Willard Robertson

Willard Robertson

Рождение : 1886-01-01, Runnels, Texas, USA

Смерть : 1948-04-05

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in 147 films between 1924 and 1948. He was born in Runnels, Texas and died in Hollywood, California. Willard Robertson first worked as a lawyer in Texas, but he left his profession for a sudden interest in acting. He appeared on Broadway in 16 plays between 1907 and 1930. Robertson played supporting roles in many Hollywood films from 1930 until the year he died, typically portraying men of authority such as doctors, elected officials, military officers, and also lawyers. He played Jackie Cooper's stern but loving father in the oscar-winning drama Skippy (1931) and its sequel Sooky (1931). Robertson also portrayed a flamboyant lawyer in Remember the Night (1940) and the straight sheriff in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943). Willard Robertson was also a notable writer of numerous plays, two of them were adapted into films. He also wrote the novel Moon Tide (1940) which was turned into Archie Mayo's drama thriller Moontide (1942) starring Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino.

Профиль

Willard Robertson

Фильмы

Fury at Furnace Creek
Gen. Leads
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.
Ловко устроился
Mr. Ashcroft
Сюжет фильма простой и жизненный. Есть американская семья с тремя детьми, три из которых мальчики от двух до семи лет. И бешеный дог. Ни одна няня не берется за такой «бедлам», и тут совершенно случайно на горизонте появляется «усатый бебиситтер». Дальше все понятно - дети ходят по струнке, собака вообще не высовывается. Однако сюжетная линия не только о воспитании, а о вопросах и задачах в семье, плюс вплетена интрига, которая развязывается в конце.
Deep Valley
Sheriff Akers
A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
My Favorite Brunette
Prison Warden
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.
Gallant Journey
Zachary Montgomery
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
Renegades
Nathan Brockway
The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.
Perilous Holiday
Graeme
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.
Каждому свое
Dr. Hunt
Мисс Норрис отправляется ночью дежурить на пост ПВО; ее напарником в эту ночь будет лорд Дэшем, также посвятивший себя этой неблагодарной работе, когда большинство думают лишь о новогоднем ужине. Осматривая крышу здания, Дэшем срывается и падает; он мог бы разбиться насмерть, но мисс Норрис не теряется и спасает ему жизнь. Чтобы успокоить нервы, он выпивает с ней по стаканчику. Оба они — люди одинокие, давно перешагнули рубеж зрелости. Каждый хранит верность некоей, давно уже мертвой части прошлого, которая не отпускает их и по сей день. Жена и сын лорда Дэшема погибли от эпидемии во время Первой мировой войны. Мисс Норрис же предпочитает не распространяться о тайне своей жизни. Дэшем хочет пригласить ее на ужин, однако, узнав от знакомого офицера, что в Лондон на несколько дней отпуска едет молодой солдат по имени Грегори Пирсен, она бежит на вокзал, но его поезд задерживается на неопределенное время. Она ждет его всю ночь и восстанавливает в памяти прошлое…
И пришел Джонс
Luke Packard
Дикий запад Америки. Бандит и убийца Монти Джеррад грабит почтовый дилижанс и убивает охрану, но в перестрелке он теряет свое именное ружье. Шериф, составив его описание в общих чертах, вывешивает объявление о награде в одну тысячу долларов любому, кто поймает преступника. Тем временем в обеспокоенный ограблением городок въезжает пара странствующих ковбоев Мэлоди Джонс и Джордж Фури, на седле Мэлоди красуются инициалы «MJ». Увидев эти буквы, мирные горожане начинают разбегаться в стороны, крепкие парни в салуне замолкают как рыбы, а бармен бесплатно угощает выпивкой. Все это происходит потому, что граждане приняли безобидных скотоводов за кровавого Монти его дядюшку Роско, которые лет пять назад наводили ужас на местные угодья.
Nine Girls
Capt. Brooks
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer.
