Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

Nascimento : 1887-07-01, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Morte : 1948-11-25

História

Charles D. Brown was an American stage and screen actor. His Broadway career spanned the years 1911 through 1937, while his film career, that included more than 100 movies, stretched from 1921 to his death in 1948. Brown additionally, in 1914, wrote and directed one short film, The Bank Burglar's Fate.

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Charles D. Brown

Filmes

Follow Me Quietly
Police Insp. Mulvaney
1949 thriller about the hunt for a serial killer known as "the Judge" who kills his victims on rainy nights.
In This Corner
Victor 'Doc' Fuller
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Inspector Stevens
Around Christmas time, a woman tries to prove the innocence of her dancer husband jailed for a crime she just knows he didn't commit.
Let's Live Again
Psychiatrist
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
No Nosso Alegre Caminho
Mr. Sadd
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?
Estranha Fascinação
Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
Frankie Madison retorna a Nova York depois de 14 anos de prisão. Noll Turner, ex-parceiro de Frankie em contrabando, é agora um rico gerente de boate, e Frankie está esperando que ele honre um acordo verbal de 'meio-a-meio' que eles fizeram quando ele foi pego e Noll escapou. Chance gorda! Será que Frankie, que conhece apenas os métodos violentos da Lei Seca, vai vencer no Big Business? Vai ser difícil... mesmo com a improvável ajuda da cantora Kay, a ex-namorada de Noll. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Dinty
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Merton of the Movies
Jeff Baird
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
A Face do Perigo
Police Captain MacTaggart
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Undercover Maisie
Captain Mead
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Mike Dawson
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
Wake Up and Dream
Lt. Commander
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Os Assassinos
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
Pistoleiros matam uma vítima que não resiste, e o investigador Reardon descobre seu envolvimento passado com a bela e mortal Kitty Collins. Dois assassinos profissionais invadem uma pequena cidade e matam um atendente de posto de gasolina, "o sueco", que os espera sem opor nenhuma resistência. O investigador de seguros Reardon investiga o caso contra as ordens de seu chefe, que considera o caso trivial. Juntando os fios da vida do sueco, Reardon descobre uma complexa história de traição e crime, tudo ligando com a deslumbrante e misteriosa Kitty Collins.
À Beira do Abismo
Norris the Butler
"À Beira do Abismo" é uma história do detetive particular Philip Marlowe, que é contratado por um rico general para descobrir e impedir que sua filha mais nova, Carmen, seja chantageada por suas dívidas de jogo. As coisas quase imediatamente se desvendam e explodem, enquanto Marlowe se vê profundamente emaranhado numa teia de triângulos amorosos, chantagem, assassinato, jogo e crime organizado. Marlowe, com a ajuda da filha mais velha do General, Vivian, habilmente trama para libertar a família desta teia.
Interlúdio
Judge (uncredited)
Localizado no Rio de Janeiro, conta a história de Alicia e Devlin, dois polos completamente opostos que acabam se apaixonando devido ao tempo em que trabalharam juntos. Ela é filha de um espião alemão preso pelo governo dos EUA e, para evitar a morte do pai, é obrigada a ajudar o governo americano a prender inimigos mais importantes. Ele é um agente do governo que vai comandar a operação, monitorando para que tudo saia nas mais perfeitas condições planejadas.
O Tempo Não Apaga
McCarthy
Um homem se reencontra com sua amiga de infância e seu marido, que acreditam conhecer a verdade sobre a morte de sua rica tia anos antes. Em 1928, a jovem herdeira Martha Ivers, envolvida em eventos fatais, não fugiu com seu amigo Sam Masterson. Anos mais tarde, Sam retorna para reencontrar Martha, o verdadeiro poder por trás da cidade de Iverstown, e ela se casou com o 'bom menino' Walter O'Neil, agora procurador do distrito. No início, Sam está mais interessado na deslocada loira Toni Marachek do que em seus amigos de infância, mas eles o atraem para uma teia complicada de tramas e objetivos cruzados.
The Searching Wind
Carter
With a screenplay adapted by Lillian Hellman from her own play, director William Dieterle's 1946 drama stars Robert Young as a U.S. ambassador in Europe in the years before WW2.
The Last Crooked Mile
Dietrich, Bank President
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Danger Woman
Inspector Pepper
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
Em Rápida Companhia
Father Donovan
The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several independent drivers.
The Man Who Dared
D. A. Darrell Tyson
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.
The Hoodlum Saint
Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
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.
O Transviado
Crane Stewart
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Just Before Dawn
Insp. Burns
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was
Tomorrow Is Forever
Immigration Officer
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
Sunbonnet Sue
Father Hurley
Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's daughter who loves nothing more than to perform in her father's tavern. Her late-night shenanigans appall her wealthy and socially conscious aunt who launches a secret campaign to shut down the bar and force her niece to reside in her palatial home.
Apology for Murder
Ward McGee
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
Eve Knew Her Apples
Joe Gordon
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.
Having Wonderful Crime
Mr. Winslow
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
James Thane
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.
Jam Session
Raymond Stuart
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
Romance dos Sete Mares
Capt. Squires (uncredited)
Na WW2 no Pacífico trabalhadores da construção civil são necessários para construir instalações militares, mas o trabalho é perigoso e eles duvidam da capacidade da Marinha para protegê-los. Depois de uma série de ataques por parte dos japoneses algo novo é tentado, os Batalhões de Construção, em inglês Construction Battalions (CBs = Seabees) Abelhas do Mar. O novo batalhão tem tanto que construir quanto estar pronto para lutar.
The Racket Man
Editor Clark
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
Minesweeper
Commander Lane
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
Swing Shift Maisie
Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Destroyer
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
Arrisca-te, Mulher!
Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Uma bancária de Nova York, Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur), no final dos anos 1930, acha que seu sonho de fazer uma viagem de ônibus de 17 dias com todas as despesas pagas para a costa do Pacífico e voltar, pode não ser tudo o que ela acha que deveria ser... até que ela chega ao Oregon e um bronco enfurecido joga em cima dela um cowboy de rodeio e a derruba. Duke Hudkins (John Wayne), a título de pedido de desculpas, a leva para conhecer as vistas de Fairfield, Oregon, e ela perde seu ônibus, briga com um Duke perplexo, pede carona pelo deserto... e um romance nasce.
