Self (archive footage)
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
City Engineer
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
Jailer (uncredited)
Бывший заключенный Джо Рольф обвинен в вооруженном ограблении банка. Бандиты использовали цветочный фургон, принадлежавший Джо. За отсутствием у него похищенных денег, а также веских доказательств, Джо отпускают на волю. Гонимый жаждой мести, он собирается узнать, кто и зачем подставил его. Вскоре он узнает, что следы грабителей ведут в Мексику. Постепенно в своем расследовании Джо сталкивается как с беспощадными бандитами, так и продажными полицейскими…
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
Rusty Steele
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter J.B."Dude" Dawson, is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their lease expires, so he can secure the property for his company. When Ward, with the help of Arnold and his daughter Sally, arranges for a new driller to be brought in, the replacement man is killed and one of Dawson's men takes his place.
Rancher Scotty Davis
In this remake of Gene Autry's 1942 "Call of the Canyon", Rex Allen, the newly-elected head of the cattleman's association, is driving the combined herds of the ranchers to the nearest railhead when he runs into trouble. Singing cowboy Rex Allen stars as a newly appointed leader of a cattleman's association who finds himself battling a greedy meat-packer (Robert Karnes) and his father (Robert Emmett Keane) for fair passage through the hills of Oklahoma.
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Классическая комедия о выживании преданного отца с того момента, когда дочь объявляет о своей помолвке до того, пока последний гость покинет свадебный банкет. Адвокат Стэнли Бэнкс оказывается неподготовленным, когда его дочь Кэй объявляет о своей помолвке с Бакли Данстэном, в то время как жена Элли и сын Томми с энтузиазмом воспринимают новость. Для Стэнли обретение «сына» не повод терять дочку, которая выросла и живет своей жизнью. Может быть, все уладится, если Стэнли примет Бакли и переживет свадьбу.
Neighbor
Борегард Боттомли - бывший ученый. Как и подобает безработному гению, он живет тихой, размеренной жизнью вместе со своей сестрой Гвенн и говорящим попугаем Цезарем. Постоянно читая, Борегард преумножает свои и без того обширные знания. После неудачи с трудоустройством в мыловаренную компанию "Миледи" Борегард решает участвовать в телешоу-викторине "Час счастливчика Хогана. Маскарад и деньги". Каждый правильный ответ удваивает сумму выигрыша. Спонсором шоу является все та же "Миледи". Менеджер компании Барнбридж Уотерс ловко использует подскочивший рейтнг шоу для продвижения продукции фирмы. Шоу продолжается каждую неделю. Жутко эрудированный Борегард не перестает давать правильные ответы и не собирается останавливаться, пока не получит всю "мыльную империю". Чтобы не допустить этого, Уотерс решает использовать "секретное оружие.
Chief of Police
An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim's sister.
Sheriff Marlowe
Cisco and Pancho set out to clear their names in a series of stage robberies committed by two thugs who are impersonating them.
Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Однажды в офисе помощника окружного прокурора Клива Маршалла появляется Тельма Джордон и рассказывает историю о бродягах и грабителях. Клив женат, но не может противостоять обаянию Тельмы. Между ними завязывается роман. Когда богатую тетушку Тельмы находят убитой, Клив помогает ей, при этом неоднократно нарушая закон. Тельму оправдывают, но ее прошлое настигает ее…
Prison Tower Guard (uncredited)
Неуровновешанный преступник, опекаемый своей мамочкой, добровольно сознается в совершении пустячкого преступления, чтобы сесть в тюрьму на минимальный срок. Таким образом он собирается отвертеться от наказания за убийство. И это у него
получается — его сажают всего на два года.
Но, на воле, бывший участник его банды убивает его мамочку; и ополоумевший от горя сынок сбегает из тюрьмы, чтобы отомстить, захватив с собой парочку сокамерников! Но он не подозревает, что один из сокамерников — полицейский под прикрытием…
Juror (uncredited)
Архитектор Говард Рорк — творец «новой волны» в архитектуре. Он стремится покончить с классическим дизайном зданий и окрылён идеями новых решений. К сожалению, проекты его авангардных домов общество не принимает, заказчики требует традиционных решений.
В ответ на это герой сознательно разрушает свою зарождающую карьеру, вступая в противостояние со всем миром, борясь за иллюзорное право на творчество. Говард — самовлюблённый эгоист высшей пробы, общество в его жизни играет второстепенную роль. Процесс созидания ради созидания — вот его личное счастье и благополучие, вся его творческая деятельность направлена на торжество личного Эго…
Police Officer (Uncredited)
Проживающий в многоквартирном доме в Нью-Йорке двенадцатилетний мальчик однажды ночью становится свидетелем убийства двумя людьми пьяного моряка. Но никто не верит мальчугану, даже его собственные родители, принимающие его рассказ за очередную выдумку. Постепенно над парнем начинают сгущаться тучи…
Detective at Airport Gate
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan--and, of course, his #1 son--must discover the identity of the person who doped the passengers and stole the money.
Hank Cardigan
Jimmy Wakely befriends Hank Carrdigan, a former outlaw who has served his sentence and wants to go straight. Jimmy, after clearing Hank of a wrongful shooting charge, helps him get a job as an express messenger. Hank drives off some bandits in an attempted hold-up, but recognizes his son Tom as one of the bandits. A later robbery is blamed on Hank but Jimmy and his sidekick Cannonball Taylor bring in the real culprits and clear Hank's name.
