Frank Darien

Frank Darien

Рождение : 1876-03-17, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Смерть : 1955-10-20

История

Frank Darien was an American actor. He appeared in 225 films and between 1915 and 1951.

Профиль

Frank Darien

Фильмы

The Whip Hand
Luther Adams
A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
The Flying Saucer
Matt Mitchell
The CIA sends playboy Mike Trent to Alaska with agent Vee Langley, posing as his "nurse," to investigate flying saucer sightings. At first, installed in a hunting lodge, the two play in the wilderness. But then they sight a saucer. Investigating, our heroes clash with an inept gang of Soviet spies, also after the saucer secret.
Alias Nick Beal
Assistant Tailor
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Обвиняемая
Jerry (uncredited)
Вильма Татл, профессор психологии, позволяет отвезти себя домой наглому и агрессивному студенту Биллу Перри. Неудачное свидание заканчивается смертью Перри. В панике Вильма стирает все свои отпечатки и убегает. Она вынуждена скрывать свою тайну ото всех, включая Уоррена Форда, опекуна Перри, с которым у нее начинается бурный роман. Спустя какое-то время Вилма наталкивается на расследование дела Доргана, которое наводит ее на определенные подозрения.
You Gotta Stay Happy
Old Man (Uncredited)
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
Мистер Блэндингз строит дом своей мечты
Judge Quarles (uncredited)
Блэндингзы живут в Нью-Йорке в крошечной квартире. Они решают переехать в пригород и построить свой дом. Но сказать гораздо проще чем сделать.
Волшебный город
Quincy
Специалист по проведению опросов общественного мнения находит город, который является идеальным зеркалом общественных мнений США.
The Woman on the Beach
Lars
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
A Likely Story
Messenger (uncredited)
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
The Secret Heart
Mr. Wiggins
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
The Fabulous Suzanne
Mr. Tuttle
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stock broker tries to dissuade her, but she persists and her investments increases her wealth.
Bad Bascomb
Moab McCabe
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
The Great American Mug
Old Time Barber (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
Kiss and Tell
Elmer K. Waldo (uncredited)
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.
Поднять якоря
Hollywood Bowl Janitor (uncredited)
Фильме, где смешались живые актеры и мультипликация. Два моряка ищут в Голливуде очаровательных юных кинозвезд, а находят любовь, танцуют с мышонком из мультфильма, помогают юной звезде найти себя – и все за это за время одной увольнительной на берег.
The Last Installment
Dad Pilkington (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.
Тарзан и амазонки
Dinghy Skipper (uncredited)
Тарзан, его сын Бой вместе с любимой шимпанзе Читой, отправляются на плоту на встречу с Джейн, которая возвращается домой в джунгли после поездки в Англию. Вскоре они становятся свидетелями нападения черной пумы на девушку Атэна. Тарзан спасает раненую незнакомку и приносит ее на руках в горное королевство амазонок. Когда-то королева амазонок взяла с Тарзана обещание, что он не расскажет никому, где расположена волшебная и богатая стран смелых женщин. Тем временем, вместе с Джейн в джунгли прибывает группа археологов с целью разыскать золото амазонок. Тарзан отказывается быть проводником, но его доверчивый сын соглашается тайно отвести экспедицию в горы, не видя в этом ничего плохого. Этот поступок мальчика повлечет за собой невероятные последствия для всех участников этой истории…
Gentle Annie
Jake
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
Bluebeard
Inquiry Judge (Uncredited)
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Toy Shop Clerk
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
Вся банда в сборе
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Сержант Энди Мэйсон знакомится с танцовщицей ночного клуба Иди Аллен. Простое знакомство быстро переходит в романтические отношения. Вскоре Энди отправляется в Тихоокеанский регион для участия в военных действиях. Иди провожает возлюбленного на фронт и с нетерпением ждет его возвращения.Беда только в том, что в самом начале знакомства Энди, рассчитывая только на легкомысленное приключение, назвался чужим именем...
