Company Executive (uncredited)
История бедного и одинокого мальчика и девушки, которые нашли друг друга. К несчастью, пока девушка продолжает по-настоящему любить мальчика, он находит любовь из высшего общества, частью которого он хотел бы стать. Но порвать с первой любовью не так-то просто, потому что девушка обнаруживает, что она беременна. Когда она появляется на горном курорте у озера, где он проводит отпуск с женщиной, которая к этому времени сумела стать его невестой, его запутанные чувства толкают его на непоправимые шаги…
U.S. Opens Awards Presenter (uncredited)
When most people look at Florence Farley, they see a pretty teenager. But when Milly Farley looks at her daughter she sees something else: a tennis prodigy who could be Milly’s ticket to money and fame.
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Стареющая звезда Бродвея Марго Ченнинг имела все: успех, друзей, молодого любовника. Скромная и трудолюбивая Ева становится ее помощницей, выполняющей все желания хозяйки. Быстрее всех понимает, что Евой движет желание стать «новой Марго Ченнинг», циничный театральный критик Аддисон Де Витт. Пресыщенный жизнью и презирающий окружающую его благопристойность, он решает помочь молодой карьеристке. Она становится его благодарной ученицей и упорно, не гнушаясь ничем, идет к вершинам славы, предавая окружающих ее людей…
Committee Chairman
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Tony Englebar - Party Guest (uncredited)
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
Man at Racetrack (uncredited)
The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a Syndicate gambling empire in Southern California until distracted by an inconveniently married Joanne Dru and his own greed. Ripped from the headlines of the 1950 Kevaufer Organized Crime Hearings, this fast-moving picture is laden with location sequences shot in Los Angeles, the Hoover Dam and Palm Springs including the famous Doll House watering hole on North Palm Canyon Drive!
Wedding Guest (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.
Colonel Cavenport, Board Member
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
Television Viewer
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.
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
Premiere Attendee / Party Guest
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
Man at Impeachment Hearing (Uncredited)
США. Мейзон-Сити, 1939 год. Преддверие Второй мировой войны. Вилли Старк — ультраправый политический деятель — стремится к монопольной власти в своем штате.
Его «выдрессированная» команда профессиональных журналистов и аналитиков, используя любые средства — подлог, обман, грязный шантаж, насилие и вымогательство, приводит своего лидера к победе на выборах. Старку принадлежит все, что есть в его штате — от скромной недвижимости до гигантских заводов. Он всемогущ и рвется в высшие эшелоны власти…
Party Guest (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…
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
Party Guest (uncredited)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery
Мюзикл Леди из кордебалета — это романтическая лента о любви юной принцессы бурлеска Пегги Мартин, которая выступает в шоу вместе со своей матерью. Восходящая звезда шоу приобретает фантастическую популярность и завоевывает сердца зрителей.
Las Vegas Casino Extra (uncredited)
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
Bank Customer (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.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Political Dinner Dais Attendee (Uncredited)
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
Dr. Gray
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Headwaiter
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Чарли Дэвис, несмотря на упреки матери, стал боксером. На своем пути к вершине бокса он встречает все больше сомнительных личностей, среди которых и промоутер Робертс. Теперь Чарли необходимо сделать сложный выбор…
Party Guest (uncredited)
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Club Patron
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Headwaiter
A private eye (Adele Mara) and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Подросток Сьюзан Тернер влюбляется в художника-плейбоя Ричарда Ньюджента. Как-то она пробирается в его квартиру, чтобы позировать для него. Там она сталкивается со своей сестрой — судьей Маргарет Тернер. Находясь под угрозой тюремного заключения, Ньюджент соглашается встречаться со Сьюзан до тех пор, пока чувства девушки не утихнут.
Man in Outer Office (Uncredited)
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
Lafayette
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.
Guest
A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own very successful advertising agency. Comedy.
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Сестра милосердия Элизабет Кенни во время пребывания в австралийском буше обнаруживает революционный способ лечения полиомелита. Девушка пытается добиться признания этого метода в научном сообществе, но никак не может получить официальное признание своей теории. Более трех десятков лет сестра Кенни борется за правду. Она упорно отказывает своему жениху в свадьбе и лишает себя нормальной жизни. Медсестра не имеет возможности лечить острые случаи полиомелита с помощью своего метода, а научное общество высмеивает ее. Все же главная цель Элизабет Кенни - спасти как можно больше человеческих жизней.
Nightclub Patron
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the end he chooses success on the stage.
Maitre D' (uncredited)
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up marrying an heiress.
Servant (uncredited)
Коннектикут, 1844 год. Дочь простого фермера Миранда Уэллс получает приглашение от дальнего родственника Николаса Ван Райна поселиться в его особняке Драговик и быть гувернанткой для его дочери Катрин. Ожидая многого от Драговика, Миранда вскоре замечает за его хозяином некоторые странности. Николас Ван Райн практически не видится со своей дочерью; фермеры на его земле бунтуют против него; слуги перешептываются о проклятиях и привидениях в Драговике. И что же его хозяин на самом деле делает в башенной комнате?
Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Mr. Graham, Bank Executive (Uncredited)
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
После атаки Перл-Харбора экипаж торпедных катеров в районе Филиппинских островов должен сразиться с превосходящими их силами японцев…
Board Member (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
Dr. Kent
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist that hopes to find and prove that a fabled white gorilla is a missing link.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"
In this drama, an aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Мистеру Эйкину накануне свадьбы открываются интересные подробности прошлого его невесты, мисс Сьюзан Даррел. Ее бывшие поклонники рассказывают мистеру Эйкину непохожие друг на друга истории о совершенно разной Сьюзан. Какая же из этих Сьюзан настоящая?
Gambler
Ковбой из штата Монтана Дюк Фергус приезжает в Сан-Франциско, чтобы получить долг в пятьсот долларов за черную лошадь. Его должником оказывается владелец казино "Эльдорадо" - Тито Морелл. Получив свои деньги, парень не спешит домой, он решает первый раз в жизни сыграть на деньги в карты, кости и рулетку, тем более учительницей в этих новых играх для него стала обворожительная Энн - певица из местного варьете. На удивление всей публике новичку начинает бешено везти: он выигрывает на всех столах и получает десять тысяч. Парню невдомек, что все игры подстроены, а Энн - лучшая подруга хозяина заведения. Жажда наживы и алкоголь делают свое дело, он проигрывает все и остается должен. Вернувшись в Монтану, Дюк продает стадо и берет уроки карточной игры у профессионального игрока по прозвищу "Вольф". Его цель - разорить Морелла...
Board Member (uncredited)
A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.
Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
Man at Club (uncredited)
Пятидесятипятилетний профессор психологии Ричард Ванли, известный криминолог, однажды вечером, когда его жена и дети уехали на каникулы, видит в витрине галереи портрет молодой женщины, которым он уже неоднократно восхищался. Вдруг он видит женщину, которая как две капли воды похожа на портрет. Это модель Алиса Рид, которая позировала художнику. Она приглашает Ванли к себе домой, чтобы показать другие полотна этого художника. Неожиданно появляется возлюбленный дамы. Обуянный ревностью, он устраивает скандал и Ванли случайно убивает его…
Man Dining with Laura (uncredited)
Детектив МакФерсон ведет расследование убийства красавицы Лоры…
Party Guest (uncredited)
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?
Businessman (uncredited)
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
Extra on Quiz Show Stage
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
Mr. Bledsoe III
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Man with Woman with Lipstick (uncredited)
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
Departing Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Боксер Джо Пендлтон по пути на следующий бой попадает в авиакатастрофу. Виной тому оказывается ангел-новичок, который поторопился изъять из тела Джо его душу. Прежде, чем ангел успевает исправить свою оплошность, тело Джо кремируют. Тогда повелитель небес мистер Джордан дает душе Джо контроль над телом только убитого своей женой Джулией миллионера Брюса Фарнсворта…
Party Guest Whose Hat is Floating (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...
Theater Patron Watching Finale (Uncredited)
Бродвей зажигает огни и на этот свет, как мотыльки, слетаются девушки, в поисках легкой жизни и головокружительной карьеры. Новое бродвейское «Шоу Зигфилда» делает очередной набор участниц и среди других приглашает на работу трех милых девушек: их роли различны, но сцена объединила их судьбы в одну.
Сюзен профессиональная певица, живущая со старым эксцентричным папашей-композитором, Шейла — симпатичная блондинка с рабочей окраины, делящая постель с пожилым миллионером, а Сандра — жена безработного скрипача, который не может вырваться из душевного кризиса.
С этого дня девушкам надо забыть обо всем, что их тревожит, ведь теперь они «Девушки Зигфилда» — лучшие модели Бродвея. У каждой из них появился шанс изменить свою жизнь и стать суперзвездой грандиозного музыкального представления, но у любого шоу есть финал и для каждой из участниц он не будет одинаков…
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
Jeweler (uncredited)
После года проведенного на Амазонке, хороший знаток змей, но плохой знаток женщин, на океанском лайнере возвращается домой Чарльз Пайк. Он сын пивного короля и каждая девушка мечтает о знакомстве с ним. Но только Джин удается с маху преодолеть его рассеянность и застенчивость. Бедняга как муха на мед летит в объятия напористой искусительницы, не подозревая, что у Джин совсем не романтические планы… Она и ее отец — знаменитые карточные шулера и для нее охмурить мужчину, что передернуть колоду…
Spectator at Speech (uncredited)
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Man at Premiere (uncredited)
Живущие в Филадельфии Вин Страффорд, большой босс, и Китти Фойль, его служащая, любят друг друга. Китти ждет предложения. Но не все так просто... Встреча в Нью-Йорке с романтичным, но бедным доктором Марком Айзеном. Предложение руки и сердца Страффорда. Свадьба вдали от родных. Их неприятие невестки. Социальное неравенство секретарши и дельца из высшего общества. Развод, подчиненный обстоятельствам. Второй брак Страффорда. Предложение доктора Айзена. К чему же это все приведет?