District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)
Певица ночного клуба Сьюзен Кардвелл тяжело ранена. Ее педагог по вокалу Мэриан, вместе с пианистом Люком приложившая немало сил, чтобы сделать из Сьюзен звезду, признается, что это она стреляла в Сьюзен, в ярости от решения той бросить петь. Люк не верит, что Мэриан способна на такое, и надеется, что инспектор Фаулер сумеет докопаться до истины и освободить Мэриан.
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?
Gambler (uncredited)
На Запад идет большой караван. Тяжелые, медленные повозки тащат измотанные лошади и скорость этого усталого, еле-еле передвигающегося «организма» настолько мала, что это уже даже представляет опасность, так как на такой караван легче всего напасть и разграбить. И тогда самый отчаянный и пассионарный малый по имени Том Дансон решает наплевать на все, в том числе и на свою возлюбленную Фен, и податься на Юг. Туда, где настоящего ковбоя манит сказочно богатая и многообещающая Красная Река. Как только они перевалили через небольшой холм, то услышали сзади звуки выстрелов и увидели мощные клубы черного дыма.
Detective (uncredited)
Преступники узнают о секретном газе, который парализует человека. Один из бандитов случайно вдыхает газ и падает в обморок. Полицейские, думая что он мертв, относят его в морг, откуда он, ожив, убегает. Этот случай привлекает внимание Дика, и когда преступники используют газ, чтобы ограбить банк, Трейси начинает действовать.
Cop at Intersection (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.
Police Officer Mitchell (Uncredited)
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
Train Fireman (uncredited)
Приговоренный к смертной казни за убийство жены Чавез отсылает свою дочь Перл к родственникам в Техас. На огромном ранчо Макканлесс девушка знакомится со своими двоюродными братьями Левтом и Джесси, которые сразу влюбляются в нее. Ловкий и крепкий объездчик лошадей и покоритель женщин Левт очень скоро соблазняет Перл, однако он не собирается жениться на девушке. Второй влюбленный кузен — Джесси, женившийся по расчету на другой, настолько увлечен красавицей Перл, что просит ее поселиться в его доме вместе с ним и его молодой женой. Напряженность отношений в любовном треугольнике достигает кульминации, когда доведенная до отчаяния девушка берется за карабин…
Hatch
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.
Cop #3 (uncredited)
A boy's tall tale about a gun puts his parents and school principal in jail.
Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Частный сыщик Брэд Голт в прошлом имел проблемы с законом из-за происков своего бывшего партнёра Джардена. Отсидев в тюрьме, Голт клянётся быть порядочным и законопослушным, вот только работа и буйный нрав тому не слишком способствуют. К тому же детектив обнаруживает за собой слежку, которую, судя по всему, финансирует тот самый Джарден, ставший адвокатом-шантажистом. Однако Голту предстоит убедиться, что всё гораздо сложнее, и что он должен стать пешкой в игре, разыгрываемой совсем другим человеком, имеющим насчёт Голта и Джардена свои планы.
Policeman #1 (Uncredited)
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
Cop at Fire (Uncredited)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Bartender at Frank & Bob's Place (uncredited)
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
First Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)
Крис Кросс, застенчивый, наивный господин, утомившийся от собственного благополучия, спасает красивую девушку Китти от неуравновешенного приятеля. Герой увлекается Китти и позволяет ей считать себя состоятельным и успешным художником, не подозревая, что у новой знакомой и ее жениха имеются свои планы относительно него.
Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. Soon, Wayne begins seeing visions of his dead wife, and other people involved with the case begin to be killed, one by one.
Detective Benson
A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman framed by a man whom she met in a nightclub in the big city. She is not welcomed by the inmates and immediately the prisoners are divided.
Polasky
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
Cop (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.
Immigration Officer with Black Hatband (uncredited)
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
Cop
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Police Dispatcher in montage (archive footage) (uncredited)
A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a murder he committed, she turns to an ex-boyfriend, who is now a park ranger, for help. He hides her out in a cabin up in the mountains, and her husband goes on the hunt for both of them.
Night Watchman (uncredited)
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
Umpire (uncredited)
Не зря возражал отец Элейн, против брака его дочери с Мортимером в канун Хеллоуина. Все сразу пошло наперекосяк. Молодежены переезжают в большой мрачный дом семьи Брюстер в Бруклине, неподалеку от старинного кладбища. В доме живут две милые старые тетушки Мортимера и абсолютно сумасшедший двоюродный брат, считающий себя президентом Рузвельтом. Неожиданно появляется еще один брат — убийца-маньяк, только что сбежавший из тюрьмы. Может хотя бы старушки нормальны? Увы… Они поят отравленным вином одиноких путников и хоронят их в подвале. Они делают это из жалости, и все же они серийные убийцы! Сможет ли Мортимер избавиться от обилия мертвецов и сумасшедших в доме и убедить молодую жену, что не все Брюстеры — маньяки.
Headwaiter with Phone (Uncredited)
A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.
Bit Role
1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it purely as a fun hobby. He is informed by Bill Beck of the Radio and Intelligence Division (RID) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that amateur international radio communication is now banned due to spying a result of the war in Europe. Beck, on behalf of the RID, asks Phillip, however, to continue to monitor the airwaves for suspicious activity.
Security Officer (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Американский танкер потоплен торпедой от немецкой подлодки. Выжившие члены экипажа, проведя несколько дней в открытом море, спасены и возвращаются на берег в ожидании нового назначения. Капитан Стив Джарвис отправляется домой к жене; его помощник Джо Росси знакомится с певицей в баре и женится на ней. Оба попадают на борт корабля «Морская ведьма», следующий в Мурманск в составе конвоя союзников…..
Police Officer Ryan (uncredited)
Gildersleeve has jury duty.
Bronson - Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Policeman (uncredited)
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Bartender
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.
