John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Рождение : 1909-09-06, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Смерть : 1968-01-18

История

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Ridgely (born John Huntington Rea, September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits. He appeared in the 1946 Humphrey Bogart film The Big Sleep as blackmailing gangster Eddie Mars and had a memorable role as a suffering heart patient in the film noir Nora Prentiss (1947). He appeared in a large number of other Warner Bros. films in the 1930s and 1940s. Freelancing after 1948, John Ridgely continued to essay general-purpose parts until he left films in 1953. Thereafter, he worked in summer-theater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968.

Профиль

John Ridgely

Фильмы

Off Limits
Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted.
Величайшее шоу мира
Assistant Manager
Фильм рассказывает о самом гигантском передвижном цирковом шоу на планете, в котором участвовало одновременно более двух тысяч человек, актеров и ассистентов. Все грандиозное зрелище располагалось под огромным натяжным шатром одновременно на трех аренах и вмещало тысячи зрителей. Небывалое количество диких животных, декораций и технических средств перевозилось по всей Америке специальными железнодорожными составами. В фильме всем этим огромным коллективом управляет один человек — крепкий и решительный парень Брэд Брейден. Чтобы гарантировать хорошие сборы, он нанимает акробата на трапеции Себастьяна, отдав ему главную роль в шоу, вместо акробатки Холли. С этой минуты между ними начинается соревнование за звание лучшего акробата под куполом гигантского цирка.
Fort Osage
Henry Travers
Lesley Selander took time off from his directorial duties on Tim Holt's RKO western series to helm the Monogram oater Fort Osage. Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett (Morris Ankrum) and Keane (Douglas Kennedy). Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack. Jane Nigh co-stars as the in-the-dark daughter of one of the villains. Fort Osage was produced by Walter Mirisch, who later graduated to such big-budgeters as West Side Story and The Great Escape.
Есть место ещё для одного
Harry Foreman
В семье инженера Джорджа Роуза было трое детей, когда его жена Анна решила взять из приюта еще двух детей – проблемную девочку-подростка и еще более проблемного мальчика-калеку. Терпение, доброта и любовь к детям приводят к заслуженному успеху и родительскому счастью.
The Blue Veil
Doctor (Uncredited)
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
As You Were
Captain
Military comedy starring William Tracy and Joe Sawyer. 1951.
Место под солнцем
Coroner
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…
When the Redskins Rode
Christopher Gist
A French spy (Mary Castle) flirts with an Indian chief's son (Jon Hall) amid war in 1753 Williamsburg, Va.
Half Angel
Tim McCarey
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figure out where they have met, but they spend several hours together until she gets away before John notices.
Thunder in God's Country
Bill Stafford
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until escaped convict Smitty arrives with plans of taking over and opening the town up as a gambling resort. It's up to Rex Allen and his pals to put a stop to it and sing a few songs along the way.
The Last Outpost
Sam McQuade
The cavalry defend a small town from indians.
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Railroad Detective Dan Hanes
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
Saddle Tramp
Slim
Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck realises he must take care of the family. They hit the road and he takes a job on a ranch, but he has to keep the children hidden as his boss hates kids. There's also tension with the neighbouring ranch, and when a girl on the run from her nasty uncle joins the family unannounced Chuck wonders what he has done to deserve all this.
Pal, Canine Detective
Gary's Father
Gary and his dog Pal are having fun working on make-believe crime cases, though Gary's father, a city detective, disapproves. Gary and Pal soon find themselves involved in a real case involving fur thieves.
South Sea Sinner
Don Williams
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
The Petty Girl
Patrolman
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
Edge of Doom
Detective #1
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
The Lost Volcano
Fred Barton
Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he's made friends with Bomba the jungle boy, who has shown him a great deal about life in the jungle. One day two adventurers come looking for ancient treasure in the shadow of a live volcano.
Beauty on Parade
Jeffrey Woodstock
Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and fortune through her daughter Kay, whom she persuades to enter a local beauty contest. Kay wins and is interviewed by reporter Gil McRoberts, who advises her to get married and settle down. Jeffrey is very upset with his wife's and daughter's passion for beauty contests and, when Kay enters the national contest, he informs Marian that she must choose between him and her chase after empty honors for Kay.
Backfire
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
Border Incident
Mr. Neley
The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
Once More, My Darling
Burke
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.
Спецотряд
Dixie Rankin
Фильм отслеживает всю историю авиации ВМФ и развитие авианосцев, а также отражает историю человека и ужасный опыт войны. Повествование ведётся в виде воспоминаний.