Racetrack Spectator
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
Press Correspondent
Американский репортер работает в Москве и передает контрабандой новости не прошедшие цензуру под псевдонимом «Товарищ X», но служащий гостиницы раскрывает его инкогнито и шантажирует.
Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
Extra in Casino (uncredited)
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Mr. Babcock (uncredited)
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
Office Worker
Harry wins a turkey at a raffle.
Westchester Club Patron (uncredited)
Юная, красивая и богатая любительница лошадей Гленда Кроуфорд влюбляется в обаятельного аргентинца Рикардо Кинтана, но, как оказалось, пылкой любви мешает давняя история, случившаяся с их отцами. Прекрасные декорации, актёрская игра, музыкальные и танцевальные номера в исполнении Кармен Миранды и братьев Николас по праву сделали этот фильм жемчужиной в коллекции мюзиклов кинокомпании "ХХ век Фокс".
Man at Bar (uncredited)
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
Party Guest
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
Party Guest (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…
Office Worker
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
Man in Audience
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
Lawyer at Prosecution's Table (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.
Ed, Bank Teller (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Man at Fashion Show
Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.
Guest at Election Celebration (uncredited)
Дэн МакГинти ведет успешную, но весьма лживую политическую деятельность. Но всего лишь один момент необдуманной честности ставит все под угрозу…
Man in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Мэри Картер унаследовала на Кубе замок, населенный зомби. Тем не менее, она направляется туда в сопровождении радиоведущего Ларри Лоуренса. После многочисленных потрясений и волнений Мэри раскрывает истину: замок расположен на серебросодержащей шахте...
Nightclub Patron
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
Extra at Fashion Show
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?
Alumni Dinner Guest
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.
Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Dressing Room Guest
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Nightclub Patron
Считавшийся умершим Билл Кардью возвращается в Нью-Йорк. За время отсутствия его жена Вики находит себе нового мужа в лице лучшего друга и компаньона Билла - Генри Лаундса. Кто из двух мужчин останется с Вики на правах законного супруга, а кого ждёт судьба холостяка?
Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour...
Backstage / Party Extra
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Theatregoer (uncredited)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Nightclub Patron
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Gambling House Patron
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Wedding Reception Guest
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Они познакомились «по-американки» нелепо и случайно - все произошло во время ДТП, когда их такси зацепились бамперами друг за друга. «Их глаза встретились, и искра любви зажгла великое чувство». Он оказался Робертом Григорьевым - певцом из Европы, делающим карьеру в США, а она - Патрисией О'Молли, вокалисткой Бродвейского шоу, накануне помолвленной с миллионером Чарльзом Гарднером. Их бурный роман ожидают большие неприятности вплоть до высылки героя из страны, но судьба благоволит к влюбленным. Роберт делает головокружительную карьеру на радио. Его лучшую песню слушает и поет вся Америка, его ожидают многомиллионные контракты, но самое главное в этой истории, что его любимая девушка будет всегда рядом с ним.
Man on Riverboat
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Man in the White House
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.
Disbarment Lawyer
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Nightclub Patron
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.
Man Leaving Paris
Чен едет в Париж на встречу с друзьями времён Первой мировой войны. Там он расследует убийство производителя боеприпасов, поставлявшего оружие врагу. В конце Чарли проповедует нам об опасностях мирных конференций.
Sue's Boss (uncredited)
Reporter Sue Walker has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her sweetheart, Detective Lieutenant Jerry Brown, chief of the police Homicide Squad. When the call comes in that there has been a killing at Lefty Ross' place, a notorious gambling joint, Jerry is peeved when Sue beats him there. He discovers that gambler Jimmy Clark was killed as he answered a telephone call, and his body is riddled with bullets but Jerry can't find any weapon. Sue is amazed to see Gloria Cunningham there. Gloria's father is one of the town's leading reformers and she is engaged to District Attorney Richard Sutton. Ross decides to give Sutton all the information he needs and makes an appointment to go to Sutton's home. Once there, Ross is called to the telephone before he can give any information, and is killed in the same mysterious manner as Jimmy Clark.
Ball Guest
После окончания школы-интерната сирота Конни попадает в дом своих богатых, но очень неприветливых родственников.
Так начинается история современной американской «Золушки», которая, как и положено, закончится счастливым концом и встречей героини с настоящим принцем.
Party Guest (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.
