Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Рождение : 1882-01-10, Veracruz, Mexico

Смерть : 1967-10-30

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in 233 films between 1915 and 1958. Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the diplomatic corps of the United States. He ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii before venturing into acting. Trowbridge's Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (1932), Ladies of Creation (1931), Congai (1928), The Behavior of Mrs. Crane (1927), We Never Learn (1927), Craig's Wife (1925), It All Depends (1925), The Backslapper (1924), The Locked Door (1924), Sweet Seventeen (1923), The Lullaby (1923), The Last Warning (1922), The Night Call (1921), Just Because (1921), The Broken Wing (1920), Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914). Trowbridge died in Los Angeles, California.

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Charles Trowbridge

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The Last Hurrah
Plymouth Club Member (uncredited)
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Hoodlum Empire
Commissioner Garrison
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
The Bushwhackers
Justin Stone
Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.
The Texas Rangers
Governor of Texas (uncredited)
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
Peggy
Dean William Stockwell
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.
Mr. Soft Touch
Judge Fuller (Uncredited)
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Источник
Director (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…
Bad Boy
Dr. Fletcher
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Бледнолицый
Gov. Johnson
Кто-то на Диком Западе продает оружие индейцам. Для того, чтобы найти преступников, правительство, в обмен на помилование, отправляет в опасное путешествие Каламити Джейн и секретного агента под прикрытием, которые должны изображать из себя мужа и жену. Когда агента убивают, Джейн приходится срочно найти себе нового «мужа» – дантиста «Безболезненного» Питера Поттера, неудачника и труса, который хочет оставить варварский запад далеко позади и вернуться на восток. Когда на караван фургонов нападают индейцы, свою меткую стрельбу Джейн приписывает Поттеру, который мгновенно становится героем в глазах горожан, прикрытием Джейн, и приманкой для индейцев и торговцев оружием
The Scar
Deputy
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Stage Struck
Police Capt. Webb
The murder of nightclub hostess leads an investigator (Kane Richmond) to seedy nightspots.
Song of My Heart
Jurgensen
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Tycoon
Señor Tobar
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love with his boss's daughter
Key Witness
John Ballin
A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
Black Gold
Judge Wilson
A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.
Тайная жизнь Уолтера Митти
Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
Michigan Kid
Banker John Nash
A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.
Море травы
George Cameron
Люти Кэмерон выходит замуж за промышленника Брутона, живущего среди прерий, владеющего бескрайними пастбищами и не допускающего на свои земли приезжих фермеров. Люти позиции мужа не разделяет и старается помочь поселенцам.
Тарзан и охотница
King Farrod
В девственный тропический лес, где живет Тарзан, Джейн и их сын Бой, прибывает зоологическая экспедиция, возглавляемая Таней Роулинс и ее сподвижником Полом Вейром, которые под видом исследователей вступили в сговор с принцем Озирой, племянником добропорядочного короля Фаррода. Эти «лже-ученые» преследуют цель не изучать, а отлавливать диких животных для зоопарков. Тарзан, узнав о намерениях пришедших в джунгли людей, вмешивается в ход развивающихся событий…
Buck Privates Come Home
Mr. Quince
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Shoot to Kill
District Attorney John Forsythe
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
Undercurrent
Justice Putnam
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Creighton
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.
Valley of the Zombies
Dr. Rufus Maynard
A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
The Hoodlum Saint
Uncle Joe Lorrison
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.
Smooth as Silk
Fletcher Holliday
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
Shock
Dr. Franklin Harvey
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
Они были незаменимыми
Admiral Blackwell
После атаки Перл-Харбора экипаж торпедных катеров в районе Филиппинских островов должен сразиться с превосходящими их силами японцев…
Милдред Пирс
Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)
Супружество Милдред с Бертом было неудачным. В то время, как она посвящает всю себя дочерям, в основном старшей, Веде, Берт веселится в приятной компании. Оставив Берта, Милдред устраивается работать официанткой. Будучи честолюбивой, она очень много работает и идет вверх по карьерной лестнице. Она знакомится с плейбоем Монти Берагоном и совершает роковую ошибку: выходит за него замуж. А он пускает ее сбережения на ветер…
Красный дракон
Prentiss
Чарли Чен сталкивается с подозреваемыми в деле о краже формулы атомной бомбы, которых убивают пулями, выпущенными не из пистолета.
