Вторая мировая война. Войска США помогают Китаю в войне против Японии. Дочь американского миссионера находясь взоне боевых действий, находит восемь детей-сирот ирешает перевезти их в Америку, где они начнут новую жизнь. Но прежде чем это произойдет, девушке предстоят тяжелые испытания, которые она преодолеет благодаря своему обаянию, жизнерадостному характеру и веселому нраву.
Deputy Sheriff Mike Mullins (uncredited)
Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arise when another murderer arrives on the scene and plants the blame on John.
Deputy
Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.
Door Attendant (uncredited)
В центре истории соперничающие репортеры Сэм и Тесс, которые влюбляются в друг друга и женятся. Однако брак совершенно не успокаивает их накаленные отношения…
Sheriff Boggs
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
День четвёртой годовщины свадьбы у героя пошёл наперекосяк... Он едва не погиб, приехала тёща, а в довершение ко всему жена приревновала к бывшей подружке, которая случайно поселилась в том же доме. Чтобы спастись от развода, бедолаге пришлось сойти с ума...
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
После того, как местный бакалейщик спасает ребенка от сбежавшего льва, владелец цирка предлагает ему участие в выступлении, но меняет свое мнение, узнав, что тот влюблен в его сестру.
Jones
Tom Logan is a railroad detective who takes it upon himself to halt the activities of his crooked brother Duke. Duke and his henchman have stolen an entire gold train, including the passengers......
The Turnkey (Uncredited)
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
Barber
Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town.
Bartender (uncredited)
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
Postman (uncredited)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Train Engineer
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
Baggage Man (uncredited)
Эта история началась в 1918 году, когда в Техасе произошёл нефтяной бум. Нефтяные участки появлялись повсюду, люди богатели на глазах, и именно сюда устремились два парня, в будущем известные как Большой Джон и Джон Справедливый. Эта парочка провернула немало успешных дел и смогла сколотить на нефти целое состояние. Двадцать лет всё шло как по маслу, пока в Техас не приехала Элизабет Бартлетт.
С той поры словно черная кошка пробежала между некогда дружными компаньонами. Отныне миллионеры знать друг друга не хотят, делят бизнес и строят козни. И только женщина способна разрешить их спор.
Deputy in Baggage Car
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
Night Elevator Man (uncredited)
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Porter #5
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Doorman
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
Postal Clerk
A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Fourth Witness
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
Sazerac Saloon Bartender #2 (uncredited)
1864 год, Гражданская война в США подходит к концу. Сторонники южных штатов решают использовать последний шанс. В помощь своей истекающей кровью армии, они решают доставить $5 миллионов в золотых слитках из Вирджиния-Сити.
Везти золото через вражеские штаты поручено капитану Ирби, у которого есть хитроумный план. Помешать этому пытается Керри Брэдфорд, капитан военной разведки союзной армии. Но о золоте узнал и главарь местной банды Маррелл. Три стороны сцепились в смертельной схватке…
Policeman Platt (uncredited)
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.
Greeley's Secretary (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Накануне Рождества Ли Лиандер поймали за кражей в магазине. Это её третье преступление. Её дело ведет Джон Сарджент. Он просит суд отложить разбирательство дела, так как трудно добиться обвинительного приговора накануне Рождества. Но Джон сочувствует Ли, освобождает её под залог, а в итоге забирает домой к матери на Рождество. В окружении любящей семьи (особенно по сравнению с семьей Ли) Ли и Джон влюбляются в друг друга. Это создает новую проблему: как им вести себя на предстоящем суде?
Second Gate Guard (uncredited)
Третий фильм из серии приключений Ника и Норы. В этот раз они (вместе с терьером Аста и их годовалым сыном Никки — младшим) вновь отправляются в Нью-Йорк, чтобы спокойно провести отпуск. Их приглашает загород на уик-енд полковник МакФэй, богатый промышленник, которому срочно требуются услуги Ника. Полковнику угрожает некий Фил Черч, и, когда полковника все-таки убивают, Черч становится главным подозреваемым. Однако Ник уверен, что все не так просто, как кажется…
Abner's father-in-law
It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her scowling family, and Abner has no idea how to proceed. The film's narrator has us cut away to the kitchen of chef M.O. Cullen who demonstrates the proper way to carve the bird, spoon out the stuffing, and lay out the platter. Back to Abner, who's missed Cullen's lesson, so he makes a fine mess. Can this marriage survive?
