Himself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Dean Watkins
A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.
Huntingdon Lawford
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.
Monsignor
Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ex-con Joseph Braden (Ron Hagerthy) has his car temporarily stolen by a pair of bank robbers who hide their loot in the vehicle's spare tire. After the car is repossessed, it's sold to the kindly Rev. Daniel Sheridan (Don Beddoe), who immediately sets out on a fishing trip. Not knowing that his new automobile was recently used in a heist, Father Dan gets the surprise of his life when he's suddenly stopped by a police officer.
The Future-being Advocate
A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.
Doc Devlin
The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead, Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves.
Cmdr. Kimball
Not having heard that war has erupted between the U.S. and Mexico, a wagon train heads west, only to find itself threatened by the Mexicans who have teamed up with hostile Indians.
Harris
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.
Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.
President James Polk
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.
Col. Ford
Ex-army sergeant Jed Givens and his gang rob an army payroll shipment led by Lt. Hemp Brown. Givens kills a civilian woman and all the soldiers, leaving Brown alive to face a military tribunal in which he is branded a coward, stripped of all insignia and drummed out of the army. Brown sets out to track down Givens in an effort to clear his name.
Середина XVII века. Колониальный раздел Северной Америки продолжается. Борьба Англии и Франции за территориальное господство разделила и сделала врагами индейские племена и европейских переселенцев. Воспитанный индейцами, Зверобой вместе со своим кровным братом Чингачгуком, пытается спасти двух девушек, живущих с отцом в маленьком форте на реке, от нападения враждебного племени гуронов.
Sheriff Tom Jones
An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies.
Dillon
Chicago detectives in the 1880s head west to find the killers of their colleague.
Roger Connolly
Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Madison.
Fan Bearer
Фильм повествует о знаменитом библейском персонаже Моисее, о его рождении, возмужании, культовом исходе евреев из Египта…
Gov. Safford
Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.
Marshal Wayne Forrester
A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.
District Attorney Roy Kasden
Down-and-out artist Joe Manning (John Bromfield) wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.
Mark Spurlock
In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate mobsters try to stop him by using his innocent daughter in a blackmail scheme.
Charles Hanford
An outlaw terrorizes the citizens of Gunsight Pass while he searches for stolen bank money that mysteriously disappeared after a robbery.
Steve Harper
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Gen. Crook
Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.
Sam Cosgrove
Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his pal Slip, he arrives at the Jones mansion to review the legal papers needed for him to claim his new fortune. However, Sach and Slip discover that the rightful heir, the young Terwilliger III, is being cheated out his inheritance by the miscreant duo of Stuyvesant Jones and Clarissa. Sach and Slip, with the help of their fellow Bowery Boys, save the day and restore the heir’s inheritance.
Capt. Weightman
It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous namesake. There is spy amongst them informing the Indians. They survive the first Indian attack and then push on. They have a choice of two passes through the mountains. Learing of the pass to be defended by the Indians, they head for the other. But upon ariving, the Indians attack. Somehow they have been informed.
Attorney (uncredited)
Детеныша гориллы по кличке Джо привозят в Голливуд, где он становится настоящей звездой…
Frank Abbott
A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any further rustling, marks the currency that rancher Frank Abbott turns over to the gang to get his cattle back. Unfortunately drifters Dick McBride and Chito Rafferty are accused of being in the gang when they are found with the money, which they have actually won at the casino of saloon owner Brad Carew, a member of the gang. Dick and Chito break out of jail and hunt down the fleeing Carew in hopes of finding out who the true leader of the gang is.
Steve Richards
The first of Monogram's "Father" series was Henry, the Rainmaker, assembled in a fast seven days. Henry Latham is an average family man who is galvanized into entering a mayoral race over the issue of garbage disposal. When incumbent mayor Colton solves this issue himself, Henry turns his attentions to the current water shortage. His efforts to become a rainmaker prove cataclysmic, to say the least.
Police Commissioner John Dixon
Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900's when she meets rising young attorney George Davis. He gives up his fiancée and career to marry Lulu Bell. When his money runs out, Lulu Belle goes to work in a New Orleans club run by tough gambler Mark Brady. She tries to send George back to Natchez by pretending that she has fallen for prize-fighter Butch Cooper but George, in a fit of jealousy, drives a handful of forks into Butch's face. He is sent to prison and Lulu goes to New York with millionaire Harry Randolph, who makes her the singing sensation of Broadway and asks her to marry him. She refuses when she learns that George has been released from prison, realizing that he is the only man she ever truly loved.
State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Сюжет фильма основан на реальных событиях, имевших место в Чикаго в 1932 году. Джозеф Мазек был обвинен в убийстве полицейского и получил пожизненный срок.
Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
Max Bradley
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and also to accept the death of his wife as she was about to embark from Europe, as a displaced person, to join him in America.
Bank Manager (uncredited)
На этот раз гениальный лицедей открывает неожиданные стороны своего комического дара. Его герой завоевывает сердца и банковские счета богатых вдовушек и старых дев, а затем убивает своих несчастных жертв.
Dr. Wickersham
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
Mr. Benedict
Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
District Attorney Gordon
A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body and is subsequently charged with the murder.
Big Harry (uncredited)
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
James Blackton
Marine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one day on the beach. Evelyn's new job as secretary to a U.S. senator in California soon brings unexpected intrigue and trouble for her and Johnny. The machinations of a sinister group of Nazi spies lead to mysteries and mistaken identities, and the two soon find themselves framed for murder!
Head Farmer (uncredited)
Коннектикут, 1844 год. Дочь простого фермера Миранда Уэллс получает приглашение от дальнего родственника Николаса Ван Райна поселиться в его особняке Драговик и быть гувернанткой для его дочери Катрин. Ожидая многого от Драговика, Миранда вскоре замечает за его хозяином некоторые странности. Николас Ван Райн практически не видится со своей дочерью; фермеры на его земле бунтуют против него; слуги перешептываются о проклятиях и привидениях в Драговике. И что же его хозяин на самом деле делает в башенной комнате?
Reverend Miller
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.
Bedford (uncredited)
Писатель Ричард Харланд женится на прекрасной Эллен Берент, однако вскоре счастье молодых супругов омрачается: сначала умирает брат Ричарда, а потом у Хелен случается выкидыш. Ричард начинает понимать, что эти несчастья каким-то образом связаны с болезненной ревностью его жены.
Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little too far? ALL IS TOLD in this EXCITING tale of CRIME and CORRUPTION!
Police Inspector
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.
Mr. White
Murder mystery programmer from Republic pictures
Police Captain (uncredited)
В институт психиатрии приезжает новый директор, известный ученый Эдвардс. Сотрудница института Констанс Питерсен проявляет к нему не только профессиональный интерес, и у них завязывается бурный любовный роман. Но молодой профессор начинает вести себя очень странно, и вскоре Констанс обнаруживает, что ее возлюбленный не тот, за кого себя выдает — он самозванец, страдающий амнезией. Его настоящее имя Джон Баллантайн, и все указывает на то, что он был пациентом пропавшего доктора Эдвардса и, возможно, он и есть убийца. Не веря, что Джон преступник, Констанс увозит его к своему старому учителю доктору Брюлову. Они надеются, изучив сны Джона, раскрыть тайны, скрытые в безднах его сознания
Jackson Decker
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.
Dr. Williams
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.
Police Commissioner James Mitchell
The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his sissy son.
John Adams
Чарли Чен расследует ряд необычных убийств. Все убитые отравлены ядом кобры. Вскоре Чарли с «сыном № 3» Томом и вечным ассистентом Бирмингем Брауном выходят на поиски сбежавшего из Шанхая мошенника, который собрался ограбить правительственное хранилище. Он задумал выкрасть из него ценное вещество: ядовитый радий.
Attorney Cavanagh
Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, whose life has no romance because she devotes all of her time to her attractive older sister. But she does keep a diary that contains some fact and many fictional entries. One such is read by the wife of her boss who promptly sues for a divorce. Virginia Grey stars in a musical produced by Hall and sings (possibly dubbed) "Makin' a Million" and "Keep Your Chin Up." No spoiler to add that Ryan gets a boyfriend and Hall and Allbritton are reunited before this one runs it course.
Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
Fearing that his recently-acquired step-mother, Ann Dennis, is competing with him for his father's affections, and saddened by the death of his dog, young Danny Mitchell seeks consolation in the companionship of a ferocious, Nazi-trained police dog, Rusty, brought to the U.S. by a returning WWII-veteran. The step-mother, with tender understanding, eventually wins Danny over while Danny pacifies his new dog.
Plummer
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend.
John Hamilton
In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit gambling dens. The resulting pictures are then used to blackmail her father, a district attorney.
John Ellis
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
The Warden
The story of Joe Ferrill, whose efforts to raise enough money so that his imprisoned father can live comfortably upon release come to naught when the elder Ferrill dies behind bars. Vowing revenge on Society, Joe aligns himself with a bunch of gangsters. He intends to use his mob connections to get even with auditor John Mitchell, the man whose testimony sent Joe's dad to the Big House. But Joe hasn't counted on falling in love with Mitchell's pretty daughter Chris.
Slim Phillips
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other western movie stars come to Sue's aid, putting on a show and catching the bad guys.
Warden
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.
Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi sympathizers plot to undermine America.