Faces in the Fog
Mr. White
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....
Summer Storm
Doctor
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Hey, Rookie
General Willis
Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show, Winnie Clark appears in a camp show, hears about his task and offers him his help. He thinks, she does it for her publicity only, so he doesn't want to know anything about this, till he finds out, that she has no such intentions.
Капитан Америка
Police Commissioner Dryden
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.
На линии огня
Randolph (uncredited)
Эгоцентричный и трудолюбивый Уэдж Донован — владелец строительной компании, которая ведет реконструкции и строительство взлетных полос на островах Тихого океана во время Второй Мировой Войны. Однажды он узнает от лейтенанта Роберта Ярроу, что его безоружные рабочие убиты японцами. Решительно настроенные парни приезжают в Вашингтон с требованием получить оружие для обороны строек и организовать строительный батальон, который сможет не только строить, но и воевать. Правительственный чиновник отказывает быстро выдать оружие, мотивируя тем, что рабочие должны пройти годовой курс обучения. Раздосадованный Донован возвращается на остров, где продолжает свою опасную работу. Неожиданно на остров высаживается морской десант японцев. Агрессоры начинают теснить американские войска, обороняющие рубежи острова, и тогда Донован и его рабочие заводят моторы своих мощных тракторов, бульдозеров и экскаваторов, чтобы противостоять атаке «Самураев»…
Мадам Кюри
Board Member (uncredited)
Фильм рассказывает о профессиональной и личной жизни одной из наиболее выдающихся женщин-ученых в истории — Марии Кюри.
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Maj. William Elliott [Ch. 1]
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
The Falcon in Danger
Palmer's Doctor (uncredited)
Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.
Don't You Believe It
Politician
This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the great Chicago fire; Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned; and Lady Godiva never rode naked through the streets of Coventry.
Война в Северной Атлантике
Rear Adm. Hartridge (uncredited)
Американский танкер потоплен торпедой от немецкой подлодки. Выжившие члены экипажа, проведя несколько дней в открытом море, спасены и возвращаются на берег в ожидании нового назначения. Капитан Стив Джарвис отправляется домой к жене; его помощник Джо Росси знакомится с певицей в баре и женится на ней. Оба попадают на борт корабля «Морская ведьма», следующий в Мурманск в составе конвоя союзников…..
Миссия в Москву
Secretary of State Cordell Hull (uncredited)
Хроника впечатлений о Советском Союзе американского посла Дэвиса, его встреч со Сталиным, и его общая точка зрения на отношения Советского Союза и Соединенных Штатов.
Удивительная миссис Холлидей
Вторая мировая война. Войска США помогают Китаю в войне против Японии. Дочь американского миссионера находясь взоне боевых действий, находит восемь детей-сирот ирешает перевезти их в Америку, где они начнут новую жизнь. Но прежде чем это произойдет, девушке предстоят тяжелые испытания, которые она преодолеет благодаря своему обаянию, жизнерадостному характеру и веселому нраву.
Tennessee Johnson
Lansbury
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
That Other Woman
Linkletter
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.
Остров Уэйк
Декабрь 1941. Без всякой надежды на помощь, небольшой гарнизон на островах Уилкс, Уэйк и Пил, в течение двух недель отражал яростные атаки японского флота.
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Senate President
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government decided to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly put the recruits through grueling training -- until only ten prospective soldiers remained. They include Dawson, a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton, a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for Carolyn Bainbridge, while they, along with the other eight, try convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.
Meet the Stewarts
Mr. Martin (Uncredited)
A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work; trying to impress family, stay on budget, and remain as diplomatic towards each other as possible.
