Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Born: June 5, 1878
Died: July 4, 1961
in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Leading man in silent films until mid to late 1920s when Farnum transitioned to a character actor. Then later in life he remained in the film business as a paid extra in many films and TV shows.

Movies for Franklyn Farnum...

Cimarron
Title: Cimarron
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
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The Apartment
Title: The Apartment
Character: Office Worker (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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The Hypnotic Eye
Title: The Hypnotic Eye
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
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The Story on Page One
Title: The Story on Page One
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
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Pillow Talk
Title: Pillow Talk
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
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The Mating Game
Title: The Mating Game
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate the income from the farm, but it isn't easy to calculate when the farmer has such a lovely daughter.
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Some Like It Hot
Title: Some Like It Hot
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
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Some Came Running
Title: Some Came Running
Character: Passerby Outside Bar (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
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The Tunnel of Love
Title: The Tunnel of Love
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1958
Type: Movie
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be his and his wife's surrogate.
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Home Before Dark
Title: Home Before Dark
Character: New Year's Eve Party Reveller
Released: November 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
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Money, Women and Guns
Title: Money, Women and Guns
Character: Postmaster (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
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King Creole
Title: King Creole
Character: Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
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Witness for the Prosecution
Title: Witness for the Prosecution
Character: Barrister (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1957
Type: Movie
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
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Wild Is the Wind
Title: Wild Is the Wind
Character: Passenger at Airport (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1957
Type: Movie
A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his lost love and her tendency to drift away to other men cause the two to have a tough time at keeping a marriage together.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Scavenger Hunter / Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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Until They Sail
Title: Until They Sail
Character: Man Smoking Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
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The Joker Is Wild
Title: The Joker Is Wild
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano player, Austin Mack, who helps turn the former singer into a successful stand-up comedian. But Joe's demons plague his romantic life even as he reaches new heights of success.
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An Affair to Remember
Title: An Affair to Remember
Character: Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1957
Type: Movie
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Title: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Title: Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1957
Type: Movie
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
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She Devil
Title: She Devil
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.
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Funny Face
Title: Funny Face
Character: Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Released: February 13, 1957
Type: Movie
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
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Hollywood or Bust
Title: Hollywood or Bust
Character: Audience Member
Released: December 6, 1956
Type: Movie
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in Hollywood, next to Anita Ekberg's. When Malcom hears that, they both set out for Hollywood and the adventure begins...
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The Opposite Sex
Title: The Opposite Sex
Character: Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1956
Type: Movie
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Title: Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
Character: Board of Directors
Released: October 2, 1956
Type: Movie
A programmer with a Latin American beat.
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The Search for Bridey Murphy
Title: The Search for Bridey Murphy
Character: Druggist (Uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1956
Type: Movie
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early life, that of Bridey Murphy.
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
Title: The Solid Gold Cadillac
Character: Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: August 22, 1956
Type: Movie
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.
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High Society
Title: High Society
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her playboy father's exploits if not allowed to cover the wedding. A remake of the 1940 rom com The Philadelphia Story.
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The First Texan
Title: The First Texan
Character: Delegate (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1956
Type: Movie
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
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The Killing
Title: The Killing
Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
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The Eddy Duchin Story
Title: The Eddy Duchin Story
Character: Passerby (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1956
Type: Movie
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Inside Detroit
Title: Inside Detroit
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.
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Guys and Dolls
Title: Guys and Dolls
Character: Spectator at Hot Box Club (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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A Lawless Street
Title: A Lawless Street
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1955
Type: Movie
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
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Illegal
Title: Illegal
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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My Sister Eileen
Title: My Sister Eileen
Character: Pedestrian (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
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Wichita
Title: Wichita
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
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Chicago Syndicate
Title: Chicago Syndicate
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Character: Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
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East of Eden
Title: East of Eden
Character: Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1955
Type: Movie
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
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Ten Wanted Men
Title: Ten Wanted Men
Released: February 1, 1955
Type: Movie
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
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Black Tuesday
Title: Black Tuesday
Character: Reporter at Electrocution (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1954
Type: Movie
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
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Black Widow
Title: Black Widow
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.
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White Christmas
Title: White Christmas
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1954
Type: Movie
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Ray (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Broken Lance
Title: Broken Lance
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
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Calamity Jane
Title: Calamity Jane
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
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Vicki
Title: Vicki
Character: Club Manager (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
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The Story of Three Loves
Title: The Story of Three Loves
Character: Man Departing Train
Released: March 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
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The Bad and the Beautiful
Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Character: Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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The Steel Trap
Title: The Steel Trap
Released: November 12, 1952
Type: Movie
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.
