Allen Rivkin

A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.

A teenager finds her wayward sister running with thieves in San Francisco.

A nightclub operator (Mara Corday), her sister (Barbara Bostock), a beautician (Lita Milan) and two other women rob a payroll.

The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finally gives up on his younger brother and heads for Colorado. He gets a job and all is well until his brother shows up and takes a job that puts them on opposite sides of the law.

Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timber barons who also seek to control lumber mills. Based on the novel of the same name.

American soldiers, captured by North Korean's, are periodically brainwashed into giving up their capitalist ways to join the communist movement.

Во время корейской войны молодая медсестра прибывает на фронт в небольшой полевой госпиталь. Рут страстно влюбляется в хирурга, майора Джеда. История их любви разворачивается прямо посреди военных действий, на линии фронта. Джед колеблется, но Рут с головой окунается в свои чувства, несмотря на все трудности военного времени. Атаки врагов, сложные погодные условия, многочисленные жертвы — кажется, не до романтики, но любовь живет вопреки всем трудностям и обстоятельствам.

Состоящий из 8 отдельных историй фильм раскрывает различные грани понятия «Американский дух».

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.

Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further is when Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.

Кэтрин Холстром, дочь фермера, приезжает в большой город, чтобы выучиться на медсестру. Однако в первый же день у нее крадут все деньги, предназначенные и для обучения, и для оплаты жилья. Кэтрин устраивается домработницей к конгрессмену Гленну Морли. Он удивлен, что девушка из глубинки имеет такие трезвые взгляды на современную политику, и через некоторое время понимает, что влюбился в нее…

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

Отважные парашютисты-десантники Рип Мердок и Джонни Дрейк возвращаются с фронта, Конгресс США представил их к наградам, и на вокзале их встречают журналисты, собирающиеся опубликовать материал о героях войны. Завидев репортеров, Джонни неожиданно в панике бежит, Рип начинает его поиски и попадает в такой переплет, по сравнению с которым война — прогулка. Следы друга приводят Рипа в маленький городок Галф Сити, откуда Джонни бежал 2 года назад после обвинения в убийстве некоего Чендлера, и куда, похоже, вновь вернулся сейчас. Что же заставило его так рисковать, ведь полиция до сих пор мечтает усадить его за решетку: то ли желание найти настоящего убийцу и снять с себя подозрения, то ли страсть к вдове погибшего — сногсшибательной красотке Корэл Чендлер? Оказавшись в Галф Сити, Рип оказывается в самом эпицентре череды убийств и, преследуемый и полицией и гангстерами, вынужден яростно сражаться за свою жизнь…

Steve, revue producer in Rio de Janeiro, is still in love with his ex-wife Vicki, his star Linda is in love with Steve and Tito is in love with Linda. Because of this they all get small problems.

Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.

Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...

A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.

Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on the island in her childhood. They must fight angry natives and a typhoon in order to survive.

In this comedy/mystery a milquetoast ad man finds his good ideas constantly copped by ambitious coworkers. His boss doesn't even seem to see him. The ad man's wife pushes her husband into confronting his boss during a party. Unfortunately, the timid fellow finds himself accused of murder after a corpse is found in the trunk of his car. He is quickly incarcerated for the crime. Meanwhile his wife begins investigating in an attempt to prove his innocence.

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.

The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.

A supense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

В ночь на 22 апреля 1901, на приеме в Белом Доме, президент Уильям МакКинли скрытно встречается с офицером морского флота Ричардом Перри, блестяще показавшего себя при битве под Манилой под началом адмирала Дьюи. Он отправляет его с секретной миссией, о которой будет знать только он и никто больше, поскольку по стране прокатилась волна дерзких банковских ограблений, а секретная служба ничего не может сделать. Преступники всегда оказываются на шаг впереди. Ричард должен найти выход на банду и попытаться проникнуть в нее. Став Джо Патриком Ричард в конце концов попадает в кафе «Капитолий» в городке Сент-Поле, где знакомится с очаровательной ночной певицей Лил.

В ночь на 22 апреля 1901, на приеме в Белом Доме, президент Уильям МакКинли скрытно встречается с офицером морского флота Ричардом Перри, блестяще показавшего себя при битве под Манилой под началом адмирала Дьюи. Он отправляет его с секретной миссией, о которой будет знать только он и никто больше, поскольку по стране прокатилась волна дерзких банковских ограблений, а секретная служба ничего не может сделать. Преступники всегда оказываются на шаг впереди. Ричард должен найти выход на банду и попытаться проникнуть в нее. Став Джо Патриком Ричард в конце концов попадает в кафе «Капитолий» в городке Сент-Поле, где знакомится с очаровательной ночной певицей Лил.

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.

Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.

The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.

An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for their marriage.

On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son he's not seen since infancy.

Don Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to spend more time with Don's best friend and they become attracted to one another. Don and Elsa decide to get a divorce, unaware of the effect their problems are having on their daughter Molly. When Elsa announces plans to remarry, Molly runs away from home.

The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres.

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.

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

Отсидев срок, гангстер Дэнни Кин решает порвать с криминальным миром и заняться своим истинным призванием - журналистикой. Применение своей неуемной энергии, пробивной дерзости, смекалке и расплывчатым моральным нормам он находит в профессии "охотника за фотографиями" в одном низкопробном таблоиде (иначе говоря, папарацци, ещё задолго до возникновения самого термина). Там он быстро делает карьеру, добывая в опасных условиях провокационные фото, которых жаждет публика. Проблемы возникают, когда он обманным путем проникает в блок смертников тюрьмы Синг-Синг и делает там снимок женщины-убийцы на электрическом стуле. Ведь полицейский чин, понесший ответственность за это происшествие, является отцом любимой девушки Дэнни, да к тому же имеет с ним давние счеты ещё со времен его преступной деятельности.

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.

Eddie Burke ( Jack Oakie) is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When his manager Doc Williams (William Collier Sr.) is offered the opportunity to stage a match at Madison Square Garden, but only if he gets rid of his stable of fighters, Eddie fabricates an alibi and stages a walkout on Doc.

College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.

Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from showgirl pal his gal, Peggy. Eventually Bill's reckless tattling gets him in deep trouble with friends and enemies, putting his career and life in jeopardy.

"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.

A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.