Captain Bates, G-2
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
Inspector Pat Malloy
The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.
Henry Adams
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
Maj. Pat Walsh
Тела египетского священника Хариса и его возлюбленной принцессы случайным образом находят в одном из болот Луизианы. На место находки прибывает археолог Джеймс Холси, который собирается доставить останки в музей, но у его ассистента оказываются совсем другие планы на мумию Хариса.
Wade Gamelin
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
Col. H.W. Ryder
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom goes into the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to be the old party girl. The problem is that her husband is working constantly. She looks to her friends, who are having their own problems, and to her old flame Captain Lancing. To decide on what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must grow up.
Fontaine
The election to determine if Texas will become a state is near and men opposed are running contraband across the border. Sunset and Frog are Border Patrolmen and have an agent that tips them off by carrier pigeon. The Army arrives and the commander is Sunset's brother. When the agent is found out and murdered, his fake replacement then leads the soldiers astray.
Colonel Sewell
During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, California. Can they be brought to justice?
Clint Davis
A mother's preference for partying, boozing and running around with an assortment of sleazy characters results in her neglecting her nubile teenage daughter, who subsequently finds herself mixed up with horny teenage boys, scuzzy nightclub owners and murder.
Priest (uncredited)
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
District Attorney Branson
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
Judge
A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.
Fred Baker
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.
Capt. Joyce
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»…
Maj. Corbett
Вторая мировая война. Пилот бомбардировщика майор Пит Сэндидж погибает во время боевого вылета. Неожиданно он обнаруживает себя в потустороннем мире, способным следить за происходящими на земле событиями, но, не имея возможности вмешиваться в них. Он становится ангелом-хранителем для молодого пилота ВВС капитана Теда Рэндалла. Но вскоре Сэндидж замечает, что Рэндалл влюбляется в его бывшую невесту Доринду. Что делать Сэндиджу: прекратить оберегать Рэндалла или дать ему возможность обрести человеческое счастье с Дориндой?
District Attorney Ben Carter
A gambler is about to stand trial for a crime he actually didn't commit. In order to brush up his "image", he adopts an orphaned newsboy.
Halstead
Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plants, meets and falls in love with Danny Chester (Jackie Cooper), who enlists in the Navy and is sent to San Diego for training. She accepts an invitation to go on a ride to San Diego with her friends Herb (Neyle Morrow), Opal (Evelyn Eaton)and Jerry (Jimmy Zahner) but doesn't know the car has been stolen.
Bill Burton
A radio-show mystery writer and her rival solve real murders.
Mr. Hutter
Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are a white family living on an ark in the middle of a lake. The Hurons attack them and Deerslayer enlists the aid of scout Harry March, who is escorting sixty-five brides to the near-by settlement. Deerslayer and Harry are both in love with Judith Hutter, who is secretly in love with Harry. The Hurons succeed in capturing her father and Harry, where-upon Judith's sister Hetty, playing on an Indian superstition never to harm an insane person, feigns madness and makes an escape. Hutter, Judith, Hetty and Princess Wah-Tah return to the ark, where they ate attacked by the waiting Hurons and Hetty is killed. Deerslayer, Harry and the settlement men arrive to time to drive the Hurons away.
Editor Gavigan
Доктор Альфред Моррис, университетский профессор химии, заново открывает древнюю формулу майя и синтезирует газ, который превращает людей в податливых, послушных, похожих на зомби «гулей». Подопытным Морриса становится студент-медик Тед Эллисон. Профессор считает, что невеста Эллисона, красивая концертная певица Изабель Льюис, хочет разорвать помолвку, потому что предпочитает более «зрелого» Морриса. На самом же деле Изабель любит своего концертмейстера Эрика. Чтобы на время вывести Теда из подобного трансу состояния Моррис изготавливает сыворотку из сердец, которые по его приказу извлекает Эллисон из тел умерших или еще живых людей. Когда выясняется, что места убийств совпадают с гастрольным графиком Изабель, на след сумасшедшего ученого выходит репортер.
District Attorney
Murders result from an uncle's wish to eliminate beneficiaries to a will.
Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.
Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Cmdr. Rowland
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Judge John Walton
In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa.
A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
District Commissioner
In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.
Ship Building Foreman
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
Prison Warden
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Maj. Daniels
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.
Gus Jordan
Roy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon. Posing as solid citizens, the crooks spend their evening hours stealing horses from local ranchers, then selling the steeds to the government at exorbitant prices. The head of the bad guys runs a dude ranch where Rogers and his pals (The Sons of the Pioneers) are employed.
George Martin
In this espionage caper, a government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. His work is made easier by his newest invention, a word scrambler which makes it difficult for the enemy agent.
William Freeman
A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.
District Attorney
An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.