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Everything I Have Is Yours
Title: Everything I Have Is Yours
Character: Tourist in Show (Uncredited)
Released: October 31, 1952
Type: Movie
A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.
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Captain Pirate
Title: Captain Pirate
Character: Dr. Le Grand (uncredited)
Released: August 27, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."
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Carrie
Title: Carrie
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly paid factory work—that is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook.
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The Half-Breed
Title: The Half-Breed
Character: Man Applauding in Saloon (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1952
Type: Movie
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
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The Narrow Margin
Title: The Narrow Margin
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: May 3, 1952
Type: Movie
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.
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The Greatest Show on Earth
Title: The Greatest Show on Earth
Character: Spectator (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1952
Type: Movie
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
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Fort Osage
Title: Fort Osage
Character: Settler (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack.
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This Woman Is Dangerous
Title: This Woman Is Dangerous
Character: Assistant Gambling House Cashier (Uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1952
Type: Movie
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
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Phone Call from a Stranger
Title: Phone Call from a Stranger
Released: February 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
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The Barefoot Mailman
Title: The Barefoot Mailman
Character: Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1951
Type: Movie
Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrove swamp in the out-of-the-way community. So he decides to con the locals, some of whom are not as honest as he....
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The Stooge
Title: The Stooge
Character: Party Guest / Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
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Love Nest
Title: Love Nest
Character: Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Title: Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Character: Board Member (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers of 1933.
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Here Comes the Groom
Title: Here Comes the Groom
Character: Passenger on Airplane
Released: September 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
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Roadblock
Title: Roadblock
Character: Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Released: September 17, 1951
Type: Movie
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
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The Strange Door
Title: The Strange Door
Released: June 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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A Place in the Sun
Title: A Place in the Sun
Character: Company Executive (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1951
Type: Movie
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
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The Groom Wore Spurs
Title: The Groom Wore Spurs
Character: Reverend (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many faults, Abigail falls in love with and marries Ben, with the hope that she can mold him into the virtuous hero he plays on the screen.
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You're in the Navy Now
Title: You're in the Navy Now
Character: Officer
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
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The Mating Season
Title: The Mating Season
Character: Board Member (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
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California Passage
Title: California Passage
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.
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Woman on the Run
Title: Woman on the Run
Character: Coroner (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1950
Type: Movie
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
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All About Eve
Title: All About Eve
Character: Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1950
Type: Movie
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Union Station
Title: Union Station
Character: Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1950
Type: Movie
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
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Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Subway Commuter (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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The Screen Writer
Title: The Screen Writer
Character: Screenwriter (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1950
Type: Movie
This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.
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Sunset Boulevard
Title: Sunset Boulevard
Character: Undertaker
Released: August 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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The Second Woman
Title: The Second Woman
Character: Country Club Guest
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
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Destination Moon
Title: Destination Moon
Character: Factory Worker (uncredited)
Released: June 27, 1950
Type: Movie
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
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Bright Leaf
Title: Bright Leaf
Character: Man in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Released: June 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
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Destination Murder
Title: Destination Murder
Character: Arthur Mansfield
Released: June 9, 1950
Type: Movie
Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.
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The Jackie Robinson Story
Title: The Jackie Robinson Story
Character: Baseball Fan in Stands (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
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No Man of Her Own
Title: No Man of Her Own
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
Title: When Willie Comes Marching Home
Character: Officer at Party (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1950
Type: Movie
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
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Gun Crazy
Title: Gun Crazy
Character: Cashier (uncredited)
Released: January 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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My Friend Irma
Title: My Friend Irma
Character: Maitre D' (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.
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The Heiress
Title: The Heiress
Character: Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty — filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance.
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It's a Great Feeling
Title: It's a Great Feeling
Character: Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
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House of Strangers
Title: House of Strangers
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that stays loyal to his father.
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Massacre River
Title: Massacre River
Character: Army Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Two Cavalry Officers clash over the Colonel's Daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.
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Johnny Allegro
Title: Johnny Allegro
Released: May 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
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The Lady Gambles
Title: The Lady Gambles
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1949
Type: Movie
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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Alias Nick Beal
Title: Alias Nick Beal
Character: Supporter
Released: March 4, 1949
Type: Movie
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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Cover Up
Title: Cover Up
Character: Delegate on Platform (Uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.
