Arthur Aylesworth

Año 1844. Miranda, la frágil e inocente hija de unos granjeros, es invitada a pasar una temporada en el castillo de Dragonwyck, donde vive un primo lejano de su madre, Nicholas Van Ryn, su esposa enferma y su hija. Miranda se enamora de Van Ryn, quien, al poco de enviudar, se casa con ella, pero entonces empiezan a salir a la luz turbios secretos. (FILMAFFINITY)

A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.

A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.

Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

When Martin Knox, a friend of Scattergood's who owns a horse-breeding farm, is killed in a harness race Scattergood tells Martin's son Dan that he will send him to college if he forgets about taking over his father's business, which was heavily mortgaged and has been put up for auction after Knox's death. The boy reluctantly agrees, but when he discovers that his favorite horse Starlight is sick, he decides to bring the animal back to health and then enter him in the Governor's Race, whose $5000 prize would enable Dan to pay off his father's mortgage and keep the business in the family.

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.

A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

Alvin C. York es un joven y trabajador campesino que vive en una de las numerosas granjas de los montes de Cumberland, en el estado de Tennessee. Sólo tiene un defecto: la bebida. Alvin está enamorado de una muchacha, cuya familia de clase alta impide el matrimonio. Basada en hechos reales.

Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.

The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.

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.

Como castigo por una pelea con sus compañeros días antes de graduarse en West Point, Jeb Stuart, George Armstrong Custer y cuatro amigos más, son destinados al Segundo de Caballería, estacionado en Fort Leavenworth. Durante su estancia allí, deberán participar en la captura y ejecución del abolicionista, John Brown, tras la Batalla de Harper Ferry.

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.

La verdadera historia del famoso líder mormón Brigham Young y su batalla para el transporte de su pueblo a través de las montañas Rocosas a establecerse en Salt Lake City. La trama se centra en dos personajes, Jonathan Kent y Zina Webb y las dificultades que tienen que enfrentar en el camino.

Texas, 1880, años agitados tras la Guerra Civil estadounidense. El famoso juez Roy Bean (Walter Brennan), caprichoso y de singular moralidad, cabecilla de los ganaderos, y autodenominado "la única ley al oeste de Pecos", acusa falsamente a un forastero llamado Cole Harden (Gary Cooper) de robar un caballo. Condenado a la horca tras el juicio, Cole Harden ideará un plan para librarse de la muerte: el juez siente una tremenda admiración por una famosa actriz a la que el sentenciado a muerte dice conocer.

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

Los padres de Wendy Ballantine deciden retirarse del negocio del espectáculo para que pueda tener una vida normal. No son bienvenidos en la pequeña ciudad hasta que una tormenta le permite a la familia mostrar sus cosas.

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.

Tom Joad regresa a su hogar tras cumplir condena en prisión, pero la ilusión de volver a ver a los suyos se transforma en frustración al ver cómo los expulsan de sus tierras. Para escapar al hambre y a la pobreza, la familia no tiene más remedio que emprender un larguísimo viaje lleno de penalidades con la esperanza de encontrar una oportunidad en California, la tierra prometida.

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name

Un joven que aspira a convertirse en pintor acaba alistándose en un regimiento del ejército. El mayor Rogers, al mando de la unidad, trata de encontrar un paso que cruce desde el continente americano al noroeste.

An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

Albany, Nueva York, 1776. Después de casarse, Gil y Lana viajan al norte para instalarse en una pequeña granja en el valle del río Mohawk; pero pronto su creciente prosperidad y felicidad se ven amenazadas por el siniestro sonido de los tambores que anuncian oscuros tiempos de revolución y guerra.

A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), una joven viuda que tiene una hija, trabaja como dibujante publicitaria. Un día, conoce al rico y apuesto Alec Walker (Cary Grant), que está unido a la pérfida Maida (Kay Francis) por un matrimonio de conveniencia que lo hace muy desgraciado. La felicidad de Alec depende de conseguir el divorcio y casarse con Julie.

En la bulliciosa ciudad minera de Tombstone, Ben Carter, el dueño de un saloon, intenta deshacerse de un competidor que ha traído hermosas chicas de Chicago, contratando a un pistolero. En vista de que el sheriff se niega a enfrentarse con él, decide hacerlo Wyatt Earp, un antiguo explorador del Ejército, que acaba aceptando el puesto de sheriff y empieza a limpiar la ciudad de maleantes. Mientras tanto, mantiene una peculiar relación de amistad/rivalidad con Doc Holliday, un jugador tísico.