Tucson
Ben
The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. When his lack of focus nearly causes a tragic accident in the university chemistry lab, Andy decides to hunker down and study.
Trouble Makers
'Silky' Thomas
Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel.
Luxury Liner
Chief Officer Carver
Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he's charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de Janeiro. Anxious to become a singer herself, Bradford's young daughter, Polly, decides to skip out on school and sneak onto the ship before it departs. Angry that his daughter disobeyed him, Bradford puts her to work on the ship for punishment, but Polly has her own ideas about how to spend the trip.
Sealed Verdict
Lance Nissen
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Night Wind
Walters
A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking strangers several years after the war.
High Wall
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
Ложная тревога
Jackson Laidell
Приехав на похороны своего мужа в его семейное имение, Сандра знакомится с дядей и сестрой покойного — Джулией. С первых же минут пребывания Сандра понимает, что в доме творятся очень странные вещи, в основе которых лежит граничащее с истерией поведение Джулии. Дальнейшие события развиваются с мистической стремительностью: живые — начинают выбрасываться из окон, ранее умершие — вдруг оказываются живыми. Правда и неправда несколько раз меняются местами в сознании Сандры. Есть ли в этом доме хоть кто-нибудь, кому можно доверять?
That's My Man
Ramsey
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
Одержимая
Chief investigator of drowning
Однажды вечером в одну из психиатрических больниц в невменяемом состоянии была доставлена медсестра Луиза Хоуэлл. Женщина не реагировала ни на какие действия со стороны врачей и только повторяла одно имя, - Дэвид. Психотерапевт Харви Уиллард решил выяснить, что же привело его новую пациентку к такому душевному состоянию, и кто такой этот Дэвид, имя которого она твердит постоянно. Для этого он ввёл ей новое лекарство, которое помогло Луизе выйти из психологического шока и рассказать историю своей жизни с неким Дэвидом Саттоном, знакомство с которым перевернуло всю её жизнь...
Nora Prentiss
Walter Bailey, Heart Patient
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.
That Way with Women
Sam
A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
The Man I Love
Roy Otis
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
Глубокий сон
Eddie Mars
Кто-то шантажирует Кармен, распутную младшую дочь старого генерала Стернвуда, и тот нанимает частного детектива Марлоу, чтобы найти и отвадить вымогателей. Тому никак не удаётся выполнить задание — всех подозреваемых поочередно убивают. Старшая дочь генерала Вивиан предлагает свою помощь Марлоу, но на чьей она стороне? Таинственная, жесткая, непредсказуемая и сексапильная красавица, она постоянно оказывается там, где не надо. Получить от неё правдивую информацию — всё равно что ограбить форт Нокс…
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Mike Collins
Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland. A plebiscite there puts Henry out of a job. Flying to Milwaukee to become a beer salesman, he meets Bacall on the seat next to his, but a tap on his shoulder means he must give up his seat (and dream) to Bogie.
Моя репутация
Cary Abbott
После смерти мужа и отъезда детей в школу, Джессика один на один оказывается перед лицом общественного мнения, которое призывает ее предаться вечной скорби. Чтобы не сойти с ума от одиночества, Джессика уезжает с друзьями в горы, где знакомится с майором Лэндисом. В сердце Джессики вспыхивает новое чувство, но ни дети, ни мама, ни прежние друзья не одобряют попытку Джессики начать новую жизнь. В итоге, на одной чаше жизненных весов оказываются сбежавшие из дома дети, на другой — ее счастье с любимым. В какую же сторону склонятся весы?
Danger Signal
Thomas Turner
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.
Pride of the Marines
Jim Merchant
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
God Is My Co-Pilot
David 'Tex' Hill
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into China. In China, he persuades General Chennault to let him fly with the famed Flying Tigers, the heroic band of airmen who'd been fighting the Japanese long before Pearl Harbor. Scott gets his chance to fight, ultimately engaging in combat with the deadly Japanese pilot known as Tokyo Joe.
Голливудская лавка для войск
Self
Капрал Слим Грин, влюбленный в актрису Джоан Лесли, во время отпуска после ранения попадает в изумрудную сказку под названием «Голливудская Столовая» — место, где недосягаемые Звезды Голливуда спускаются с Небес на Землю и общаются с простыми американскими солдатами. Там он встречается со своим кумиром и осуществляет заветную мечту — поцеловать Джоан. На другой день ему везет еще больше — он становится миллионным посетителем «Столовой», а приз — вечер с любой голливудской актрисой. Он, конечно же, выбирает Джоан. При этом мисс Лесли оказывается никакой не недоступной Звездой, а обычной девушкой, проникающейся симпатией к парню. Их романтические отношения сопровождаются музыкальными выступлениями в «Столовой» Звезд экрана той эпохи.