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Knock on Any Door
Title: Knock on Any Door
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1949
Type: Movie
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
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Slightly French
Title: Slightly French
Character: Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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A Letter to Three Wives
Title: A Letter to Three Wives
Character: Country Club Member (uncredited)
Released: January 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
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My Dear Secretary
Title: My Dear Secretary
Character: Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
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Johnny Belinda
Title: Johnny Belinda
Character: Man on Jury (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1948
Type: Movie
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
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Race Street
Title: Race Street
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
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Hollow Triumph
Title: Hollow Triumph
Character: Big Winner (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
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Wallflower
Title: Wallflower
Released: June 13, 1948
Type: Movie
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1948
Type: Movie
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
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Big Town Scandal
Title: Big Town Scandal
Character: Squad Car Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1948
Type: Movie
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
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Assigned to Danger
Title: Assigned to Danger
Character: Mr. Norton (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1948
Type: Movie
A gang of bank robbers is pursued by an insurance investigator.
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The Miracle of the Bells
Title: The Miracle of the Bells
Character: Worshiper
Released: March 27, 1948
Type: Movie
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
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The Big Clock
Title: The Big Clock
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
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Albuquerque
Title: Albuquerque
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: February 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
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Black Bart
Title: Black Bart
Character: Al (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Cheerful outlaw Charlie Boles leaves former partners Lance and Jersey and heads for California, where the Gold Rush is beginning. Soon, a lone gunman in black is robbing Wells Fargo gold shipments. One fateful day, the stage he robs carries old friends Lance and Jersey...and notorious dancer Lola Montez, coming to perform in Sacramento. Black Bart and Lance become rivals for both Lola's favors and Wells Fargo's gold.
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Three Daring Daughters
Title: Three Daring Daughters
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
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I Walk Alone
Title: I Walk Alone
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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A Double Life
Title: A Double Life
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
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Road to Rio
Title: Road to Rio
Character: Ship Lounge Extra
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
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Daisy Kenyon
Title: Daisy Kenyon
Character: Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
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The Judge Steps Out
Title: The Judge Steps Out
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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Gentleman's Agreement
Title: Gentleman's Agreement
Character: Party Guest
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
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Blondie in the Dough
Title: Blondie in the Dough
Character: Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1947
Type: Movie
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
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Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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High Tide
Title: High Tide
Released: September 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
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Exposed
Title: Exposed
Character: Restaurant Patron
Released: September 8, 1947
Type: Movie
A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Title: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Character: Faculty Member (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
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They Won't Believe Me
Title: They Won't Believe Me
Released: July 16, 1947
Type: Movie
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
Title: So You Want to Be in Pictures
Character: Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
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Fun on a Weekend
Title: Fun on a Weekend
Character: Poker Player (Uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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Deception
Title: Deception
Character: Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
Released: October 26, 1946
Type: Movie
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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Sister Kenny
Title: Sister Kenny
Character: Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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The Jolson Story
Title: The Jolson Story
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
At the turn of the 20th century, young Asa Yoelson decides to go against the wishes of his cantor father and pursue a career in show business. Gradually working his way up through the vaudeville ranks, Asa — now calling himself Al Jolson — joins a blackface minstrel troupe and soon builds a reputation as a consummate performer. But as his career grows in size, so does his ego, resulting in battles in business as well as in his personal life.
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Crack-Up
Title: Crack-Up
Character: Man on Train (Uncredited)
Released: September 6, 1946
Type: Movie
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Meet Me on Broadway
Title: Meet Me on Broadway
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: January 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.
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The Lost Weekend
Title: The Lost Weekend
Character: Concert Attendee (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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Fallen Angel
Title: Fallen Angel
Character: Man Leaving Drugstore (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
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Purity Squad
Title: Purity Squad
Character: Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1945
Type: Movie
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before they are sold to consumers. Two unscrupulous investors market the drug 'Diabulin' as a substitute for insulin after preliminary tests show good results. After a short time, however, users start dying from the drug. The FDA and the state attorney general's office then go after the drug marketers.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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Week-End at the Waldorf
Title: Week-End at the Waldorf
Character: Hotel Guest / Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
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Sunset in El Dorado
Title: Sunset in El Dorado
Character: Customer
Released: September 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who looks very much like Roy. Roy, of course, also exists in the present for Dale.