France Doctor (uncredited)
ША. 1916 год. Молодые актеры прибывают в маленький городок на гастроли, один из них Гарри Палмер - популярный американский комик и танцор. Во время гастролей герой знакомится с молодой актрисой Джо, и пробует ухаживать за ней, но девушка не проявляет к нему интереса. Путем всяческих хитросплетений он добивается ее расположения, и в итоге они создают творческий дуэт. В это время США вступает в войну в Европе. Гарри ломает пальцы, чтобы получить отсрочку и участвовать в запланированном шоу. Узнав об этом, девушка в отчаянии обвиняет своего любимого в трусости. Чтобы оправдать себя он идет в добровольцы, но его отстраняют в виду проблем со здоровьем. Тогда Гарри идет работать в состав театральных фронтовых бригад, поднимая боевой дух солдат веселым куплетом и зажигательным танцем.
R.T. Lindsay
«Летающие тигры» — военно-воздушное подразделение США, сражавшееся с японцами в небе над Китаем во время Второй мировой войны. Командиру подразделения Джиму Гордону приходится брать на себя лидерство не только во время боевых вылетов, но и урегулировать конфликты на земле, ведь публика среди подопечных ему лётчиков-наёмников подобралась очень разношёрстная.
C.G. Travers
FBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate hunting lodge.
Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
Colonel
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Coach
Это хроника жизни и карьеры легендарного первого игрока нью-йоркских Янки и многократного чемпиона Лу Герига. Он вошел в историю, сыграв в 2130 играх в течение 14-ти лет ни разу не взяв отпуск, тем самым поставив самый знаменитый из бейсбольных рекордов и получив прозвище «Железный человек».
В 1932 году во встрече с командой Филадельфии Гериг стал первым игроком двадцатого столетия, совершившим четыре пробежки вокруг базы в одной игре. Спустя четыре года, когда уже казалось, что Лу Гериг навсегда останется единственным первым бейзменом «Нью-Йоркских Янки», судьба коснулась его своим корявым крюком.
Silas Hurlbert
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
Inspector McCarthy
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has taken the US side against Germany regarding the war, while the other stays stubbornly loyal to "the old country". His stubbornness results in tragedy for his old friend and a lesson in the consequences of blind loyalty.
Col. Gray
An army sergeant recognises a young recruit as the man responsible for his brother's death, while attempting a robbery.
Officer
The film tells the story of army recruits following basic training, with the Andrew Sisters attending USO dances. The film is a mixture of comedy and songs.
Gordon Trisby
Шифровальщик, работающий в военно-морской разведке, получает задание расшифровывать вражеские сообщения, несмотря на его стремление к активной боевой службе.
Remsen
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
Herbert Wilson
Ларри Хейнс - посредственный артист водевилей - садится в поезд, направляющийся в Лос-Анджелес. Голливуд ждёт его с распростертыми объятиями? Не совсем. Контракт подписан с партнёром Ларри, катающимся на роликовых коньках пингвином Перси! Но, как говорит пословица: «Тень славы лучше, чем отсутствие славы вообще!» И вот в поезде Ларри встречает женщину. И к тому же блондинку. И британского агента в придачу! И даже умудряется помочь ей перехитрить немецких шпионов и выполнить важное секретное задание...
Judge
A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
Lt. Detective George Bradley
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
Asa Lock
Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends up losing the cattle in a crooked poker game, however, and Gene and his sidekick Frog set out to find the cheating gamblers. It soon becomes clear that the leader of the gamblers is none other than Asa Lock, the dastardly father of Gene's romantic interest Stephanie.
Lester Younger
Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.
Paul Baker
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.
Thomas
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.
Chief Gary Benson
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
District Attorney
Группа учёных в особняке, предоставленном им меценатами, который год трудится над созданием новой энциклопедии. Они уже дошли до буквы «с», и тут профессор филологии Поттс с ужасом выясняет, что его статья о сленге безнадёжно устарела! Учёный отправляется в народ, чтобы постичь азы современного языка улиц, знакомится в ночном клубе со сногсшибательной певицей «Пупсиком» О`Шей и приглашает её принять участие в научных диспутах. А между тем полиция сбилась с ног, разыскивая красавицу, ведь она может рассказать немало интересного о делах своего любовника, знаменитого гангстера Джо Лилака…
Divorce Lawyer
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
Adjutant (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.
Matt Lashan
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.
Gen. George Custer
Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson (Ann Rutherford). While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer).