Detective (uncredited)
История Джима Корбетта, прозванного одним из «отцов современного бокса». В новую эру бокса он применил инновационные тренировки и отстаивал соблюдение джентльменских правил во время поединков.
Sgt. Day
A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.
Jailer
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
The Sheriff-Conspirator
Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rustling in the area. Town banker Miller, saloon-owner Duke Mason and the crooked sheriff are in cahoots with rancher John Holt, but they double-cross and kill him. His son Steve witnesses the murder and kills the sheriff. Buck arrives and arrests Steve. Marshal Tim McCall, posing as an outlaw, gains the confidence of the gang and engineers the escape, with Buck's knowledge, of Steve from the jail. Sandy Hopkins, the third Marshal of the trio, poses as a peddler and learns that the gang intends to do away with Buck and rides to the Turner ranch to warn him. Red, a Turner ranch hand but also a member of the gang, overhears Buck telling Ma that Tim is really a U.S. Marshal, and he has Miller and Mason informed. Written by Les Adams
Grady, Police Car Driver (Uncredited)
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.
Listener on Street
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.
Trainer
When Martin Knox, a friend of Scattergood's who owns a horse-breeding farm, is killed in a harness race Scattergood tells Martin's son Dan that he will send him to college if he forgets about taking over his father's business, which was heavily mortgaged and has been put up for auction after Knox's death. The boy reluctantly agrees, but when he discovers that his favorite horse Starlight is sick, he decides to bring the animal back to health and then enter him in the Governor's Race, whose $5000 prize would enable Dan to pay off his father's mortgage and keep the business in the family.
Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Молодая женщина по имени Стэнли бросает своего жениха Крейга и сбегает с мужем своей сестры Питером. Беглецы женятся и переезжают в Балтимор. Однако скверный характер Стэнли доводит Питера до алкоголизма и в конечном счете до самоубийства. Стэнли возвращается в родной город и решает вновь завязать роман с бывшим женихом, однако выясняется, что он собирается жениться на ее сестре…
First Railroad Yardman (uncredited)
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Chairman
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
Second Police Driver (uncredited)
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
Coach Hartley
Number 10 in the Blondie series, Blondie Goes to College is predicated on the notion that Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie (Penny Singleton) enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth (Janet Blair) begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant (Larry Parks) does same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too. The student body at this particular seat of learning is comprised of quite a few familiar faces, including Lloyd Bridges, Sid Melton, and Adele Mara.
Cop
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Townsman at Meeting House
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Uniformed Sanitarium Guard (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...
Police Officer Mulligan
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
State Trooper
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also has two interests - his home-made glider and the hope that some day he will go to Tech college. His indifference to Penny is her chief source of annoyance. Mervyn Roberts, Penny's uncle who is only five years older than she is, arrives home with a guest, Roger Van Vleck, and Penny falls for Roger's sophistication. Chuck, resentful, continues to work on his glider over his father's objections. His father wants it destroyed but Elmer Tuttle, their hired man, hides it.
Cop
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
Blaney
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Detective (unconfirmed)
Джимми, «сын № 2», убегает из дома чтобы пробраться на корабль, который должен отплыть на поиски пиратского клада. Чарли Чен отправляется в порт, изловить незадачливого кладоискателя. И приходит как раз вовремя, ибо на корабле начинаются события таинственные и зловещие...
Barnes
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
Joe - the Cop
Когда старого друга Чарли из Скотланд-Ярда убивают во время посещения ими съезда полиции в Нью-Йорке, Чен берётся за дело, над которым он работал ранее.
Bartender
The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...
Bartender (uncredited)
Холодная красавица миссис Трейси разведена и готовится вновь выйти замуж за Джорджа, управляющего нефтяной компанией ее отца. Казалось бы, сомнений нет, но вдруг накануне торжества неожиданно появляется ее бывший муж Декстер в сопровождении двух корреспондентов, симпатичного молодого человека по имени Коннор и мисс Имбири, которые должны осветить в «желтой» прессе это великосветское событие.
Flynn (uncredited)
The mysteriously ill John Braun makes a new will, leaving out his daughter Barbara, over the protests of his wife. The trouble began when the daughter wanted to marry Mr. Braun's doctor, James Rogers. Mrs. Braun asks Inspector Queen to help find the long-missing Barbara. The inspector's son, Ellery, works on the case. He goes to a home frequently visited by Dr. Rogers where the bell is answered by Nikki Porter who Ellery mistakes for Barbara and insists she return to the Braun home. Nikki does, to protect Barbara, and a short time later finds herself alone in a room outside Braun's bedroom. She finds him dead - his throat cut. No weapons are found and the door to the room where Nikki had been is locked, and she is suspected. Ellery hides Nikki in his apartment. Braun's body, sent for an autopsy, disappears and in its place is a life-sized statue of the dead man.
Detective Barter (uncredited)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Police Lieutenant Bill Maloney (uncredited)
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Army Coach (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Синтетическая сказка Бродвейской ночной жизни, вокруг Таймс Скуэр. Основная интрига фильма раскручивается вокруг истории случившейся с растратчиком Чарльзом Инглом, спасенным от попытки покончить жизнь самоубийством, и чокнутым драматургом Игэном Гиббонсом. Писатель помогает герою выпутаться из сложившейся ситуации. Конечно же, не последнюю роль в его спасении сыграла красивая девушка Нина...
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Бывший чемпион по боксу Данни Кенни уходит на покой. Он собирается вложить все свои сбережения в мечту своего брата — написание симфонической оды городу, в котором они оба живут — Нью-Йорку. Но все складывается не так как хотелось…
Ed James
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.