Committeeman (uncredited)
Наивный идеалист Джефферсон Смит, лидер организации Мальчиков Рейнджеров назначен представителем в Сенат. Он объединяется со старшим сенатором от своего штата, однако не подозревает, как много людей вокруг него ведут двойную игру и выполняют приказания тех, кто выше. Наивный молодой сенатор сталкивается с понятиями коррупции, грязной игры, лживости и заангажированности прессы.
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
Delegate
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Nightclub Patron
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Casino Extra
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up with gamblers and Rusty's girl Evelyn Corey makes a play for him.
Premiere Attendee
Репортер Джимми Саттон работает в агенстве ,которое освещает жизнь Голливуда. Ему поручают привезти из далекого северного городка девушку, которая выбрана на главную роль в фильме "Девушка с севера"Обычная школьная учительница приезжает в Голливуд и покоряет его....
Extra in Nightclub (uncredited)
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.
Nightclub Patron / Wedding Guest
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
Cantina Table Extra (uncredited)
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
Flammarions' Party Guest / Stephanie's Party Guest (uncredited)
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
Wedding Guest
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.
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Thaddeus' Friend
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
Diner
In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," "Kaneski Waltz" (Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson).
Assistant Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.
Baseball Fan
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
Medical Association Board Member (uncredited)
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
Guest (uncredited)
По мнению доктора Клиттерхауса, уважаемого врача с Парк-авеню, лучший способ изучить поведение преступника — стать преступником самому. Он начинает с того, что обворовывает нескольких своих знакомых, тщательно измеряя при этом свое давление, температуру и пульс. Однако результаты не удовлетворяют Клиттерхауса, и он принимает решение познакомиться с криминальным миром поближе.
Man in Automobile (uncredited)
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
Country Club Guest
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Elevator Operator / Nightclub Dance Extra (uncredited)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
Dog Show Attendee
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Professional Man
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
Party Guest
Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
Man Leaving Hotel (uncredited)
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Juror (uncredited)
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
Man at Bar
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.
Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.
Jones
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
Party Guest
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
Stockholder - Receivership Hearing Member
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her way is Jonathan's fiancée, actress Carol Wallace.
Man at Auction (uncredited)
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
Wedding Guest (Uncredited)
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.
Concert Attendee
Патриция — дочь безработного музыканта. Её отец когда-то играл в известном и популярном симфоническом оркестре, но пришли тяжелые времена, и он потерял работу и остался без средств. Патриция решает помочь. Она собирает оркестр из безработных музыкантов. Девушка находит мецената, который соглашается субсидировать оркестр, при условии, что она сможет уговорить знаменитого Леопольда Стоковски, стать руководителем нового коллектива. Патриция сумела убедить Стоковски, что работа с оркестром из ста мужчин и одной девушки это то, что нужно великому американскому дирижеру…
Fashion Show Patron
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
Maitre d' (uncredited)
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Country Club Diner (uncredited)
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
Nightclub Patron
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
Headwaiter
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Party Guest (uncredited)
В одном заведении на одного крупного сутенера работают пять девушек, но только одна из них собирается вырваться и уехать. Пока же ей приходится терпеть, быть послушной и копить деньги. После того как ее младшую сестру убивает босс, она уговаривает других девушек стать свидетельницами на процессе…
Medical Board Doctor
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
Salesman (uncredited)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
Jazz Palace Attendee
Эльза — дочь Штрауса, автора многочисленных вальсов. Однажды ей пришлось прийти к Баззи, руководителю джазового оркестра, из-за которого популярность нового музыкального стиля стала стремительно расти. Она хотела попросить его уехать из города, но даже не подозревала, что он настолько симпатичный...
Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
Reception Guest (Uncredited)
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
Gordon
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
Senator
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.
Man at Dance
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Во время Великой Депрессии некая игра заносит богатую, избалованную, но очаровательную Айрин Буллок, а также ее стервозную сестру Корнелию к городской свалке, где они встречают бездомного Годфри. Встреча заканчивается тем, что Айрин нанимает его дворецким. Работая у нее, он выясняет, что Буллоки — воплощение праздных, своенравных и избалованных богачей. Вскоре Айрин влюбляется в своего «протеже», однако он чувствует, что роман между слугой и хозяйкой невозможен, независимо от таинственного прошлого Годфри…
Dining Car Passenger
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters
Jewelry Salesman
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Extra at Dance
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.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Лонгфеллоу Дидс, деревенщина из Вермонта, наследует огромное состояние своего дяди и за одну ночь становится известен всей стране. Весь городок собирается на вокзале, чтобы проводить Дидса, поэта, играющего на трубе, в Нью-Йорк, где он должен вступить во владение дядюшкиным капиталом и переехать в огромный особняк. Циничный газетчик МакУэйд не верит в имидж простого честного человека, созданный Дидсу в прессе. Он поручает красавице Бэйб Беннетт взять у парня интервью и дает ей недвусмысленные инструкции. Журналистка притворяется, что теряет сознание у входа в особняк. Галантный Дидс поднимает ее на руки, заботится. Она сообщает ему, что осталась без работы и постепенно начинает вытягивать информацию…
Assistant Prosecutor (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.
