que sabe exactamente quién es el culpable entre un grupo cada vez más pequeño de sospechosos.
Roller Coaster Operator
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Sergeant Harrington
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to see his wife and returns to England with only two people knowing he was home for a few hours. When she learns that she is pregnant, she does not disclose that her husband had paid her a visit as to not get him into trouble. The townspeople are unanimous in their condemnation of her. But, after his discharge, he enlists the aid of a nightclub singer, the only other person who knew he came home.
Bit Role
Bill y Kay son un matrimonio pero Bill pasa mucho tiempo fuera de casa por asuntos de negocios. Kay sospecha de que su marido es un 'Don Juan' y que a parte de trabajar, se ha dedicado a flirtear con otras mujeres. Por eso, Kay quiere hacerle creer a Bill que ella tampoco ha perdido el tiempo, lo que dará lugar a una serie de equívocos y enredos.
Joe's Pal at Sandwich Counter (uncredited)
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate...
Shrevvie
Acusado falsamente de asesinar a un periodista corrupto del periódico, el detective Lamont Cranston, también conocido como La Sombra, promete rastrear al verdadero asesino.
Bartender
Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes drastic measures to make sure his wife dies.
Reporter
Un tímido lechero se ve envuelto en una pelea callejera en la puerta del club nocturno donde trabaja su hermana. Sin saberlo, golpea al campeón del mundo de boxeo. Después de la relevancia que toma el asunto por su difusión en los periódicos, el manager del boxeador le ofrece la oportunidad de enfrentarse de nuevo con él en el ring. Por medio de una serie de combates amañados, el lechero comienza a pensar que es invencible. Remake de "La vía láctea" un film de Leo McCarey de 1936.
J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.
Nora Goodrich, una experta química que se dedica a la investigación, está decidida a probar en sí misma la anestesia que acaba de inventar. Pero, tras inyectársela, todo empieza a irle mal: su novio la abandona, es víctima de un chantaje y una devastadora explosión le desfigura la cara.
Diner Counterman (Uncredited)
A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
O'Brien (salesman)
Un ingenuo campesino llamado Benny Miller, de Cucamonga, California, ha estado tomando clases por correspondencia en materia de ventas. Al finalizar el curso, deja a su madre y a su novia Martha para labrarse un porvenir en Los Ángeles. Va en busca de su tío Clarence, contable de una empresa, quien le va a facilitar una entrevista para trabajar en el departamento de ventas. El día de la entrevista, el corrupto gerente de ventas, John Morrison, lo confunde con uno de los modelos para una nueva campaña de ventas y le pide que se quite la ropa. La esposa secreta de Morrison, Hazel Temple, descubre el error y sugiere que Benny sea contratado para evitar que esa equivocación trascienda a la opinión pública...
Gus, Photographer
A playboy is reformed by his daughter and fiancee.
Harper
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.
Joe
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
Al Marx
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan (Alan Mowbray), and a pal blow into town ... until their visit turns out to be a con job. Carol's voice impresses the bandleader (Robert Livingston), but the hotel manager (Franklin Pangborn), still smarting from Morgan's chicanery, isn't ready to give her a chance.
Bellboy
Un joven con talento se presenta a una audición y consigue el papel, pero después se entera de que estaba destinado a su padre, y alberga sus dudas.
1st Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Elevator Operator
Una viuda permite a un científico que use el sótano de su casa para unos experimentos secretos relacionados con la guerra. Ambos están desilusionados con el amor, así que deciden casarse exclusivamente por conveniencia.
Bert Bland
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".
Roger the Valet (uncredited)
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains in their entirety the shorts, "Musical Masterpieces," "Our Old Car," and "Badminton," as well as clips from other projects)
Jameson
General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them.
Armed Guard
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.
Attendant (uncredited)
La historia vuelve a centrarse en la elección de Gillespie por uno de los dos asistentes, el Dr. Red o el Dr. Lee. Para ello tendrán que afrontar otro caso y decidir el diagnóstico: se trata de una niña que se pone enferma cada vez que come dulces.
Bob
Larry Stevens trabaja como reportero del Evening News de Nueva York y está a punto de celebrar sus bodas de oro con su esposa Sylvia y toda su familia. Durante la fiesta, cuenta un extraño hecho que le sucedió a fines del siglo XIX, cuando el viejo Benson, el encargado de la hemeroteca del periódico, al que apenas conocía, le entregó un ejemplar del Evening News que vaticinaba con un día de antelación las noticias que iban a producirse
Hamburger Vendor (uncredited)
Un ambicioso compositor de musicales, dotado de un mal de ojo hipnótico, se ve mezclado en la promoción de un boxeador.
