James Gleason

James Gleason

출생 : 1882-05-23, New York City, New York, USA

사망 : 1959-04-12

약력

James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California, which his parents were running. James and his wife then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they played in stock at the Baker Theater. For several years afterward they toured in road shows until James enlisted in the army during World War I. When he returned he appeared on the stage in "The Five Million." He then turned to writing, including "Is Zat So", which he produced for the NY stage. He also wrote and acted in "The Fall Guy" and "The Shannons on Broadway." Next he wrote The Broadway Melody (1929) for MGM. He collaborated, in 1930, on The Swellhead (1930), Dumbbells in Ermine (1930), What a Widow! (1930), Rain or Shine (1930) and His First Command (1929). He and his wife were then contracted to Pathe, Lucille to act, and James (or Jimmie as he was known) as a writer. Probably his most famous acting role was as Max Corkle, the manager of Joe Pendleton who was wrongly plucked from this life into the next, in the hit fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).

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James Gleason

참여 작품

Miss
A narrative feature made from a collage of clips from various films around the world.
Hollywood My Home Town
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
마지막 함성
Cuke Gillen
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.
Money, Women and Guns
Henry Devers
Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
Once Upon a Horse...
Postmaster
Having gained a measure of TV fame by 1958, the nightclub comedy duo of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin decided to give movies a try with Once Upon a Horse. Dan and Dick play Dan Casey and Doc Logan, a pair of nitwitted cowboys who turn to outlawry because they can't make a go at any honest profession. Stealing a valuable herd of cattle, the boys' dreams of financial security are dashed when they're forced to raise money to feed their stolen bovines. Martha Hyer costars as Miss Amity Babb, a resourceful saloon hall owner who applies 20th century business methods to her 19th century operation.
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Doc Simpkins
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
Man or Gun
Sheriff Jim Jackson
Gun-slinging drifter "Maybe" Smith's Colt .44 pistol and shooting skills are put to the test shortly after his arrival in the New Mexico frontier town of Dusty Flats. After outdrawing wanted outlaw Buckstorm Corley in the saloon, Smith finds himself up against the entire corrupt Corley clan -- who've been running roughshod over the fearful townsfolk for years.
더 피메일 애니멀
Tom Maloney
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
Man in the Shadow
Hank James
In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a "bracero" ranch hand to death. Faced with an obvious cover-up and opposition on every hand, sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating. His unlikely ally: Renchler's lovely, self-willed and overprotected daughter. Will Ben survive Renchler's wrath?
Loving You
Carl Meade
Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote the talented newcomer to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.
Spring Reunion
Collie
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
먼지 속의 별
Orval Jones
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
The Girl Rush
Ether Ferguson
When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.
사냥꾼의 밤
Birdie Steptoe
해리는 감옥에서 알게 된 사형수 벤의 아들과 딸에게 돈이 있다는 사실을 알아내고 출소 후 벤의 집으로 향한다. 점잖은 전도사로 위장한 해리는 슬픔에 잠긴 벤의 부인에게 접근한다.
Suddenly
Peter 'Pop' Benson
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
Forever Female
Eddie Woods
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
영광의 대가
General Cokely
1918년 프랑스에 처음으로 상륙한 미군부대인 L중대 3대대 5연대. 각자의 미래 대신 전쟁을 택한 젊은 청년들과 전 세계를 누비며 경력을 쌓은 플래그 대위와 쿼트 중사의 부대가 바레듁 마을에서 머무는 동안 샤르민이라는 여인과 플래그, 쿼트 사이에서 묘한 애정이 피어난다. 그러나 갑작스레 부대는 독일군과 전투를 벌이게 되고, 혼란스럽고 끝나지 않을 것만 같은 전쟁이 부대원들을 옭아매는 사이에 피어나는 사랑 이야기들.
The Story of Will Rogers
Bert Lynn
Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers
We're Not Married!
Duffy
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
I'll See You in My Dreams
Fred Townsend
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Come Fill The Cup
Charley Dolan
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics.
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
Knobby Walsh
Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
Two Gals and a Guy
Max Howard
A singing couple gets their own television show, and the strains of putting on a TV show every week starts to jeopardize their relationship.
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Knobby Walsh
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
The Jackpot
Harry Summers
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred.