Привет, Фриско, Привет
Missionary
Сан-Франциско, начало ХХ века. Джонни Корнелл и его друзья — артисты водевильного жанра — оказываются без работы. Он берет их судьбу в свои руки и, обладая незаурядным талантом продюсера и шоумена, быстро добивается успеха. У него свои рестораны и танцевальные салоны, он занят только шоу-бизнесом и не замечает любви очаровательной Труди Эванс. Джонни страстно мечтает попасть в высшее общество Сан-Франциско, но за «вход» туда ему потребуется заплатить большую цену…
Get Hep to Love
Constable
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Jackass Mail
Postmaster
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Meet the Stewarts
Waiter (Uncredited)
A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work; trying to impress family, stay on budget, and remain as diplomatic towards each other as possible.
Коготь пантеры
Samuel Wilkins
The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he's not the only one who got a blackmail letter from the same person--calling himself "The Black Panther"--and it also turns out that all the recipients are connected to an opera company.
Рокси Харт
Michael Finnegan (uncredited)
Чтобы запустить карьеру в шоу-бизнесе, Рокси Харт признается в совершении убийства в Чикаго…
Ад раскрылся
Man Calling for Mrs. Jones
Олсен и Джонсон, пара сценических комиков, пытаются превратить свою пьесу в фильм и объединить влюбленную пару, одновременно разбивая четвертую стену на каждом шагу.
Несостоявшееся свидание
Station Agent (uncredited)
Андре и Джейн поженились и отправились в медовый месяц. И все бы ничего, да только Джейн, демонстрируя прогрессивные взгляды на институт брака, требует не просто раздельных кроватей, а отдельных апартаментов! С чем Андре мириться, конечно же, не собирается.
King of the Texas Rangers
Pop Evans
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
Under Fiesta Stars
Benjamin Peabody
Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady employment for the surrounding rancheros. Unfortunately, the other half goes to Easterner Barbara Erwin (Carol Hughes), who is only interested in monetary remuneration. To convince Gene to buy her share, Barbara enters into an unholy alliance with unscrupulous attorneys Arnold (Ivan Miller) and Fry (Sam Flint), who, without their client's consent, hire a gang of thugs headed by Tommick (John Merton). When a ranchero (Elias Gamboa) is mortally wounded in the ensuing gun battle, Barbara sees the error of her way and switches sides.
Wide Open Town
Pop
Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Bar 20 boys.
Hurricane Smith
'Pop' Wessell
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new life, but one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot which he believes Smith has.
Out of the Fog
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Sis Hopkins
Jud
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
Arkansas Judge
Henry Marden
Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer accused of slander.
Аризона
Joe
1860 год. Территория Аризона. Таксон. Этот населенный пункт еще рано называть городом. Люди только начинают осваивать эту новую территорию. Молоденькая энергичная девушка Феба Титус основывает свою транспортную компанию для снабжения переселенцев всем необходимым. И вроде все у нее получается, дела идут в гору и обороты растут, да только конкурентам ее успех не по нраву. Простоватый и недалекий Ворд объединяется с хитрым Джефферсоном Картеретом и на пару они начинают свою вредительскую деятельность против Фебы. То подговорят индейцев напасть на ее обозы, то оклевещет перед армией, чтобы сорвать выгодный заказ. И так на протяжении нескольких лет. Дошло до того, что эти "друзья" украли у Фебы $15 000 и предложили ей же эти деньги в долг под залог ее же имущества. Вернуть деньги Картерет потребовал именно в тот момент, когда Феба не могла этого сделать. Как говорится, у каждого свой бизнес.
The Way of All Flesh
Second Director
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.
Blame It on Love
Pop
A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.