The Doughgirls
Julian Cadman
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Мышьяк и старые кружева
Officer Saunders
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.
Пункт назначения – Токио
Reserve Officer Raymond
В этом суровом триллере о войне шкипер американской подводной лодки тайно проникает в Токийский залив для подготовки к крупному нападению Армии Союза на Японию. За лучший сюжет Стив Фишер был номинирован на премию «Оскар» . Позже он превратил свою захватывающую военную сагу в роман, ставший бестселлером.
Northern Pursuit
Jim Austen
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.
Военно-воздушные силы
Pilot
Это один из лучших американских пропагандистских фильмов, созданных во время Второй мировой войны, как нельзя лучше подошел для режиссера Хауарда Хоукса, добившегося совершенства в постановке масштабных боевых действий. Хоукс рассказывает историю «Мэри Энн», бомбардировщика В-17, и его экипажа. Завораживающая режиссура Хоукса и уверенная, эмоциональная работа всех актеров, особенно Гарфилда и Кэри, полностью захватывают внимание зрителя. Сейчас, к сожалению, картина начинает устаревать, но сценарий Николса достаточно силен, а диалоги наполнены смыслом и достоверны. Для съемок использовалась настоящая «Летающая крепость», позже упавшая в Тихий океан и утерянная, а интерьерные съемки велись в модели стоимостью 40 тыс. долларов. Хоукс сам был ветераном военно-воздушных сил, его собственный опыт и уважение к военной авиации очевидны в каждой сцене. Эта черно-белая лента будет настоящим подарком для видеоманов, помешанных на военной тематике.
Secret Enemies
John Trent
FBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate hunting lodge.
Wings for the Eagle
Alec Johnson
Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.
Важная шишка
Tim
«Крутой» парень Дюк Бёрн выходит на свободу после третьего срока и двадцати лет тюрьмы, полный растерянности и страха. Четвертое задержание для него — это пожизненный срок. Он готов начать жизнь заново, но прошлое вновь затягивает его…
Bullet Scars
Hank O'Connor
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
Человек, который пришел к обеду
Radio Man
После того как едкий критик Шеридан Уайтсайд ступает на порог провинциального дома бизнесмена Огайо и ломает ему бедро, он со своей свитой становится полноправным владельцем дома.
Dangerously They Live
John, Nazi Henchman
A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.
Steel Against the Sky
Joe (uncredited)
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
At the Stroke of Twelve
Reporter
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Garage Mechanic (uncredited)
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Navy Blues
'Jersey'
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Highway West
Alex, Armored Car Guard
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Девушка на миллион
Ollie Ward
Когда богатая стареющая Корнелия Уилрайт узнает, что отец обманул своего бывшего партнера, она возвращается в США, намереваясь исправить ошибки отца, передав 1 миллион долларов единственной родственнице партнера Памеле Макаллистер. Но богатство лишь приносит Памеле неприятности, потому что гордый любовник отказывается жениться на женщине, у которой денег больше, чем у него. Пэм придется искать равновесие между деньгами и любовью.
Поезда проезжают ночью
Arch
После того, как местный бакалейщик спасает ребенка от сбежавшего льва, владелец цирка предлагает ему участие в выступлении, но меняет свое мнение, узнав, что тот влюблен в его сестру.
Strange Alibi
Tex Alexander (prisoner)
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Knockout
Pat Martin
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.
Here Comes Happiness
Jim
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.
The Great Mr. Nobody
Eddie Williams
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Assistant (uncredited)
Skinnay Ennis leads his orchestra as they play "Three Little Words," "Let's Do It," and "Birth of the Blues". He also sings his composition "A Boy, A Girl and the Lamplight."
March On, Marines
Hap
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes the entrance exam. He soon finds out that his younger brother, Jimmy Lansing, just recently made sergeant as well, will also be taking the exam with him. The Lansing brothers are hard working and patriotic military men and both deserve to be accepted into the Academy, but they learn there is only one spot available. As entrance into Annapolis is dependent both on their exam results and their record, they are encouraged by the base colonel to enter into a friendly rivalry for the three weeks on the base prior to the exam. They also enter into a friendly rivalry for the affections of Penelope Hayworth, the admiral's daughter.