라이딩 하이
Racing Secretary
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
The Yellow Cab Man
Mickey Corkins
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
Key to the City
Sergeant Hogan
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Timothy Gleason
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Take One False Step
Captain Gledhill
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
The Life of Riley
Gillis
Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.
Bad Boy
Chief
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Lefty Moore
Bonny Kane and 'Skid' Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear on Broadway while Bonny gets left behind on the road. Things get worse with Skid's increasing drinking problem and the fact that the press has reported him to be spending a lot of time with his pretty co-star.
The Return of October
Uncle Willie Ramsey
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
The Dude Goes West
Sam Briggs
Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and becomes the foe of the notorious Pecos Kid, the captive of Paiutes, the target in a saloon showdown, and the lone source of the whereabouts of a fabulous gold strike.
Smart Woman
Sam Corkle
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Tycoon
Pop Mathews
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter
주교의 부인
Sylvester
크리스마스 기분에 들뜬 작은 마을에 더들리(캐리 그랜트 분)라는 신사가 찾아온다. 더들리는 하늘 나라에서 온 천사로 자신을 필요로 하는 사람들 앞에 나타나 그들을 돕고 용기를 준다. 이 마을 주교로 있는 헨리(데이빗 니븐 분)는 대성당을 건설하려는 사업을 추진하지만 뜻대로 성금이 모아지지 않아 초조해 하며 하나님께 도움을 요청한다. 그런 헨리의 기도를 듣고 그 앞에 나타난 더들리는 자신이 하늘 나라에서 온 천사임을 밝히고 그를 도와 줄 것을 약속한다. 한편 헨리의 부인인 줄리아(로레타 영 분)는 헨리가 대성당 건설 사업을 시작한 이후로 옛 친구들과 동료들을 멀리하고 가족을 소홀히 대한다는 사실을 안타까워한다. 그러던 어느 날, 헨리가 대성당 기금 마련을 위해 해밀톤 부인(글래디스 쿠퍼 분)을 만나러 간 사이에 더들리와 줄리아는 스케이트장을 찾아 즐거운 한때를 보낸다. 그 곳에서 줄리아는 더들리와 함께 있으면 무엇이든 가능해지고 즐거워진다는 사실에 그에게서 야릇한 감정을 느끼게 되는데...
천국의 사도 조단 2
Max Corkle
Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show. Unfortunately, her changes also produce a major flop.
The Homestretch
Doc Kilborne
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
Lady Luck
Sacramento Sam
A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way she planned.
Home Sweet Homicide
Sgt. O'Hare
Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.
The Well Groomed Bride
Captain Hornby
A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco--she wants it for a wedding, and he wants to use it to christen a ship.
The Hoodlum Saint
Snarp
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Captain Eddie
Tom Clark
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
The Clock
Al Henry
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
브룩클린의 나무 성장
McGarrity
브루클린의 가난한 아일랜드 이민자 가정. 책을 좋아하는 당찬 13살 소녀 프랜시는 아버지 조니를 무척 따른다. 엄마 케이티는 악착같이 살림을 꾸리려 하지만, 조니는 안정된 일자리보다 꿈을 그린다. 그러던 중 케이티는 셋째를 임신하고, 조니에게 프랜시가 학교를 그만두게 해야겠다고 한다. 딸이 얼마나 학교를 좋아하는지 아는 조니는 눈보라 속에 일자리를 구하러 간다. 베티 스미스의 동명 소설을 각색한 카잔의 데뷔작으로, 가난한 이민자 가정의 소녀 프랜시의 성장을 그렸다. (2017년 영화의 전당 - 엘리아 카잔 특별전)
This Man's Navy
Jimmy Shannon
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".
천국의 열쇠
Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske
신을 의심하고 부정하던 파산 직전의 한 남자가 신앙을 회복하는 과정을 그린다. 신부를 연기한 신예 그레고리 펙이 아카데미 후보에 오른 작품.
아세닉 앤 올드 레이스
Lt. Rooney
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Once Upon a Time
Moke McGillicuddy
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Flynn meets a young boy who just might save the day. Inside a small box the boy shows Flynn his pride and joy: a caterpillar named Curly that dances to Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Word quickly spreads about the amazingly talented hoofer, and the caterpillar becomes a symbol of hope for wartime America. Soon, offers are pouring in to capitalize on this sensational insect.