Background to Danger
'Mac' McNamara
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Военно-воздушные силы
Colonel at Hickam Field
Это один из лучших американских пропагандистских фильмов, созданных во время Второй мировой войны, как нельзя лучше подошел для режиссера Хауарда Хоукса, добившегося совершенства в постановке масштабных боевых действий. Хоукс рассказывает историю «Мэри Энн», бомбардировщика В-17, и его экипажа. Завораживающая режиссура Хоукса и уверенная, эмоциональная работа всех актеров, особенно Гарфилда и Кэри, полностью захватывают внимание зрителя. Сейчас, к сожалению, картина начинает устаревать, но сценарий Николса достаточно силен, а диалоги наполнены смыслом и достоверны. Для съемок использовалась настоящая «Летающая крепость», позже упавшая в Тихий океан и утерянная, а интерьерные съемки велись в модели стоимостью 40 тыс. долларов. Хоукс сам был ветераном военно-воздушных сил, его собственный опыт и уважение к военной авиации очевидны в каждой сцене. Эта черно-белая лента будет настоящим подарком для видеоманов, помешанных на военной тематике.
Случай в Окс-Боу
Sheriff Risley
1885 год. Двое бродяг, Гил Картер и Арт Крофт, заезжают в небольшой городок под названием Окс-Боу и становятся невольными участниками событий, происходящими в этом, на первый взгляд, тихом местечке. Убит один из местных фермеров, его стадо похищено, и жители городка жаждут мести. Преступников находят довольно быстро, и толпа решает обойтись без шерифа — устроить суд Линча…
Остров Уэйк
Декабрь 1941. Без всякой надежды на помощь, небольшой гарнизон на островах Уилкс, Уэйк и Пил, в течение двух недель отражал яростные атаки японского флота.
Juke Girl
Mister Just
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
Лунный прилив
Novel
Докера Бобо терзают страшные мысли а не убил ли он того человека, с которым столкнулся сегодня на набережной. И тем же вечером он спасает очаровательную девушку, которая хотела утопиться...
The Night of January 16th
Inspector Donegan
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner (Nils Asther), Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle (Robert Preston), who has a vested interest in the outcome of the trial.
Texas
Rancher Wilson
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.
Men of the Timberland
Tim MacGregor
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his henchman, Jean Collet, to obtain the services of the famous "bull-of-the-woods" Andy Jensen and his partner "Lucky." Kay arrives and gives her permission to cut the timber, defying Dick. Dick, with his two assistants, Withers and "Tex," begins a survey of the timber stand. When Dick and Tex finally reveal MacGrgeor as a crook, Collet is sent to kill "Tex" and obtain the reports. A fight ensues and "Lucky" is killed by one of Collet's flying knives. Kay then admits that Dick is right and helps him trap Collet. Dick and Andy force a confession from Collet and MacGregor is exposed.
Мне нужны крылья
Judge Advocate
Фильм рассказывает о трех призывниках армии США: наследнике внушительного состояния Джеффе, автомеханике Але и футболисте Томе. Они заводят дружбу, которую грозит разрушить бывшая Аля, мечтающая прибрать Джеффа к рукам…
The Monster and the Girl
Lieutenant Strickland
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
Северо-западная конная полиция
Supt. Harrington
О сотрудничестве техасского ковбоя с канадской конной полицией в поисках убийцы, сбежавшего из Канады.
Бригхэм Янг
Heber Kimball
Фильм рассказывает историю нескольких лет жизни Бригхэма Янга — американского религиозного деятеля, второго президента Церкви Иисуса Христа Святых последних дней (широкой публике известной как секта мормонов) и основателя города Солт-Лейк-Сити. Повествование начинается с 1844 года. После убийства Джозефа Смита — основателя религии мормонов и движения Святых последних дней, Бригхэм решает взять на себя руководство церковью и не дать только организовавшейся пастве разойтись в разные стороны. Именно он, после начатой травли мормонов властями США, стал инициатором «великого переселения» мормонов на запад 1846-47 гг. Под его руководством Мормоны дошли до Мексики, где и основали город Солт-Лейк-Сити, ставшей их столицей. В 1851 году президентом США Миллардом Филлмором, Бригхэм был назначен губернатором Юты.
