Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Nacimiento : 1901-06-12, Toledo, Ohio, USA

Muerte : 1997-10-17

Perfil

Ben Welden

Películas

The Crooked Circle
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
La última bala
Pete (uncredited)
Los trabajadores del ferrocarril no han cobrado su sueldo desde hace meses, y todo por culpa de los robos de Whitey y su banda, a la que pertenece el peligroso pistolero Utica Kid. La compañía ferroviaria contrata los servicios de Grant para evitar que continúen los robos.
Spook Chasers
Henchman Ziggie
Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.
Loco por Anita
Boss
Malcolm Smith, un joven hipercinéfilo locamente enamorado de la exuberante actriz sueca Anita Ekberg y Steve Wiley un pícaro trampón metido en líos gangsteriles logran como premio en un sorteo un flamante automóvil de color rojo. El primero lo necesita para largarse hasta Hollywood e intentar conocer a su ídolo Anita y el segundo (que había falsificado los boletos) lo quiere vender para pagar sus cuantiosas deudas de juego. Al final decidirán irse a la capital del cine mundial, pero con diferentes objetivos.
Hidden Guns
Ben Peabody
Stragg es un forajido que tiene intimidados a todos los habitantes de la ciudad. El sheriff Young busca a un testigo, de una ciudad cercana, que testificaría contra él. Pero Stragg manda a un pistolero para que mate al sheriff y al testigo.
Adventures of Captain Africa
Omar
Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials "The Phantom-1943" and, primarily, "The Desert Hawk-1944", with John Hart and the always-dull Rick Vallin making less-than-adequate substitutes for Tom Tyler and Gilbert Roland, this Sam Katzman "production" finds the mighty jungle avenger and legendary Captain Africa - A "Phantom" rip-off that side-stepped the need to pay King Features another fee for using the character - pledging to see that the legitimate Arabian caliph, Hamid, is restored to the throne which a tyrannical rival has usurped. He is joined in this enterprise by adventurer Ted Arnold, wild-animal trapper Nat Coleman, and his assistant Omar and, to cover all bases
Asesinos del espacio
Tar Baby 2 Pilot (bit)
El científico atómico y piloto Doug Martin está desaparecido después que su avión se estrella en una misión de reconocimiento tras una prueba nuclear. Milagrosamente aparece ileso en la base tiempo después, pero las autoridades se muestran escépticas frente a su historia de que fue capturado por extraterrestres decididos a conquistar el mundo. Doug se compromete a utilizar la tecnología existente para destruir a los alienígenas.
The Veils of Bagdad
Stout Wrestler (uncredited)
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!
Marino al agua
Hugo - Bartender
Con varios días de permiso que disfrutar, pero sin un céntimo en el bolsillo, el marinero Moby Dikerson y sus compañeros Joe Carter y Skip Edwards se enrolan como tripulantes de un barco que va a la isla Catalina. Una vez allí, deciden organizar un espectáculo benéfico.
Three Dark Horses
Jim Digger
A campaign boss is looking for three delegates to the presidential convention, delegates that are too stupid to discover that his candidate, Hammond Egger, is a crook. Enter the stooges as janitors sent to clean the man's office. After some of their antics, the boy's suitability for the job is apparent and they're hired. The stooges go to the convention, but double cross their boss and vote for another candidate, Abel Lamb Stewer. When the boss and his muscle man come looking for revenge, the boys defeat them in a wild fight.
Tales of Robin Hood
Friar Tuck
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the few filmed episodes of an unsold TV series.
Rhubarb
Oily Moe - Bookie (uncredited)
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
The Lady and the Bandit
Barkeep in Pub
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
The Lemon Drop Kid
Singing Solly
Esta comedia de Navidad de 1951, nos ofrece a Bob Hope como "El Chico de los caramelos de limón", un estafador de poca monta, apodado así por su afición a chupar ese tipo de golosina, que se mete en un buen lío cuando, sin pretenderlo, estafa en una apuesta hípica a un gánster especialista en juegos de azar. El chico tiene que inventar un plan para devolver el dinero antes de Navidad. Engañando a sus amigos, los hace disfrazarse de Papá Noel y los involucra en una recogida de dinero por toda la ciudad para una organización benéfica inventada por él.
