William Jacobs

Jane, una dura mujer que cabalga y dispara igual que un hombre, llega a la ciudad de Deadwood, en Dakota, donde es bien recibida por Will Bill Hickok y otras personas, que escuchan con entusiasmo sus historias sobre los indios. Esa misma tarde, el público del salón Golden Garter expresa su descontento cuando en lugar de una hermosa actriz de Nueva York aparece en el escenario un artista llamado Francis Fryer. Para calmar a la audiencia, Jane promete volver con Adelaid Adman, una estrella de Chicago adorada por los hombres.

Marjorie y William son una pareja de prometidos que viven en una pequeña ciudad de Indiana. William acaba de regresar de la Primera Guerra Mundial y la pareja ha retomado su relación. Mientras consiguen ahorrar para poder casarse, los jóvenes deberán batallar con distintos problemas.

El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores quiere que Ethel Barrymore represente al teatro americano en una exposición de arte en París. Pero la invitación de Ethel Barrymore le llega por error a Ethel “Dinamita” Jackson, una corista muy rubia y muy ordinaria.

El periodista Brad Sheridan (Ray Milland) y su esposa Midge (Gene Tierney) no pueden tener hijos. Midge se inclina por la adopción y se somete al igual que su marido a las rigurosas exigencias de las agencias de adopción. Cuando se entera de que un niño ha sido abandonado en una comisaría de policía, Midge solicita la custodia pero Brad se niega a secundar los planes de su mujer mientras no averigüe algo sobre los padres de la criatura.

Musical que adapta una serie de narraciones costumbristas de Booth Tarkington en las que se narran las incidencias cotidianas de una familia residente en una pequeña localidad de Indiana a principios de siglo.

Un oficial confederado intenta reclutar tropas en California. Desafortunadamente, los únicos que se quieren alistar son bandidos, asi que tendrá que cuidar sus espaldas. Los hombres de Barstow salvarán a la prometida de un oficial de la Unión de un ataque indio, pero no la dejará marchar para que no revele la posición de sus tropas.

Basada en un espectáculo de Broadway de 1924, titulado No No Nanette, y llevado al cine en 1929, con el mismo título. Nanette Carter, una joven de familia adinerada que sueña con convertirse en una gran estrella, ofrece una inversión de 25.000 dólares a un productor de Broadway llamado Larry Blair, para el montaje de un espectáculo cuya protagonista sería ella. Su querido y rico tío Max acepta adelantar la suma a condición de que durante un día entero, Nanette conteste no a cualquier pregunta que le hagan... (FILMAFFINITY)

Ambientada al término de la Guerra de Cuba (1898), la película se centra en Dennis O'Grady, un irlandés viudo y sobreprotector, y sus tres hijas. La mayor, Katie, se reencuentra con su esposo James que viene de la guerra, con quien se ha casado en secreto y de quien está embarazada. Mientras tanto, Patricia y Maureen, actúan en un teatro de vodevil propiedad de Tony Pastor. Dennis intenta proteger a sus hijas de lo que considera es el comportamiento inmoral de la mayoría de los hombres, especialmente en el teatro. Patricia coquetea con Tony, y también le miente a su padre presentándolo como un estudiante universitario. Dennis está impresionado con el joven, hasta que su hija le cuenta la verdad antes de unirse a él en el escenario. Dennis se indigna y Patricia se escapa con Tony y se unen en el escenario y la obra se convierte en un gran éxito. Al poco tiempo Dennis se entera que una de sus hijas está esperando gemelos, y desmoralizado, se emborracha y se mete en problemas.

Un criador de ovejas australiano llega a Montana en busca de pastos para su ganado, pero se encontrará con la oposición frontal de los rancheros locales y de una rica ganadera.

Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.