Lucky Cisco Kid
Judge McQuade
Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the Cisco Kid. When a reward is offered for his capture and a large shipment of money goes out, Cisco is on hand. Seeing the gang rob the stage he goes after them only to be wounded. The gang leader leaves Cisco's handkerchief at the scene and now he is wanted for the murder he tried to break up.
Castle on the Hudson
Ragan
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
My Little Chickadee
Uncle John
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.
Запомни ночь
Francis X. O'Leary
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?
Main Street Lawyer
John Ralston
Story of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.
Two Bright Boys
Clayton
A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
Range War
Buck Collins
Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they have been able to charge tolls on herds passing through. Hoppy goes undercover to expose them.
Каждое утро я умираю
Lang
Заключенный в тюрьму за убийство после написания статьи о коррупции, репортер Френк Росс уверен, что сможет доказать свою невиновность и выйти на свободу. Но не так работает система тюрьмы «Роки Пойнт». Охрана жестока, работа на мельнице джута нескончаема, а силы, с которыми Росс боролся на свободе, намерены надолго удержать его за решеткой. Вера Френка поколебалась, и он начинает сдаваться…
Heritage of the Desert
Henchman Nebraska
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.
Юнион Пасифик
Oakes Ames
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.
My Son Is a Criminal
Tom Halloran Sr.
Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his son Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime.
Джесси Джеймс. Герой вне времени
Clarke
Этот фильм снят по реальным событиям, произошедшим во второй половине девятнадцатого века в США. После трагической войны между южными и северными штатами Америка приступила к завоеванию запада. Символом этой эпохи стало строительство трансконтинентальной железной дороги. Строительство часто сопровождалось произволом и насилием, люди стали ощущать себя жертвами растущего чудовища по прозвищу «железный конь». Хорошо это или плохо, но та эпоха даровала миру самых известных преступников — братьев Фрэнка и Джесси Джеймса. По легенде изначально братья были мирными фермерами, но когда железнодорожная компания попыталась нагло отнять их ферму в свою пользу, парни взялись за оружие, и, организовав отряд «справедливого мщения», начали совершать дерзкие ограбления банков, поездов и почтовых дилижансов.
Kentucky
Bob Slocum
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Torchy Gets Her Man
Charles Gilbert
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.
Men with Wings
Col. Hadley
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
You and Me
Dayton
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Gangs of New York
Inspector Sullivan
An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
Island in the Sky
Walter Rhodes
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
Hot Water
Dr. Enfield
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
Exclusive
Mr. Franklin
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.
Roaring Timber
Harrigan
Jim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment when he agrees to cut an enormous volume of timber for Andrew MacKinley, who has to deliver the timber within sixty days.
Агент президента
George Andrews
В ночь на 22 апреля 1901, на приеме в Белом Доме, президент Уильям МакКинли скрытно встречается с офицером морского флота Ричардом Перри, блестяще показавшего себя при битве под Манилой под началом адмирала Дьюи. Он отправляет его с секретной миссией, о которой будет знать только он и никто больше, поскольку по стране прокатилась волна дерзких банковских ограблений, а секретная служба ничего не может сделать. Преступники всегда оказываются на шаг впереди. Ричард должен найти выход на банду и попытаться проникнуть в нее. Став Джо Патриком Ричард в конце концов попадает в кафе «Капитолий» в городке Сент-Поле, где знакомится с очаровательной ночной певицей Лил.
The Go-Getter
Matt Peasely
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Park Avenue Logger
Ben Morton
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This enables him to stay on the job and he soon undercovers how his father is being cheated by the local boss.