My True Story
Buzz Edwards
Ann Martin (Helen Walker) is serving time as a jewel thief. She is paroled and determined to stay clean. She quickly finds out that she was paroled by an old, vicious boss that has picked her for a job. It is dangerous for her to say yes or no.
El halcón del desierto
Mokar
Omar, se opone al tirano príncipe Murad. Para evitar que Murad se case con Schaharazade, Omar se casa con ella engañándola. Cuando el truco es descubierto, tanto el príncipe y la princesa quiere la cabeza de Omar.
On the Isle of Samoa
Nick Leach
After committing a robbery, a man is inspired to confess by a lovely native girl he meets on a small island.
El capitán pirata
Tom
Deborah McCoy se mete como polizón en un barco sin saber que se trata del barco pirata del capitán Baptiste. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tell It to the Judge
Augie (uncredited)
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group that thinks her divorce makes her unfit for the job. This evolves into situations, happening in Florida, New England, Washington D.C., and the Adirondacks, such as the misunderstood husband trying to win back his wife, and the misunderstood wife trying to make her husband jealous, and one case of mistaken identity after another, after another.
Tough Assignment
Sniffy (a tough)
A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers. Donald "Red" Barry plays Dan Reilly, a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with his wife, photographer Margie (Marjorie Steele). Margie insists on taking pictures of everywhere they go, and so as she's walking into a butcher shop she poses for Dan - while at the same time three thugs make their way quickly out after beating up the proprietors. Soon Margie and Dan are involved in investigating an illegal meat operation that rustles cattle and forces butchers to buy it - or else. Dan gets beaten up a couple of times, but is undaunted in pursuing the great story - and hey, he's only got 64 minutes to do so, he'd best get cracking!
Mary Ryan, Detective
Sammy
A female police detective (Marsha Hunt) enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.
Sorrowful Jones
Big Steve's Bodyguard
Un padre deja a su hija en manos de Sorrowful Jones mientras acude a las apuestas de caballos. Cuando regresa, se entera de que el cuidado de la niña interfiere con su estilo de vida. Sorrowful, por su parte, debe escapar de unos gangsters.
Search for Danger
Gregory
The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.
Impacto
Moving Van Helper
Una mujer (Helen Walker) y su amante deciden matar al marido (Brian Donlevy) para quedarse con su dinero.
Fighting Fools
Lefty Conlin
The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During a crooked match Jimmy is killed. The boys seek out his older brother, Johnny, a former boxer who gave up the sport rather than go crooked, and help train him to get back in the ring. They try to get him a shot at the title, and when they do the same crooked gangsters that were behind Jimmy's death try to get Johnny to take a dive.
Appointment with Murder
Martin Minecci
The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.
Mi querida secretaria
Bookie (uncredited)
Una joven secretaria se enamora de su jefe, empleando los mismos trucos que utiliza él en sus negocios para hacerle caer en sus redes. No obstante, una vez casada, empieza a tener celos de la nueva secretaria que ha contratado su marido.
Nace una canción
Monte
Basada en "Bola de fuego" y en el cuento escrito por Billy Wilder y Thomas Monroe. Siete profesores, encabezados por Hobart Frisbee (Danny Kaye), vienen trabajando en una enciclopedia de la música, cuando, al escuchar la versión moderna que, de una pieza de música clásica, hace uno de los limpiavidrios afroamericanos, van a darse cuenta de que muchos ritmos modernos no han sido tomados en cuenta. Lo que sigue será una gran fiesta de jazz donde estarán Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman... y un puñado de grandes talentos. Remake de Bola de fuego del mismo director.
La emboscada fatal
Nelson Clark
Linda inicia una relación amorosa con un tipo bastante peligroso. No es precisamente el yerno que toda mujer quisiera tener dada su actividad delictiva. Los secuaces del tipo deciden tomar prestado el coche de Linda para cometer un asesinato, por lo que la joven se encuentra con la policía detrás. Pero en vez de cooperar con las autoridades decide que el mundo del crimen tiene cierto atractivo e intenta sacarle partido.
Lady at Midnight
Willie Gold
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Jinx Money
Benny the Meatball
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
The Noose Hangs High
Stewart (uncredited)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
Heading For Heaven
Sam
A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live.
The Pretender
Mickie
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.
Killer Dill
Big Nick Moronie
Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
Blackmail
Bartender
A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
Little Miss Broadway
Cash Monahan
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.
Too Many Winners
Gil Madden / Theodore Ross
Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.