Лиллиан Расселл
Coachman
Этот фильм рассказывает об истории жизни одной из самых популярных актрис и певицы конца 19-ого и начала 20-ого столетия, известной своей красотой, стилем и голосом Лиллиан Расселл, урожденной Элен Луиза Леонард. Она родилась в городе Клинтон, штат Айова в семье Чарли Леонарда — владельца газетного бизнеса и Синтии Леонард. В восемнадцать лет она с матерью переезжает в Нью-Йорк, где мать возглавляет движение феминисток и начинает вести активную борьбу за пост мэра города, но терпит неудачу на выборах. Тем временем карьера дочери идет в гору. Благодаря стараниям бабушки девушка берет уроки у известного преподавателя пения Леопольде Дамроше. Однажды ее голос услышал знаменитый импресарио Тони Пастор, пораженный ее голосом и красотой, он немедленно приглашает ее играть в свой театр на Бродвее под новым именем Лиллиан Расселл.
Viva Cisco Kid
Express Agent
Cisco saves a stagecoach from being robbed and takes a shine to one of the passengers whose father is in cahoots with a vicious criminal who plans to murder him.
Гроздья гнева
Uncle John
После тюремного срока за убийство, Том Джоад возвращается на свое семейное ранчо, которое к тому времени полностью разорилось и прибывает в запустении. В отсутствие какой-либо перспективы найти работу в засушливой Оклахоме, вся семья собирает свой скарб и отправляется на «землю обетованную» — в Калифорнию. Но трудный путь и тяжкие условия не приносят искомой надежды, и даже единство семьи подвергается испытанию, одному из многих, с которыми приходится сталкиваться.
Two Thoroughbreds
Mr. Beal - the Mailman
A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
В цирке
Telegrapher (uncredited)
Джефф Уилсон, владелец небольшого цирка, должен своему партнеру Джону Картеру 10000 долларов. Прежде, чем Джефф смог заплатить, Картер позволяет своим сообщникам украсть деньги, так что теперь он может забрать цирк себе. Антонио Пирелли и Панчи, которые работают в цирке, вместе с адвокатом Луфолом пытаются найти вора и вернуть деньги.
Sabotage
Smitty
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at the plant, catches two men breaking into the machine shop. The men run, but the major shoots one of them.....
Дети в доспехах
Mr. Parks - Druggist (uncredited)
Проходит время водевилей, на смену пришли сначала, движущиеся картинки, а потом и звуковое кино. Водевильные актеры продолжают играть по старинке, но публике нужно другое действо и на смену старшего поколения артистов приходят молодые, вооруженные своими песнями, танцами, взглядами на жизнь, которые не только отодвигают старшее поколение на задворки, но и занимают их место под солнцем. Правда, они не забывают стариков и не говорят: "Уйдите с дороги", а пытаются поддержать родителей. Хотя вопросы, затронутые в мюзикле, вполне злободневны и сегодня, и будут злободневны и завтра. Смена поколений всегда проходит весьма болезненно.
Here I Am a Stranger
Western Union Messenger
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Шантаж
Ramey's Oil-Well Watchman (uncredited)
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
Maisie
Pops (Uncredited)
Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.
Победить темноту
Anxious Man (uncredited)
Молодая красавица Джудит Трэйхерн находится в центре внимания окружающих, когда доктор Фредерик Стил ставит ей страшный диагноз — опухоль мозга. После операции между Джудит и Фредериком начинается роман. Но вскоре выясняется, что болезнь вернулась и на этот раз ничто уже не поможет…
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Freddie
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
Panama Patrol
Sam
A U.S. agent attempts to track down a spy ring working to destroy the Panama Canal.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Old Jailer
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.
Stand Up and Fight
Mr. Daniels, Cumberland Hotel
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
The Long Shot
Zeb Jenkins
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
Western Jamboree
Dad Haskell
Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.