Hamburger Vendor
Un ambicioso compositor de musicales, dotado de un mal de ojo hipnótico, se ve mezclado en la promoción de un boxeador.
Fred (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Mailman (uncredited)
Gildersleeve has jury duty.
Ruth (Deanna Durbin), misionera idealista, crea el personaje de Mrs. Holliday para así traerse a niños huérfanos chinos a los EEUU con la ayuda del camarero del barco Timothy (Barry Fitzgerarld). Ruth se hace pasar por la esposa de un famoso y rico magnate dueño de una flota de barcos a la cual se le diÓ por desaparecido en altamar. Toda esta trama le hace posible traerse a los huérfanos con la mayor de las cautelas e instalarlos en la mansión que su familia posee, para poder así elaborar su siguiente plan...
Harry, Nancy's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.
Messenger
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
Taxi Driver
Jeff Troy escribe novelas de poco éxito y Nancy, su mujer, piensa que ello es debido a que viven en un apartamento poco conveniente para un escritor como él, por lo que decide acabar con la mediocridad de su existencia y alquilar un piso bajo con un jardín en una discreta casa de un barrio más tranquilo. En ella vivirán una experiencia tan extraordinaria como irrepetible. La casa entera tiene un aire siniestro, y los vecinos parecen hostiles y asustados. Jeff deberá entonces poner en práctica sus conocimientos detectivescos para resolver un asesinato cometido en su propia casa.
Jimmy Cairnes (uncredited)
El asesinato de un ranchero rompe la aparente tranquilidad de un pueblo del oeste americano. Ausente el sheriff, los hombres del pueblo deciden formar una partida para encontrar a los culpables.
Man Carrying Rifle in Woods
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.
Keystone Cop (uncredited)
Mientras el Ranger Don Stuart se enfrenta a un peligroso incendio en un bosque, descubre que ha sido provocado. Sus sospechas recaen sobre una persona, pero no consigue encontrar ninguna prueba que lo vincule con el escenario del crimen.
Sam Caldwell
Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.
Ship's bartender
A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island.
George Peabody (uncredited)
Tommy Layton, un joven aventurero, convence a los chóferes de un autobús, muy necesitados de dinero, para que le lleven desde Chicago a Los Ángeles. Una vez allí tiene la intención de participar en una regata en Hawai. Los conductores , Algy y Wellington, son perseguidos por un detective contratado por la propia empresa. Layton, ya en su yate, los rescata y los contrata como miembros de su tripulación para la regata. Camino de Hawai, se enfrentan a un huracán y terminan en una isla desierta.
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.
Forbes
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.
Skip - the Bellboy
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Amos Hart
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
The Bus Driver
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...
Movie Cameraman (uncredited)
Dos estrellas del vodevil están rodando una película, pero el director no está satisfecho con ella. Para contentarle, deciden contratar a un guionista joven de desbordante imaginación.
Telegraph clerk
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
First Cabbie
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
Townsman (uncredited)
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
Tailor
Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
Jerry
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
Mr. Williams
Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
Bus Conductor
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
Herb
Edward Creighton, ingeniero de la compañía telegráfica Western Union, se encarga de dirigir la instalación de una línea a través de los territorios del Oeste. Ayudado por su hermana Sue, recluta a los trabajadores en los pueblos más cercanos. Pero, como la región es peligrosa y está infestada de indios, la empresa tiene que ofrecer sueldos elevados para contratar al personal.
Hotel Desk Clark
Jeeter Lester, un perezoso y pícaro padre de familia, es expulsado de sus tierras por no pagar la renta. Todo el que intenta ayudarle se ve abocado a la pobreza.
Haley
Phoebe (Jean Arthur) transforma ella sola un triste almacén en lo que ahora se conoce como Tucson, en Arizona, el orgullo del Oeste americano. Allí construye su rancho, que pronto será el más grande del territorio. Recién llegado de la ciudad, Peter Muncie (William Holden) comienza a trabajar en la propiedad de Phoebe entablándose entre ellos una relación que culmina con planes de boda. Pero el éxito del negocio de Phoebe no tarda en generar envidias y se cruza en su camino Jefferson Carteret (Warren William), un vecino que planea estafar a Phoebe y asesinar a Peter el día de su boda.