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Judge Rossiter
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
Sex Hygiene
Medical officer
Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal disease. A graphic and frank presentation of the types and treatment of venereal disease follows.
Over My Dead Body
Honest Tom Mardley
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
Blue, White, and Perfect
Capt. Brown
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
Design for Scandal
Attorney
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
Cadet Girl
Col. Bradley
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
Great Guns
Col. Ridley
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
King of the Texas Rangers
Robert Crawford
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
Сержант Йорк
Cordell Hull
Этот фильм посвящен истории жизни американца, героя первой мировой войны Элвина С. Йорка, захватившего во время боя в одиночку 132 немецких солдата. Это событие произошло во время наступления Мойзе-Аргонн во Франции. После этого подвига простой солдат стал одним из самых любимых героев Америки.
We Go Fast
Defense Attorney
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.
Belle Starr
Colonel Bright
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Scott) Belle Shirley (Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation amongst the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
Dressed to Kill
David Earle
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Hurricane Smith
Mark Harris
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new life, but one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot which he believes Smith has.
They Met in Bombay
Doctor (uncredited)
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
The Nurse's Secret
Arthur Glenn
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
Strange Alibi
Gov. Phelps
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Великая ложь
Senator Ted Greenfield
Проснувшись после пьяной свадьбы Пит узнает, что его брак с Сандрой недействителен, так как ее развод не вступил в законную силу. Он делает ей повторное предложение, а пока она размышляет он женится на своей бывшей невесте Мэгги. Но Сандра не намерена сдаваться, и она вступает в единоборство с Мэгги за обладание Питом, ведь в ее рукаве есть один неоспоримый козырь, она беременна ребенком Пита.
The Great Mr. Nobody
Grover Dillon
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Let's Make Music
Doctor
An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.
Four Mothers
Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
This Thing Called Love
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Trail of the Vigilantes
John Thornton
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Mysterious Doctor Satan
Gov. Bronson
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.
Сын Монте-Кристо
Priest
1865 год. Войска Наполеона III готовятся к вторжению на Балканы для поддержки диктатора генерала Гурко Лейнена. Чтобы обеспечить содержание войск на своей территории, а так же для организации пышных свадебных торжеств с местной красавицей Зоной, диктатору нужны деньги. Он надеется получить их у одного банкира. Но финансист, которого по всем канонам не должно волновать ничего, кроме собственного благополучия, оказывается благородным героем с горячем сердцем. Он поднимает народ на борьбу, призывая свергнуть диктатора, и освобождает Зону от брака, который так страшит её.
Cherokee Strip
Sen. Cross
Richard Dix stars as Dave Morrell, the new marshal of Goliath, Oklahoma. Immediately upon arrival, Morrell finds himself at odds with banker Coy Barrett (Victor Jory), who is actually the leader of all local criminal activities.
Knute Rockne All American
Professor (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Рука мумии
Dr. Petrie
В древнем Египте священник Карнака пытается использовать могущественные заклинания, чтобы вернуть к жизни свою возлюбленную, умершую принцессу Ананку. Его ловят и в наказание за это невиданное святотатство вырывают язык и закапывают живым, заставляя быть вечным охранником ее хорошо спрятанной могилы. Двадцатый век. Верховный жрец Карнака все еще защищает от разграбления могилу принцессы Ананки. Недавний высокопоставленный служитель церковного культа Андохеб, работающий в музее Каира, узнает о необычной находке археологов. Археолог Стивен Баннинг и его товарищ Бабе Дженсон получают неопровержимые доказательства существования таинственной гробницы, где захоронена Ананка.
Before I Hang
Judge Braden
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Atkinson
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Чарли Чен в доме восковых фигур
Judge
Музей восковых фигур, которым управляет сумасшедший доктор, который содержит статуи таких криминальных личностей, как Джек Потрошитель и Синяя Борода. Помимо изготовления восковых фигур, доктор занимается пластическими операциями. Именно здесь находит убежище сатана. В музее также находится статуя Чарли. Разочарованный «сын №2» пинает статую сзади; упс!, и «сын №2» ошибся в своём предположении.