Shop Foreman
A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Man Fighting Oil Fire (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.
Policeman (uncredited)
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited)
Репортёр Майк Уорд — главный свидетель по делу об убийстве. Он видел обвиняемого Бриггса стоящим возле тела убитого в кафе, и это ключевое свидетельства для признания вины Бриггса. Джейн, невеста Уорда, сомневается в несомненности его показаний, и эти сомнения начинают преследовать репортёра.
Denver House Bartender (uncredited)
Фрэнк клянется отомстить за предательское убийство брата. Но Фрэнку нужны деньги, и он идет на ограбление. Издатель ведущей газеты городка посылает журналистку Элинор Стоун добыть эксклюзивный материал…
Man Outside General Store (Uncredited)
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Policeman at the Pawnbroker's
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy stars Leon Errol, Marjorie Gateson, Dennis O'Keefe, Adele Pearce and Walter Catlett.
Sheriff Cameron
Hoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are taking gold from Colby's mine and Hoppy suspects it may be ex-outlaw Colby himself. When Speedy strikes gold, Hoppy borrows it and announces a gold shipment hoping to catch the gang and their leader.
1st Policeman at Buck's Hideout (uncredited)
После очередной переделки «крутой гангстер» Малыш Джон Сарто оказывается в обители Цветочного братства и принимает имя Брат Орхидея. В обители ему открываются истинные ценности этого мира, такие как любовь к ближнему, беззаветное служение обществу и прочее. В сознании Малыша Джона начинают происходить метаморфозы, в итоге превращающие его из гангстера в Человека.
Second Detective
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
Train Conductor
Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Stewart ex-foreman who left the country after fighting with the Sheriff.
Police Officer Pegasee (uncredited)
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Bailiff
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
Train Engineer Miller
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
Police Broadcaster
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name
Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Policeman (uncredited)
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
Blacksmith
U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.
Police Sergeant Outside Bohlen's Office (uncredited)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Doorman (uncredited)
Фильм рассказывает о романе певицы из петербургского кабаре Лидии Макаровой и лихого казачьего атамана Петра Карагина. Петр и Лидия спасаются от революции в Париже. Здесь Петр открывает ресторан, где собираются российские изгнанники всех сословий. Ресторан называется «Балалайка» в честь кабаре, в котором Лидия пела в Петербурге. Лидия и Петр исповедуют разные политические взгляды, но их влечет друг к другу…
Bartender (uncredited)
Могучие ветры Гражданской войны в один миг уносят беззаботную юность южанки Скарлетт О'Хара, когда привычный шум балов сменяется грохотом канонад на подступах к родному дому. Для молодой женщины, вынужденной бороться за новую жизнь на разорённой земле, испытания и лишения становятся шансом переосмыслить идеалы, обрести веру в себя и найти настоящую любовь.
Riley - Airplane Workman
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Policeman
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Ring Announcer
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
Bailiff (uncredited)
Шли «ревущие 20-е» годы, время, когда спор решали пулями, а автоматные очереди все чаще нарушали тишину улиц. Вернувшиеся в Чикаго по окончании Первой мировой войны, Джордж и Эдди начинают сколачивать свои капиталы, торгуя контрабандным спиртным и организовав крупную банду. Их рэкет процветает, пока «здоровая» конкуренция не вмешивается в их дружбу. Выясняется, что уложить всех вокруг себя гораздо проще, чем договориться…
Policeman Playing Cards (uncredited)
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
Fireman (uncredited)
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Night Gate Guard (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Workman's Stooge (uncredited)
Сюжет фильма включает в себя общенациональный поиск танцовщицы среди студенток для замены в танцевальной паре, которая должна сниматься в новом высоко бюджетном мюзикле, а партнерша объявляет, что она беременна. Конечно, девушку Пэтти Марлоу выбрали заранее, но в рекламных целях, чтобы привлечь внимание к никому неизвестной дебютантке, руководство студии объявляет конкурс по радио по всей стране. А предварительно Пэтти посылают с секретаршей студии Евой (которая сдала за нее вступительные экзамены) в небольшой колледж на Среднем Западе. Все бы сошло с рук, но именно в этом колледже попадается редактор студенческой газеты Мишель «Паг» Бреддок, тоже студент, весьма принципиальный, который считает, что конкурс подстроен, что и оказывается правдой. Что же делать лже-студенткам? В теории, что Шерлок Холмс никогда не подозревал Ватсона, Пэтти становится помощником Пага, и они так успешно осуществляют поиск подставного лица, что, конечно, влюбляются друг в друга.
Ring Announcer
Джо Бонапарте, одаренный скрипач, из-за крайней бедности вынужден выступать на ринге. Он проявил себя талантливым боксером, хотя видно, что он бережет кулаки, опасаясь повредить руки музыканта и похоронить мечту, ради которой его отец-эмигрант многим пожертвовал. Том Муди, менеджер Джо, подговаривает свою подружку Лорну Мун убедить парня забыть о своих музыкальных стремлениях и возвратить его на ринг. Это приводит к трагедии…
Guard at Reform School (uncredited)
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't commit.
Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
Policeman (uncredited)
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Dennis Slater
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
Senior Officer (uncredited)
Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.
Guard (uncredited)
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…
Police Guard (uncredited)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Bailiff (uncredited)
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
Officer Sweeney
The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.
Policeman at School (uncredited)
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Waiter At George's (uncredited)
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The two of them embark on a wild night of gambling and winning, where everything they touch turns to gold. Pretty soon they're in love and, to the horror of Cora's father, married.
Officer on Train
A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.
Hammer Game Barker
Charlie Dugan is a quick-thinking boss of a traveling circus playing small towns in Missouri and Kansas.