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Over 21
Title: Over 21
Character: Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1945
Type: Movie
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
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Lady on a Train
Title: Lady on a Train
Released: August 3, 1945
Type: Movie
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
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Incendiary Blonde
Title: Incendiary Blonde
Character: Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
Released: July 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"
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Wonder Man
Title: Wonder Man
Character: Pelican Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
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Circumstantial Evidence
Title: Circumstantial Evidence
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1945
Type: Movie
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
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Hangover Square
Title: Hangover Square
Released: February 7, 1945
Type: Movie
When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
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I Love a Mystery
Title: I Love a Mystery
Character: Reporter (Uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
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A Song to Remember
Title: A Song to Remember
Character: Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
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The Great Flamarion
Title: The Great Flamarion
Character: Stage Manager (uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1945
Type: Movie
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
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Saddle Leather Law
Title: Saddle Leather Law
Character: Rancher (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1944
Type: Movie
A posse, hunting the assailant of Denton's Partner, captures Steve Carlisle (Charles Starrett), who identifies himself as a mineralogist sent to check the area for quartz for radio parts. Calling at the Denton ranch, Steve hires Cannonball Mullins (Dub Taylor), who has just been fired by Jane Fielding (Vi Athens), Denton's ward. Steve learns that she wants to sell the ranch to the Empire Syndicate. Paul Edwards (Lloyd Bridges), syndicate representative, plans to convert the ranch into a swank hotel-gambling operation. At a party which Jane gives for Edwards, Hiram Denton (William Gould), is murdered and Steve is accused. He and Cannonball escape before the sheriff can take them into custody, and in searching for evidence find that Jane and Edwards are married and have done the killings in order to gain the ranch.
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In Society
Title: In Society
Character: Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
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The Great Moment
Title: The Great Moment
Character: Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1944
Type: Movie
The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
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Call of the Rockies
Title: Call of the Rockies
Character: Miner
Released: July 14, 1944
Type: Movie
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.
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Going My Way
Title: Going My Way
Character: Church Usher (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
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The White Cliffs of Dover
Title: The White Cliffs of Dover
Character: Ball Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1944
Type: Movie
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
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Appointment in Berlin
Title: Appointment in Berlin
Character: R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1943
Type: Movie
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
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Frontier Fury
Title: Frontier Fury
Character: Bartender Homer (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1943
Type: Movie
In this western, a decent Indian agent loses his job and his good name after someone steals the government money he was to deliver to a tribe. Because he cannot bear to see the people starve over the long winter, he begins searching for the robbers. He does so by looking for the unusual coins that had been included in the payroll.
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Crime Doctor
Title: Crime Doctor
Character: Juror
Released: June 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
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Vaudeville Days
Title: Vaudeville Days
Character: Ticket Hawker (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville acts are staged by impersonators and contemporary performers.
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'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Title: 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1942
Type: Movie
The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real killer. The killer, however, used a baseball bat as his murder weapon, and the bat has the fingerprints of one of the gang on it.
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Silver Queen
Title: Silver Queen
Character: Creditor
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
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I Married a Witch
Title: I Married a Witch
Released: October 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.
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Northwest Rangers
Title: Northwest Rangers
Character: Barfly
Released: October 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
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The Secret Code
Title: The Secret Code
Character: Federal Agent
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
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Men of the Sky
Title: Men of the Sky
Character: Farmer (uncredited)
Released: July 25, 1942
Type: Movie
A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Title: Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Character: Chicago Businessman
Released: January 31, 1942
Type: Movie
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Johnny Eager
Title: Johnny Eager
Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1941
Type: Movie
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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The Night of January 16th
Title: The Night of January 16th
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1941
Type: Movie
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interest in the outcome of the trial.
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Three Girls About Town
Title: Three Girls About Town
Character: Conventioneer Extra
Released: October 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
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Mr. Celebrity
Title: Mr. Celebrity
Character: Court Officer (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his veterinarian uncle in a racetrack environment.
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Belle Starr
Title: Belle Starr
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: September 12, 1941
Type: Movie
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
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This Woman Is Mine
Title: This Woman Is Mine
Character: Bit Role
Released: August 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow.
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In the Navy
Title: In the Navy
Character: Military Officer (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
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Meet John Doe
Title: Meet John Doe
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1941
Type: Movie
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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The Lady Eve
Title: The Lady Eve
Character: Tailor in Montage (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1941
Type: Movie
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Buck Privates
Title: Buck Privates
Character: Officer (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
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The Son of Monte Cristo
Title: The Son of Monte Cristo
Character: Friend of Von Neuhoff (Uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
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Tin Pan Alley
Title: Tin Pan Alley
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
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The Green Archer
Title: The Green Archer
Character: Pete
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
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North West Mounted Police
Title: North West Mounted Police
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
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Under Texas Skies
Title: Under Texas Skies
Character: Townsman
Released: September 29, 1940
Type: Movie
The story opens as Stony returns to his home town, only to discover that his sheriff father has been murdered by person or persons unknown. The new sheriff (Henry Brandon) resents the arrival of the Mesquiteers, going so far as to frame Tucson on a murder charge.