조라는 이름의 사나이
“Nails” Kilpatrick
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
Crash Dive
Chief Mike 'Mac' McDonnell
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
Manila Calling
Tim O'Rourke
During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.
Tales of Manhattan
Joe - Mission Aid Society
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Footlight Serenade
Bruce McKay
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.
The Falcon Takes Over
Inspector Mike O'Hara
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
마이 갈 살
Pat Hawley
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
A Date with the Falcon
Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
Hay Foot
Colonel J. A. Barkley
Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gun shy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb.
Babes on Broadway
Thornton Reed
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
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.
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Sergeant Daniels
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Tanks a Million
Col. 'Spitfire' Barkley
Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.
천국의 사도 조단
Max Corkle
조 펜들톤(Joe Pendleton / Bruce Farnsworth / Ralph Murdoch: 로버트 몽고메리 분)은 비행기 조종과 색소폰 연주를 즐기는 낭만적인 프로권투 선수다. 어느날 그는 뉴욕에서의 훈련을 마치고 비행을 하던 중 뜻하지 않은 사고를 당해 하늘나라로 가게 된다. 하지만 신참 천국의 사도의 실수로 예정된 시간보다 50년 일찍 불려온 것임이 밝혀지면서 다시 땅으로 보내진다. 천사장 조단(Mr. Jordan: 클로드 레인스 분)과 천국의 사도는 함께 조의 시체를 찾지만 시체는 이미 화장된 뒤였다. 다시 하늘나라로 돌아온 조는 조단과 함께 자신에게 맞는 육체를 찾아 나선다. 조단은 조에게 부인과 비서에게 살해당한 백만장자 판스워스의 몸에 들어 갈 것을 제의하고 때마침 찾아온 베티(Bette Logan: 에벨리 키스 분)라는 여인을 보고 반한 조는 곤경에 처한 그녀를 돕기 위해 판스워스의 몸으로 들어간다. 판스워스가 된 조는 베티의 아버지를 구하고 선행을 베푸는가 하면 예전의 매니저였던 맥스(Max 'Pop' Corkle: 제임스 글리슨 분)를 불러 세계 챔피언전을 주선해 달라고 부탁한다. 맥스는 처음엔 조의 말을 안 믿었지만 조가 불어주는 색소폰 연주를 듣고 그의 말을 믿게 된다. 그러나 판스워스의 몸을 사용할 수 있는 시간도 잠시 뿐, 판스워스는 결국 부인과 비서의 손에 다시 살해되고 만다. 판스워스가 실종되자 수사가 벌어지고, 조는 다시 조단과 함께 육체를 찾아 떠돌아다닌다. 그러는 가운데 머독과 길버트의 세계 챔피언전이 벌어지고 라디오를 통해 중계를 듣고 있던 조는 머독이 도박꾼들의 사기 시합의 희생양이 되어 시합 도중 총에 맞아 죽는 것을 보게 된다. 조단은 조에게 머독이 되어 시합을 끝낼 것을 제의하고 조는 쓰러져있는 머독의 몸에 들어가 시합을 승리로 이끈다.
Affectionately Yours
'Chet' Phillips
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
존 도우를 찾아서
Henry Connell
신문기자 앤 미첼은 새로운 경영진에 의해 해고통지를 받자, 존 도우라는 이름으로 신문사에 편지를 보내 기사로 게재한다. 타락한 사회에 경종을 울리기 위해 크리스마스 이브에 스스로 목숨을 끊겠다는 기사의 내용은 사회적으로 큰 반향을 일으키고, 앤은 해고를 모면한다. 하지만 그녀는 실재하지 않는 존 도우를 만들어내야 하게 되고, 우여곡절 끝에 전직야구선수 롱 존 윌러비가 그 역할을 맡게 된다
Earl of Puddlestone
Joe Higgins
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.
Grandpa Goes To Town
Joe Higgins
Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the middle of a ghost town that hasn't seen a human face in years.
Money To Burn
Joe Higgins
In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.
The Covered Trailer
Joe Higgins
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.
On Your Toes
Phil Dolan Sr.
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Should Husbands Work?
