Jimmy LloydFilmography

Battle of Rogue River

Actors: George Montgomery, Richard Denning, Martha Hyer, John Crawford, Emory Parnell, Charles Evans

Synopsis: George Montgomery heads the virile cast of the B-plus western Battle of Rogue River. Montgomery plays Cavalry major Frank Archer, assigned to protect the settlers in Oregon territory. Archer tries to find out why the previously peaceful Indians have suddenly become warlike. What he doesn't know is Read More

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

Actors: Joe Kirkwood, Jr., James Gleason, Cathy Downs, John Emery, Steve Brodie

Synopsis: Joe Palooka in Triple Cross, like its predecessors, was based on Ham Fisher's comic strip Joe Palooka. This time around, soft-hearted boxer Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkwood Jr.), his wife Ann (Cathy Downs) and his manager Knobby Walsh (James Gleason) are kidnapped by a trio of goofy escaped convicts. One Read More

Gasoline Alley

Actors: Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow, Don Beddoe, Pat Brady

Synopsis: Gasoline Alley was based on Frank King's popular comic strip of the same name. The strip's central characters, service station owner Walt Wallet (Don Beddoe) and his adopted son Skeezix (James Lydon), take a back seat to newlyweds Corky (Scotty Beckett) and Hope (Susan Morrow). Hoping to establish Read More

G.I. Jane

Actors: Jean Porter, Tom Neal, Iris Adrian, Jean Mahoney

Synopsis: The 62-minute GI Jane may well be the best of Lippert Studios' "pocket" musicals. TV producer Tim (Tom Neal) is in the midst of staging a special featuring WACS when he receives his induction notice. The shock of the news causes Tim to faint, whereupon he imagines he has been promoted to sergeant Read More

Blondie's Hero

Synopsis: This film, which is one of a series based on the characters from the Blondie comic strip, finds Dagwood entering the Army Reserve. Blondie visits, only to discover that he has caused all sorts of problems which lead to numerous conflicts. The ORC Training Center, Fort MacArthur, California was Read More

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard

Actors: Howard St. John, Amanda Blake, Ron Randell, June Vincent, Fred Sears

Synopsis: Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard was the second entry in Columbia's "David Harding, Counterspy" series. Howard St. John stars as Harding, who, per the film's title, travels to England in this one. Joining forces with Scotland Yard operative Simon Langton (Ron Randell), Harding attempts to break up a Read More

David Harding, Counterspy

Actors: Willard Parker, Audrey Long, Howard St. John, Raymond Greenleaf, Harlan Warde

Synopsis: No sooner had Columbia called it quits with the "Blondie" series than the studio launched a new group of "B"-pictures, based on the popular radio series David Harding, Counterspy. Third-billed Howard St. John plays Harding, with actor/director Fred Sears co-starring as Harding's assistant Peters. Read More

Beauty on Parade

Actors: Robert Hutton, Ruth Warrick, Lola Albright, John Ridgely, Hillary Brooke

Synopsis: As indicated by the title, Beauty on Parade is largely an excuse to display beautiful, well-proportioned young women in the latest swimming attire. That's okay for the men in the audience, but the ladies needed a plot to hold their attention, so here goes. Future All My Children-star Ruth Warrick Read More

When You're Smiling

Actors: Jerome Courtland, Frankie Laine, Lola Albright, Jerome Cowan

Synopsis: When You're Smiling is distinguished by the presence of several top recording artists of 1950. The wafer-thin plotline concerns the misadventures of Texan Gerald Durham (Jerome Courtland), who arrives in the Big City to learn the ropes of the music business. Durham not only ends up with a Read More

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Actors: Gene Autry, Patricia White, Jimmy Lloyd, Douglas Dumbrille, Damian O'Flynn

Synopsis: Gene Autry's second 1949 release for Columbia was Riders of the Whistling Pines. As was customary for Autry, the title refers to one of the songs heard in the film, rather than the plotline at hand. The villains busy themselves destroying all the timber in a government forest preserve. When Autry Read More

Shockproof

Actors: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John

Synopsis: Beauty contest winner Patricia Knight's one bid for screen stardom was Columbia's Shockproof. Knight plays Jenny Wright, a convicted murderess paroled in the care of probation officer Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). What begins as an aloof professional relationship eventually blossoms into romance. Read More