My Love Came Back
Dr. Downey
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Davis (uncredited)
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
Our Town
Dr. Ferguson, the wedding minister
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Эдисон, человек
Clark
Биографическая лента, рассказывающая об изобретателе Томасе Эдисоне. В 1869 году, в возрасте 22 лет, устав от бедной жизни и работе на телеграфе, он поехал в Нью-Йорк по совету старого друга. Томас приходит в телеграфную контору «Вестерн Юнион», рассчитывая найти там место. Он пытается убедить финансиста господина Таггарта профинансировать его изобретения. Президент компании Пауэлл соглашается дать Эдисону денег. За свою разработку — усовершенствование системы телеграфирования биржевых бюллетеней о курсе золота и акций — Томас Эдисон получает 40 000 долларов. Это становится началом новой жизни.
Johnny Apollo
Judge Penrose
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.
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Harvey
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
Вирджиния-Сити
Seddon - Aide to Jefferson Davis (uncredited)
1864 год, Гражданская война в США подходит к концу. Сторонники южных штатов решают использовать последний шанс. В помощь своей истекающей кровью армии, они решают доставить $5 миллионов в золотых слитках из Вирджиния-Сити. Везти золото через вражеские штаты поручено капитану Ирби, у которого есть хитроумный план. Помешать этому пытается Керри Брэдфорд, капитан военной разведки союзной армии. Но о золоте узнал и главарь местной банды Маррелл. Три стороны сцепились в смертельной схватке…
Дом о семи фронтонах
Judge
Над родом Пинченов довлеет старое проклятие. Однажды, чтобы заполучить земли простого плотника Мэттью Моула, полковник Джеффри Пинчен обвинил его в колдовстве, и Моул был казнен, однако успел проклясть с эшафота своего убийцу. На его землях полковник возвел Дом о семи фронтонах, который с тех самых пор стал родовой собственностью Пинченов. В день окончания строительства полковник Пинчен умер загадочной смертью. Спустя много лет, в 1828 году, в доме живут четверо Пинченов: престарелый отец семейства, юная и хорошенькая кузина Гефсиба, младший сын Клиффорд, прогрессивно мыслящий музыкант, а также старший сын, студент-юрист Джеффри, суеверный юноша, которому никак не дают покоя мифические богатства, спрятанные в доме предками.
I Take This Woman
Dr. Morris (uncredited)
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
The Fatal Hour
John T. Forbes
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Judge
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
Swanee River
Mr. Foster
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.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Cabinet Member
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.
Smashing the Money Ring
Judge B.A. Royer (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Tropic Fury
Dr. Taylor
An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
Angels Wash Their Faces
Reform School Superintendent (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.
The Man They Could Not Hang
Judge Bowman
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
Леди из тропиков
Alfred Z. Harrison
Приехав в Сайгон со своей невестой, герой влюбляется в другую - красавицу-полукровку. Беда в том, что из-за своего происхождения, та считается человеком "второго сорта".
Hotel for Women
Foley
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Gen. Fremont
Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard a slave ship on the high seas, the bartering of natives for slavery in a tropical paradise, and battle scenes between enraged California settlers and the Mexican Army.
Каждое утро я умираю
Judge
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…
Undercover Doctor
Lt. Watson
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent Robert Anders has to catch on to Morgan's illicit activities.
Признание нацистского шпиона
Maj. Williams (uncredited)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
История Александра Грэхема Белла
George Pollard
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
On Trial
Harry Dean
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
Давайте жить
Trial Judge (uncredited)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Sergeant Madden
Commissioner in 1919
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
King of Chinatown
Dr. Jones
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Cafe Society
Mr. Tiller, the Lawyer
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
Risky Business
Henry Jameson
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Boy Trouble
Mr. Tatum
A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.
Pride of the Navy
Capt. Tyler
A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable boat to carry torpedoes.