Lady with Red Hair
Actor Playing Paul (uncredited)
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Письмо
Driver (uncredited)
Лесли Кросби — супруга каучукового плантатора стреляет в друга их семьи Дэвида Ньюэлла. Позже на вопросы следователя она отвечает, что убитый пытался напасть на нее, и она убила его в порядке самообороны. Роберт Кросби, преданный и любящий муж, верит каждому ее слову и просит Ховарда Джойса, уважаемого юриста, защищать его супругу. Джойс узнает от секретаря, что миссис Хэммонд, вдова Ньюэлла, имеет в своем распоряжении письмо, написанное Лесли к Ньюэллу. В нем она просит Лесли приехать к ней на плантацию как раз в день убийства. Когда эту информацию адвокат сообщает Лесли, та хладнокровно признается, что убила Ньюзлла, и что он был ее любовником. Пожалев женщину, защитник соглашается выкупить компрометирующее письмо за 10 тысяч долларов. Вскоре супруг узнает, что все его сбережения были потрачены на покупку письма и требует, чтобы ему сообщили его содержание. Лесли во всем признается, и Роберт прощает ее, но вдова убитого не может простить смерти мужа…
Father Is A Prince
Salesman
Director Noel Smith's comic 1940 morality tale, about a carpet sweeper manufacturer who sacrifices his family's happiness for his business, stars Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, Jan Clayton, George Reeves, Lee Patrick, John Litel, Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Frank Ferguson, Vera Lewis, Pierre Watkin, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely and Frank Orth.
No Time for Comedy
Cashier (uncredited)
Director William Keighley's 1940 film adaptation of S. N. Behrman's stage hit, about an aspiring playwright who finds himself an overnight Broadway success, stars James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Charles Ruggles and Allyn Joslyn.
Service with the Colors
Army Lieutenant (uncredited)
This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt easily to army life, while others have trouble making the adjustment.
Money and the Woman
Doctor (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
River's End
Jeffers
An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays two roles.
Они ехали ночью
Hank Dawson (uncredited)
Джо и Пол Фабрини — братья-дальнобойщики, работающие за небольшие деньги на контору-перевозчика, и при этом постоянно скрывающиеся от кредиторов, у которых заложен их автомобиль. Но они живут мечтами о лучшей жизни — Джо хочет работать сам на себя, а Пол хочет оставить водительское ремесло, чтобы больше времени проводить с женой. Работа братьев и их коллег-дальнобойщиков зачастую связана с определенным риском — ради того, чтобы доставить груз вовремя, многие вынуждены ездить сутками почти без сна, что приводит к несчастным случаям. Героям наконец выпадает шанс заработать и встать на ноги, но на обратном пути случается авария…
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Brooks
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.
Брат «Орхидея»
Texas Pearson
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.
Выжженная зона
Gardner
Устав от разорительных набегов на плантации со стороны революционеров одной банановой республики, для восстановления порядка управляющий Стив Кэйс нанимает давнего друга - независимого и непредсказуемого Ника Батлера. Скоро на горизонте появляется красивая певица и аферистка Ли Донли, которая внесёт разлад в отношения Стива и Ника...
Flight Angels
Lt. Parsons
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
Saturday's Children
Mr. MacReady (voice) (uncredited)
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
'Til We Meet Again
Junior Officer (uncredited)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Alice in Movieland
Bill (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.
Teddy the Rough Rider
Reporter
This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.
Castle on the Hudson
Intake Guard (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Борющийся 69-й
Moran (uncredited)
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
Spills for Thrills
Movie Director (uncredited)
Warner Bros. short about stuntmen and stuntwomen and how they do their work, featuring real-life stunt artists Harvey Parry, Mary Wiggins, and Allen Pomeroy.
Невидимые полосы
Employment Clerk (uncredited)
Клифф и Чак вместе выходят из тюрьмы. Клифф хочет покончить со своим криминальным прошлым, устраивается на работу, но работодатели не хотят держать условно-досрочно освобожденного. Поэтому он вынужден пойти к Чаку в поисках заработка. После неудачного ограбления Чак со своей бандой прячется в гараже, принадлежащем брату Клиффа, Тиму, который соглашается «прикрыть» их, поскольку думает, что в ограблении участвовал Клифф…
Private Detective
Donald Norton
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.
A Child Is Born
Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Возвращение доктора X
Rodgers
Журналист Уолтер, придя к знаменитой актрисе взять интервью, обнаружил ее мертвой и вызвал полицию. Прибыв на место происшествия, полиция не находит труп, а на следующий день актриса заявляется в полицию и Уолтер выглядит чрезвычайно глупо. Решив, что он не смог ошибиться Уолтер начинает следить за актрисой и знакомится с ее доктором. Доктору Фрэнсису Флэгу, специалисту и исследователю в области заболевания крови, оказывает помощь неизвестно откуда взявшийся в последние месяцы сотрудник, по имени Маршалл Квисн. При взгляде на него поражала необычайная бледность лица, прямо-таки безжизненная, и широкая проседь волос. И еще он кого-то смутно напоминает. Но кого? Вскоре выясняется, что помощник является доктором Морисом Ксавье, тем самым Ксавье, которого признали виновным в убийстве ребенка в ходе эксперимента, и который был казнен на электрическом стуле. Но как же он «вернулся» к жизни?