Mary Ryan, Detective

Actors: Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent, Harry Shannon

Synopsis: Marsha Hunt seems far too mature and intelligent for the pulpish goings-on in Mary Ryan, Detective. Still, Hunt was a pro (for that matter, she still is), and she managed to survive this Columbia "B" without egg on her face. Assigned to get the goods on a notorious fence, detective Mary Ryan Read More

Slightly French

Actors: Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter, Willard Parker, Adele Jergens

Synopsis: Director Douglas Sirk's love of cinematic esoterica was kept in check in the musical comedy Slightly French. Dorothy Lamour stars as Mary O'Leary, a carnival entertainer who's discovered by enterprising director John Gayle (Don Ameche). The plot dictates that Gayle must pass off Mary as an elegant Read More

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Actors: Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Gloria Henry

Synopsis: Lucille Ball is Miss Grant, an efficient but naïve secretary hired by William Holden. Ostensibly a legit real estate salesman, Holden is actually the brains of a bookie ring. It takes forever for Ball to tumble to what's going on, but when she does she settles matters in the same fashion as her Read More

Manhattan Angel

Actors: Gloria Jean, Ross Ford, Thurston Hall

Synopsis: A rapidly maturing Gloria Jean is the star of the Columbia musical Manhattan Angel. She's cast at Madison Avenue copywriter Gloria Cole, at present striving to save a youth center for underprivileged children from being demolished to make way for a factory. Complications arise when Everett H. Read More

Walk a Crooked Mile

Actors: Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Raymond Burr, Carl Esmond

Synopsis: Filmed almost entirely on location, Walk a Crooked Mile was Columbia Pictures' "answer" to 20th Century-Fox's late-1940s cycle of documentary-style crime dramas. FBI agent Dan O'Hara (Dennis O'Keefe) and Scotland Yard operative Philip Grayson (Louis Hayward) team up to investigate a security leak Read More

My Dog Rusty

Actors: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran, Mona Barrie, Whitford Kane

Synopsis: Another entry in Columbia's bucolic "Rusty" series, My Dog Rusty again pairs apple-cheeked Ted Donaldson with Flame the Dog. This time around, Hugh Mitchell (John Litel), father of mischievous Danny Mitchell (Donaldson) is running for mayor. Thanks to Danny's propensity for lying, the elder Read More

Two Blondes and a Redhead

Actors: Jean Porter, Jimmy Lloyd, June Preisser, Judy Clark, Rick Vallin

Synopsis: In this musical, a young socialite reluctantly attends an exclusive school; she would rather be working on becoming a Broadway star. She is so determined to be one that she begins ditching her classes to work as a chorus girl in a musical. Following the show's closing, she invites two fellow Read More

Key Witness

Actors: Trudy Marshall, Jimmy Lloyd, Helen Mowery, Wilton Graff

Synopsis: With a little extra effort, Columbia's Key Witness might have been a model B picture. John Beal plays inventor Milton Higby, whose treacherous ex-girlfriend is mysteriously murdered. As the number one suspect, Higby is in the doghouse witht he Law. Fortunately, it seems as though someone witnessed Read More

Glamour Girl

Actors: Gene Krupa, Virginia Grey, Michael Duane, Susanne Reed, Jack E. Leonard

Synopsis: A talented small town gal from Tennessee ends up in the big city after she is discovered by a talent scout. Though the scout is genuinely enthused about her latest discovery, her employers ignore the young girl, causing the enterprising scout to quit and team up with another former co-worker to Read More

Cigarette Girl

Synopsis: In this musical comedy a young man and woman base their love on lies that eventually manage to come true. Songs include: "It's All In The Mind," "The More We Get Together," "How Can You Tell?" "They Won't Let Me Sing," "Honeymoon On A Dime." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Sea Hound

Actors: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Robert Barron

Synopsis: In the first of his three serials for Columbia Pictures, Larry "Buster" Crabbe starred as Captain Silver who, with his crew, gets involved with rescuing John Whitney (Milton Kibbee), a man with a certain knowledge of sunken treasure. Whitney has been kidnapped by a mysterious pirate known as The Read More

Gallant Journey

Actors: Fernando Alvarado, Conrad Binyon, Paul E. Burns, Tommy Cook

Synopsis: Producer/director William A. Wellman also co-scripted this biopic devoted to John J. Montgomery (Glenn Ford), the unsung 19th-century innovator of glider design. Montgomery's invention of a gold separator proves lucrative, but he pours its profits into financing his legal battles over patent Read More