Король преступного мира
Dr. Ryan
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.
Homicide Bureau
Henley - Committee Spokesman
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.
Kentucky
Doctor
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.
Submarine Patrol
RAdm. Joseph Maitland
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Nancy Drew: Detective
Hollister
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.
Gang Bullets
Dexter Wayne
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
Сумасшедшая мисс Ментон
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Богатая светская львица Мелса Ментон возвращается с костюмированной вечеринки в предутренние часы, когда видит выбегающего из соседнего пустующего особняка богатого банкира знакомого мужчину, который ее даже не замечает. Любопытство пересиливает и Мелса заходит в дом, где натыкается на труп. Девушка в ужасе сбегает, оставив свою накидку. Приехавшая через 10 минут полиция, видя как одета девушка, слушая ее путанную речь, и зная ее сумасбродную репутацию, мало ей верит, но что более важно — в доме не обнаружено трупа. Редактор газеты Питер Эймс считает, что это последний инцидент еще одна шутка из серии шалостей, на которые способна веселая девушка и ее подруги и пишет о них статью, полную сарказма. Взбешенная Мелса врывается в редакцию и объявляет о своем намерении подать в суд за клевету. Питер очарован взрывной энергией девушки и решает, что он на ней женится. А Мелса и ее подруги решают самостоятельно предпринять расследование и найти убийцу, для того чтобы защитить свою репутацию.
Smashing the Rackets
Grand Juryman
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Men with Wings
Alcott
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
Борцы с бандитизмом
Martin's Trial Judge #2 (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Crime Ring
L. Marvin
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.
Gangs of New York
District Attorney Lucas
An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
Школа преступности
Judge Robert E. Clinton
После случайного убийства старьевщика, банда подростков из малообеспеченных семей приговорена к двум года в исправительной школе. В первые дни им придется столкнуться с жестоким режимом директора школы...
The Invisible Menace
Dr. Brooks
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
The Patient in Room 18
Dr. Bahman
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.
Exiled to Shanghai
Walters
A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Warden
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Fit for a King
Mr. Marshall
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.
Та самая женщина
Dr. 'Doc' James
Мэри работает секретарем успешного адвоката. Ее шеф проявляет не только доброе расположение к подчиненной, но буквально берет ее судьбу в свои руки и помогает Мэри выйти замуж за Джека, которого она давно любит. Но его отец разрушает брак. Спустя несколько лет Мэри и Джек снова встретятся: он — человек с изломанной судьбой, она — счастливая мать их сына…
Sea Racketeers
Maxwell Gordon
J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard.
Отважные капитаны
Dr. Dick Walsh (uncredited)
Избалованный сын американского миллионера во время путешествия в Европу случайно упал за борт океанского лайнера. Его подбирает португальский рыбак Мануэль, который учит его премудростям жизни на рыбацкой шхуне. Через три месяца шхуна берёт курс на новоанглийский порт Глостер, но Мануэль по дороге погибает. Привязанность мальчика к старшему товарищу такова, что в память о нём он решает связать свою жизнь с морем. Однако это противоречит планам его отца…
The Thirteenth Chair
Dr. Mason
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
They Gave Him a Gun
Judge
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Espionage
Doyle
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
Mama Steps Out
American Consul
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
Man Of The People
Man at Hearing (uncredited)
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Dangerous Number
Hotel Manager
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
Torture Money
Dr. Morgan (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Sinner Take All
Coroner (uncredited)
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
Mad Holiday
Ship's Doctor (uncredited)
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Оклеветанная
Graham
Бил Чандлер один из самых мастеровитых рыболовов Америки, по технике ему нет равных, любая форель попадется к нему на удочку. Но Чандлер рассказывает нам не только рыболовную историю. Все начинается, когда светская дива предъявляет репортеру Трейси иск по делу о клевете. Трейси привлекает невесту Харлоу и неудачливого Пауела к встречному маневру, включающему в себя фальсифицированную свадьбу, подстроенное насилие, необычайно смешную сцену на рыбалке, драку, обманутые обещания и разбитые сердца, и, конечно же, настоящую любовь.