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
The girls get jobs selling aluminum cookware door to door.
Poker Player with Pair of Jacks (uncredited)
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on unconditional trust, friends, and even Van's mother, caution Linda about the dangers of allowing Whitey, her husband's extremely sexy secretary, to continue to have access to him. Although Whitey has a faithful boyfriend, she secretly harbors unrequited feelings for her boss. When they take a business trip to Havana, circumstantial evidence convinces Linda that the rumors she's heard may have a basis in fact.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
Mr. Wright - First Class Passenger
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds (Pinky Tomlin) and a beautiful Russian singer (Rita Hayworth) provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child (Jane Withers) who has arrived illegally in New York. Director Lewis Seiler's 1936 comedy, with numerous songs, also features Jane Darwell, George Givot, Robert Dudley, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter, Francis Ford, Russell Simpson and Clarence Wilson.
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
У автомобильного магната Джеймса Бьюкенена есть невеста, которая совершенно его не любит, и совет директоров, который никогда к нему не прислушивается. Как-то раз, сидя в раздумье на скамейке в парке, он знакомится с безработной Джоан Хоуторн, прекрасной поварихой, которая как раз ищет себе партнера, чтобы устроиться на работу «парой» (дворецкий / повар) к изысканному гурману — бывшему бутлегеру Майку Россини. Ошеломленный таким предложением, Бьюкенен без лишних слов соглашается на роль дворецкого. Но ведь когда-нибудь обязательно настанет день расплаты…
Costume Ball Dancer (uncredited)
In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins blackmailing her after she steals a scandalous letter.
Army Officer (uncredited)
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.
Lucy's Friend (uncredited)
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
Man Knocked Down in Nightclub
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.
Baron de Palma - Party Guest
A whodunit set in Budapest, starring Edmund Lowe as a detective investigating the murder of an unemployed vaudeville actor.
Party Guest (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."
Board Member
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited)
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
Nightclub Patron
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
Traveler
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Party Guest (uncredited)
После смерти своего мужа, Беатрис Паллман пытается продолжить его бизнес, продавая кленовый сироп. Для облегчения работы по дому и воспитанию дочери она нанимает на работу чернокожую служанку Делилу, которая готова за крышу над головой, предоставленную ей и ее белокожей дочери Пеоле, помогать по хозяйству, поскольку у Беатрис совсем не было денег.
Делила оказывается превосходной поварихой, ее рецепт блинов с кленовым сиропом, побуждает Беатрис создать собственною «Блинную». Проходят годы, дела идут на лад, кафе превращается в сеть популярных закусочных, двадцать процентов в доле бизнеса принадлежит Делиле, но все это не радует Пеолу, она стесняется черного цвета кожи своей матери и старается избегать общения…
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
Night Club Patron
Гай Холден популярный американский танцор степа, успешно закончив гастрольное ревю в Париже, прибывает в Лондон в сопровождении своего лучшего друга адвоката Эгберта. Здесь должен состояться финальный концерт европейских гастролей. В лондонском порту он, волей случая, знакомится с Мими Глоссоп и сразу же влюбляется в нее. Девушка же, тем временем, озабочена другой проблемой — она жаждет развестись со своим мужем геологом. Но для этого она должна, по совету юриста, отправиться на английский морской курорт, где все подстроено так чтобы профессиональный нанятый свидетель имел возможность получить доказательства ее неверности. Только в этом случае она сможет получить свободу от уз брака, таковы Английские законы. Конечно же, план юриста терпит крах и возникает путаница, Мими принимает Гая, за подставного свидетеля и соответственным образом начинает с ним обращаться…
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
Dancer (uncredited)
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
Party Guest
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
Celebrant (uncredited)
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Governor's Aide
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
First Nighter (uncredited)
1933 год. Экономический кризис поразил США, и на подмостках стриптиз-варьете оказалась профессиональная балерина и танцовщица Джейни Барлоу. Однажды во время шоу полиция арестовала участниц представления за непристойное поведение на публике и увезла всех в ночной суд. На счастье героини в театральном зале оказался молодой и очень богатый Тод Ньютон, которому понравилась Джейни, и он заплатил за нее штраф в полицейском участке. Так началось их знакомство. Решив завоевать расположение девушки, Тод принимает горячее участие в устройстве ее карьеры. Престижный бродвейский продюсер и антрепренер Патч Галлахер ставит очередное грандиозное шоу, но, к сожалению, он испытывает денежно-кредитные трудности и к тому же давно ищет солистку.
Man with Check (uncredited)
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
Board Member (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.