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Title: Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Character: Rancher
Released: September 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
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Boom Town
Title: Boom Town
Character: Alarmed Townsman (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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Deadwood Dick
Title: Deadwood Dick
Character: Clayton
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Charlie Chan in Panama
Title: Charlie Chan in Panama
Character: Marine Officer
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
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The House Across the Bay
Title: The House Across the Bay
Character: Prison Guard
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Sparks
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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Reno
Title: Reno
Character: Board Member
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
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Hollywood Cavalcade
Title: Hollywood Cavalcade
Character: Well-Wisher
Released: October 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
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Almost a Gentleman
Title: Almost a Gentleman
Character: Juror
Released: March 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
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Stagecoach
Title: Stagecoach
Character: Deputy Frank (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Title: The Cowboy and the Lady
Character: Cowboy (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
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Prison Train
Title: Prison Train
Character: The Lawyer
Released: October 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
Title: Cowboy from Brooklyn
Character: Rodeo Spectator
Released: July 9, 1938
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Vivacious Lady
Title: Vivacious Lady
Character: 2nd Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
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Romance of the Rockies
Title: Romance of the Rockies
Character: Stone
Released: December 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A doctor comes to the aid of local ranchers who are fighting to protect their water rights.
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The Game That Kills
Title: The Game That Kills
Character: Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racketeers. When his brother is killed in a highly suspicious accident, Ferguson and team trainer Holland join forces to bring the killers to justice.
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The Life of Emile Zola
Title: The Life of Emile Zola
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
Title: The Emperor's Candlesticks
Character: Bidder (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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History Is Made at Night
Title: History Is Made at Night
Released: March 5, 1937
Type: Movie
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
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You Only Live Once
Title: You Only Live Once
Character: Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1937
Type: Movie
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
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What Becomes of the Children?
Title: What Becomes of the Children?
Character: Shelby
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Get ready for a roller-coaster trip of emotion with this campy collection from the golden age of Hollywood! Originally intended to warn America's youth of the perils of drugs, sex, and alcohol, these outlandish and unintentionally hilarious tales have heartache, tragedy, crime, and even insanity, lurking around every corner!
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Frontier Justice
Title: Frontier Justice
Character: Lawyer George Lessin
Released: October 1, 1936
Type: Movie
When Brent Halston returns he finds his father in an insane asylum and Wilton about to foreclose on their ranch and bring sheep onto the cattle range. When Wilton kills a rancher, Brent is blamed and jailed. Escaping jail he gets Ware to confess that he payed to have Halston committed. He then gets unexpected help from Ethel Gordon when Wilton tries to foreclose.
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The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Title: The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Character: Nicky
Released: April 17, 1936
Type: Movie
15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.
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Charlie Chan at the Circus
Title: Charlie Chan at the Circus
Character: Mike - Ticket Taker
Released: March 27, 1936
Type: Movie
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Title: The Preview Murder Mystery
Character: James Deley
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
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The Broken Coin
Title: The Broken Coin
Released: January 10, 1936
Type: Movie
A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.
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Custer's Last Stand
Title: Custer's Last Stand
Character: Major Marcus Reno
Released: January 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.
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Powdersmoke Range
Title: Powdersmoke Range
Character: Jim Reece
Released: September 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.
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Page Miss Glory
Title: Page Miss Glory
Character: Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
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Hop-a-long Cassidy
Title: Hop-a-long Cassidy
Character: Riley
Released: August 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle. Each cattleman blames the other for missing cattle. With the help of Bill Cassidy (Hop-along, because of an earlier bullet wound) and Johnny Nelson, the warring cattlemen join forces to do in the outlaws.
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The Silver Bullet
Title: The Silver Bullet
Character: Marshal Joe Mullane
Released: May 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Tom Henderson is made Sheriff of Chico to fight Slim Walker's gang. Unknown to Tom, banker Luke Hargrave is the gang's real boss. Dad Kane is looking for the man that blinded him whom he can remember by his voice. He finds him when the gang robs the bank and Tom chases them down.
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Fighting Caballero
Title: Fighting Caballero
Character: Bartender
Released: May 5, 1935
Type: Movie
Desperados menace a mining operation.
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The Ghost Rider
Title: The Ghost Rider
Character: Bullard
Released: April 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Jim Bullard escapes from prison and returns to settle matters with the Rascob's that framed him. He kills two of them leaving an ace as his calling card. Bull remembers the deck of cards that fell when he fought Dave had no aces and the Rascob's set out after him. Trapped in a cabin, Dave receives unexpected help from Bullard.