Bombardeio
Officer at Briefing
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.
Sweater Girl
Police Lt. McGill
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
Fingers at the Window
Police Inspector Gallagher
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Pernas Provocantes
Charles E. Murdock
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.
Glamour Boy
Martin Carmichael
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
Devil Pays Off
Capt. Jonathan Hunt
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
International Lady
Tetlow
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.
A Cidade que Nunca Dorme
Johnson
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
Ride, Kelly, Ride
Bob Martin
Jockey (Stephens) struggles against gamblers with the help of stable trainer (Pallette) and horse onwer's daughter (Quigley).
Tall, Dark and Handsome
District Attorney
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Maisie na Alta Roda
'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
A Showgirl Maisie Ravier se encontra mais uma vez sem trabalho. Então ela conhece um playboy rico que a contrata para ser a nova empregada de sua família. Maisie logo se vê tentando consertar os muitos problemas da família. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
A Estrada de Santa Fé
Major Sumner
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Doc Elliott
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real friend and father to Chris, who, under his guidance, has learned to take care of all the sick animals in town, but lack of money keeps the widow from sending Chris on to finish high school and medical training is out of the question. Wealthy Grandpa Harper sends his attorney Baker to tell Mrs. Harper that all of Jimmy's dreams could be realized if the widow, whom the grandfather dislikes, would give up custody of her son. The lawyer also begins to court Julie and this throws a kink in Betty's plans to see her father and the widow get married. Written by Les Adams
The Leather Pushers
J.R. Stevens
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
Fruto Proibido
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Dois amigos petroleiros meio malandros, que ao longo de 20 anos se tornam magnatas do petróleo, amam a mesma mulher. Os amigos Big John McMasters e Square John Sand, ambos aventureiros do petróleo, são do tipo falantes, divertidos, que conseguem malandramente equipamentos e capital suficiente para desenvolver os seus próprios campos de petróleo. Mas sua amizade é posta à prova quando Big John fica inadvertidamente apaixonado por Elizabeth, a namorada de longa data de Square John Sand. Eventualmente, sua amizade e parceria chega ao fim num Cara ou Coroa. Anos mais tarde, quando o interesse de Big John pela bela Karen Vanmeer ameaça seu casamento também, Square John intervém em um esforço para salvar o casamento de seu ex-amigo - mesmo que isso signifique arruiná-lo financeiramente.
Buyer Beware
Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
Pier 13
Police Captain Blake
A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.
Sailor's Lady
Capt. Roscoe
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
Irmão Orquídea
Brother Wren
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Florian
New York Police Lt.
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Johnny Apollo
Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Forgotten Girls
Editor Linton
A disillusioned factory worker is charged with the attempted murder of her mother's lover.
Vinhas da Ira
Wilkie
Tom, filho mais velho de uma pobre família de trabalhadores rurais, retorna para casa após cumprir pena por homicídio involuntário. Ele planeja levar os parentes até a Califórnia, onde dizem que trabalho não falta. Durante a viagem eles passam por diversos tipos de provações e quando finalmente chegam na "Terra Prometida" descobrem que é um lugar bem pior do que aquele que deixaram.
I Take This Woman
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
Know Your Money
George D. Waldron
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.
Wolf of New York
Nolan
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
He Married His Wife
Detective
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
City of Chance
District Attorney
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Kid Nightingale
Charles Paxton
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
Little Accident
Jeff Collins
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
Smashing the Money Ring
Parker
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Sangue de Artista
Larry Randall (uncredited)
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
Charlie Chan no Reno
Police Chief King
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Tell No Tales
Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Capt. Thomas Castle
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Inside Story
J.B. Douglas
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
The Ice Follies of 1939
Barney
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
Disbarred
Jackson
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income,is impressed by the way Joan Carroll handled a small-town murder, poses as a real estate agent and offers to get her into a law firm of a friend of his. Placed in the office of Roberts, running a front for Cradon, Joan is taught every trick of the trade. With her cases all prepared for her, she goes from one courtroom victory to another, soon becoming the darling of the underworld and the despair of all law-enforcing authorities.
The Duke of West Point
Ann's Father
A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because of his rule-breaking antics.
Up the River
Warden Harris
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.
Exposed
Steve Conway
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
Flight to Fame
Major Loy
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
The Crowd Roars
Bill Thorne
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
Barefoot Boy
Calvin Whittaker
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Think It Over
Fire Inspector Wilson
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
O Último Beijo
McGonigle
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over.
Speed to Burn
Pop Williams
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.
Island in the Sky
Inspector Whitehead
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
Argélia
Max
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.
Menino de Ouro
Click Donovan
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.
Gold Diggers of 1937
Hugo (as Chas. D. Brown)
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
The False Madonna
Peter Angel
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
Touchdown!
Harrigan
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
The Road to Reno
Jim
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
The Secret Call
Bob Barnes
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
The Dance of Life
Lefty Miller
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
The Way of a Maid
Gordon Witherspoon
A silent film comedy.