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
Railroad Station Attendant
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Taxi Driver
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Parkersville Counterman
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Roy
Cuando los periódicos publican la noticia del asesinato de Jesse James, su hermano Frank, que desde hace años vive con una identidad falsa (Ben Wooden), decide abandonar su pacífica vida de granjero para vengar su muerte.
Gold Exchange Clerk
Mediante flashback, un Edison de 82 años narra su vida desde su llegada a Nueva York con 22 años, cuando ya empezó a hacer sus pinitos en el mundo de la invención.
Charley
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
Minor Role (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Johnny Brett y King Shaw son dos ambiciosos bailarines que buscan la fama en Broadway, y que trabajan como empleados en el café de una sala de espectáculos. Uno de ellos es elegido para el papel principal de un gran musical, pero se confunden de nombres y escogen al compañero. Desde entonces son rivales en la carrera hacia el éxito...
First Clerk
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
Johnny
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
First Man (Voice)
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
Pay Orderly (uncredited)
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Soda Jerker
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.
Reporter (uncredited)
Jefferson Smith, un joven ingenuo e idealista, que parece fácilmente manipulable, es nombrado senador. Ignora que en Washington tendrá que vérselas con políticos y empresarios sin escrúpulos que le harán perder la fe. Sin embargo, gracias a su secretaria, una joven que conoce muy bien los entresijos de la política, protagoniza en el Senado una espectacular y maratoniana intervención en la que, además de defender apasionadamente la democracia, pone en evidencia una importante trama de corrupción.
Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.
Herbert (uncredited)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Legionnaire Cordier (uncredited)
Un grupo de legionarios franceses llega a un fuerte en medio del desierto y descubre que todos los hombres están muertos; apoyados en los muros y en posición de vigilancia, pero muertos. Este extraño suceso es el punto de partida de una enigmática historia relacionada con la desaparición de un valioso zafiro y con la historia de tres hermanos alistados en la legión por un asunto de honor.
Cameraman (uncredited)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Taxi Driver
Un publicista (Power) conoce en Minnesota a una gran profesora de patinaje(Henie) a la que quiere llevar a Hollywood para que adquiera más fama. Finalmente ella decidirá regresar a su pueblo seguida del amor que el siente hacia ella.
Loafer (uncredited)
Se basa en los años de juventud de Abraham Lincoln, que llegaría a ser presidente de los Estados Unidos (1861-1865). El antiguo leñador de Kentucky es ya un abogado que empieza a destacar por su defensa de los derechos de los más humildes. Fue candidata al Óscar en 1939 por el mejor guión original.
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
Marvln McGee
A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
El cliente de un detective es acusado de asesinato. El tipo acabará siendo condenado a la pena capital, y el detective a un año de prisión por ocultarle. Pero cuando le trasladan a la cárcel logra fugarse. Tratará de averiguar la verdad, aunque para ello tenga que actuar como un peligroso facineroso, reteniendo a una poetisa consigo. En realidad está más que claro que no es nada peligroso, pero por suerte para él la policía no demuestra demasiada pericia a la hora de capturarle.
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Un médico cura a un gangster y se enamora de su hermana.
Airport Gas Attendant
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
G. Randolph (uncredited)
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
Laundryman (uncredited)
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.
2nd Tout
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. When he finds out the real identity of Mason, Goldie takes care of him. The two find an occasion to buy a horse for only two dollars, and start entering competitions. Goldie is an instant celebrity, but his mom reads the newspapers and tracks him down. Mason is very surprised to see her, his ex-wife, and even more astonished to hear that Goldie is his own son. However, Goldie must go back to school and so they decide to keep the secret. Since Goldie does not want to leave Mason behind, he goes to the bookies and fixes the next race, hoping to disappoint Goldie by asking him to lose on purpose.
Roy
En 1867 empieza la construcción del ferrocarril en el estado de Missouri. Los agentes de la compañía constructora presionan con amenazas y engaños a los propietarios de las tierras por donde pasará el tren para que las vendan a precios irrisorios. Sin embargo, estas presiones se estrellan contra la resistencia de una mujer que vive con sus dos hijos, Jesse y Frank James.