The Fuller Brush Man

Actors: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Hillary Brooke, Adele Jergens

Synopsis: MGM knew it had a valuable property in Red Skelton, but the studio never really knew how to handle his unique talents -- until he was loaned out to Columbia for the hilarious, money-spinning slapstick comedy The Fuller Brush Man. The star plays Red Jones, a born screw-up who can't seem to hold Read More

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

Actors: Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan, George Macready, Henry Daniell

Synopsis: The Technicolor swashbuckler Bandit of Sherwood Forest stars Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, son of the legendary Robin Hood (Russell Hicks). Robert elects to follow in his father's footsteps when oppression rears its ugly head in the form of a despotic Regent (Henry Daniell) and his partner Read More

The Jolson Story

Actors: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath

Synopsis: Though legendary entertainer Al Jolson was a highly visible presence on the U.S.O. circuit during World War II, he was generally regarded as a relic of an earlier time until his movie comeback in 1945's Rhapsody in Blue. Showing up 30 minutes into this biopic of George Gershwin, Jolson literally Read More

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Synopsis: In this backstage musical comedy, a Broadway producer knows that his latest show will be a hit, but before he can stage it, he must come up with financial backing. First he tries to marry for money. When that fails he goes to a professional gambler and that is where the trouble really begins. Read More

Night Editor

Actors: William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Coulter Irwin, Charles D. Brown

Synopsis: Inspired by the radio program of the same name, Night Editor features Charles D. Brown as the editor of the New York Star. In flashback, the editor tells the tale of police lieutenant William Gargan, who forsakes his happy home life for the love of no-good society dame Janis Carter. Both Gargan Read More

It's Great to Be Young

Actors: Leslie Brooks, Jimmy Lloyd, Jeff Donnell, Robert Stanton, Jack Williams

Synopsis: In this musical, a group of veterans and their gals put on an amateur show at the summer resort being visited by a Broadway producer in the hopes of making it to the Great White Way. Musical mayhem ensues and of course, they succeed. Songs include: "It's Great To Be Young", "A Thousand And One Read More

Let's Go Steady

Actors: Pat Parrish, Jackie Moran, June Preisser, Jimmy Lloyd, Arnold Stang

Synopsis: Let's Go Steady was Columbia's annual "audition" musical, spotlighting the studio's latest crop of young contractees. Cheated out of their bankroll by a phony music publisher, a group of talented youngsters come to New York, hoping to promote their songs with their own, self-stage musical revue. Read More

The Story of G.I. Joe

Actors: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Chris Cunningham, Wally Cassell, Lucien Hubbard

Synopsis: The Story of G.I. Joe was based on the columns of Scripps-Howard war correspondent Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith). Though already past 40, Pyle insists upon marching along with an Army infantry unit during the Italian campaign. He befriends several of the soldiers, including commanding officer Lt. Read More

Snafu

Actors: Conrad Janis, Robert Benchley, Vera Vague, Nanette Parks, Janis Wilson

Synopsis: There were some theatres in 1946 that refused to display the anagramatic title of this film on their marquees: it was, after all, no secret that the letters S.N.A.F.U. did not precisely stand for "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up" as the studio insisted. Based on a stage play by Louis Solomon and Read More

Ten Cents a Dance

Actors: Jane Frazee, Jimmy Lloyd, Robert Scott, Joan Woodbury, John Calvert

Synopsis: In this comedy, two young women make their money scamming dance hall patrons. The two conniving gals attempt to victimize two handsome GIs, but change their minds when they fall in love with them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

She's a Sweetheart

Actors: Jane Frazee, Larry Parks, Jane Darwell, Nina Foch, Ross Hunter

Synopsis: In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, providing them with room, board, and musical entertainment. She also does a little matchmaking for the lonely fighters. The fun begins when one of the lodgers falls in love with a pretty singer. At Read More

Together Again

Actors: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, Mona Freeman, Elizabeth Patterson, Jerome Courtland

Synopsis: The title Together Again referred to the fact that frequent costarsIrene Dunne and Charles Boyer were once more united on film. Dunne plays the lady mayor of a small Vermont town. Boyer portrays a big-city sculptor, hired to erect a statue in the memory of Irene's husband, the former mayor. Dunne Read More