Pat O’Brien

Pat O’Brien

出生 : 1899-11-11, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

死亡 : 1983-10-15

略歴

Pat O’Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll see stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Flynn and more. They're not so perfect after all when these flubbed moments are caught on film!
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Self (archive footage)
Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Himself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
Self
During the filming of Ragtime, the 81-year old Cagney talks about his career. Cagney tells us about becoming a dancer and meeting his wife, his route from Broadway to Hollywood, the emergence of his tough-guy persona, and his post-war creations of insane characters.
Ragtime
Delmas, Thaw's Lawyer
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Scout's Honor
Mr. Caboose
Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the best Cub Scout ever. Pearl Bartlett (Katherine Helmond) is a hard-working executive who dislikes children, but she must take on a troop of Cub Scouts and become a den mother to save her job. Somewhere along the way, Joey teaches Pearl the true meaning of caring.
The End
Ben Lawson
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
President of the Senate
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
Kiss Me, Kill Me
Jimmy, the morgue attendant
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.
The Sky's the Limit
Abner Therman
A family is thrown into turmoil when a grandson convinces his grandfather to teach him to fly.
Amanda Fallon
Emory
A dedicated family doctor tries to help a pregnant teen-ager.
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Hallelujah Harry
Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Sgt. McGll
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finally released from the camp, and is discharged from the military, he goes back to his town - but he can find no trace whatsoever of it.
The Phynx
Pat O’Brien
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
The Over-the-Hill Gang
Captain Oren Hayes
A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff.
Town Tamer
Judge Murcott
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is. Lyle Bettger, Bruce Cabot and Richard Jaeckel co-star as the lawless bad guys in this Western based on a novel by Frank Gruber.
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
Narrator
Documentary on the life and career of Babe Ruth.
The Road to Hong Kong
Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
When Chester accidentally memorizes and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, they are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Self
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
お熱いのがお好き
Detective Mulligan
禁酒法時代のシカゴ。失業中のミュージシャン、ジェリーとジョーは偶然、殺人現場を目撃してしまい、ギャングのボス、スパッツから命を狙われるはめに。やむなく2人は女性だけの楽団に女装してもぐりこみ、寝台列車でマイアミに向かう。魅力的なウクレレ奏者シュガーにすっかり惚れ込んだ彼らだが、ジョーは、マイアミで富豪に変身して彼女に再接近を図る。一方のジェリーは、初老の富豪オズグッド三世から求愛を受けてしまう。
The Last Hurrah
John Gorman
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Kill Me Tomorrow
Bart Crosbie
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
Inside Detroit
Gus Linden
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.
Ring of Fear
Frank Wallace
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
Jubilee Trail
Ernest 'Texas' Conway
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with child. She continues on hoping to find a man and a home.
Okinawa
Lt. Cmdr. Hale
On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
The People Against O'Hara
Det. Vincent Ricks
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Criminal Lawyer
James 'Jimmy' Regan
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
The Fireball
Father O'Hara
Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after setbacks learns to curb his ruthlessness and ambition.
Johnny One-Eye
Martin Martin
Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.
A Dangerous Profession
Joe Farley
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.
The Boy with Green Hair
Gramp Fry
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.
Fighting Father Dunne
Father Peter J. Dunne
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
Riff-Raff
Dan Hammer
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oilfields when he hides a valuable map in plain sight.
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
Warner Brothers bloopers of 1947
Crack-Up
George Steele
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Perilous Holiday
Patrick Nevil
A tale of an international counterfeiting-ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil viewed as a suspicious character by newspaper woman Agnes Stuart, who is working on a story to expose racketeering night-club owner Doc Lilley.
Man Alive
Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
Having Wonderful Crime
Michael J. Malone
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
Secret Command
Sam Gallagher
Secret Command features Pat O'Brien as a onetime foreign correspondent in the wartime employ of the FBI. Under an assumed name, O'BRIEN goes to work at a shipyard, intending to keep both eyes open for potential saboteurs. To maintain the cover, O'BRIEN is given a "wife" (Carole Landis) and two children. When O'BRIEN's brother Chester Morris shows up, he can't comprehend the charade and nearly spills the beans to the Nazi spies O'BRIEN hopes to trap. Based on the short story The Saboteurs by John and Ward Hawkins, Secret Command offers a graying but still feisty Pat O'Brien doing what he does best.
Marine Raiders
Maj. Steve Lockhart
A Marine major (Pat O'Brien) looks out for his captain (Robert Ryan) on Guadalcanal and in Australia.
His Butler's Sister
Martin Murphy
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
The Iron Major
Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
Pat O'Brien in the role of William 'Frank' Cavanaugh, a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero. After the war he went back to coaching where he ended up having one of the best winning percentages in football history.
Bombardier
Chick Davis
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.
The Navy Comes Through
Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Flight Lieutenant
Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.
Broadway
Dan McCorn
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Tim Reardon
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim. Both of our heroes run afoul of Army discipline and protocol in general, and tough top sergeant Valentine (Donald MacBride).
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blooper out-takes from Torrid Zone, Four Mothers, The Wagons Roll at Night, The Sea Wolf, No Time for Comedy, The Bride Came C.O.D., and Affectionately Yours, among other Warner Brother productions of 1940 and 1941.
Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Flowing Gold
Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
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.
Escape to Glory
Mike Farrough
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
Torrid Zone
Steve Case
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
'Til We Meet Again
Steve Burke
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Castle on the Hudson
Warden Walter Long
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
The Fighting 69th
Father Duffy
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
Breakdowns of 1939
Himself
Flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
Breakdowns of 1940
Himself