Gus - Piano Player
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Press Agent (uncredited)
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Reporter (uncredited)
Gary Cooper interpreta a un cowboy rudo e implacable pero con buenos sentimientos. Aunque no tiene nada que ver con su forma de ser, acaba enamorándose de una joven adinerada de alto copete, interpretada por Merle Oberon. Con su manera decidida de actuar, el cowboy, que tiene un temperamento bastante tradicional, está decidido a calmar la ligereza de la chica. Ella no soporta que nadie le diga lo que tiene que hacer. El cowboy piensa que este tipo de chicas son como los caballos salvajes, que para adiestrarlos hay que darles un margen de confianza, a la vez que atarles corto.
Newspaper Staff (uncredited)
Melsa Manton, una jovencita de clase alta, descubre una noche, en una casa deshabitada, un cadáver. Pero cuando llega la policía, el cuerpo ha desaparecido. Al día siguiente, un diario publica la noticia, tomando por una bromista contumaz a Melsa, quien no duda en poner un pleito al autor del artículo, Peter Ames. Deseando demostrar la verdad, Melsa y su grupo de inseparables amigas empiezan a investigar el caso. Un segundo cadáver, éste nada escurridizo, no tarda en aparecer. Los meandros de la investigación son cada vez más espesos. Y entre dudas, sospechas y amenazas, Peter Ames y Melsa Manton empiezan a constatar que del odio al amor hay sólo un minúsculo paso.
Tailor (uncredited)
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Cabbie
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
Jim, the Baggage Master (uncredited)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Reporter
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
Cody
Esta película se desarrolla en los primeros tiempos de la aviación civil, cuando los pilotos se jugaban la vida como auténticos héroes debido a la precariedad de los primeros aviones.
First comic with singer (uncredited)
Terminada la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), tres soldados alemanes regresan a casa y se encuentran con un país destruido y sumido en el caos. A pesar de su precaria situación economica, deciden unir sus escasos recursos para construir su propio coche. La relación entre ellos se complica cuando conocen a una hermosa mujer.
Rutherford (uncredited)
Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money from the local bank in Stockton, Ohio.
Waiting Room Patient
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite (Hundson) who has amnesia. She works as a fortune teller and raises enough money for an operation to regain her memory.
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Onlooker (uncredited)
Los O'Leary son una familia de pioneros cuyos hijos mayores alcanzan poder y notoriedad en la bulliciosa ciudad de Chicago. Jack (Don Ameche) es elegido alcalde con la ayuda de su popular hermano Dion (Tyrone Power), pero ambos hermanos se enfrentan después a causa de sus diferencias de opinión sobre el destino que deben dar a los barrios bajos de Chicago. Usando a su esposa (Alice Faye), una cantante de cabaret, como peón en la disputa, Dion echa leña al fuego de la rivalidad con su hermano hasta que la ciudad entera comienza a tomar partido por el uno o por el otro
'Swing' Magoo (Uncredited)
Después de un desgraciado matrimonio con un delincuente, Jessie, una mujer que desea abandonar el humilde barrio de Nueva York en el que siempre ha vivido, hace realidad su sueño cuando conoce al naviero Hennessey.
Red Evans
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Photographer (uncredited)
El reportero Wallace Cook propone a su periódico publicar una serie de historias sobre Hazel Flagg, una chica que asegura estar mortalmente intoxicada por exposición al radio. Aunque la chica llega a descubrir que lo que ha dicho es falso, acepta viajar a Nueva York con Cook. La situación se complica cuando ambos se enamoran y, además, un especialista alemán descubre que ella finge su enfermedad.
Garage attendant
Un abogado de Nueva York establece una relación de negocios con una estrafalaria familia de Carolina del Sur y acaba enamorándose de la única hija "normal" dentro de la familia.
Photographer (uncredited)
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
Bill Clipper
Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "honesty is the best policy", but lack of money keeps him from marrying Molly and buying a little home, and his is threatened with the loss of the petty job he has had for four years with old Curtis French, Molly's uncle, because he can not sell enough insurance policies. And, then, he finds a thousand dollar bill. His honesty makes him advertise the find, but no one claims the money. When he is convinced that the owner will not turn up and that the money is his to keep, he becomes a changed, more aggressive and self-confident person. He begins to make sales as fast as he can make the pitch and he insists that he and Molly be married at once. While getting dressed for the ceremony, he places the $1000 bill in one of his father's old suits, and Pa Armstrong, trying to raise money to buy his son a wedding present, sells the suit to a passing junk man.