Pete Higgens - Bartender
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
Wichita Official (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Mechanic Hiring Doug
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Policeman
Hattie Leonard sets out to break a criminal gang controlling the dry cleaning business.
Cop (uncredited)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Policeman
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Policeman
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
Sheriff
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
Train Conductor
Джерри и Кэсс всегда соперничали. Кэсс стал уважаемым авиатором в ВМФ, как его отец, а Джерри бросает службу на подлодке и поступает в авиашколу в Класс 61 в Пенсаколе, где во время тренировок знакомится с невестой Джерри Айрин и влюбляется в неё. Поборов укачивание, страх и, совершив аварийную посадку, Джерри получает свои крылышки. Кэссу повезло меньше - он покалечился во время крушения и вынужден уйти в отставку. Кэсс конструирует новый истребитель для флота, а Джерри в Сан Диего управляет гидросамолётами. Джерри готов на всё, лишь бы показать Кэссу, что он лучший пилот, даже если для этого придётся уйти из флота, чтобы испытать экспериментальный истребитель, на котором разбился лётчик-испытатель Стив Коннерс.
Detective (uncredited)
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.
Train Announcer
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
Foreman at Accident
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 Dispatcher
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
G-Man Jim Carson [Chs. 11-12]
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
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.
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
Detective (Uncredited)
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Carpenter (uncredited)
Мэри Смит не может посещать ночные заведения или расслабляться любым другим подобным образом, потому что любой намёк скандала может повредить политической карьере её отца. Однажды ей это надоедает и она с двумя другими девушками отправляется на свидание с участниками родео. Своему новому кавалеру — Стречу — Мэри говорит, что она горничная и что она сбежала из дома, так как её избивает отец. Возлюбленные решают убежать. Теперь Мэри стоит перед выбором: продолжать ей авантюру со Стречем или вернуться домой.
Police Officer Ryan
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher (Lew Ayres) and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott" (Burgess Meredith), plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Bailiff (uncredited)
Тони — сын одного из самых богатых воротил бизнеса в Нью-Йорке влюблен в Алису — простую девушку секретаря и молодые хотят обвенчаться. Однако эксцентричное поведение родственников и друзей будущей невесты наводит родителей жениха на мысль, что у них с головами не все в порядке. Их дом — это клуб по интересам «городских сумасшедших».
Мать Алисы — Пенни пишет пьесы, потому что пишущую машинку когда-то доставили в их дом по ошибке. Ее бездарная сестра Эсси грезит балетом и берет уроки танца у сумасшедшего русского по имени Потап Коленков, который не прочь отобедать за чужой счет. Папа с друзьями Алисы тратит все свое время, создавая фейерверки и запуская их прямо в доме.
Но больше всех отличается эксцентричным поведением дедушка, который отказывается платить налоги по убеждениям. Весь этот балаган шумит, поёт, танцует и прыгает одновременно, под аккомпанемент губной гармоники дедушки и ксилофона мужа Эсси, мешая делать большой бизнес корпорации Энтони П. Кирби — отца Тони.
Ambulance Dispatcher
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Photographer
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.
Detective
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.
Detective Kestry (Uncredited)
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
Ranger Captain
Belle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.
Investigator Steve Roberts
Police set up a dragnet to trap an outlaw's wife whom they believe to be his accomplice.
Patrolman Who Arrests Davis
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
The Judge's clerk (uncredited)
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
Deputy (uncredited)
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
Printer
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!
Ken Fairchild
Bundy has found gold on the Kent ranch but directs everyone to Ghost Town as he tries to take over the ranch. But Bill and Kent's niece Lorna have taken possession. When it appears Bundy is attracted to Lorna, his jealous girl friend has men destroy the ranch and the explosion helps uncover the gold vein.
Private Detective
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his millions away to various charitable causes. Naturally, this arouses hostility amongst Bailey's friends, relatives and associates, some of whom have murder on their minds.
Cop (uncredited)
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Peter Starr
A rancher attempts to find the villain behind a land-stealing operation.
Radio Cop
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
Hotel Detective (uncredited)
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
Goss 'Bull' Riley
Forest Ranger Tom Corbin patrols the lumber grant of the McFarland and Williams Lumber Company, party owned by Dale McFarland. Tom discovers that Bart Williams is systematically cutting excess timber and falsifying his timber reports to the government. Williams is assisted by "Bull" Riley, who, suspecting that Tom has discovered their thievery, gives Tom a beating in an unfair fight.
FBI Agent Harris
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
Fireman
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Chief of Detectives
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Sheriff Joe Grant
An army colonel tries to bring peace to a lawless community.
Singing Guard
Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day western cultists in his 1937 formula western Sandflow. Buck Jones plays the son of a crooked land dealer. Seeking redemption, Jones rides through the west to compensate every rancher who was cheated by his dad.
Reporter
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Guard at Jail (uncredited)
Фильм рассказывает о реально существовавшем «Черном Легионе», который был ответвлением Ку-клукс-клана и действовал в Соединенных Штатах Америки в 1930-х годах. Фрэнк Тейлор, работник завода в Детройте, присоединяется к «проамериканской» группировке, выступавшей против иностранцев и иммигрантов, занимавших рабочие места и обвиняя именно их в растущей безработице. Растущие потребности его семьи, давление со стороны Легиона, в ряды которого он вступил, все более амбициозные планы по поводу работы и повышения в должности, все ведет Фрэнка на путь преступления. Сначала Легион помогает ему занять место мастера, спалив ферму и силой посадив в поезд предыдущего талантливого работника, назначенного мастером, который был из числа иммигрантов. Но когда Тейлор попытался выйти из состава Легиона, ему пригрозили расправой с семьей…
Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited)
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Corridor Guard (uncredited)
Эдди Тэйлор осужденный в третий раз за тяжкие преступления выходит из тюрьмы. Но общество не благосклонно к бывшему преступнику и отвергает его, парень не может найти работу и снять нормальное жилье. Жестоким ударом судьбы становится, сообщение об обнаружении шляпы с его инициалами на месте ограбления банка, где погибли шесть человек охраны. Полиция арестовывает невиновного Эдди, парню грозит пожизненное заключение, все улики против него. Герой решает бежать.
