Jess Lee Brooks

Jess Lee Brooks

Movies for Jess Lee Brooks...

The Lost Weekend
Title: The Lost Weekend
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
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Son of Dracula
Title: Son of Dracula
Character: Stephen (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
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Jungle Siren
Title: Jungle Siren
Character: Chief Selangi
Released: August 14, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman - raised in the jungle - tries to help an American stop a native uprising spurned on by Nazis.
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Lucky Ghost
Title: Lucky Ghost
Character: Door Man
Released: February 10, 1942
Type: Movie
An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.
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Sullivan's Travels
Title: Sullivan's Travels
Character: Church Preacher Showing Movie (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
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Love Thy Neighbor
Title: Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Master of Ceremonies - Costume Party
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
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Santa Fe Trail
Title: Santa Fe Trail
Character: Doorman at Washington Party (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
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Mystery Sea Raider
Title: Mystery Sea Raider
Character: Second Fisherman
Released: October 26, 1940
Type: Movie
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Mystery in Swing
Title: Mystery in Swing
Character: John Carroll
Released: May 9, 1940
Type: Movie
In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.
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Gang War
Title: Gang War
Character: Lt. Holmes
Released: March 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.
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Broken Strings
Title: Broken Strings
Character: Dr. Matson
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.
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The Sun Never Sets
Title: The Sun Never Sets
Character: Angry Heavyset Chief
Released: May 31, 1939
Type: Movie
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
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Midnight Shadow
Title: Midnight Shadow
Character: Sgt. Ramsey
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A confidence man pretending to be a mentalist swindles a family.
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Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Title: Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Character: Sheriff
Released: May 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.
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Spirit of Youth
Title: Spirit of Youth
Character: Jeff Thomas
Released: April 1, 1938
Type: Movie
The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis.
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Dark Manhattan
Title: Dark Manhattan
Character: Police Lt. Ballot
Released: February 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.