With Riders of the Rio Grande, Republic's 51-entry "Three Mesquiteers" western series came to an end. Starring as the...
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1943
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Written by real-life intelligence agent Ladislas Fodor, Cairo is both a spoof of espionage thrillers and a good-natured...
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1942
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The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's...
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1942
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1942
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The marvelous rapport between stars Clark Gable and Lana Turner makes MGM's Honky Tonk seem far more substatianal than it...
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1941
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Villain
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1941
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The irrepressible Donald Barry is twice falsely accused of murder in this typical low-budget but well-mounted Republic...
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Jud Parker
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1941
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The Adventures of Captain Marvel is a 12-episode Republic serial based on the comic book character of the same name. Young...
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1941
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In this war drama, a commercial pilot joins the air corps of a South Pacific island, and there he finds that he must contend...
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1941
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This is perhaps the best of the many Zorro films as Tyrone Power gives an outstanding performance as the alternately swishing...
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1940
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In this Mexican adventure, a daring man robs a stage coach. During the robbery, his mask slips off when he steals a kiss....
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1940
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Fred Harmon's popular comic strip and radio hero Red Ryder came to the screen in this above-average Republic serial directed...
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1940
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Even geniuses have to eat, and when Mark Twain was offered a substantial sum of money to slap together a quickie sequel to...
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1939
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This second of three movie versions of P.C. Wren's adventure novel Beau Geste is a virtual scene-for-scene remake of the 1927...
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1939
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1939
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Donald Barry plays the legendary outlaw of the title in this Roy Rogers Western which, needless to say, plays fast and loose...
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1939
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Jackie Cooper and Freddie Bartholomew, both recent graduates of the MGM production factory, are reteamed in Universal's Two...
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1939
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1939
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In this tearful crime melodrama, a waitress becomes so taken with her dream of living in posh luxury and comfort that she...
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1938
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In this drama, a gangster finds the woman of his dreams, but before he can have her he must frame her fiance. Meanwhile the...
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1938
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We never actually see J. Carroll Naish in Alcatraz, but there's no doubt he's the "king" of the title. Most of the action...
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1938
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In this crime drama, a newsboy and a reporter join forces to stop the racketeer who has been bilking lottery winners. The...
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Franko
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1937
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A jockey is thrown off the track after it is discovered that gangsters drugged his horse. This drama follows his attempts to...
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1937
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Financier J.B. Ball (Edward Arnold) -- known in the press as "the Bull of Broad Street" -- may be one of the wealthiest...
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1937
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Set during the terrible Spanish Civil War, this film avoids political commentary in favor of objectively centering on the...
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1937
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Akim Tamiroff, Paramount Pictures' resident crime lord, runs all illegal gambling activities in a major city. Reporter...
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1937
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In this comedy, the shady editor of a newspaper does all he can to keep his best reporter from marrying a journalist from a...
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1937
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The second of Paul Muni's biographical films for Warner Bros., the Oscar-winning The Life of Emile Zola is by far the best,...
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1937
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Jack Holt is so tight-jawed in Outlaws in the Orient that one wonders how his bridgework will hold up. Holt plays Chet Eaton,...
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1937
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1937
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1937
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A former assistant to W.S. Van Dyke, Leslie Selander took over directorial chores from the unimaginative Nate Watt with this...
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Professor Horace Hepburn
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1937
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Two silent film versions preceded this 1936 Hollywood adaptation of the 19th century novel by the writer Ouida Bergere. It is...
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1936
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An existing production still for the Kermit Maynard "northern" Phantom Patrol pretty much sums up the outcome of the plot....
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1936
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John Wayne steered clear of westerns for the most part during his year-long contract with Universal Pictures. In The Sea...
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1936
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Buck Jones, the auteur of the prairies, frequently wrote and/or directed his own westerns. Jones composed the screenplay for...
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1936
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The first of nine Bill Carson Westerns produced by Sigmund Neufeld and starring the stalwart Tim McCoy, Lightnin' Bill Carson...
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1936
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Bar 20 Rides Again was the 3rd of William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy flicks. As with most early entries in the Cassidy series,...
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1936
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The Great Impersonation is based on the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage novel of the same name, previously filmed in 1921....
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1935
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