Police Officer Beaumont (uncredited)
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
Sheriff Lem Morrison
A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
Riley
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Reporter (uncredited)
История противостояния Теодоры Линн, церковной органистки и учительницы воскресной школы, в тайне от всех пишущей любовные романы, и местного литературного кружка, прознавшего о ее увлечении, полного благопристойных матрон, которые, на словах выражая пренебрежение и недовольство трудами Теодоры, также в тайне от всех зачитываются ее беллетристикой.
Patrolman (uncredited)
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Court Clerk
An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
Policeman
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
Bartender
A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.
Gangster
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro.
First Mechanic (Uncredited)
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
Lee (Uncredited)
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
Guard in Blackfoot Mine (uncredited)
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
Off-Key Singer Hank
В 1848 году на лесопилке Саттера в Калифорнии нашли золото. Началась Золотая Лихорадка. Страну наводнили американские проходимцы, жадные до быстрой наживы. Проживавшим в Калифорнии мексиканцам пришлось несладко. Их сгоняли с родных земель, грабили, убивали. Когда несчастья коснулись Хоакина Мурьеты и его родных, он встал на путь жестокого мщения. Калифорния наполнилась криками умирающих американцев. Золотоискатели волей-неволей объединились, чтобы истребить Хоакина и его мексиканцев.
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
Davis' Cellmate (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.
Stage Doorman at Club Lido (uncredited)
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
Detective
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Club Owner (uncredited)
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
Second Lookout (uncredited)
Сан-Франциско, 1854 год. Бывший моряк Бэт Морган в драке убивает опасного бандита Дака и попадает на страницы газеты «Трибьюн». Вскоре Бэт знакомится с владелицей газеты и светской дамой Джин Баррат. Решив добиться её расположения, он использует весь свой ум и упорство, чтобы стать во главе всех городских игровых залов и притонов. Довольно быстро Морган превращается в одного из самых богатых и влиятельных людей города, но это не приносит ему счастья. Джин, привлечённая обаянием Бэта, влюбляется в него, но отказывается выйти за него замуж из-за его безнравственного образа жизни. Тем временем в городе нарастает недовольство безнаказанностью преступников и бессилием закона.
Policeman (uncredited)
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
Cop
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
One of Keaton's Lieutenants
A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
Investigator (uncredited)
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Bailiff
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Detective Bates
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
Detective Charlie Beale (uncredited)
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
Construction Worker
A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
Tower Guard with Machine Gun (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.
Officer Berating Guard (Uncredited)
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.
McCord's Aide (uncredited)
Джеймс Дэвис по прозвищу «Кирпич» рос фактически на улице и наверняка оказался бы в команде гангстера МакКэя. Однажды Эд Бьюкенен, старый приятель «Кирпича», предлагает Джеймсу поступить на работу в ФБР, в только что организованный отряд «джи-менов».
Джеймс гневно отвергает предложение друга, но вскоре узнает о гибели Эда, убитого при исполнении служебных обязанностей. И тогда «Кирпич» идет в ФБР, чтобы, во-первых, завязать со своим прошлым, и во-вторых, иметь возможность отомстить за смерть друга…
Policeman
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.
Bookmaker
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Hunter (uncredited)
A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends.
Safety deposit box guard (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.
Court Clerk
A lawyer handing a divorce case discovers the attorney for the opposition is his ex-wife.
Detective Gaynor
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.
Ship's Bartender (uncredited)
Богатый предприниматель (Отто Крюгер) пытается добиться развода от своей жены, так как влюблен в свою помощницу (Джоан Кроуфорд). Ему не удается развестись, потому что жену полностью устраивает ее положение и она не хочет лишаться тех благ, которые ей дает фамилия мужа. Чтобы проверить свои чувства и уладить все дела по разводу, он отправляет свою любовницу в круиз, где она знакомится с человеком, который круто меняет ее жизнь...
Marathon Dance Attendant
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
Detective (uncredited)
В канун рождества убита секретарша богатого изобретателя Ваната. Все подозрения падают на него потому, что полиция не может найти профессора в городе. Девушка по имени Дороти Винант приходит в дом к сыщику Нику Чарльзу, человеку, который уже четвертый год отошел от дел. Дороти рассказывает, что это она убила секретаршу, но детектив не верит ей. Он понимает, что девушка пробует взять всю вину на себя. Решив помочь несчастной, он, бросив все дела, начинает раскручивать очень запутанный клубок фактов и обстоятельств.
Bailiff (uncredited)
Эдвард Гэллахер и Джим Уэй дружили с детства. Вступив во взрослую жизнь, каждый пошёл своей дорогой. Гэллахер становится бандитом и вымогателем, а Уэйд, заняв пост окружного прокурора, мечтает о губернаторской должности. Уэйд благодаря Гэллахеру её получает, но какую цену друзья должны за это заплатить.
Detective (uncredited)
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well that the man is convicted of the murder.
Joe Swanson
John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.
Attendant from Asylum (uncredited)
A trio of amateur film makers try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie.