El tranquilo y metódico doctor Talbot conoce a la cantante Nora Prentiss cuando ésta sufre un accidente en la calle que la deja ligeramente herida. A pesar de sus temores, no puede evitar enamorarse de ella, pero entonces tendrá que enfrentarse a un dilema: o dejar a Nora o divorciarse de su mujer. Así las cosas, la muerte de un paciente en su consulta, haqce que surja en su mente una tercera posibilidad.

El señor Godman es un respetado jefe de policía de Scotland Yard. Sin embargo, cuando comete un error en una investigación que provoca la ejecución de un hombre inocente, su prestigio quedará empañado.

Phil y Ellen Gayley llevan divorciados un año. Su hija de 8 años, Flip, se siente muy desgraciada porque sus padres no están juntos. Así, comienza a cartearse con un marino, enviándole una foto de su guapa madre. Cuando el marino aparece para conocerla, Ellen aprovecha la oportunidad para dar celos a su ex-marido.

Brooke's marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that her husband is starving his son from a prior marriage to death in order to claim his inheritance.

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.

Elizabeth Lane es una de las columnistas más famosas del país. En sus artículos se describe a sí misma como una mujer felizmente casada, con hijos, que vive apaciblemente en una granja y cuya pasión es la cocina. Pero todo es completamente falso: es una una mujer soltera, muy ajetreada que vive en Nueva York y que jamás ha entrado en una cocina. El problema surge cuando el propietario de la revista donde trabaja la invita a su granja el día de Navidad para que prepare una comida para sus invitados.

Richard Mason (Humphrey Bogart) trama el crimen perfecto: el asesinato de su esposa para poder desposar luego a la hermana de ésta.

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is implicated, and the detective is off on a hectic pursuit of the incriminating crow and the actual murderer.

In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.

In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.

Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arise when another murderer arrives on the scene and plants the blame on John.

An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.

A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.

Un joven se siente especialmente atraído por la parafernalia exhibida por el Partido Nazi, siendo un ferviente admirador de las políticas expansionistas de Hitler. Sin embargo, cuando sus amigos comienzan a ser asesinados por la Gestapo, el muchacho cambia de parecer y decide ayudar a la resistencia alemana a acabar con la tiranía del Führer.

An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.

A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.

Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town.

Director Noel Smith's comic 1940 morality tale, about a carpet sweeper manufacturer who sacrifices his family's happiness for his business, stars Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, Jan Clayton, George Reeves, Lee Patrick, John Litel, Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Frank Ferguson, Vera Lewis, Pierre Watkin, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely and Frank Orth.

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.

An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.

An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays two roles.

A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.

Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.

An Army private proves his horse is fit for service and wins his colonel's daughter.

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.

An island fugitive and his bride make room for a shipwrecked detective.

Un jinete trata de superar la fama de su padre, que una vez tuvo una carrera.

Un jinete trata de superar la fama de su padre, que una vez tuvo una carrera.

Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.

The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to rile the Indians up enough to go on the warpath and break the treaty. After the trouble starts, the Indians get the Colonel's daughter and hold her prisoner. Written by Tony Fontana

The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to rile the Indians up enough to go on the warpath and break the treaty. After the trouble starts, the Indians get the Colonel's daughter and hold her prisoner. Written by Tony Fontana

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.

A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.

Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball diamond and also his off-the-field skills at wooing and winning women. An accident causes his luck to turn bad and results in him turning blind, but he later regains his sight after being instrumental in saving the life of Mickey Malone, the team's young mascot. He then promises Mary Malone, Mickey's sister, for whose affection he has been competing with a teammate, that he is through showing off and bragging. But, in the end, he is still blowing smoke.

Horse-breeder Howard Chamberlain has many superstitious quirks but his primary one is that he believes orphans are bad luck and a jinx to be around. This is bad news when 'Gimpy", an orphan, shows up at Chamberlain's horse-ranch in search of a place to stay. But Howard's soft-hearted wife, Madeline, allows the young boy to stay on and work in the barn with the horses. And "Gimpy" breaks Chamberlain's "orphan-jinx" in a big way.

The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family are being killed off one by one.