John Meade's Woman
Man
"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where she meets "lumber king" John Meade. John takes her in for a hot meal and sends her roses the next day. John is engaged to penniless society beauty Caroline Haig, who is in love with Rodney Bentley and is marrying John for his money. A jovial millionaire without a conscience, John orders his long-time employee, Tim Mathews, to report to Chicago from the lumber mills and announces he is leaving the lumber business for wheat. Although Tim insists they reforest their lumber lands, John ignores his plea. For laughs, John invites Teddy and Tim to his engagement party at Caroline's wealthy friend's estate. Teddy, realizing John is engaged to a woman who does not love him, drowns her tears in liquor and embarrasses Caroline.
Larceny on the Air
Inspector 'Mac' McDonald
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.
That Girl From Paris
Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
Wanted: Jane Turner
Walter Davies
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
Winterset
Policeman in the Square
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
The Man Who Lived Twice
Police Insp. Logan
A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery.
Великолепная инсинуация
Secretary Ingham
Это историческая драма, когда штаты государства боролись против объединения в мощный союз и за собственную самостоятельность. Все это происходит на фоне рассказа о жизни Маргарет «Пеги» О`Нил Итон, которая получила известность в годы президентства Эндрю Джексона. История начинается еще до избрания в президенты ее дяди. Девушка, является дочерью хозяина гостиницы в Вашингтоне, где предпочитают останавливаться политики. Она прекрасно образована и свободно выражает свои политические пристрастия. Но эти же самые политические убеждения заставляют ее отказаться от самой большой любви своей жизни Джона Рэндолфа, сенатора штата Вирджиния, который был политическим оппонентом ее дяди Джексона. После ее скоропалительного брака с морским офицером, который заканчивается для нее статусом вдовы, Пеги, по совету своего дяди, выходит замуж за влюбленного в нее сенатора и военного министра Итона, который поддерживал политику президента.
Последний из Могикан
Captain Winthrop
Экранизация одноименного романа Джеймса Фенимора Купера о последнем представителе своего народа, которому удалось сохранить благородство и честь, благодаря которым он помогает дочерям полковника Манро пробраться в осажденный французами и их союзниками гуронами английский форт.
The First Baby
Dr. Clarke
When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn.
Three Godfathers
Reverend McLane
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
Dangerous Waters
Bill MacKeechie
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.
I Married a Doctor
Guy Pollock
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
The Old Homestead
Uncle Jed
A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.
His Night Out
J.J. Trent
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Dan Hastings
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
Dante's Inferno
Inspector Harris
A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.
Oil for the Lamps of China
Speaker
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
Straight from the Heart
District Attorney
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
Laddie
Mr. John Stanton
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents.
Transient Lady
Ed Goring
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Grigsby, the Process Server
Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. One of Marion's old beaus, now running for U.S. Senator from their home state, also comes calling.
Million Dollar Baby
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".
Тайная невеста
Representative Grosvenor
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
Mills of the Gods
Thomas
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)
Elinor Norton
Ranch Foreman
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her husband is off fighting WW I. Her shell-shocked husband finally returns. He is terribly jealous. To help him, the wife takes him to a Western dude ranch. Her lover also goes, and the two men soon become friends. The coffee magnate helps to cure him, but then breaks his heart by telling him that he and the wife are planning to run away.
Death on the Diamond
Cato
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
Have a Heart
Mr. Schauber
Sally (Jean Parker) is engaged to be married, loves dancing and kids. But her life is ruined when an accident cripples her and her betrothed magnanimously offers to not back out of the marriage. After rejecting his offer she starts a doll shop and tries to save for an operation. From her doll shop window she watches children and talks to Jimmie (James Dunn) the ice cream man. She wants to know Jimmie better, but is terrified of rejection.
