Tugboat Annie
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby…
The Bowery
“In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves … but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as…
International House
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical…
Me and My Pal
On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber’s daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the…
The Devil’s Brother
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
Mary Stevens, M.D.
College Coach
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look…
Ladies They Talk About
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
I Cover the Waterfront
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler’s daughter.
Elmer, the Great
Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only…
Counsellor at Law
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Clear All Wires!
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being…
Lady for a Day
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York’s high society. Upon…
Laughing Heirs
After the death of his uncle, the owner of Bockelmann Champagne, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he…
The Prizefighter and the Lady
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
Friday the Thirteenth
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle…
Gallant Lady
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Picture Snatcher
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
Letting in the Sunshine
A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.
Happy
A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
Sweepings
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and…
East of Fifth Avenue
A kindly, elderly couple who run a New York City boarding house form the steady center around which the lives and loves of their various residents unfold. Borrowed money, a…
Headline Shooter
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Torch Singer
When she can’t support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for…
The Nuisance
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she’s a special investigator for a streetcar company…
I Lived with You
In London a young lady meets a homeless and apparently penniless Russian prince. She introduces him to her middle-class Fulham family and he moves in. It turns out he still…
Secret of the Blue Room
According to a legend, the mansion’s “blue room” is cursed — everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors…
The Woman Accused
Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship’s captain. As Glenda is…
Air Hostess
Dancing Lady
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a…
Broadway Bad
Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.
Havana Widows
Ace of Aces
A sculptor who doesn’t want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a…
Going Hollywood
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to…
Men Must Fight
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
The Mind Reader
Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Ameicans spent $125 million on mind-readers and astrology….
Hallelujah, I’m a Bum
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor’s amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
The Barbarian
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
Parachute Jumper
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
White Woman
Gong beaters turn on a ruthless jungle trader and the well-dressed blonde who travels with him.