The Man I Love
Jack Atlas
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
Mr. Hex
Bull Laguna (as Ben Weldon)
Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
El Diablo y yo
Shaggsy (uncredited)
El gangster E. Kagle ha sido asesinado por su socio y amigo S. Williams. Kagle acaba en el infierno, donde "Nick" le ofrece la oportunidad de vengarse, a cambio de su ayuda con un problema que tiene. Nick lo dispone todo para que Kagle ocupe el cuerpo del honrado juez Parker. En el transcurso de los acontecimientos, Kagle se ve involucrado con Bárbara Foster, la novia del juez, de la que se enamora, hecho que le hará replantearse todo lo que ha sido su vida.
El sueño eterno
Pete (uncredited)
El detective Philip Marlowe investiga qué ha ocurrido con un cadáver que ha sido rescatado en el muelle Lido. La familia que le ha contratado para resolver el caso tiene una hija muy atractiva de la que Marlowe se enamora sin remisión.
The Last Crooked Mile
Haynes, a thug
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Midnight Manhunt
Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
The Missing Corpse
"Slippery Joe" Clary
A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car. Good guy Kruger attempts to hide McDonald's body, with the help of chauffeur Hogan (Jenks), to keep from being charged with murder. However, zany scenarios occur as the body just won't stay hidden, and keeps on popping up in multiple places where Kruger is located, leading to him hiding the body again and again while Kruger tries to find the real killer.
It's in the Bag!
Monty
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Circumstantial Evidence
Kenny
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Shadows in the Night
Nick Kallus
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
The Desert Hawk
Omar, the Beggar
Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, Faud and they send several henchmen into the royal palace, who then knock Kasim unconscious. Faud and Hassan dispatch a couple of different hirelings to take Kasim into another part of the town and murder him.Kasin comes to and gets away, but has been wounded. Omar, a beggar, takes Kasim to his home and nurses him back to health. But, it takes a few weeks for Kasin to get healthy and, by that time, Hassan has a firm grip on the duties of a Caliph. In a storeroom, Kasim finds a coat of mail with a great hawk emblazoned across the chest and promptly decides this is the costume he will wear while fighting to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Emir of Telif shows up with his daughter, Princess Azala, with the intent of marrying her off to the local Caliph.
Batallón de construcción
Yump Lumkin
Durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el capitán Yarrow y el jefe de construcción Donovan consiguen un permiso para levantar una base de armamento que les permita enfrentarse con cierta ventaja contra los japoneses. Cuando llega el momento de luchar, ambos lo harán con gran valentía y audacia.
Here Comes Elmer
Louis Burch
This musical comedy stars radio star Al Pearce has a double role playing himself and Elmer Blurt, the leader of a small-town band that struggles toward stardom in the big city. Their journey begins when Elmer decides to eject their female singer because she isn't really right. Unfortunately, her angry father is their sponsor and when he finds out, he withdraws all support.
Stand by for Action
Chief Quartermaster Rankin
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
Secrets of the Underground
Henchman Joe (uncredited)
With the help of a WAAC group, Mr. District Attorny smashes a Nazi spy-ring that is selling counterfeit War Stamps and Bonds.
Maisie Gets Her Man
Percy Podd
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
Bullet Scars
Pills Davis
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Fisherman
Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.
A través de la noche
Smitty
Gloves Donahue, un jugador de Broadway y truhán simpático, quiere encontrar al asesino del señor Miller, un anciano panadero. Donahue reconoce a Leda Hamilton, cantante de un club nocturno propiedad de Marty Callahan, a la que vio salir de la panadería. Joe Denning, el socio de Marty es asesinado, Leda desaparece de forma misteriosa. Donahue, a quien la policía considera sospechoso junto a Marty del asesinato de Joe Denning, sigue la pista de Leda hasta encontrarla, ésta le confiesa que se ve obligada a colaborar con agentes nazis para proteger a su padre prisionero en Alemania.
Dangerously They Live
Eddie, Nazi Henchman
A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.
At the Stroke of Twelve
Babe
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Moxie Karper
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Alta tensión
Al Hurst
Hank y Johnny trabajan como técnicos de una compañía de electricidad. Una noche, se encuentran en una reunión a la atractiva Fay, y la tensión aumenta porque ambos se disputan el favor de la chica.