Janitor
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Briggs (uncredited)
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.
Herman
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
Business card printer (uncredited)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Ship's Radio Operator
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jimmy Davis se convierte en un héroe matando alemanes durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, pero resulta gravemente herido. Durante su estancia en el hospital se enamora de Rose, una enfermera que a su vez está enamorada de Fred, compañero de Jimmy. Fred es capturado pero ambos piensan que está muerto al no volver del campo de batalla, así que comienzan planes de boda. Cuando Fred aparece no se opone al matrimonio de ellos a pesar de quedar destrozado emocionalmente. Finalizada la guerra, Fred se encuentra con Jimmy y descubre que es un mafioso
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
Deliveryman (uncredited)
Esther Blodgett, una ambiciosa chica de pueblo con mucho talento, llega a Hollywood. En una fiesta en la que trabaja como camarera conoce a Norman Maine, un famoso actor en decadencia. Para sorpresa de Esther, Norman le ofrece un papel en una película y, tras realizar una prueba, el productor queda impresionado y decide convertirla en una estrella. Norman y Esther se casan, pero la felicidad se ve empañada por el declive de Norman y el rápido ascenso al estrellato de Esther.
Hotel Clerk
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.
Simpson
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Reporter
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Bellhop
Cuando Loy, una diva social, calumnia al periodista Tracy, éste decide contraatacar implicando en el asunto a su prometida y al desafortunado Powell, un famosísimo pescador deportivo. El plan de Tracy incluye un matrimonio improvisado, una falsa seducción, la pesca de la trucha, puñetazos, promesas rotas...
Lunch Stand Man (uncredited)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Hospital Interne
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
Reporter
A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
Man at Honolulu Dock
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
Milton Jackson
Durante un viaje, Joe Wilson llega a un lugar desconocido, donde es encarcelado por un delito que no ha cometido. Los vecinos, amotinados, provocan el incendio de la cárcel y dan por muerto al forastero. Sin embargo, Wilson consigue sobrevivir y, entonces, intentará vengarse haciendo que sus potenciales asesinos corran el mismo peligro del que él escapó milagrosamente. "Fury" es el primer film americano del gran director alemán Fritz Lang.
Film Man (uncredited)
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
'Shorty', Bystander at Barn Dance
Terry es el piloto de pruebas de Emery Motors, y Frank, el ingeniero. Por su parte, Jane se ocupa de la publicidad. Terry ha diseñado un nuevo carburador con el que espera conseguir fama y dinero, pero no consigue que funcione bien, aunque lo ha estado probando durante más de un año. A pesar de todo, decide presentarse a la carrera de Indianapolis 500.
Greasy
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Purser Brooks
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.
Charlie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Stadium Cashier
A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.
Reporter (uncredited)
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Bob Adams
A family of out-of-work vaudeville performers are finding hard times in the east, so after hearing about the success of a fellow player in Hollywood, they decide to relocate to the movie capitol. Unfortunately, they find themselves equally unemployed there, staying at a n apartment complex filled with similar hopefuls. One day, an offer for an interview at a large studio for the eldest daughter is made, so the father goes on a frantic search, finally locating her at a pool party where he pushes one of the young men in the water, only to find out that the lad was the son of the studio boss.
Photographer
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Henry Purdy (Uncredited)
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
Sol Hertzberger
Un reportero de un periódico, especializado en casos de asesinato, se verá envuelto en una trama parecida a las que cuenta.
Reporter (uncredited)
Cuando la reportera Ellen Garfield (Bette Davis) se desmaya al presenciar la ejecución de una mujer que asesinó a su amante, su novio Curt Devlin (Goerge Brent), que trabaja en el periódico rival, trata de convencerla de que el periodismo es cosa de hombres y de que su lugar está en la tranquilidad del hogar. Pero Ellen no se deja persuadir; le asegura que una mujer puede hacer tan buenos reportajes como un hombre y, además, está dispuesta a demostrárselo.
Witness (uncredited)
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
Evening Bulletin Reporter (uncredited)
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
Reporter (uncredited)
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
Assistant Stage Manager
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.
Window Washer
Una millonaria se enamora de un limpia ventanas cantante.
Murphy (uncredited)
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
Highway Service Station Counterman
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
Taxi Driver
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
Joe Cuttlehammer Jr.
