In later years, James Cagney regarded White Heat with a combination of pride and regret; while satisfied with his own...
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1949
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1948
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In this western, the good-guy and his trusty side-kick rescue a pretty gal whose father's cows are threatened by villainous...
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1944
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Will Hay, he of the pince-nez, outraged sniff, and overall demeanor of dignified incompetence, stars in (and codirects)...
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1943
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Republic's winning combination of western star Wild Bill Elliot, comic sidekick Gabby Hayes and leading lady Anne Jeffreys is...
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1943
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PRC Pictures' final 1941 release, Law of the Timber was based on a story by North Woods specialist James Oliver Curwood....
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1941
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Federal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists. The FBI, represented by...
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1937
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Aspiring actress Cicely Tyler (Margaret Sullavan) puts her career on hold when she marries ambitious newsman Christopher...
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1936
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Ring Around the Moon was based on the once-popular novel by Vera Hobart. The story endeavors to invite comparisons between...
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1936
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Former footballer Reb Russell stars in this very low-budget oater as Muley Benson, a young cowpoke unfairly accused of cattle...
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1935
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Produced at the old Mack Sennett studios by Sol Lesser's low-budget Principal Distributing Corp., this dog melodrama featured...
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1934
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1933
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A varied group of more or less greedy relatives is once again gathered at the reading of a will in this atmospheric thriller...
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1932
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In order to collect his inheritance, a young man must travel around the world with only two cents in this silly melodrama...
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Gordon Battle
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1932
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In this misleadingly-titled 1932 medical (not musical) drama, the resolve of a young surgeon is severely tested. Dr. Felix...
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1932
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Thirteen years after a dinner party where the wealthy host dropped, the thirteen guests are invited to reassemble at the...
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Thor Jensen
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1932
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Night World is an astonishingly compact 57-minute extravaganza, all of which takes place at the upscale (but somewhat...
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1932
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Dancing Sweeties is set primarily in a Chicago dance emporium. During a dance contest, Bill (Grant Withers) and Molly...
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Needles Thompson
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1930
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Big Boy may well be the closest a modern audience will ever come to seeing what a genuine Al Jolson Broadway musical looked...
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Coley Reed
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1930
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A spin-off of the popular two-reel comedy series The Collegians, this early talkie once again featured George J. Lewis and...
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Flash Thomas
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1929
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Reginald Denny starred in this comedy, a part-talkie about a zealous real-estate dealer in love with his client's daughter....
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Spider
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1929
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1928
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Two lonely people discover short-lived happiness in this silent drama. Jim (Glenn Tryon) and Mary (Barbara Kent) live in the...
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The Sport
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1928
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Shoe clerk Andy Whittaker (George Lewis) decides to quit his job when a bank unexpectedly extends him $10,000 in credit. This...
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Robert Riggs
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1928
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This minor Columbia effort is a cautionary fable against alcohol abuse. Despite the efforts of a pious minister, two pretty...
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1927
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Savage Passions was produced by Nat Levine, long before his fruitful association with Republic Pictures. Set in the hills of...
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1927
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The drama opens with a prologue in which an innocent boy (Eddie Phillips) is sent to the electric chair and executed before...
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1925
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This independently made melodrama was a decent programmer, even though it suffered from a hackneyed plot. When John Trent...
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1925
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This jazzy comedy-drama was based on the Saturday Evening Post story by Grace Sartwell Mason. Wiletta Whipple (Pauline Garon)...
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1925
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This melodrama about the moral redemption of two crooks stars Eileen Pearcy and Tom Moore. Whitey (Moore) goes from being a...
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Skeeter
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1925
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Although Colleen Moore made this drama before Flaming Youth, it came out later, which wound up being a big help at the box...
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1924
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George Washington Belgrave ($Wesley Barry) is the son of Senator Belgrave (William Courtright). When a secret report by the...
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1924
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This drama was based on the novel Cape Cod Folks by Sarah P. McLean Greene. Jonathan Swift (Frank Keenan) is a wealthy fish...
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1924
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There wasn't much story to this lightweight romance starring Viola Dana. Dana plays Connie DuBois, a manicurist who leaves...
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1924
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Pictures starring dogs, especially German Shepherds, were quite popular in the early 1920s -- in addition to Strongheart and...
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Ez Howard
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1924
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Colleen Moore who, later in the year, would become indelibly identified with Flaming Youth, got raves for her performance in...
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Jimmie Fitzgibbons
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1923
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