I'll Wait for You
Dr. Anderson
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
Strange Alibi
Fido Durkin
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
La ciudad de los muchachos
Superintendent
Secuela de "Forja de hombres". Una escuela para chicos problemáticos trata de sobrevivir a pesar de la falta de fondos. Su director sigue admitiendo a chicos con problemas de adaptación que han tenido una difícil vida.
Knockout
Pelky
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.
Mr. District Attorney
Monk Westman
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Ciudad de conquista
Cobb
Nueva York. Un camionero (James Cagney) decide hacerse boxeador para ayudar a su hermano que se dedica a la música (Arthur Kennedy), pero a un gángster sin escrúpulos no le gustará la idea.
South of Pago Pago
Grimes
Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in pearls, Ruby instead falls for the young chief. Together, the two save Kehane’s people and their island home from the rapacious picaroons but at the tragic cost of their own future together.
Passport to Alcatraz
Bender
George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens who dynamited a Detroit munitions plant. The trail takes him to a customs inspector who is known to have honored fake passports provided by Leon Fenten, chief henchman of Drexel Stuyvesant who heads the sabotage ring. Aided by his partner Ray Nolan. Hollister arrests an agent named Reed and takes his place using the fake passport. As Reed, he is met by Karol Roy, an innocent assistant, who takes him to Fenten. Working undercover, Hollister is still unable to learn the name of the head man, not even from dumb gang-member Hank Kircher. Stuyvesant warns Fenten of his suspicions about "Reed" and the latter gives Hollister an assignment as a test.
Tear Gas Squad
Sully
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Lefty Shores
Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambling ship, moored off-shore beyond the three-mile limit and operated by gangster Dave Reeves.
Wolf of New York
Owney McGill
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
The Earl of Chicago
Silky's Driver (uncredited)
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Los violentos años veinte
Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)
Estados Unidos, Ley Seca, años 20. Relato sobre los diferentes caminos que siguen tres veteranos que se conocen durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Cuando regresan a América tras luchar por su país, tropiezan con el problema del desempleo y con grandes difícultades económicas. Uno de ellos (Lynn) seguirá con decisión el buen camino; otro (Cagney), amargado por la falta de futuro, no encuentra más salida que el contrabando ilegal de licor; el tercero (Bogart) se convierte en un implacable gángster.
Hollywood Cavalcade
Agent
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
The Star Maker
Joe Gimlick
La vida de Gus Edwards, famoso compositor de vodevil, actor y productor.
Es mi hombre
Toby
En Nueva York durante los años 20, una cantante lucha por apartar a su novio de los problemas...
Boys' Reformatory
Mike Hearn
A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.
Sergeant Madden
Stemmy
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
I Was a Convict
Rocks Henry
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they are all released, the magnate appoints them both as executives in his company.
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Jenks
En Washington, el espía Gregory secuestra al ladrón Michael Lanyard para obligarle a robar los planes de los bombardeos del Departamento de Defensa.
Stand Up and Fight
Foreman
En 1840, un rico empresario del ferrocarril contrata a un hombre para investigar una ruta por la que cree se están transportando esclavos.
Federal Man-Hunt
Goldie
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies and local police are out to catch him with roadblocks and every car searched, but the escapee gets away. Bill Hasford, a private detective, investigating a racket finds it leads to the wanted man, and has the biggest adventure of his career.
Little Orphan Annie
Spot McGee
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
The Night Hawk
Otto Miller
Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim Torrence, because Slim is friends with Tom Niles, the customs officer on the verge of cracking a whiskey smuggling case. Lonigan is about to send another reporter to cover the story when Della Parrish, the publisher's daughter, assures him that she can locate Slim. With the help of Slim's young photographer, Willie Sing, Della finds Slim in a waterfront dive, and Willie and Slim sneak aboard the Pacific Queen to find Niles. Niles hints that McCormick is the head of the smuggling ring and promises Slim an exclusive when he breaks the story the next day.
Straight, Place and Show
Promoter
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.
Tenth Avenue Kid
Marty Dayton
In this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father. Later the detective feels bad and offers to become his friend, but his intentions are not entirely honorable as the detective really wants to know the location of the loot his father stashed during a robbery.
Smashing the Rackets
Whitey Clark
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Gateway
Motorboat Man
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.
Crime Ring
Nate
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.
Always Goodbye
1st New York Taxi Driver
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil Marshall and his wife. Margot insists that neither the Marshalls nor the child can ever know that she is his mother.