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The Cowboy and the Bandit
Title: The Cowboy and the Bandit
Character: Crooked Dealer
Released: April 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin. Finding a wounded Scarface he helps him recover. Arrested by Larkin's stooge Sheriff, and with another lynch mob after him, he once again needs Scarface's help.
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Gold Diggers of 1935
Title: Gold Diggers of 1935
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.
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Desert Mesa
Title: Desert Mesa
Character: Jones
Released: February 2, 1935
Type: Movie
A jobless cowpuncher rides into Cottonwood, Arizona in search of the man who swindled his father.
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Frontier Days
Title: Frontier Days
Character: George Wilson
Released: November 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Henry Jethrow is after the Wilson ranch. He has George Wilson unknowningly sign a note for the ranch, has him killed, and then presents the note. The Pinto Kid, investigating cattle rustlers, accidentally drops his glove at the murder scene and now has a price on his head. He has Beth Wilson turn him and use the reward money to reclaim the note. Now he has to escape jail and find the real killers.
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West of the Law
Title: West of the Law
Character: Case aka Green
Released: November 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Big-city gangsters run out of gas in the middle of the desert. A local cowboy gives them a tow back to his ranch, and the gangsters decide his ranch would be the perfect hide-out.
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The Lone Rider
Title: The Lone Rider
Character: Gore
Released: October 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A cowboy takes on a gang of gold mine swindlers.
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Pals of the West
Title: Pals of the West
Character: Sheriff Ed Dawson
Released: September 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Sheriff Ed Dawson (Franklyn Farnum)asks Texas Rangers Wally Wallace (Hal Taliaferro) and Bill (Al Hoxie), to go into an outlaw stronghold, where his daughter Ann (Dorothy Crittin)is being held prisoner, and capture the gang led by Larkin (Yakima Canutt). But Wally's identity is revealed and they are taken prisoner.
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Carrying the Mail
Title: Carrying the Mail
Character: Henchman Frank
Released: July 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The owner of a stagecoach line is about to lose his mail contract after 30 years because he's been underbid. His competitor is actually a crook who's planning to hijack the stagecoach and rob the mail--and, for good measure, have a go at his rival's pretty young daughter.
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Arizona Cyclone
Title: Arizona Cyclone
Character: Carter, the Banker
Released: May 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A cowboy comes to the aid of a banker and his daughter who are fighting outlaws.
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Honor of the Range
Title: Honor of the Range
Character: Saloonkeeper
Released: April 15, 1934
Type: Movie
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.
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Border Guns
Title: Border Guns
Character: Fred Palmer
Released: February 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A cowboy drifting around the border gets mixed up with Mexican revolutionary gun smuggling when he becomes friends and rivals with the chief smuggler.
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The Honor of the Press
Title: The Honor of the Press
Character: Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
Released: July 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Cub reporter Daniel Greely gets a job on a big city newspaper. A string of robberies occur and the owner of the paper blames the police for not rounding up the crooks. Daniel discovers that a coded message in the newspaper's editor's box tips the crooks about each robbery.
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The Reckless Rider
Title: The Reckless Rider
Character: Sheriff
Released: July 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Disguising himself as an outlaw, a marshal comes to the aid of a man and his daughter who are being terrorized by a criminal gang.
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Mark of the Spur
Title: Mark of the Spur
Character: Sheriff Jake Ludlow
Released: February 10, 1932
Type: Movie
A young ranch foreman, Bud Drake aka The Kid, is wrongfully arrested for the theft of six-thousand dollars from ranch-owner "Hardshell" Beckett. He escapes and with the aid of Beckett's adopted daughter, Alice, sets out to clear his name.
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Oklahoma Jim
Title: Oklahoma Jim
Character: Army Captain
Released: October 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A gambler sets out to help a pretty young woman save her trading post.
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Left Over Ladies
Title: Left Over Ladies
Character: Benson
Released: September 30, 1931
Type: Movie
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
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Three Rogues
Title: Three Rogues
Character: Nelson
Released: March 8, 1931
Type: Movie
In 1877, thieves Ace Beaudry, Bronco Dawson and Bull Stanley head West together after having each been betrayed by a woman. They come across a wagon train bound for the town of Custer, where hundreds of people are gathering for a land rush in the Dakotas, which President Ulysses S. Grant has opened to settlers thanks to a treaty with the Sioux Indians. After the three rogues ride off, they spy a lone wagon with a tempting string of thoroughbreds. Before they can steal the horses, however, the wagon is attacked by a gang led by Layne Hunter, a shifty saloon owner from Custer. The trio chase off the gang, and as they are about to abscond with the horses, they find pretty Lee Carleton, whose father was killed in the attack.