The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks him into the house disguised as a woman. One of her father's friends, however, falls in love with the mysterious young "woman".
Soapy Sam Lambert
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Sullivan
En esta ocasión, Paul Muni –especializado en papeles de gángster– intentó un cambio de registro al encarnar al editor de un periódico que, firmando con el pseudónimo de Nellie, comienza a investigar por su cuenta el asesinato de un banquero. Sus pesquisas le llevarán hasta los bajos fondos, donde conoce a algunos mafiosos y a la rubia de rigor (Glenda Farrell).
Sailor
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
Reporter at Police Station (uncredited)
Archer Coe es hallado muerto en su inaccesible dormitorio. Todo parece indicar que se trata de un suicidio, pero el inspector Philo, que piensa que ha sido un asesinato, considera que el principal sospechoso es el hermano de Archer.
Pharmacist (uncredited)
Chester Kent está agotado y acorralado, se le han acabado las ideas y tiene solo unos días para preparar tres musicales para un productor de Hollywood. Para empeorar la situación tiene un espía que le entrega sus nuevas ideas a sus rivales. Su secretaria, Nan Prescott, está enamorada de él y junto con el resto de su leal equipo le ayudarán a salir adelante.
Homer Howard
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
Reporter (uncredited)
Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Ameicans spent $125 million on mind-readers and astrology. The carny, renamed Chandra, falls for one of his marks, Sylvia, but their love is tested when he brings tragedy to other peoples' lives and she asks him to go straight.
Joe - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Una mujer es chantajeada por su primer marido, ella planea un viaje al extranjero para librarse de él.
Wastrel Son Chester Snavely
The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
Chauffeur (uncredited)
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
Eddie Collins
Un policía y una camarera se enamoran; el único problema es que él tendrá que ayudar y proteger a la hermana de su novia, que está liada con un gángster.
Pete (bellhop)
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Pullman Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
Hanson
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
Reporter (uncredited)
Tras ser abandonada por el hombre que la ilusionó con un futuro respetable, Molly Louvain (Ann Dvorak) cae en las garras de Nicky Grant (Leslie Fenton), un truhán al que se apega para poder sostener a la pequeña hija de un padre cuyo nombre nunca confesará. Entre tanto, Jimmy Cook (Richard Cromwell), un decente botones que la ama sinceramente, es leal y constante con ella, pero, Molly se convertirá en personaje de primera plana y el reportero Scotty Cornell (Lee Tracy), irrumpirá en su vida.
Depot Loafer (uncredited)
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglers", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
Townsman in Saloon
A Wild West spoof by The Masquers Comedy Club of Hollywood.
Reporter (uncredited)
Jane Ray, a very clever reporter of crimes of passion, or "sob sister," for a New York tabloid, begins to feel depressed by the sordidness of her latest assignment, the investigation of a young woman's murder by her husband. Despite her growing distaste for her profession, Jane gets her story and, with typical ingenuity, frustrates her competitors' attempts to follow her lead.
Up Pops the Duke is a 1931 Comedy short.
Sweet - a Waiter
Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.
Joe, Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may know something about it. En route he crashes his plane into Jerry's bathroom; she falls in love with him which makes her suitor Steve jealous.
Ned
Una joven pareja intenta hacer frente a sus familiares que siguen inmiscuyéndose en su felicidad.
Two aspiring actresses encounter mishaps during a shoot.
The Aspiring Reporter
The Back Page is a 1931 Comedy short.
Jail Guard
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.
Crashing Hollywood is a 1931 Comedy short.
Fred
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
Dr. Roberts
The trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the problematic marriage of one couple. Their troubles begin when the doctor makes a housecall to a seductive woman with designs upon him. His suspicious wife follows him and spies on him. She thinks they are getting romantic when he is actually trying to extricate himself from his predatory patient. She decides to get revenge with his best friend, but nothing happens.
Elevator Operator
Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.
Barfly (uncredited)
A sex worker yearns to leave the grimy underground community she was born into, and sees her way out through a sympathetic sailor.
Georgie Smith
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.
Enrique
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
Slig Whalen
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
Timid Royalist (uncredited)
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Post Commander
Speeding to his own wedding, Wilson is arrested by a sharp-eyed cop and thrown in the slammer for 30 days. This is ample time for the heroine's aunt to arrange a marriage between the girl and a wealthy snob.