The Devil Is a Sissy
Doctor
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
Великолепная инсинуация
Martin Van Buren
Это историческая драма, когда штаты государства боролись против объединения в мощный союз и за собственную самостоятельность. Все это происходит на фоне рассказа о жизни Маргарет «Пеги» О`Нил Итон, которая получила известность в годы президентства Эндрю Джексона. История начинается еще до избрания в президенты ее дяди. Девушка, является дочерью хозяина гостиницы в Вашингтоне, где предпочитают останавливаться политики. Она прекрасно образована и свободно выражает свои политические пристрастия. Но эти же самые политические убеждения заставляют ее отказаться от самой большой любви своей жизни Джона Рэндолфа, сенатора штата Вирджиния, который был политическим оппонентом ее дяди Джексона. После ее скоропалительного брака с морским офицером, который заканчивается для нее статусом вдовы, Пеги, по совету своего дяди, выходит замуж за влюбленного в нее сенатора и военного министра Итона, который поддерживал политику президента.
We Went to College
President Tomlin
Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.
Speed
Doctor Attending Gadget
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.
Absolute Quiet
Doctor (Uncredited)
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
Moonlight Murder
Stage Manager
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Робин Гуд из Эльдорадо
Ramon de la Cuesta
В 1848 году на лесопилке Саттера в Калифорнии нашли золото. Началась Золотая Лихорадка. Страну наводнили американские проходимцы, жадные до быстрой наживы. Проживавшим в Калифорнии мексиканцам пришлось несладко. Их сгоняли с родных земель, грабили, убивали. Когда несчастья коснулись Хоакина Мурьеты и его родных, он встал на путь жестокого мщения. Калифорния наполнилась криками умирающих американцев. Золотоискатели волей-неволей объединились, чтобы истребить Хоакина и его мексиканцев.
Important News
Ed Rollins (uncredited)
In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page.
The Garden Murder Case
Inspector Colby
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
Exclusive Story
James Witherspoon Sr.
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
Последний язычник
Mine Superintendant (uncredited)
В XIX-м веке в южной части Тихого океана существовал обычай, когда островитяне делали набег на соседний остров, для того чтобы найти пригодных для замужества женщин. Во время одного из подобных набегов Таро увидел прекрасную Лиллео и спросил у вождя племени разрешения взять её. Пока Таро и другие мужчины наблюдали за женщинами, плавающими в пруду, местные аборигены, вооруженные копьями, напали на них и принудили к бегству. Таро, однако, задержался, и после непродолжительной борьбы с Лиллео, которая не хотела идти за ним, ему всё же удаётся забрать её на свой остров. По прибытии Таро представляет Лиллео своей матери и своему племени. Позже, после их свадьбы, Лиллео и Таро оказываются в руках белых работорговцев…
Рандеву
Secretary of War Baker
Вашингтон, 1917 год. Лейтенант Уильям Гордон полон решимости отправиться на фронт во Францию, где вовсю грохочет Первая мировая война, но былое увлечение кодами и случайное знакомство с эмансипированной племянницей военного чиновника резко меняют судьбу офицера, и он оказывается в центре вражеской шпионской сети.
It's in the Air
Alfred Drake
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
I Live My Life
Minister (Uncredited)
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Woman Wanted
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
Mad Love
Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Calm Yourself
Mr. Lansell
A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help clients solve their unusual and problematic situations.
The Secret Call
Phil Roberts
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.
Я возьму эту женщину
Mr. Dowling
A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits her, and after trying to make a go of it as a cowboy's wife, they agree to divorce and she returns back east to her family. However, she soon changes her mind and determines to get her husband back.
Honor Among Lovers
Cunningham, Craig's Attorney
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
Damaged Love
Ned Indicott
Determined to land Jim as her husband, footloose Nita contrives to get herself pregnant by him.
Prohibition