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.
Man with Thorne's Blueprint (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.
Tim, a Man Watching Fire
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Detective (uncredited)
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
Police Officer
Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.
Station Master (uncredited)
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
Club Imperial Floor Manager (uncredited)
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.
Murdock
A man (Jack Holt) wins his best friend's wife (Fay Wray) and seems to be plotting to ruin the man's oil business.
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Banquet Photographer / Zoo Guard (Uncredited)
Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.
Customs Inspector
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Burns - 1st Store Detective
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.
Secret Service Escort
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Spring Valley Contest Judge
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
Taxi Driver
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Detective (uncredited)
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
Тринадцать женщин, которые во время учёбы в колледже принимали участие в спиритическом кружке, обращаются к знаменитому пророку Свами Йогадачи, чтобы он составил гороскопы для каждой из них. Все тринадцать гороскопов предсказали трагедию в ближайшее время. И предсказания начинают сбываться…
Detective (uncredited)
College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
Hotel Desk Clerk
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
A man tries to hide aboard a moving train after murdering a jewelry magnate.
Bartender (uncredited)
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Radio Test Man
A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.
Club Clerk (uncredited)
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
Dennis (Uncredited)
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.
Speakeasy Waiter (Uncredited)
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Court Clerk (Uncredited)
Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arthur, "the worst kid in town", who moves cars away from fiire-plugs without the knowledge of the owners. The judge gives Arthur and friend Nutty another chance. However they run into further trouble when they break into Mr. Doray's drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. Mr. Doray is not sympathetic and completely against his wife's plan to become Arthur's guardian. More incidents occur with Mr. Doray quick to judge prior to getting all of the facts. Mrs. Doray must choose between her marriage and Arthur.
Officer Myles
Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Witness after witness piles up damaging evidence against the accused youth, but expert cross-examination by Waring digs out the startling truth behind the killing and subsequently reveals the identity of the real killer in a surprise-twist ending.
Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited)
После смерти жены Фредерик Смит может рассчитывать только на экономку Эмму Тэтчер, которая приняла на себя все обязанности по воспитанию четырёх маленьких детей Фредерика. Проходят годы – дети выросли, а отец семейства добивается значительного профессионального успеха и становится богатым человеком. Незадолго до смерти Фредерика Эмма выходит за него замуж. Согласно последней воле мужчины значительная часть наследства достаётся жене, что становится источником конфликта между Эммой и её приёмными детьми...
Assistant Coach
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets accidentally mailed and Julia receives it. When the letter says that he is a fraternity man and a big track star, Julia rushes right over to see him. But John is neither and Spike, Julia's boyfriend, is a track star at a nearby College. John does not want to enter the track meet so Julia tries to use psychology on him. That and a good wrestling hold makes John timidly agree to enter the race, but Spike still scares him.
Louie the Bartender (uncredited)
Бывший чемпион мира по боксу, а теперь алкоголик, Энди Пёрселл живет простой жизнью отца-одиночки вместе со своим сыном Динком. Занимаясь его воспитанием, Энди сумел создать свой небольшой, но уютный для Динка мир. Однако все меняется, когда в их жизнь возвращается бывшая жена Энди, бросившая Динка после рождения...
Reporter from the News (uncredited)
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Hotel Elevator Starter
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Poker-Playing Salesman
Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.
Desk clerk
Светский жиголо охотится за богатой матерью и ее дочерью, но пытается найти настоящее счастье со своей девушкой, которая не богата и не находится в «обществе».
Waiter
Вилли - молодой лейтенант из австрийской императорской гвардии - развлекается вечерами, посещая дома с дурной репутацией и игорные салоны. Он встречает Лауру, нежную невинную девушку, и после длительного ухаживания проводит с ней ночь, оставив ей утром деньги. Лаура воспринимает это как оскорбление и, потеряв веру в искренние чувства, становится любовницей Шнабеля - малоприятного, но богатого господина. Вилли думает, что если у него появится много денег, он сможет вернуть Лауру, и решает сыграть со Шнабелем по-крупному.
Steve - Bartender (uncredited)
1909 год, двое ирландских мальчишек Том и Мэтт взрослеют на «грязных» улицах Саут-Сайда Чикаго, проходя курс обучения преступной жизни у скупщика краденого. Став взрослыми, ребята переходят к ограблениям, в результате убит полицейский. Далее идет бутлеггерство, приходит «успех», они уже живут в апартаментах с двумя блондиночками Мэмю и Китти.
Том, более крутой и жестокий, быстрее поднимается по ступенькам гангстерской иерархии, и через какое-то время убийство становится для обоих настолько обыденным, что они убивают даже лошадь. Но расплаты, по законам морали того времени, не избежать.
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Tom, Man in sound track (uncredited)
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
Casino Patron
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
Bartender
After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advice of her happily married aunt Celia -- who encourages her to demand a serious commitment -- Lisbeth continues to see Alan, even after she hears he may have a wife in France. When Alan's work sends him abroad, a lovesick Lisbeth struggles to understand her feelings.
Bouncer (uncredited)
Красивая танцовщица Барбара О`Нил работает в одном из танцевальных залов Нью-Йорка. У неё появляется богатый покровитель Брэдли Карлтон, который ничего не жалеет для Барбары и готов оказать ей любую помощь. Но Барбара давно влюблена в своего соседа Эдди и, не раздумывая, соглашается выйти за него замуж. Вскоре оказывается, что Эдди — мошенник. И когда он в очередной раз попадает в беду, Барбара вынуждена обратиться за помощью к Брэдли.
Detective Doherty
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended but focuses instead on running the railroad.