El Santo en Nueva York
Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff
Las mafias campan a sus anchas en la ciudad de Nueva York, por lo que los ciudadanos deciden unirse y pedir ayuda a Simon Templar, 'El Santo', para que expulse al crimen organizado de toda Manhattan. Una vez en Nueva York, Simon intentará desmantelar la banda de gángsters de Big Fellow.
Mystery House
Gerald Frawley
When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to get to the bottom of the case.
Prison Nurse
Gaffney
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.
Breakdowns of 1938
Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke fun at the flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Happy Landing
Rink Manager
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Love and Hisses
Bugsy
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Missing Witnesses
Wagner
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
The Duke Comes Back
Barney
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise money for him. Susan is furious that Duke is breaking his promise never to box again, and the stakes get even higher when a crooked promoter orders him to take a dive ... or else.
Alcatraz Island
Richard 'Red' Carroll
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Love Is on the Air
'Nicey' Ferguson
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
Back in Circulation
Sam Sherman
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Varsity Show
Hammer
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
Confession
Defense Attorney
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.
Kid Galahad
Buzz Barett
Nick Donati, un mánager de boxeo, descubre en un hotel a Ward, un botones que logra noquear a un peso pesado que estaba molestando a Louise, la novia de Nick. Nick le ofrece al chico entrenarlo para hacer de él un boxeador profesional. Ward acepta y se hace llamar 'Kid Galahad'. Las cosas se complicarán porque un tipo sin escrúpulos se interpondrá en los planes de Nick. Además, Louise empieza a sentirse atraída por Ward, pero éste se enamora de Marie, la hermana de Nick.
La mujer marcada
Charlie Delaney
El mafioso Johnny Vanning dirige un ostentoso club nocturno de Nueva York en el que explota a sus chicas y las tiene atemorizadas. Mary incita a un juerguista a ganar más dinero del que tiene y, cuando no puede pagar, le matan. El fiscal del distrito, David Graham, convencido de que el caso está ganado, lleva a Vanning a juicio.
The Great Barrier
Joe
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Come Out of the Pantry
Tramp
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Alibi Inn
Saunders
A British drama film directed by Walter Tennyson
Death on the Set
Freshman
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.
Annie, Leave the Room!
Raisins
British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Admirals All
Adolph Klotz
A standoffish actress is pursued by a low ranking Navy officer
The Big Splash
Crook
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
Gay Love
Ben
Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations develop.
Aunt Sally
Casino
An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she finds herself in the middle of a dispute between Mike Kelly, the club's Chicago-born owner, and a group of American gangsters bent on taking over the club. To put pressure on Kelly, the gangsters kidnap "Zaza".
The Black Abbot
Charlie Marsh
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
The Man Who Changed His Name
Jerry Muller
A young woman begins to suspect that her wealthy, respectable husband may be an escaped Canadian murderer.
The Fire Raisers
Bellini - Stedding's Henchman
Jim Bronton es un investigador de seguros infeliz que empieza a tener tratos con una banda. Su conciencia empezará a ser un grave problema para ambos.
The Medium
Deval
A mad sculptor murders his wife and hides the body within a statue; a psychic model suspects the truth.
Mannequin
Chris Dempson
'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)
This Is the Life
Two Gun Mullins
This Is the Life is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Betty Astell. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.
His Grace Gives Notice
Michael Collier
'Butler inherits title but keeps it secret to woo employer's daughter.' (British Film Catalogue)
Born Lucky
Harriman
A humble girl's rise to fame.
Their Night Out
Crook
An evening of cocktails and frolicking lands a chap in hot water when he's suspected of masterminding a criminal gang!
Puppets of Fate
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Medicine Man
Joe Garbel
A young man impersonates a doctor.
The Pride of the Force
Tony Carlotti
This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popular, rubber-faced actor and entertainer – once touted as Elstree's own Clark Gable – playing identical twins with very different ambitions: one is a policeman who longs to join a circus, the other a farm hand who wants to be a policeman!
Tin Gods
Cyrus P. Schroeder
A British drama film directed by F.W. Kraemer
His Lordship
Washington Roosevelt Lincoln
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
The Innocents of Chicago
Spike Guinan
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
Who Killed Doc Robin?
A short comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino
77 Park Lane
Sinclair
When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his absence.
Big Business
Fenchurch
A Musical film Directed by Oscar M. Sheridan.