Parade Onlooker (Uncredited)
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
Lawyer at Courtroom Defense Table
Бесстрашная Тира работает танцовщицей и укротительницей львов на ярмарке. Тире нужны деньги, и она соглашается на новый рискованный номер: она положит голову в львиную пасть. С этим номером цирк отправляется в Нью-Йорк, где Тира занимается любимым делом: флиртует с богачами и получает от них дорогие подарки. Среди богатых поклонников она ищет любовь своей жизни, о которой узнала от гадалки. Она знает лишь то, что он богат и черноволос. Когда же Тира, наконец, встречает его, то становится жертвой интриги...
Dexter's Party Guest
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
Prosecutor (uncredited)
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
Putnam Associate (uncredited)
A young girl just out of prison and desperate for money finds herself involved in a plot to smear a politician by pretending to be his long-lost daughter.
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
Maitre d', Red Lantern Cafe [Ch. 3]
Леди репортер и два студента колледжа искать «Золотой Специальный» поезд, который исчез без следа.
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
Library of Congress Guard
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Американский химик Нед Фарадей во время путешествия по Германии влюбляется в певицу варьете Элен. Они переезжают в Америку, рождается сын, Элен оставляет эстраду и все вроде бы идет благополучно, но Нед во время экспериментов облучен радием и вынужден уехать на лечение в Европу…
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Mr. Applegate
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
Banquet Guest
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
Maurice
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
Party Guest (uncredited)
Бедная фабричная девушка Мэриан не хочет прозябать в маленьком городишке и выходить замуж за пылкого, но бедного ухажера. Ее манит блестящая жизнь богатых городов. Однажды, на железнодорожном переезде она знакомится с подвыпившим плейбоем Вили, который ради развлечения угощает ее шампанским и приглашает заглянуть к нему на огонек. Он не подозревает, что разбудил в ней настоящую «золотоискательницу», одержимую мечтой о красивой жизни. Мэриан не преминула воспользоваться приглашением и неожиданно нагрянула к нему. Обескураженный и с головной болью после похмелья Вили все-таки дает ей несколько советов как обосноваться в городе, прежде, чем выпроводить ее за дверь.
Party Guest (uncredited)
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
New Year's Eve Escort (uncredited)
Мать Хельги умерла при родах, поэтому девочка выросла в доме ее дальних родственников, где её никто не любил. Однажды ее поставили перед фактом, что скоро она выйдет замуж за выбранного родней жениха. Хельга, обдумав свое будущее, сбегает из дома и благодаря судьбе случайно встречает молодого инженера Родни Спенсера.Молодые и красивые, они мгновенно влюбляются друг в друга, и понимают, что созданы друг для друга, но вскоре Родни, нужно уехать по делам. Как только машина любимого скрылась за поворотом, на пороге его дома появились родственники Хельги. Девушку насильно возвращают домой, однако, вкусив свободной жизни, Хельга вновь убегает, и примыкает к бродячему цирку, где становится актрисой под псевдонимом Сюзанна Ленокс...
Ralph Burns
A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.
Divorce Attorney
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
Passenger
Пока роскошный океанский лайнер пересекает Атлантический океан, зрители узнают о страданиях нескольких его пассажиров. Эдмунд Лоу возглавляет актерский состав в роли Монти Грира, учтивого игрока, который влюбляется в Джуди (Лоис Моран), дочь иммигранта, точильщика линз Рудольфа Крамера (Джин Херсхольт). Пытаясь вернуть некоторые ценные бумаги, украденные у банкира Генри Грэма (Джон Халлидей), Грир оказывается в эпицентре ожесточенной перестрелки в машинном отделении корабля. Между тем, Грэм, изменявший своей жене Кей (Мирна Лой) с сексуальной танцовщицей Сигрид Карлин (Грета Ниссен), убит неизвестным лицом или лицами. И это только три сюжета этого удивительно сложного корабельного триллера.
Maitre d'
Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie is just as bad. They set off on a transcontinental trip with mischief on their minds.
Fillmore
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
Diana's Dockside Boyfriend (uncredited)
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
Casino Official Ed (uncredited)
Экранизация книги Аделы Роджерс Ст. Джонс. Известный адвокат по уголовным делам Стивен Эш (Лайонел Бэрримор) живет в Сан-Франциско, сильно пьет, терпеть не может членов своей напыщенной семьи и обожает свою своенравную дочь Джен (Норма Ширер). Однажды Стивен блестяще выигрывает процесс, защищая перед судом присяжных от обвинения в убийстве гангстера Эйса Уилфонга (Кларк Гейбл). Вечером Эйс доставляет сильно выпившего адвоката в дом его родственников на день рождения матери. Вся семья в шоке по двум причинам: от вида Стивена и присутствия Эйса. Когда члены семьи высокомерно просят Эйса покинуть дом, Джен в знак протеста уходит вместе с ним, хотя на семейном торжестве присутствует ее жених Дуайт Уинтроп (Лесли Ховард)...
Gambler
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.