Любовь находит Энди Харди
Mr. Barnes
Подросток Энди Харди, сын известного судьи Каравеллы Джеймса готовится к рождественской вечеринке. Парнишка влюблен в автомобили, лелеет мечту о собственном авто. Эта страсть приводит его к мысли: если он не приобретет собственный автомобиль перед праздником для поездки на танцы, он не будет иметь успеха у сверстников. Энди идет в автомагазин и решается приобрести старый кабриолет всего за 20 долларов, но, к сожалению, всю сумму парень выплатить не в силах, поэтому влезает в долги к своему другу Бизи, согласившись за 8 долларов весь вечер сопровождать некую Синтию Попер — любительницу вечеринок и поцелуев. Это долговое обязательство и прогулки создаст немало проблем для юного автолюбителя, а ко всему прочему в их район приезжает двенадцатилетняя Бетси — дочь известной эстрадной певицы…
Prison Break
Cappy, Joaquin's Cell-mate
Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for early parole. He realizes, however, that his movements will be limited, and he will be unable to join and wed his beloved. The only solution is to escape and hunt down the real killer, himself.
Иезавель
Bookkeeper (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…
Cassidy of Bar 20
Pappy
Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble. Before he and his saddlemates, "Lucky" Jenkins and "Pappy", can reach her ranch, they are stopped by Clay Allison, a cattle-rustler who is in almost complete control of the district, and wants to extend his holdings by seizing Nora's cattle and driving her out. Seeing Cassidy as a menace to his plans, he has him arrested on a trumped-up charge. Cassidy and his pals shoot their way out of the trouble and reach Nora;s ranch where they learn that Allison's henchmen have murdered her foreman, Tom Dillon, and Allison has sent for a crew of outlaws on the Texas border.
Big Town Girl
Farmer
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Wine, Women and Horses
Mr. Schultz
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Trapped by G-Men
Dad Higbee
Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
The Good Old Soak
Jasper
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
Fair Warning
Hotel Doctor
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.
Time Out for Romance
Telegraph Operator
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Undercover Man
Dizzy Slocum
An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally nefarious hirelings in this standard B-Western from A.W. Hackel's low-budget Supreme Pictures Corp.
Сатана встречает леди
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Частный детектив Тед Шейн возвращается к работе со своим бывшим партнером Эймсом, который не особенно рад этому, поскольку его жена Астрид явно не равнодушна к Теду. Но с приходом Теда появляется и работа. К ним приходит посетительница Валери, которая за хорошее вознаграждение просит найти ее, якобы сбежавшего, жениха по имени Фэрроу. Тед не верит в ее россказни, но деньги уплачены и он отдает дело партнеру. На следующее утро и Эймса и Фэрроу находят мертвыми, а Шейна полиция подозревает в обоих убийствах. В отеле Валери Шейн требует от нее рассказа истинной истории, а она сначала угрожает пистолетом, а затем предлагает партнерство. Все еще больше запутывается, когда Шейн обнаруживает, что в его доме кто-то побывал и перевернул все вверх дном…
Early to Bed
Pop - a Clerk
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
Trouble for Two
Ambassador's Aide (Uncredited)
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.
Brides Are Like That
Clem Brown
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
Captain January
Slocum
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
Ходячий мертвец
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
Несчастный Джон Эллман обвиняется в убийстве судьи. После того, как его осуждают и приговоривают к смертной казни, появляются свидетели и доказывают его невиновность. Но уже слишком поздно, и Эллмана казнят. Врачебный эксперимент возвращает его к жизни, но результат отличается от ожидаемого.
Sutter's Gold
Missouri Trader
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Dr. Socrates
Sam - a Druggist
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
Nurse to You!
Mr. Case
Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.
Here Comes Cookie
Clyde
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
Here Comes the Band
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
Mad Love
Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Public Hero Number 1
Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited)
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Life Begins at Forty
Abercrombie's Friend
A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
The Perfect Clue
Stationmaster
Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. She runs away, via various modes of transportation, and hires an ex-con, David Mannering, to drive her around as she eludes the all-out search conducted by her father and her fiancée, Ronnie Van Zandt. A romance is blossoming until her chauffeur is arrested for the murder of a crime-syndicate boss.
The Little Colonel
Nebler
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.