Домохозяйка
Judge Edwin A. Matthews
Нан Рейнольдс изо всех сил пытается вести домашнее хозяйство на скромную зарплату ее кроткого мужа Билла, офис-менеджера. Она призывает его искать лучшую работу в другом месте, но он не склонен к риску, и его отсутствие амбиций влияет на отношения супругов отрицательно. По прошествии времени, Билл всё же уступает жене, и открывает свое собственное агентство на деньги, которые она сумела сохранить. Вдохновленный Нан, он переманивает крупного клиента у своей бывшей фирмы и нанимает Пэт Беркли, которая училась вместе с Нан и Биллом в средней школе. Билл проводит много времени с Пэт и постепенно понимает, что чувства, которые он испытывал к ней в юности, пробудились с новой силой. Нан становится известно об их отношениях, но она предпочитает игнорировать их.
В дело вступает флот
Executive Officer
Дерзкий парень вступает в ряды флота по ошибке, но находит там любовь и дважды награждается за героизм.
Murder in the Private Car
Hanks
Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed.
Он был ее мужчиной
Police Captain
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
Оператор 13
Captain Channing
Шпионка на службе у северян, Гэйл Лавлэсс, влюбляется в офицера армии Конфедерации. Сможет ли их любовь преодолеть разногласия целой страны, охваченной Гражданской войной, или же им не суждено быть вместе?
Let's Talk It Over
Dr. Preston
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.
I'll Tell the World
Hardwick
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
Upperworld
Police Captain Reynolds
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
Whirlpool
Judge Jim Morrison
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
Леди-игрок
District Attorney
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?
Heat Lightning
Everett Marshall
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Дарк Хазард
Bill 'Billy' Fallen
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Two Alone
George Marshall
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.
Убийственная леди
Detective Conroy
Когда Дена Квигли увольняют в первый же день работы швейцаром из кинотеатра, он волей случая присоединяется к небольшой банде, считая себя достаточно умелым для незаконной деятельности. В конечном счете, полиция подозревает его и не смотря на попытки скрыться арестовывает. Его девушка вместе с остальной бандой сбегают оставляя его за решеткой. За нехваткой доказательств он вскоре выходит, и день за днем скатывается на дно, пока в Лос-Анджелесе случайно не попадает в кино-индустрию и вскоре поднимается на вершину славы. Но его вновь обретенный успех вызывает интерес его старых уголовных единомышленников, которые решают воспользоваться этим…
East of Fifth Avenue
Dr. Morgan
A kindly, elderly couple who run a New York City boarding house form the steady center around which the lives and loves of their various residents unfold. Borrowed money, a lovelorn chorus girl, and a tragic misunderstanding set in motion the chain of events in East of Fifth Avenue’s tender pageant of life.
Female
Department Head (Uncredited)
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
Навеки в сердце
Kennel Caretaker
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
Wild Boys of the Road
Captain of Detectives
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school Sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
Tugboat Annie
Red Severn
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby ruins their tugboat business.
Another Language
Harry Hallam
A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages.
Supernatural
Prison Warden
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When fake psychic Paul Bavian claims to have a message from Roma's dead brother, he coaxes Roma into participating in a séance. Although Roma's fiancé, Grant, first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma's body.
Trick for Trick
Dr. Frank Fitzgerald
A magician is accused of killing his female assistant.
Central Airport
Havana Airport Manager
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Destination Unknown
Joe Shano
A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
Скандал в Риме
Warren Finley Cooper
Эдди, неудачник из района «Западный Рим», изгнан за границы города по распоряжению мэра и «почетного гражданина города» — банкира Уоррена Купера за то, что путался под ногами и мешал планам банкира по постройке городской тюрьмы на месте бедных кварталов. Выпровоженный за городскую границу, Эдди бредет под палящим солнцем и вскоре засыпает… Во сне он попадает в настоящий Рим, где царят такие же порядки и взяткодательство, как и в современном «Западном Риме».
Frisco Jenny
Police Capt. Tom
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. When her underling Dutton proposes killing the DA, she kills the underling and must face execution.
Call Her Savage
Pete Springer
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage fails and she learns the errors of her ways.