McClure Guest (uncredited)
Мелкий преступник Цезарь Энрико Банделло, известный как Рико, и его друг Джо Массара переезжают в Чикаго в поисках удачи. Они присоединяются к банде Сэма Веттори, но Джо, мечтающий стать танцором, больше заинтересован в славе и женщинах. Он знакомится с Ольгой и отходит от дел банды. Тем временем Рико быстро встаёт во главе организации Сэма и занимает место в верхах чикагского преступного синдиката. Одновременно в нём растёт уверенность, что однажды Джо предаст его…
Tom Drake
Riley and Donovan, racehorse owners and trainers who have been rivals and enemies for years, seek to befriend Tod Taylor, a jockey, and Ham, a retainer. Tod elects to work for Riley, incurring the enmity of rival jockeys. Riley's daughter, Colleen, sympathizes with Tod and cares for his bruises. Trying to befriend Donovan, Tod wins a match between Riley's colt, Reckless, and Donovan's best horse; and many more victories bolster his confidence. His head is turned by Margie, a come-on girl for Drake, a gambler. She precipitates his dissipation, and Tod is induced to throw the race to avoid a jail sentence.
Larry - Master of Ceremonies
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he uses their stories or their love for himself.
Aide-de-Camp
While a Canadian soldier recovers in London, a nurse tells him that a Scottish widow believes he is her son. To comfort the widow, the soldier agrees to pretend to be her Scottish son. Seven Days Leave is a screen adaption of one of James M. Barrie's plays, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals.
John Walton
Wing Foot (Richard Dix), is a Navaho educated in an otherwise all-white school. In the course of the story he experiences prejudice from both the whites (because of his race) and the Navahos (who disown him because of his upbringing). Thus, Wing Foot is looked upon as neither Indian nor white, but simply a "redskin."
Jack Drake
A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.
Major
British officer Capt. Leslie Yeullat is at present on leave in London. Falling in love with Ruth Dangan, the wife of his commanding officer, Yeullat does the gentlemanly thing by suppressing his own emotions for the sake of the Regiment. He goes so far as to resign from his commission and returns to India as a civilian.
Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
Главный герой фильма — Джон, приехал в Нью-Йорк из глухой провинции. Он мечтает стать «королём» рекламы, но, столкнувшись с горькой действительностью, он вынужден работать клерком. Он влюбляется, женится. После свадьбы молодожены селятся в маленькой стандартной квартире. Появляется ребенок. Жизнь усложняется. С рождением второго ребёнка увеличиваются, и материальные затруднения. Главному герою повезло, он выиграл в лотерею, но за ним приходит несчастье — дочь погибает под колесами автомобиля. Джон стал рассеян и его увольняют с работы. Нужда приводит к разногласиям в семье. Жена собирается оставить Джона. Но однажды он возвращается домой счастливый — наконец он заработал доллар. Ему повезло — он теперь будет работать носильщиком рекламных щитов циркового представления.
Joe Calvert
A modern range war -- modern for 1928 -- complete with oil derricks in the backyard, horsemen being pursued by motorcyclists, and there's stunt flyer Al Wilson to save the day.
Captain Rockwood
Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose infatuation with Major Kinsella takes her to Africa where native uprisings and the jealous connivings of Maurice Stair await her.
Jim Wallace, a young engineer, is engaged by Hammond, manager of an estate in the Northwest, to build flumes for a logging camp, but Donovan, the superintendent, dislikes him and places numerous obstacles in his way. Virginia Coulson, owner of the estate, and her maid Dot arrive, and when Hammond proposes to Virginia, she refuses his declaration in favor of Jim. Later, when Donovan is found murdered, suspicion points to Jim, who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hammond gets evidence on the murderer, Goofus, a half wit, and plans to use it to force Virginia to marry him; Goofus wounds Hammond and, seeing he has not killed him, starts a forest fire. Jim, who has escaped from prison with the aid of his friend, Buddy, rescues Virginia from the burning lodge; Goofus confesses to the murder, and Jim is freed.
Peter Carris
Steve Carris, a medical student, is expelled from college, disowned by his father and joins a circus.
Commander of U.S.S. Baltimore
An American ship is wrecked off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, and little Faith Fitzhugh and her mother have washed ashore on a rocky island that supports only a lighthouse. Faith's mother lives only long enough to inform the three Dutch lighthouse keepers that her daughter is the heiress to a large fortune. Years pass and Faith grows to womanhood. Jacob Kroon and his son, Piet, then conspire to marry Faith to Piet's idiot son, Hans, in order to bring her fortune into the family. Dick Wayne, a sailor on an American cruiser that is repairing a damaged cable in the waters of the lighthouse, learns of Faith's captivity and comes to her rescue. Piet kills Jacob in a fit of jealousy, and Dick then kills Piet in a fight. Hans sets the lighthouse on fire and incinerates himself. Dick and Faith make it back to the cruiser.