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See America Thirst
Title: See America Thirst
Character: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1930
Type: Movie
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
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The Third Alarm
Title: The Third Alarm
Character: Fire Department Captain
Released: November 16, 1930
Type: Movie
The story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved veteran and whose children, Milly and Jimmie, are especially fond of firemen Dan and "Beauty" Johnson. The problem of the day is concern whether or not Brooks is going to qualify for a pension...until a three-alarm inferno breaks out at the orphanage.
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Beyond the Rio Grande
Title: Beyond the Rio Grande
Character: Joe Kemp
Released: April 12, 1930
Type: Movie
Having quit their old gang and gone straight, Bert Allen and Joe Kemp finally own their own ranch after three years, but Joe robs the Riverton bank of the Green River Dam payroll - using Bert's horse, gun and gloves and leaving behind Bert's hat.
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Dames Ahoy
Title: Dames Ahoy
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: February 9, 1930
Type: Movie
Three sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.
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The Drug Store Cowboy
Title: The Drug Store Cowboy
Character: Marmaduke Grandon
Released: June 1, 1925
Type: Movie
This comedy-melodrama focuses on Marmaduke Grandon (Franklin Farnum), who's a drug store clerk with aspirations to be a movie star.
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Battling Brewster
Title: Battling Brewster
Character: Battling Jack Brewster
Released: December 1, 1924
Type: Movie
An action movie serial that premiered in 1924
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A Desperate Adventure
Title: A Desperate Adventure
Released: September 25, 1924
Type: Movie
A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.
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A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
Title: A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
Released: February 13, 1924
Type: Movie
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It Happened Out West
Title: It Happened Out West
Released: March 1, 1923
Type: Movie
The foreman of a cattle-ranch located on the Texas-Mexico border is the leader of a gang of alien-smugglers bringing Chinese immigrants illegally into the United States. An under-cover Texas Ranger is sent to investigate.
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The Firebrand
Title: The Firebrand
Character: Bill Holt
Released: December 15, 1922
Type: Movie
Rancher Bill Holt has a small homestead and insists on holding onto his land, much to the chagrin of crotchety old Judd Acker, a neighboring rancher who would like to see him vacate.
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Gold Grabbers
Title: Gold Grabbers
Released: November 21, 1922
Type: Movie
A mining engineer is hired to run a valuable mine formerly belonging to lovely Peggy O'Day's family.
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Gun-Shy
Title: Gun-Shy
Character: James Brown
Released: September 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A milquetoast Easterner who on a trip to the Wild West is mistaken for a U.S. marshall.
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The White Masks
Title: The White Masks
Character: Jack Bray
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Jack Bray is a wanderer in the wilderness of a Western town, governed principally by a band known as the 'six-o-one,' a gang of masked riders. While their original purpose was protection and not disturbance, they are temporarily under the direction of a degenerate, Jim Dougherty, keeper of the saloon.
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The Struggle
Title: The Struggle
Character: Dick Storm
Released: May 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Spirited story of West, which begins after the hero has spent four years overseas and has left the army so much of a fighting devil that he becomes embroiled in a mix-up. Learning that his antagonist has died from wounds is the reason for the hero going West, when he meets a tramp who is on his way to join a gang of outlaws and who invites the ex-soldier to join.
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The Raiders
Title: The Raiders
Character: Pvt. Fitzgerald, RCMP
Released: May 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Northwest Mounted Policemen Fitzgerald and Herrick, who are later joined by Indian guide Uncas, have been detailed to track down a gang of whiskey-runners.
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The Last Chance
Title: The Last Chance
Character: Rance Sparr
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Black Sparr, a hard-fighting, hard-drinking rancher, puts his son, Rance, through rigorous experiences to learn the ways of men. Rance thinks himself in love with Vivian Morrow. Vivian, an ambitious girl, longs for a life of finery away from the ranch and succumbs to the proposal of Braden, who offers her luxury.
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The Hunger of the Blood
Title: The Hunger of the Blood
Character: Maslun
Released: March 1, 1921
Type: Movie
1921 Western
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The Fighting Stranger
Title: The Fighting Stranger
Character: Australia Joe
Released: January 25, 1921
Type: Movie
After being released from prison, "Australia Joe" attempts a bank robbery and escapes. Out west, his gang robs the town-hall and steals papers for some mysterious person "higher up." Joe learns the identity of this man and prevents his marriage to the daughter of a man he has framed.