Behind the Evidence
Herbert
Norman Foster plays a millionaire who takes a job as a reporter after he's wiped out in the Stock Market. Foster's managing editor Samuel S. Hinds considers the young upstart to be a pain in the neck. But all is forgiven-at least until next time-when Foster solves a series of puzzling robberies..
The Gay Bride
Mr. Bartlett (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
Anne of Green Gables
Angus the Station Master (uncredited)
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
Marie Galante
Ellsworth
On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.
Дамы
Druggist #1 (uncredited)
Мультимиллионер решает бойкотировать безнравственные, по его мнению, бродвейские шоу…
His Greatest Gamble
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
Service with a Smile
Customer
Walter Webb, thinking his gas station has been destroyed, describes a "super-deluxe" gas station run by chorus girls to his insurance agent.
Smarty
Court Spectator (uncredited)
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
Journal of a Crime
Stage Manager
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
The House on 56th Street
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
Female
Ed, Comptroller (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.
From Headquarters
Manley
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Бюро пропавших без вести
Man Identifying Daughter's Photo (uncredited)
Бутч Сондерс, дерзкий и бескомпромиссный детектив, был переведён из полиции в Отдел пропавших без вести. Когда молодая женщина просит его помочь найти ее мужа, он выясняет, что на самом деле она — некая Норма Филлипс, разыскиваемая полицией Чикаго за убийство своего мужа. Норма инсценирует самоубийство путём утопления и исчезает, и Сондерс заимствует труп из морга чтобы в свою очередь инсценировать её «похороны», в надежде, что Норма объявится.
Мордашка
Paris Bank Agent (uncredited)
Лили Пауэрс работает официанткой в баре собственного отца. Отец беспринципный человек, готовый ради выгоды продать и собственную дочь, что он и делает, заставляя ее уединяться с клиентами с 14 лет. Однажды ее отец погибает во время несчастного случая. Она решает с подружкой Чико уехать зайцами в товарном вагоне. Там их застает работник железной дороги и грозит сдать в полицию, но он сражен доступностью юной соблазнительницы. Попав в Нью-Йорк, девушка всеми правдами и неправдами сначала устраивается на работу, а потом активизирует свое восхождение наверх, не имея никакого опыта, но зато владея могучим оружием обольщения…
Lilly Turner
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.
The Story of Temple Drake
Gas Station Manager (uncredited)
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Autopsy Surgeon (Uncredited)
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Hello, Everybody!
Henry Thompson
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms; Kate is holding out; if Kate sells, everyone else will sell; if Kate refuses, the rest of the town will refuse as well. Randolph Scott meets Kate's beautiful sister, Sally Blane, at a dance. Randolph Scott, as it turns out, is an agent for the power company. Kate thinks he's just using Sally; Sally believes that he truly likes her. Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate. Kate remains unconvinced about selling out, but falls for Randolph.
Now We'll Tell One
Professor Darien
Charley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality.
Prosperity
Ezra Higgins
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
Okay, America!
O'Toole (uncredited)
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
The Miracle Man
Hiram Higgins
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
Union Depot
Doctor / Little Boy's Father (uncredited)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
The Big Shot
Herb, the Postmaster
A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
Дорога домой
Station Master (uncredited)
Сет Паркер приютил у себя Робби Тёрнера и защищает его от его жестокого отца, Руби. Когда тот исчезает, Сет намеревается воспитать Робби как собственного сына. Мстительный отец нападает на Мэри Люси, дочь соседского фермера, которая так же приняла участие в судьбе Робби. Дэвиду, приятелю Мэри, удаётся спасти её, а Руби сбегает вместе со своим сыном. Но ненадолго…
The Tip-Off
Edna's Uncle
A young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he repairs their radio.
Пять последних звезд
О бесчеловечности и безнравственности желтой прессы, погубившей в погоне за сенсацией нормальную, счастливую семью.
The Public Defender
The Waiter
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
Big Business Girl
Luke C. Winters
A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.
Everything’s Rosie
Sam Hall
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
An embellished account of the 1813 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.