Surgeon (uncredited)
Действие происходит в страшный период начала Второй Мировой войны, во время создания зачастую смертоносного пикирующего бомбардировщика. Свободе и даже существованию США грозят Германия и Япония. Лейтенант Дуг Ли, хирург морского флота США, пытается спасти пилотов от потери сознания во время бомбардировки. Оружие, способное защитить свободный мир, стоит пилотам-испытателям жизни. Полюбив Линду Фишер, лейтенант Ли и коммандер Джо Блейк вынуждены забыть о соперничестве, а одному из них придется отправиться в смертельно опасный полет для тестирования нового пневмокостюма - изобретения Ли, способного повлиять на исход войны.
Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Dr. Tom Wood
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also has two interests - his home-made glider and the hope that some day he will go to Tech college. His indifference to Penny is her chief source of annoyance. Mervyn Roberts, Penny's uncle who is only five years older than she is, arrives home with a guest, Roger Van Vleck, and Penny falls for Roger's sophistication. Chuck, resentful, continues to work on his glider over his father's objections. His father wants it destroyed but Elmer Tuttle, their hired man, hides it.
Mayor Luke Keeler
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.
Ferguson
A pair head to the frozen wastes with an expedition in search of radium deposits. Certain members of the group succumb to greed, plotting to bump off the others and claim the radium for themselves.
The Judge
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
Mr. Talbot
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.
Flight Surgeon
Фильм рассказывает о трех призывниках армии США: наследнике внушительного состояния Джеффе, автомеханике Але и футболисте Томе. Они заводят дружбу, которую грозит разрушить бывшая Аля, мечтающая прибрать Джеффа к рукам…
Duke Winston
Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is poisoning the water supply. While Gene is away Tom confronts the miners and a man is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Now Gene not only has the dying cattle problem but his ranch owner is in jail.
Captain Harlow
1860-е годы. Компания "Вестерн Юнион" проводит телеграфную линию через весь Дикий Запад от Омахи до Солт-Лейк-Сити. Авантюрист Вэнс Шоу, незадолго перед тем принявший участие в ограблении банка, спасает работника компании Эдварда Крейтона, раненного посреди пустыни. Чуть позже в Омахе Крейтон нанимает Вэнса разведчиком для "Вестерн Юнион". У Крайтона есть сестра Сью; за ней одновременно ухаживают Вэнс и щегль Ричард Блейк, работающий инженером на линии. После ухода рабочих из лагеря пропадает домашний скот. В краже обвиняют индейцев. Вэнс придерживается иного мнения. Он находит воров: это белые люди, переодетые индейцами - бывшие сообщники Вэнса, бандиты знаменитого Джека Слейда. Они делают вид, будто воюют за конфедератов, но это лишь предлог для того, чтобы набить карманы. Вэнс не может выдать бывших друзей. Он возвращается в лагерь и хочет подать в отставку, но Крейтон не принимает её...
George Benedict
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
Frank J. Maxwell
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.
Miitary Academy Commandant
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Vice Admiral
Алан Дрэйк (Роберт Тейлор) – курсант, окончивший летную академию в г.Пенсакола, как лучший выпускник, получает назначение в легендарный летный отряд ВМС США под названием «Адские Коты», который базируется в Сан-Диего. Он сразу производит не самое приятное впечатление на закаленных ветеранов своей юношеской самоуверенностью. Эта неприязнь особенно усиливается, когда Дрейка начинают подозревать в том, что у него роман с Лорной Гэри (Рут Хасси) женой их любимого командира Билла Гэри (Уолтер Пиджен). Алану ничего другого не остается, как подать прошение об отставке...
Capt. Hunter
1860 год. Территория Аризона. Таксон. Этот населенный пункт еще рано называть городом. Люди только начинают осваивать эту новую территорию. Молоденькая энергичная девушка Феба Титус основывает свою транспортную компанию для снабжения переселенцев всем необходимым. И вроде все у нее получается, дела идут в гору и обороты растут, да только конкурентам ее успех не по нраву. Простоватый и недалекий Ворд объединяется с хитрым Джефферсоном Картеретом и на пару они начинают свою вредительскую деятельность против Фебы. То подговорят индейцев напасть на ее обозы, то оклевещет перед армией, чтобы сорвать выгодный заказ. И так на протяжении нескольких лет. Дошло до того, что эти "друзья" украли у Фебы $15 000 и предложили ей же эти деньги в долг под залог ее же имущества. Вернуть деньги Картерет потребовал именно в тот момент, когда Феба не могла этого сделать. Как говорится, у каждого свой бизнес.
Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Ned Strawn
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.
Sanford
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
Kincaid
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
Harrigan
Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...
Edmund Daniels
Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder and intrigue on the way.
Art Bryan
The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.
Tipton Walton
In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot.
George Benedict
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.
Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.
Evans
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Mr. Johnson
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.