Joe Higgins
Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy
My Wife's Relatives
Joe Higgins
It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the romance between Ellis' son Bill and Joe's daughter Jean. Refusing, Joe quits his job and sets up his own candy company. It's a money-losing enterprise until Joe's wife Lil loses her diamond ring in a batch of candy and offers a $5000 reward to anyone who can retrieve the ring.
Army Girl
Hennessy
A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to modern changes, is killed.
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
James Gleason
A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't Take it With You', director Frank Capra and stars James Stewart and Jean Arthur celebrate Lionel Barrymore's sixtieth birthday; a ski meet is held at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
The Higgins Family
Joe Higgins
Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Danny The Duck
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."
Forty Naughty Girls
Inspector Oscar Piper
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
Cinema Circus
Himself
Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open air big tent. There is as much action in the audience as Tracy identifies a number of movie stars watching the proceedings incognito, having their own fun in the stands, and sometimes interacting with the circus acts.
The Plot Thickens
Oscar Piper
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
The Big Game
George Scott
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Detective Daniels
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
Yours for the Asking
Saratoga
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Inspector Corrigan
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
Murder on a Bridle Path
Police Insp. Oscar Piper
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper is about to declare her death accidental from a thrown horse, until his friend and amateur detective Hildegarde Withers locates the horse and discovers blood on the horse.
We're Only Human
Detective Danny Walsh
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Hot Tip
Director
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Hot Tip
Jimmy McGill
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big names such as Boris Karloff, Buster Crabbe, and Clark Gable make appearances, enjoying games of golf, field hockey, swimming, and many other fun hobbies.
Murder in the Fleet
Additional Writing
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.
West Point of the Air
Joe 'Bags'
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Murder on a Honeymoon
Inspector Oscar Piper
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Murder on the Blackboard
Inspector Oscar Piper
There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.
Change of Heart
Hot Dog Vendor
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Change of Heart
Screenplay
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Search for Beauty
Dan Healy
Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
The Meanest Gal in Town
Duke Slater
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
Hoopla
Jerry
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager.
The Bowery
Screenplay
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
Orders Is Orders
Screenplay
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer and his secretary cook up a scheme to trick the officer into letting him use the base and its men. Their plan succeeds, but things don't turn out quite the way they were expecting.
Orders Is Orders
Ed Waggermeyer
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer and his secretary cook up a scheme to trick the officer into letting him use the base and its men. Their plan succeeds, but things don't turn out quite the way they were expecting.
Clear All Wires!
Lefty Williams
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.
The Billion Dollar Scandal
"Ratsy" Harris
An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.
The Devil Is Driving
'Beef' Evans
Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.
Penguin Pool Murder
Police Inspector Oscar Piper
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
Always Kickin'
Director
When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college team in time for the big game.
Yoo-Hoo
Jimmy Gleason
James Gleason picks up abused kid and tries to clean him up.
The All-American
Chick Knipe
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
The Crooked Circle
Arthur Crimmer
A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.
Off His Base
Picture in Opening Credits
It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports reporter insists that his nephew, Minor, can really play ball and will help the team win.
Off His Base
Director
It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports reporter insists that his nephew, Minor, can really play ball and will help the team win.
브론디 오브 더 폴리스
Pa McClune
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.
High Hats and Low Brows
Danny Ruff
Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.
Lady and Gent
Pin Streaver
Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his father, Stag's manager, is killed.
Fast Companions
Silk Henley
A crooked jockey tries to reform.
Suicide Fleet
Skeets
Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway.
The Big Gamble
Fred 'Squint' Dugan
A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the one-year suicide clause has elapsed.
Sweepstakes
Sleepy Jones
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
A Free Soul
Eddie
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
It's a Wise Child
Cool Kelly
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.
Beyond Victory
Jim Mobley
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
Beyond Victory
Writer
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
Three Hollywood Girls
Writer
Big Money
Tom
A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.
Her Man
Steve
A sex worker yearns to leave the grimy underground community she was born into, and sees her way out through a sympathetic sailor.
What a Widow!
Screenplay
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
What a Widow!
Adaptation
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
Rain or Shine
Writer
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune back to her ragtag band of ragged shoeleather performers.
The Matrimonial Bed
Gustave Corton
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.