Policeman (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Smitty
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
Turnkey
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
Detective (uncredited)
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Desk Sergeant Graves
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Irishman (uncredited)
Один из последних законопроектов, который подписал президент Линкольн, был законопроект о прокладке трансконтинентальной железной дороги через пустыню в Калифорнию, чтобы соединить между собой два океана, Север и Юг. Однако нечестный делец и политик Аса Бэрроуз надеется извлечь прибыль именно от задержки строительства.
Policeman in Nick's Hospital Room (uncredited)
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Joe - the Bartender (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Marshal Jason (uncredited)
Главные роли в этом классическом вестерне исполняют Оливия де Хэвилленд и Эррол Флинн. Его герой – ковбой, который намерен покончить с преступностью и беззаконием в Додж-Сити, ухаживая при этом за одной из местных девушек.
Mr. Winthrop
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
Policeman at Lambert Estate (uncredited)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
River Queen Engineer
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
Desk Sergeant
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.
Orderly
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
Police Officer (uncredited)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Desk Sergeant Graves
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
Constable Cy
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
Desk Sergeant Graves
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Fugitive Planter (uncredited)
1852-й год. Новый Орлеан. Великосветская красавица Джули Марсден готовится выйти замуж за молодого политика и банкира Престона Дилларда. Однако, поругавшись с ним, Джулии назло своему жениху появляется в красном платье на ежегодном, престижном «Олимпийском» балу. Поскольку незамужние девушки в свет должны выходить только в белом, светское общество шокировано выходкой Джули. Престон расторгает помолвку и уезжает на Север. Спустя год, он возвращается в Нью-Орлеан с молодой женой. В городе бушует эпидемия желтой лихорадки, общество парализовано паникой и страхом, а у Джули появляется шанс доказать Престону свою любовь…
Jailer
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
Desk Sergeant
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)
A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.
Passenger
История из времен создания знаменитой банковской компании "Уэллс Фарго" в 1850-х годах: погонщик дилижансов, период от "золотой лихорадки" в Калифорнии до Гражданской войны, разумеется, немного авторских домыслов, и всё в одном флаконе. "Вместе они покорят континент! Его жизнь - в череде увлекательных приключений, которые в результате соединят в одно целое страну, а она готова разделить эти приключения с человеком, которого любит!
Darsey's Assistant (uncredited)
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
The Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Broun
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
Pete, Policeman at Jail (uncredited)
Бизнес-леди Маргит Агню живет строго по плану. Она планирует все в жизни – от свадьбы и свадебного путешествия своей младшей сестры с хорошим, но уж очень нерешительным парнем – до того, что подадут на завтрак. И все было бы хорошо, но появился в их жизни взбалмошный Чарли Лодж, который намеревается снять фильм с будущими молодоженами, пишет портрет Маргит, и вообще, в скором времени расстраивает все ее планы. Ни к кому в жизни Маргит не испытывала такой ненависти, как к этому бродяге Чарли…
Detective (uncredited)
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
Jim (uncredited)
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
Garage Owner
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Sheriff
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.
Desk Sergeant
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
Deputy Abel
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
Plainclothesman
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
2nd Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Man on Platform (uncredited)
A candidate has laryngitis, so his assistant must make a speech in his place. Both the speaker and his audience are soon befuddled.
Smithers
Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.
Station Agent (uncredited)
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
Farmer (uncredited)
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.
Black Horse Trooper (uncredited)
Элан Скуайр — писатель-идеалист, уставший от грубой жестокости жизни, без цента в кармане идет по шоссе в пустыне Аризоны. Остановившись в ресторане на старой бензоколонке ворчливого Джейсона Мэйпла, Элан знакомится и влюбляется в Габриэллу, дочь Мэйпла.
Девушка мечтает учиться в Париже. Когда на бензозаправку подъезжают супруги Чизхолм, Габриэлла уговаривает их взять Элана с собой в Калифорнию. Но им не удалось далеко уехать: безжалостный гангстер Дьюк Мэнти и его сообщники, совершившие убийства в Оклахоме, берут всех в заложники.
Писатель называет гангстера «последним великим апостолом грубого индивидуализма» и заключает с ним договор, — просит, чтобы тот застрелил его перед отъездом…
The Drayman
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
Detective
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
Turnkey
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Detective Jones
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
Burt Hamlin (uncredited)
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
(uncredited)
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run from the police, pretending to be a famous singer whose gimmick is wearing a mask in public.