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.

Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.

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.

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.

La banda de McCord (Bogart) roba el dinero que lleva la diligencia para pagar a los indios por la compra de sus tierras, pero el proscrito Jim Kincaid (Cagney), alias "el chico de Oklahoma", roba a su vez a McCord el dinero. Más tarde, McCord se hace con el control de los salones de juego en la nueva ciudad. Cuando el padre de Kincaid decide presentarse a la elecciones para la alcaldía de la nueva ciudad, McCord incita a multitud para lincharlo, ya que sabe que si gana su negocio se vendría abajo.

Adaptación de novela homónima de Mark Twain. Amante de la libertad sin ataduras de ningún tipo -¡ni siquiera la de los zapatos!-, el joven Huckleberry Finn (Mickey Rooney), aprovecha la circunstancia de que, su irresponsable padre, quiere chantajear al par de hermanas con las que ahora vive, decide escapar de casa y en el camino se encuentra a Jim (Rex Ingram), el sirviente de casa que también ha escapado, pues, ansía la libertad para reencontrarse con su familia. Como un par de fugitivos, juntos van a vivir una serie de aventuras, donde el resto de la sociedad parecerá estar contra ellos.

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.

Una médico está bajo el punto de mira de la policía tras la muerte de su marido, un médico que conseguía dinero fácil atendiendo a criminales sin denunciarlos. Tendrá que probar su inocencia o perderá su licencia para ejercer la medicina.

In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up helping her to combat an epidemic that rages through the mountain communities. The doctor she works for prefers traditional herbs to modern medicine.

Conmovido al escuchar la historia de un convicto que inició su carrera delictiva siendo un niño al que nadie dio una oportunidad, el padre Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) dedice construir la Ciudad de los Muchachos, un lugar donde los jóvenes conflictivos puedan convivir, trabajar y labrarse un futuro honrado. Allí acude a la fuerza Withey Marsh (Mickey Rooney), un joven rebelde que parece un caso perdido y que está decidido a seguir los pasos de su hermano Joe (Edward Norris), líder de una banda de delincuentes.

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.

Jim es un piloto de pruebas. Tanto su mujer Ann como su mejor amigo Gunner intentan que vuele con prudencia, pero la vida de esta clase de pilotos es cualquier cosa menos segura.

Terminado el periodo de la fiebre del oro en California, empezó la rivalidad entre granjeros y mineros en el valle de Sacramento. El Coronel Chris Ferris (Claude Rains), un rico agricultor, se opone firmemente a la minería hidráulica, un nuevo método desarrollado en los años 70, durante la fiebre del oro, porque está inundando las tierras de cultivo más prósperas de la región. A pesar de la postura de Ferris, Jared Whitney (George Brent), un ingeniero de minas del Este, no sólo se hace amigo del hijo del coronel (Tim Holt), sino que además se enamora de Serena (Olivia de Havilland), la bella hija De Ferris.

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

Historia sobre el desarrollo de las comunicaciones terrestres en los EE.UU. durante su rápida expansión en el siglo XIX. La película se centra en la vida de Ramsey McCay, empleado de la recién creada asociación entre Henry Wells y William Fargo, y de cómo gracias a su especial dedicación, la Wells-Fargo llega a convertirse en una gran empresa de correos y transporte de mercancías hacia el Oeste, presente en los mayores acontecimientos de la época.

Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.

Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.

Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.

Un reportero viaja al norte de África para cubrir una rebelión árabe contra los británicos. Consigue su reportaje, pero sólo después de seducir a la hija del coronel, salvar a su hermano de caer en las garras de traficantes de armas, y salvar al ejército británico.

El capitán Lovett ordenó a su primer oficial Thompson deshacerse de su tripulación, que se dedica al tráfico de esclavos, y contratar a marineros respetables, pero cuando se trae a su nueva novia Nancy a bordo, se encuentra con el mismo tipo de situación, incluido el comercio de esclavos.

A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.

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

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.

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.

Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day western cultists in his 1937 formula western Sandflow. Buck Jones plays the son of a crooked land dealer. Seeking redemption, Jones rides through the west to compensate every rancher who was cheated by his dad.