James Burton - Speaker
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
R.J. Godley
Сыщик Чарли Чен и неугомонный «сын № 2» снова с нами. Чарли выдаёт себя за служащего правительства США, чтобы помешать шпионскому заговору, который разрушит часть Панамского канала и заманит в ловушку военно-морской флот, направляющийся в Тихий океан после манёвров в Атлантике.
Lieutenant Crofton
Один из величайших приключенческих фильмов всех времен. Успех, ставшего классикой фильма Видора, во многом обязан Спенсеру Трэйси, который сыграл знаменитого бойца с индейцами Роберта Роджерса, лидера Рейнджеров Роджерса. Образ Трэйси приземлен и точен в качестве приграничного лидера, который не знает страха среди ужаса и кровопролития Дикого Запада. Действие развертывается в 1759 году, а фильм начинается с того, что талантливый художник Янг прибывает домой в Портсмут, Нью-Хэмпшир. Он боязливо объясняет семье, что его выгнали из Гарварда из-за смелых политических комментариев, вставленных в его рисунки.
Confederate Provost Marshal
A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Judge (uncredited)
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.
Stanley Young
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
Inspector Melvyn Fromm
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Streeter - President of Radex
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
The Man From Montreal is a lively entry in Universal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine action series. The stars are cast respectively as fur trapper Clark Manning and constable Bones Blair, who carry on a friendly rivalry in the Canadian Northwest. Our heroes team up in the final reels to put the kibosh on a fur-smuggling racket, permitting Universal to plunge deeply into its stock-footage files. The leading ladies this time out are Anne Gwynne and Kay Sutton, their billing status indicating which one of the two ladies will land Clark Manning in the last scene. Incredibly, the Arlen-Devine series lasted for 14 films, none of them classics but all of them worthwhile Saturday-matinee fare.
Frederick Allison
Усилия армии по захвату вождя апачей Джеронимо, который возглавляет группу воинов в набегах и убийствах, затруднены ссорой между двумя офицерами - отцом и сыном.
Bruce Corvall
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Admiral Ross
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Rayburn
A sheriff and his posse set out to catch a murderer, but their mission proves more dangerous than anyone suspected after they become stranded in the desert and attacked by Apaches.
Warden - Atlanta
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?
Mr. Benedict
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.
Jim Hollis (uncredited)
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Gerald Banford
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.
Detective
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
Purnell
A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
Senator Everett Brock
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes undercover to unroot the culprits.
Red Barrett
Meet the man who stayed just inside the law with a brand new racket...
Dr. Finley Morton
A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
District Attorney Norman Kennedy
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
Berquist
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Brand
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
Ed Eberhart
An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.
Colonel King
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Журналист Винсент Буллитт возвращается с гражданской войны в Испании после ранения. Его босс - газетный магнат Фаллитрон предлагает ему отдохнуть и подлечиться у себя на загородной вилле, а за одно написать несколько статей о войне в Европе. Юная дочь босса Элис с друзьями в это время готовит театральную постановку в домике для гостей, который некстати занимает приехавший отдохнуть журналист. Молодежь возмущена неожиданным вторжением, ведь все репетиции отменяются. Ребята решают выжить гостя из дома и придумывают массу интриг и способов для осуществления своих планов. От ненависти до любви один шаг. И юная леди влюбляется в Винсента, который намного её старше. Вся семья босса и сам журналист в шоке... Как отрезвить девушку от нахлынувшего на неё чувства первой любви? Время лечит, все забудется и вернется на свои места, но в сердце юной Элис эта любовь останется на всю жизнь...
Hewitt
A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive everyone else out of business.
Judge
Фильм представляет собой биографическую драму о жизни пастора Эдварда Дж. Флэнэгэна, который основал приют для обездоленных и трудных подростков, назвал его «Город мальчиков» и посвятил свою жизнь служению этому великому делу. Отец Флэнэгэн считает, что не существует такой вещи, как «плохой мальчик» и проводит свою жизнь, пытаясь это доказать. Он борется с безразличием правовой системы и общества, а зачастую и самих мальчиков, чтобы построить святилище, в котором ребята имеют свое собственное правительство, создают свои собственные правила и сами решают, какое нарушение какого заслуживает наказания. Хотя история во многом вымышлена, она рассказывает о реальном человеке и реальном месте, которое располагалось в штате Небраска.
Inspector
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
Senator
During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which involves stopping the Confederate supply line on the Tennessee River. This proved to be a vital action for the North in its push south...
Inspector Bresnahan
Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.
Blair Thurston
A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.
Warden Benson
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.
Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke fun at the flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
A.H. Mallison
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
Fred MacLane
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
E.E. Nichols
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
Gambler
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Second Doctor (uncredited)
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
Kip Gillis
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
A short historical drama about the Louisiana Purchase.
Gordon Fox
A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.