Если бы у меня был миллион
Fred (uncredited)
Умирающий миллионер, окруженный толпой жадных наследников, придумывает способ употребить свои деньги с пользой: раздать случайным людям, выбранным наугад из телефонной книги. Однако не каждому из «счастливчиков», среди которых затюканный женой продавец, проститутка, мошенник, пара бывших цирковых артистов, приговорённый к смерти, клерк, легкомысленный вояка и пожилая дама, деньги пойдут впрок.
Я – беглый каторжник
Prison Board Chairman
Ветеран Джеймс Аллен отказывается вернуться на старую фабрику и постепенно деградирует. Случайно он оказывается вовлеченным в ограбление. После этого он попадает на каторгу…
Wild Girl
Red Pete
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
Virtue
Detective MacKenzie
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.
Okay, America!
Bit Role
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Guilty as Hell
Police Sgt. Alcock
Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.
Доктор Икс
Detective O'Halloran
В медицинской академии, принадлежащей доктору Ксавье, происходит несколько убийств. Желая избежать лишней огласки, которая может разрушить репутацию его академии, Ксавье договаривается с полицией о том, что найдёт убийцу самостоятельно.
Tom Brown of Culver
Capt. White
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
The Texas Bad Man
Millard Keefe
The Rangers have planted wanted posters of their man Tom Logan around hoping he can join the outlaw gang they are after. Robbing the stage ahead of the gang gets him in and he learns Keefe is the boss. When it's time for the big bank robbery Keefe puts Tom in charge but secretly tells a henchman to kill him during the holdup.
The Rider of Death Valley
Bill Joyce
Rigby, Larribee, and Grant each have one third of Bill Joyce's map locating his gold mine. The three plus Joyce's sister Helen head for the mine. An accident with a runaway horse carrying supplies leaves them stranded in the desert with very little water.
The Famous Ferguson Case
Sheriff
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglers", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
The Broken Wing
Sylvester Cross
In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-time rancher. Lolita expects better than this awkward unprepossessing showoff! Besides the fortune-teller she consults tells her her true love will get into her life after a terrible storm. This very night a violent storm does break out and an American pilot, whose plane is caught in it, is forced to make an emergency landing next to where she lives. The gringo - by the name of Phil Marvin - is both dashing and good-looking. Good news for Lolita but bad news for Innocencio who is not ready to bow that easily...
Steady Company
Pop Henley
Truck driver Norman Foster has aspirations to become a prize fighter, but romantic interest June Clyde finds the idea deplorable. Henry Armetta and ZaSu Pitts supply the laughs.
Behind the Mask
Capt. E.J. Hawkes
A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
The Gay Caballero
Major Lawrence Blount
Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in Ted. Unfortunately Ted is also falling love with Don Paco's daughter Adela.
Sooky
Herbert Skinner
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boone Boys, a boys' club that costs thirty dollars to join and has uniforms that Sooky admires, refuses to admit him because he is poor. Sooky and Skippy form their own club called the Beagle Boys.
The Cisco Kid
Enos Hankins
The Cisco Kid rides again! This time, he robs a bank to save pretty widow Sally Benton and her ranch. After developing a good relationship with Sally’s children, he risks life and limb in order to save her little one.
Graft
E. T. Scudder
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.
Silence
Phil Powers
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Skippy
Herbert Skinner
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
Fair Warning
Tex Calder
This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistlin' Dan Barry, our hero rides into a passel of trouble in a wide-open town. Warned to leave the premises or else, Whistlin' Dan refuses to do so, sticking around long enough to whomp villain Jim Silent (Mitchell Lewis) and romance heroine Kate Cumberland (Louise Huntington).
The Last of the Duanes
Texas Ranger Captain
Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law. He finds Ruth, whom he once loved, in the clutches of the outlaw Bland. In rescuing Ruth, he becomes entangled with Bland's amorous wife.
Why Women Love
Theatre Play
Why Women Love (1925)