La maestra Hildegarde Withers y el policía Oscar Piper, tratarán de averiguar la verdad sobre la aparición del cadáver de un millonario asesinado en su mansión. Las sospechas recaen en una joven pareja de enamorados, antiguos alumnos de la profesora Withers.

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

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him

A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.

Crónica de la vida de un matrimonio (Warner Baxter y Mirna Loy) en la época de la Gran Depresión.

After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.

Leon Errol trying to report a stolen car.

John Clayborn es un abogado que se quedó huérfano siendo niño, cuando el ganadero Stiles mató a sus padres. Convertido en un hombre, lo único que quiere es acabar con él y con su monopolio del agua, utilizando para ello la ley.

A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as reporter Kent Shevlin, whose investigation of the murder leads to a tenure as a temporary FBI agent.

Un grupo de gángsters llega a un bar de carretera en el famoso Bosque Petrificado de Arizona, con el propósito de tomar a los ocupantes como rehenes.

Edward Everett Horton plays radio celebrity Ned Farrar, "The Fireside Troubadour." Besieged by his adoring female fans, Ned hides out at the home of his wife Queena's (Peggy Conklin) imperious Aunt Min (Laura Hope Crews). He pretends to be Aunt Min's handyman, performing his tasks so well that the old lady refuses to let him leave! This hilarious movie even includes a slapstick car chase. Adapted from a play by Clare Kummer (which also starred Laura Hope Crews), Her Master's Voice represented another of Dore Schary's early screenwriting assignments.

It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a long-dead Spanish king. But, by a loop-hole in the law, the title-deeds of the Dons could not be recognized, and this opened the door of organized gangs of land-grabbers, such as the one led by Joe Kincaid, to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery. In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation. Then Rosita Castro, the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro, masked and disguised as a man, organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws, aided by an undercover federal agent, Jim Kearney.

Two men escape from the French penal colony but not from their jealousy over a woman.

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.

Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.

During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William Jenkins, does something different, so he allows his 12-year-old son to put on a kiddie show that packs the house.

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.

Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property developer and realtor. He is lovingly married to his wife Myra, the two who have two children, Ted and Verona who are approaching adulthood. George has always had a fearless attitude, much like that of a naive child, which has led to his business success. He encounters some personal stresses when he faces what he believes is a potential home-wrecking issue, and when his oldest friend Paul and his wife Zilla deal with domestic problems. These stresses make George want to provide even more to his own family, leading to George agreeing to participate in a less than scrupulous but lucrative business dealing. George's bravura gets him into a potential scandal. This situation makes him question his general behavior, especially toward his family.

A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.

Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.

To get his girl back, that has fallen for a biker, a worker and one of his friends enter a six day race.

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.

El servicio de inteligencia Británico le encarga a Stephen Locke (Leslie Howard) que persuada a la Unión Soviética para que no firme con Alemania un acuerdo de paz que sería muy perjudicial para los intereses de Inglaterra. Durante su misión, Locke se enamora de Elena (Kay Francis), la secretaria del líder ruso, que corresponde a sus sentimientos, pero que no está dispuesta a traicionar la causa bolchevique.

Un hombre conoce a la hija de su amante y se enamora de ella.

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk. Montague dives in as does Greeff and Leland, but only Greeff and Leland come out. Montague is no where to be found so Leland suspects foul play and calls the cops. Luckily, Philo is with the D.A. and comes along, but they do not find Montague. When they drain the pool the next day, they find nothing except what looks like dragon prints. Philo has his suspicions and tries to piece the clues together to find out what has happened.

Un actor de teatro de reconocido prestigio ve como su hermana, también actriz, cambia totalmente de personalidad cuando se reencuentra ésta con su marido, al que creía muerto.

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

Tras tres años de "ausencia" -por asuntos amorosos con una bella rusa- el capitán inglés Willian Tennant (William Powell), llega de nuevo a Dublin para seguir enfrentando a los miembros del Sinn Féin que luchan por la independencia de Irlanda... pero, con tal suerte, que es asignado a vivir justo en el mismo edificio donde habita su amigo Andrew Kerr (Colin Clive), un oficial de inteligencia que se ha casado con Norah (Edna Best), quien devolverá a Tennant a un viejo y grato recuerdo.

He is working on the books to cover his crimes, when a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues, it is revealed that the visitor is an escaped convict that was a former employee of the bank. He was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series, there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.

Husband and wife decide to carry on their arguing by red-light-green-light traffic lights.