On Dress Parade
Fort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
Kid Nightingale
Whitey
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
Ревущие двадцатые, или Судьба солдата в Америке
Cabbie at Grand Central (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…
Smashing the Money Ring
Policeman (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Slapsie Maxie's
Reporter (uncredited)
In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match between the reluctant waiter and the champ.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Reporter
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
Angels Wash Their Faces
Reporter at Pillory (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.
Everybody's Hobby
Ranger Mike Morgan
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
The Bill of Rights
Massachusetts Congressman
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
Reporter at Match
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Indianapolis Speedway
Ted Horn
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
The Cowboy Quarterback
Mr. Walters
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.
Каждое утро я умираю
Reporter (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…
Quiet, Please
Sears' Assistant (uncredited)
A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.
Naughty But Nice
Harry, Hudson's Assistant (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.
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Photographer in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Признание нацистского шпиона
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Победить темноту
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
Молодая красавица Джудит Трэйхерн находится в центре внимания окружающих, когда доктор Фредерик Стил ставит ей страшный диагноз — опухоль мозга. После операции между Джудит и Фредериком начинается роман. Но вскоре выясняется, что болезнь вернулась и на этот раз ничто уже не поможет…
Women in the Wind
Salesman (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
On Trial
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
Преступление тебе с рук не сойдет
Gas Station Proprietor
Юный Джонни Стоун арестован после того, как связался с матерым Фрэнком Уилсоном, который втянул его в ограбление с убийством. Уилсон оставил на месте преступления украденный пистолет Фреда Берка, жениха сестры Джонни. Теперь Берку угрожает смертная казнь…
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Reporter
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.
Secret Service of the Air
Joe LeRoy
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
Крылья морпехов
Dan Morrison
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.
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Officer (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.
They Made Me a Criminal
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Король преступного мира
Jerry
Доктор Найлз Нельсон вполне мог считать свою жизнь счастливой. Успешная практика, красавица-жена Кэрол, тоже врач. Всё резко меняет случай: оказание помощи одному из людей гангстера Герни. Но дружба с гангстером, помимо защиты и денег, чревата огромной опасностью. Доктор Найлз недолго наслаждался появившимися деньгами — случайная полицейская пуля во время оказания помощи очередному бандиту сделала Кэрол вдовой и навлекла на неё подозрение полиции и врачебного сообщества в связях с гангстерами. У Кэрол есть только три месяца, чтобы очистить своё имя и отомстить за мужа.
Going Places
Desk Clerk
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Nancy Drew: Detective
Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
Nancy Drew and Ted Nickerson solve a kidnapping case of a wealthy elderly lady. Ted has to disguise himself as a nurse while Nancy becomes a "widow" in order to locate the lady they are rescuing.
Torchy Gets Her Man
Henchman Bugs
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
Hard to Get
Burke
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.
Garden of the Moon
Sound Control Engineer (uncredited)
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
Парень встречает девушку
Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
Борцы с бандитизмом
Yellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Beacon Reporter
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
My Bill
Mr. Martin, Florist
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
White Banners
Charles Ellis
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Jim (aka Slug)
A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.
Western Trails
Ben McClure
In a remake of Dawn Trail, Bob Mason is wounded chasing the killers of his father. During his recovery, his nurse is Alice whom his friend Ben plans to marry. He eventually learns the killer was Alice's brother Rudd. But Rudd convinces Ben that Bob is taking Alice away from him. So Ben removes the bullets from Bob's gun just before Bob goes off to face Rudd.
Torchy Blane in Panama
Sparks (as John Ridgeley)
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
He Couldn't Say No
Man-On-The-Street Reporter
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
Forbidden Valley
Duke Lafferty
In this youth-oriented western, a young man's father is wrongfully accused of murder. Unfortunately, his pa can't prove it and so flees into the rugged mountains. He brings his boy with him. In those lonely hills lives a sad, but wealthy young woman. Love blossoms between the son and the girl as the son struggles to clear his father's name and bring the real villains to justice.
Blondes at Work
Regan
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.
The Spy Ring
Spy Ring Member (uncredited)
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
The Patient in Room 18
Jim Warren
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
The Man Without a Country
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.
Streamline Express
Train Steward (uncredited)
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.