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
Slightly Honorable
John Webb
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
The Night of Nights
Dan O'Farrell
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented.
Indianapolis Speedway
Joe Greer
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
The Kid from Kokomo
William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career searching for his parents, so Murphy hires two jailbirds to play his long lost parents to keep him in the ring.
Off the Record
Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
Swingtime in the Movies
Himself (uncredited)
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Angels with Dirty Faces
Jerry Connolly
In New York, the boys Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly are best friends and small time thieves. After a robbery, Rocky is arrested and sent to a reformatory school, where he begins his criminal career. Jerry escapes and later becomes a priest. After three years in prison, Rocky is released and demands the return of $100,000 deposited with his solicitor - prior to his jail term.
Garden of the Moon
John Quinn
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
Boy Meets Girl
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Roy Chadwick
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Out Where the Stars Begin
Pat O'Brien
When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.
Women Are Like That
Bill Landin
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.
Breakdowns of 1938
Pat O'Brien (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.
Submarine D-1
Butch Rogers
Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are inseparable.
Back in Circulation
Bill Morgan
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.
Slim
Red Blayd
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
San Quentin
Capt. Stephen Jameson
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.
The Great O'Malley
James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).
Breakdowns of 1937
Himself
Warner Brothers bloopers of 1937.
Breakdowns of 1936
Himself
Time marches on.
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the West Side Tennis Club affords glimpses of many stars.
China Clipper
Dave Logan
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Public Enemy's Wife
Lee Laird
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claims that she had no knowledge of Gene's criminal activity, but FBI agent Lee Laird doesn't buy it.
Ceiling Zero
Jake L. Lee
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.
I Married a Doctor
Dr. William P. Kennicott
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
Collection of Warner's stars blundering through missed takes.
Stars Over Broadway
Al McGillevray
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Page Miss Glory
Click Wiley
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
The Irish in Us
Pat O'Hara
A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain's daughter.
Oil for the Lamps of China
Stephen Chase
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
In Caliente
Larry MacArthur
At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
Devil Dogs of the Air
Lieut. Brannigan
Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
Himself (uncredited)
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.
Flirtation Walk
"Scrapper" Thornhhill
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
I Sell Anything
"Spot Cash" Cutler
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Studio Highlights
Self (archive footage)
A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a brief look at her career on Broadway, early films, and personal life away from the studio before showing a trailer for the new film.
Here Comes the Navy
Biff Martin
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
The Personality Kid
Ritzy
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Rush Blake
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.
Gambling Lady
Charlie Lang
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
I've Got Your Number
Terry Riley
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Himself
Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and Frankenstein met face to face--for a game of chess. The scene is from an early 1934 episode of Columbia Pictures' Screen Snapshots, a series of short films featuring the off-screen lives of Hollywood stars.
College Coach
Coach Gore
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
Bombshell
Jim Brogan
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Bureau of Missing Persons
Detective Butch Saunders
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
The World Gone Mad
Andy Terrell
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.
Destination Unknown
Matt Brennan
A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
Laughter in Hell
Barney Slaney
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
Air Mail
Duke Talbot
Level headed Mike Miller runs Desert Airport, an air mail base full of daring young pilots risking their lives to get the mail through-regardless of the weather. Following the death of one pilot in a horrific crash, Miller is forced to engage the wild and arrogant, yet skillful, Duke Talbot. When pilot Dizzy Wilkins crashes and dies in a storm, Talbot runs off with the young Mrs.Wilkins, leaving Miller to complete the last leg of Wilkins' mail run. Miller crashes on a mountain. Alive but in an inaccessible location, Miller tries to endure his injuries while futile attempts are made by air mail pilots to rescue him. Hearing of the impossibility of reaching Miller's crash site in time to save him, Talbot can't resist the challenge of trying an airborne rescue himself.
Virtue
Jimmy Doyle
Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.
Flaming Gold
Ben Lear
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
American Madness
Matt Brown
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Hollywood Speaks
Jimmy Reed
The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist determined to reveal the awful truth about entertainment business.
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Frank Deane
A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal...
Scandal for Sale
Waddell
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
The Final Edition
Sam Bradshaw
A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.
Hell's House
Matt Kelly
A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
Consolation Marriage
Steve Porter
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.
Flying High
Sport Wardell
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Personal Maid
Peter Shea
Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family.
The Front Page
Hildy Johnson
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
Crimes Square
Marty
When a crook decides to go straight, his jealous cast off moll exposes him to the police.
Honor Among Lovers
Conroy
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
Compliments of the Season
Police Detective (uncredited)
On Christmas Eve, a former thief, recently released from prison, stops a forlorn, destitute, despairing young woman from committing suicide. She's from the country and hasn't been able to find her boyfriend who came to the city earlier. The ex-con suggests having a little party together, but both are flat broke. He realizes there's an obvious solution.
My Mistake
A hired gunman inadvertently targets an undertaker as his next victim, who talks the killer into leaving the undertaker's business card whenever he does his next job.