Athletic and Social Club Manager (uncredited)
Bill is a hot shot dancer who partners with Jazzbo, until he sees Molly at the dance. He enters the Waltz with Molly and wins first prize - and they wind up being married that same night. Now they are free of their parents nagging and their own bosses. 24 hours - no dancing as in-laws are visiting. 24 days - the Apartment is finished so off to the Hoffman's Parisian Dance Palace. Molly can only dance the Waltz and not the hot new jazz dance so she leaves and Bill follows. They are both unhappy, Bill has two left feet when it comes to romance.
Bartender (uncredited)
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.
Truck Driver
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
Larry the Bartender
Анна Кристи бросает опостылевшую семейную ферму, оставленную ей отцом, и уезжает в город, где волею судьбы становится проституткой. Проходит время. Героиня решает покончить с постыдным занятием и вернуться к отцу, живущему на разбитой барже. Однажды, во время шторма, они спасают тонущего ирландского матроса Мэтта Барка. Спасенный влюбляется в Анну и делает предложение, но она с болью рассказывает ему о своем прошлом. Мэтт услышав рассказ, оставляет девушку. Анна разочарована его поступком, но любовь вновь примиряет их...
Bert (uncredited)
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
Tour Guide (uncredited)
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Extra
К дяде приезжает племянник из Шотландии. Носящего килт юношу немедленно везут к портному за подходящими брюками.
Guest (uncredited)
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Tom
Convinced by a vacationing professor that he should get an education, Charles Taylor abandons his cowboy life for college. He finds that higher education involves more than books, however, when the sophomores select him as an ideal subject for hazing.
Tom Mix trades horses for cars. Tom Higgins meets Patricia O'Malley whose father is a car manufacturer. O'Malley is hoping to land a contract with a Japanese firm, if only his car wins the Los Angeles-Phoenix auto race. Hap enters, but O'Malley's driver, Luther McCabe causes the race to be lost. Higgins discovers that McCabe is in league with O'Malley's competition, so for the next race, in Fresno, he takes over when McCabe drops out and wins the race.
Policeman (uncredited)
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.
Turner Boy
An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.
Basil
The relatives of dying Edward Woodruff, Nina Leffingwell, her brother Frederic, and her cousin Basil, whom she wants to marry, scheme to inherit Woodruff's wealth. Since Woodruff continually calls for an imagined granddaughter, the child of his daughter who died before they could patch up a quarrel which estranged them, Nina gets Doll, a Follies girl, to impersonate the granddaughter, try to endear herself to Woodruff, and thus inherit the money. Doll would then be paid off and the relatives would get the inheritance. When Doll's administrations cause Woodruff to recover, Nina sends for Woodruff's grandson Ned, whom he disowned for marrying beneath him, hoping that Ned will send Doll away. When Ned seems to fall in love with Doll, Nina tells Woodruff that Ned and Doll are secretly meeting in the estate lodge. Woodruff investigates and finds that Doll and Ned are married and have a baby boy. Delighted, Woodruff forgives Ned.
Jimmy Ware
During World War I, Jane Whiting, a bright young lawyer who is engaged to Senator Wheeler, is assigned by the district attorney to expose a gang of spies who are collecting money for the German government through the operation of a fraudulent charity organization. Wheeler's son Frank has fallen in love with Lola Schram, whose pro-German mother is forcing the girl to work for Frederick Kube, the head of the spy ring, but when Kube learns of the romance, he orders Mrs. Schram to break it off. When Lola finally confesses her activities to Frank, Kube kills her and then frames Frank for the murder. Meanwhile, Jane, through the help of Jimmy and Tilly Ware, has discovered Kube's headquarters and modus operandi
Towen Rage
Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is actually a baby sweater.
Wesley Cutting
Ellen Shannon, the daughter of self-made Irish politician Pat Shannon, is engaged to Ted Breslin, but because Pat began his career as a menial laborer, Ted's mother, Mrs. J. De Barth Breslin, refuses to sanction the marriage. Heartbroken, Ted takes up drinking and gambling with "Poker" LeMoyne and Don Jackson, while Ellen attends a finishing school hoping to improve herself. While trying to elude her chaperone, Ellen unwittingly dashes into a man's hotel room, and from the window, she witnesses Don and "Poker" playing cards, while Ted lies unconscious from too much drink. When the two gamblers quarrel, Don kills "Poker," but Ted is accused of the crime.
Moncure Kelts
After leaving her sweetheart Jed Bronson, and small country town life, Minnie Wills (Olive Thomas) obtains a job as a model in a stylish Chicago shop and soon attracts the attention of Moncure Kelts, a wealthy playboy. Enchanted by her beauty and innocence, Moncure proposes, but once she has accepted, he loses interest in her and soon becomes desperate to get rid of her. With her emotions very much under control, Minnie agrees to break off the engagement in exchange for a limousine, a large wardrobe, and a large check, and then returns to Three Oaks. Overjoyed to see her, Jed proposes, and after their marriage, Minnie convinces him to establish a business in Chicago. The plan proves highly successful, and later, when the couple encounters Moncure on the street, Minnie thanks him for giving them their start in life.
Paul
During World War I, Jeanette Gontreau becomes a "godmother" to three Allied soldiers imprisoned in a German camp. Describing herself as an old woman, she sends them cheerful letters and baskets of small gifts until one of the soldiers, Harry Ledyard, informs her that he has been released and will visit her in New York. Panic-stricken, Jeanette dons a wig and spectacles, and although she convinces Harry that she is old and gray, she soon falls in love with him. Harry worships his "godmother," and when secret service agents discover coded messages on her letters, he shields her by assuming the blame.