Mr. Fowler
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.
John McNally
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
Edward McNeil
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Steven Garron
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
Prosecuting Attorney
Фильм рассказывает о реально существовавшем «Черном Легионе», который был ответвлением Ку-клукс-клана и действовал в Соединенных Штатах Америки в 1930-х годах. Фрэнк Тейлор, работник завода в Детройте, присоединяется к «проамериканской» группировке, выступавшей против иностранцев и иммигрантов, занимавших рабочие места и обвиняя именно их в растущей безработице. Растущие потребности его семьи, давление со стороны Легиона, в ряды которого он вступил, все более амбициозные планы по поводу работы и повышения в должности, все ведет Фрэнка на путь преступления. Сначала Легион помогает ему занять место мастера, спалив ферму и силой посадив в поезд предыдущего талантливого работника, назначенного мастером, который был из числа иммигрантов. Но когда Тейлор попытался выйти из состава Легиона, ему пригрозили расправой с семьей…
Gaskett
Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and slowly learns the business and of his brother's dirty tricks.
Fitz Mularkay
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
Curley Thorne
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
Capt. Matanaza
Марч играет заглавную роль, незаконнорожденного ребенка, чей отец был убит на дуэли. Его воспитал в монастыре добрый священник. Усыновленный добрым торговцем из Шотландии, подросший мальчик вскоре влюбляется в девушку, которая мечтает петь в опере. Хотя они и поженились, им приходится расстаться, так как роковая записка была унесена порывом ветра. Энтони сходит с ума от отчаяния в течение нескольких лет, следя за интересами своего отчима в Африке. Когда он возвращается в Европу, отчим его уже в могиле, жена стала оперной дивой с романтической связью с Наполеоном, а на его наследство зарится подлый Дон Луис, который когда-то убил его настоящего отца.
Frank Locke
Первый роман Гарднера о блистательном адвокате Перри Мейсоне, так полюбившимся читателям во всем мире. Эва Гриффин - настоящая светская львица. Хороша собой, вынужденна многое скрывать от богатого мужа так, что приходится воспользоваться услугами адвоката. К несчастью, выбор пал на Перри Мейсона. Его помощница Делла Стрит поспешила предупредить патрона, что эта женщина крайне опасна. Тщетно, адвокат отправился навстречу этой опасности. Неприятности не заставили себя ждать. Муж клиентки убит, и она беззастенчиво врет полиции, что во время убийства Мейсон находился в комнате мужа. А адвоката нет выхода, ему придется разобраться в этом деле. И чем быстрее, тем лучше.
Не лишенный шероховатостей, первый роман Гарднера полностью реабилитирует себя ближе к финалу, где, в судебной части, писатель демонстрирует весь блистательный потенциал, принесший ему мировую славу.
Mr. B.C. Hill
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Dan Varner
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
Forbes
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
Warden Williams
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claims that she had no knowledge of Gene's criminal activity, but FBI agent Lee Laird doesn't buy it.
William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
Неподкупный комиссар решил очистить полицию от «оборотней в погонах». Блейк так зол, что «чистит нюхалку» бывшему другу на глазах у авторитета Крюгера. Крюгер же давно имеет виды на Блейка, который знает изнанку Нью-Йорка, как никто другой в городе. «Бывший» полицейский наконец-то соглашается на предложение короля рэкетиров, и они начинают работать вместе. Но это совсем не нравится правой руке Крюгера Нику «Психу» Феннеру, который считает Блейка стукачом. Тем временем комиссар Макларен, очистив ряды правоохранительных органов от пособников мафии, начинает крупномасштабную войну против организованной преступности. Нити расследования ведут в коридоры высшей власти…
William McGuire
A female lawyer (Margaret Lindsay) sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.
Parmenter
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
Schuyler
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
James Marshall
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Prison Warden
Несчастный Джон Эллман обвиняется в убийстве судьи. После того, как его осуждают и приговоривают к смертной казни, появляются свидетели и доказывают его невиновность. Но уже слишком поздно, и Эллмана казнят. Врачебный эксперимент возвращает его к жизни, но результат отличается от ожидаемого.
Frank Wilson Sr.
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Элан Скуайр — писатель-идеалист, уставший от грубой жестокости жизни, без цента в кармане идет по шоссе в пустыне Аризоны. Остановившись в ресторане на старой бензоколонке ворчливого Джейсона Мэйпла, Элан знакомится и влюбляется в Габриэллу, дочь Мэйпла.
Девушка мечтает учиться в Париже. Когда на бензозаправку подъезжают супруги Чизхолм, Габриэлла уговаривает их взять Элана с собой в Калифорнию. Но им не удалось далеко уехать: безжалостный гангстер Дьюк Мэнти и его сообщники, совершившие убийства в Оклахоме, берут всех в заложники.