The Fall Guy
Writer
Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre, unemployed, wise-cracking brother and various neighbors while keeping house in their Brooklyn tenement.
Dumb-bells in Ermine
Mike
In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though her straitlaced mother wants her to marry Siegfried, a spellbinding "missionary reformer." Though Grandma Corey promotes the romance with the prizefighter, Mike, the fighter's hardboiled, wisecracking manager, tries to keep them apart; following a quarrel, Faith reconciles herself to marrying Siegfried, but when he invites a group of "weak sisters" to a revival meeting, he is disgraced when one accuses him of her downfall. Finally, with Mike's advice, Jerry wins back Faith and they are united with the family's blessings.
Dumb-bells in Ermine
Writer
In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though her straitlaced mother wants her to marry Siegfried, a spellbinding "missionary reformer." Though Grandma Corey promotes the romance with the prizefighter, Mike, the fighter's hardboiled, wisecracking manager, tries to keep them apart; following a quarrel, Faith reconciles herself to marrying Siegfried, but when he invites a group of "weak sisters" to a revival meeting, he is disgraced when one accuses him of her downfall. Finally, with Mike's advice, Jerry wins back Faith and they are united with the family's blessings.
Mammy
Theatre Play
Mammy features Al Jolson as the star of a travelling minstrel show, appearing in a small Southern town. Jolson falls in love with an actress in the troupe (Lois Moran), but she loves another. One of Jolson's fellow minstrels (Lowell Sherman) is shot backstage, and it is assumed thanks to several plot convolutions that Jolson is guilty of the deed.
The Swellhead
Johnny Trump
A young fighter, Bill Hickey, achieves success through the help and support of his friends and, once he does, he gets a big case of 'swellhead.' And then he loses his friends, loses his girl-friend, loses his confidence and is all set-up to lose his title.
The Swellhead
Dialogue
A young fighter, Bill Hickey, achieves success through the help and support of his friends and, once he does, he gets a big case of 'swellhead.' And then he loses his friends, loses his girl-friend, loses his confidence and is all set-up to lose his title.
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dialogue
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
Puttin' on the Ritz
James 'Jimmy' Tierney
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
His First Command
Screenplay
A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
His First Command
Story
A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
Fairways and Foul
Husband
Two couples meet on the fairway for a golfing competition.
Oh, Yeah!
Dusty
A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the fright-yard bulls and other drifters, find romance in the persons of two waitresses at the camp restaurant. American-slang rules the dialogue to the point non-USA viewers need a slang-glossary to follow the dialogue.
The Flying Fool
Additional Dialogue
A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take advantage of him. Unfortunately, he winds up falling in love with her himself.
High Voltage
Dialogue
A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.
High Voltage
Screenplay
A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.
Meet the Missus
Bert La Motte
When the story begins, James is confronted by his wife for his roving eyes! Soon after this, he goes to a speakeasy and begins chatting up women. One in particular catches his eye and so he brings her home to meet the wife. And here's where it gets weird. Apparently the Gleasons have an agreement that if either meets another person and falls for them, the marriage will be amicably dissolved and they'll each go their separate ways! Of course, things don't work out the way the hubby expects...and it certainly will come as a surprise to you as well!
브로드웨이 멜로디
Dialogue
성공을 찾아 떠나는 두 자매의 이야기를 다룬 뮤지컬 영화. 토키 시대(유성영화)로 접어들어 제작된 이 영화는 '100% 유성영화, 100% 노래와 춤'이라는 이색 포스터를 걸고 무려 400만 달러라는 거액을 투입하였다.
브로드웨이 멜로디
Music Publisher (uncredited)
성공을 찾아 떠나는 두 자매의 이야기를 다룬 뮤지컬 영화. 토키 시대(유성영화)로 접어들어 제작된 이 영화는 '100% 유성영화, 100% 노래와 춤'이라는 이색 포스터를 걸고 무려 400만 달러라는 거액을 투입하였다.
Polly of the Follies
Paul Gordon
A romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meachum, a campaigner against motion pictures, and his daughter, Polly. The eloping couple’s family arrive, chasing them, and persuade them to wait to get married. Polly goes to New York to join the Ziegfeld Follies, but is ultimately replaced by Alysia. As Bob consoles Polly, Alysia breaks off the engagement, and Bob and Polly may now marry.