Uncle Throckmorton
Bertie and Marian Lenox are children of a wealthy family, and their mother intends that they marry "within their class". They, however, have different plans--Bertie is in love with chorus girl Sally O'Neil and Marian loves Henry Morgan, the family chauffeur. The family finds out about the impending marriages and determines to stop them. Complications ensue.
Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle son, Tom Jr. (Neil Hamilton), calls him a grouch. As a result, Bates decides to teach his son a lesson by putting him in charge of the business for a year.
Jim Gordon
Peggy Mason joins her boyfriend Douglas Wyman at a secluded cabin. When he confesses his love and the fact he is still a married man Peggy is distraught and flees the cabin. But meanwhile Douglas' wife is murdered and when the police arrest him he finds he can't provide an alibi without tarnishing Peggy's reputation.
Tacoma First Officer (uncredited)
История о злоключениях извечного любимца публики, маленького бродяги, который на этот раз отправляется на золотые прииски Аляски и как всегда порадует вас бесконечным калейдоскопом трюков и комических ситуаций.
(uncredited)
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora. Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
Richard Gladding
Bela, reared by Indians, learns that she is a white orphan and runs away from the Indian village to avoid marrying a brave from the tribe. She determines to marry land prospector Sam Gladding, who resists her advances but later falls in love with Bela when an Indian sage gives him some advice.
Policeman
This northwoods comedy-drama, by way of a circus drama, was directed by John Griffith Wray for Thomas H. Ince, and stars Madge Bellamy.
Guest at Beachleigh (uncredited)
Молодая женщина выходит замуж за старого миллионера, а затем влюбляется в красивого дворянина во время своего медового месяца.
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.
Captain Tom Fairing
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia.
Milton (as L.T. Steers)
Judge Robert Appleton (Winter Hall) has led an exemplary life. His four children, however, fell short once they grew up and had to fend for themselves. When Appleton dies, his widow (Lydia Knott) explains that his last request was that each child spend one hour of contemplation with his body. The first is the youngest daughter, Daisy (Rosemary Theby), an artist of note who was betrayed and left with a son to raise out of wedlock. Next is Luke (Milton Sills), a wild young man who ran away at 19, and even though he is now married and a father, he still can't quite settle down. The eldest son, Bob (Wilfred Lucas), is next -- he wed a wealthy woman, but the marriage has no love.
Commissioner Thorne (as L.W. Steers)
Mary Regan is the daughter of a gentleman crook and an heiress. Although she has received a good upbringing, she refuses to marry Robert Clifford for fear of damaging his career as a city official. Some old associates of her father, Peter Loveman and Jim Bradley, want her to help them in their blackmailing schemes. She won't, and escapes from her trying situation by going to the mountains for a rest.
Man in Office (uncredited)
A young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing.
Captain Lennox
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected.
Dr. Barnes
During World War I, young Dorothy Grant comes home from finishing school and informs her parents that she is going to contribute to the war effort by organizing a "Girls Aviation Corps". She has uniforms made and hires a veteran of the Spanish-American War to teach her "cadets" military routines and drills. Her father owns a munitions factory and is always telling her to be on the lookout for spies. She convinces herself that the family butler, Williams, is a spy because he cuts his grapefruit in an odd way. It turns out that Williams isn't a spy but the people whom Dorothy least suspects are in fact spies, and they discover that Dorothy knows the password to get into the factory after hours.
Frank Maxwell
Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog. Bengi is seized by dog catchers, but is rescued by Letty Stanford, for which Yano promises his fealty. Later Letty is kidnapped by Germans because of her war activities, and it is Yano who goes to her rescue and gets her free in spite of his diminutive size. The Little Japanese has paid his debt.
McIntyre
Molly is a wife of wealthy Britisher Sam Thornhill. Though devoutly loyal to her husband, the capricious Molly can't seem to avoid getting herself into compromising situations. The limit comes when a pair of Molly's stockings find their way into the boudoir of another man.
Ben Walton
Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in the cellar and she becomes insane. Jang meets Marcell Matthews at an Eastern university, and she returns with him to San Francisco to be married.
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Sallie Waters inherits $5,000 along with other legatees unknown to her. Whichever of the heirs uses his initial bequest to the best advantage is to receive the main residue of the estate.
One of Gordon's Friends (uncredited)
Бедная ирландка Амарилли, дочь уборщицы, знакомится с Гордоном Филипсом, человеком из высшего общества. Несмотря на социальное неравенство, молодые люди влюбляются друг в друга. Однако богатая тетя Филипса настроена против их отношений…
Pete
Dick Tavish, a young New Yorker, decides that there is money in cows, and he buys a western ranch. When the novelty has worn off he decided there is monotony as well. Then he falls in love with a girl on a calendar, and life takes on a new interest, particularly after he discovers who the girl is. The fact that her uncle swindled him on the ranch does not matter. He figures he can take care of the uncle, and he does, but not until he has been forced to masquerade as a woman, and have half the men at a fashionable resort fall in love with him.