Писатель называет гангстера «последним великим апостолом грубого индивидуализма» и заключает с ним договор, — просит, чтобы тот застрелил его перед отъездом…
Mel Purdue
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Fred Adams
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.
Narrator (voice)
A behind-the-scenes look at the massive preparation in the production of Cosmopolitan's lavish musical comedy romance, 'Cain and Mabel."
Narrator
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
William Coleman
Сан-Франциско, 1854 год. Бывший моряк Бэт Морган в драке убивает опасного бандита Дака и попадает на страницы газеты «Трибьюн». Вскоре Бэт знакомится с владелицей газеты и светской дамой Джин Баррат. Решив добиться её расположения, он использует весь свой ум и упорство, чтобы стать во главе всех городских игровых залов и притонов. Довольно быстро Морган превращается в одного из самых богатых и влиятельных людей города, но это не приносит ему счастья. Джин, привлечённая обаянием Бэта, влюбляется в него, но отказывается выйти за него замуж из-за его безнравственного образа жизни. Тем временем в городе нарастает недовольство безнаказанностью преступников и бессилием закона.
Big Henry
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
Butch
A Mild Teenager gets a job as a timber guard.
Jack Carter
A Mild Teenager gets a job as a timber guard.
Hank Gibbs
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Colonel Wallace
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
District Attorney
Эллен Гарфилд отказывается выйти замуж за корреспондента из конкурирующей газеты Курта Девлина, пока он не признает, что она также хороша в своем ремесле как любой другой мужчина. Он старается отговорить Эллен от участия присутствовать вместе с другими журналистами при исполнении смертного приговора в тюрьме, но она настаивает на своем. Когда она падает в обморок, Девлин диктует свою статью в свою редакцию, а затем слово в слово и в ее редакцию. Утром вышли одинаковые статьи в разных газетах и конечно же редакторы обоих в бешенстве…
District Attorney
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
Bruce J. Gregory
Джеймс Дэвис по прозвищу «Кирпич» рос фактически на улице и наверняка оказался бы в команде гангстера МакКэя. Однажды Эд Бьюкенен, старый приятель «Кирпича», предлагает Джеймсу поступить на работу в ФБР, в только что организованный отряд «джи-менов».
Джеймс гневно отвергает предложение друга, но вскоре узнает о гибели Эда, убитого при исполнении служебных обязанностей. И тогда «Кирпич» идет в ФБР, чтобы, во-первых, завязать со своим прошлым, и во-вторых, иметь возможность отомстить за смерть друга…
Martin
A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
Tracey
A trustworthy captain is reduced in rank so that the owner's daughter's fiancé may take charge.
Herden
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Mr. Thomas
A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.
Beady
Two men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted' gold mines to gullible newcomers. But the cold Far North gets too hot for them and they move to greener pastures in the western United States. Business is good until a young cattleman, Tom Hatfield, falls for their trap. But Georgia falls in love with him and this causes problems for her partners.
David Lorn
In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in two places at once, mysterious persons roam about the old hotel at night and mysteriously disappear, and there is a hidden room without any doors.
Harrigan
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
District Attorney
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property developer and realtor. He is lovingly married to his wife Myra, the two who have two children, Ted and Verona who are approaching adulthood. George has always had a fearless attitude, much like that of a naive child, which has led to his business success. He encounters some personal stresses when he faces what he believes is a potential home-wrecking issue, and when his oldest friend Paul and his wife Zilla deal with domestic problems. These stresses make George want to provide even more to his own family, leading to George agreeing to participate in a less than scrupulous but lucrative business dealing. George's bravura gets him into a potential scandal. This situation makes him question his general behavior, especially toward his family.
Martinson
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.
Mr. Brown
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.
Louie
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
State Attorney (uncredited)
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
Judge Markham
Очень нервный человек по имени Картрайт приходит в офис к Перри, чтобы арестовать соседа за вой собаки. Он утверждает, что завывание является признаком того, что есть смерть в этом районе. Он также хочет, чтобы составили завещание отдавая своё имение даме проживающей в доме соседей. Это все очень таинственно и на следующий день, его завещание меняется и Картрайт отсутствует, как и дама из соседнего дома. Перри имеет завещание и предварительный гонорар и должен выяснить, есть ли у него клиент или выгодоприобретатель.
McKechnie (uncredited)
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.
Delange
An aspiring young writer becomes infatuated with a successful romance novelist, who realizes his life as a philandering Lothario is suddenly threatened.
Dobe Jones
Diamonds Jareck
The constant battling over the same woman gets two detectives demoted to what's considered the toughest job in the Police Department--the Riot Squad.