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The Land of Jazz
Title: The Land of Jazz
Released: December 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Nina, engaged to a French captain, and Nancy, engaged to a doctor who runs an insane asylum on an island, are friends. When the doctor catches Nancy kissing the captain, known for kisses with a "heavenly kick," he breaks the engagement. In an effort to win back the doctor for Nancy, Nina pretends to be a bit "off" and becomes an inmate of the sanitarium.
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The Galloping Devil
Title: The Galloping Devil
Character: Andy Green
Released: November 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Andy Green, a colorful cowboy, finds work at the Flying U cattle ranch, owned by Chip. Chip's foreman Dunk, who is Elsie Gray's guardian, attempts to force her to sign papers releasing him, but she refuses because he has stolen some of her money. Chip fires Dunk, who buys an adjoining sheep ranch, cutting off Chip's water supply and endangering his cattle.
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Vanishing Trails
Title: Vanishing Trails
Character: Silent Joe
Released: September 10, 1920
Type: Movie
A 15-chapter Western serial
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The Cowboy and the Rajah
Title: The Cowboy and the Rajah
Released: December 1, 1919
Type: Movie
The Cowboy and the Rajah
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Cupid's Roundup
Title: Cupid's Roundup
Released: November 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Cupid's Roundup is a silent Western
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Breezy Bob
Title: Breezy Bob
Released: October 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Breezy Bob is a silent Western
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The Virtuous Model
Title: The Virtuous Model
Character: Edward Dorin
Released: September 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Denise Fleury supports her invalid mother in the Montmartre slums by making artificial flowers in a factory. When she loses her job, Denise is convinced by her friend Suzanne to join her working in a cabaret.
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Brother Bill
Title: Brother Bill
Character: William (Bill) Dexter
Released: September 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Brother Bill is a 1919 silent Western
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When Pals Fall Out
Title: When Pals Fall Out
Character: Lonesome
Released: August 5, 1919
Type: Movie
When Pals Fall Out
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Shackles of Fate
Title: Shackles of Fate
Released: July 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Shackles of Fate
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The Puncher and the Pup
Title: The Puncher and the Pup
Released: June 8, 1919
Type: Movie
The Puncher and the Pup
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The Uphill Climb
Title: The Uphill Climb
Character: Ford Cameron
Released: May 3, 1919
Type: Movie
A dying lady tells a woman she must marry Frank Cameron. She unknowningly marries the almost always drunken Ford Cameron by mistake and immediately flees. Ford takes a job of ranch foreman and gives up drinking. Only after being attacted to a woman on the ranch does he suddenly remember he is already married.
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Vengeance and the Girl
Title: Vengeance and the Girl
Character: Jim Westgard Jr.
Released: April 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Vengeance and the Girl
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Go-Get-Em Garringer
Title: Go-Get-Em Garringer
Character: Garringer
Released: March 23, 1919
Type: Movie
The Parsons Land Reclamation Company hires "Drive" Garringer to rid the Arizona-Mexican border area of the Triple Arrow gang, who have been attacking their workmen. In Puma City, he discovers that the sheriff and leading citizens protect the outlaws. Meanwhile, Wilma Wharton, the daughter of an aged prospector, hoping to put an end to the advances of the gang leader, agrees to go through a fake marriage ceremony with another gang member, but later discovers that the marriage was performed by a authentic minister.
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Hell's Fury Gordon
Title: Hell's Fury Gordon
Released: March 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Hell's Fury Gordon
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The Two Doyles
Title: The Two Doyles
Character: Donald Doyle / Jerry Doyle
Released: February 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Second of 12 in the Franklyn Farnum two-reel Western series produced by Canyon Pictures Corp.
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The Desert Rat
Title: The Desert Rat
Character: Steve Lanyon - aka The Desert Rat
Released: January 2, 1919
Type: Movie
Steve Lanyon, known as the Desert Rat, returns with gold and saloon owner Brazos Pete plots to get it.
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Vanity Pool
Title: Vanity Pool
Character: Drew Garrett
Released: December 7, 1918
Type: Movie
A candidate for governor, eager Gerald Harper persuades his equally ambitious wife Carol to enlist the aid of her friend Diana Casper, whose influence with political boss Jarvis Flint could help him win the election. Carol agrees to speak to Diana on condition that Gerald temporarily assume her work in the city's tenements.
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In Judgment of...
Title: In Judgment of...
Character: Dr. John O'Neill
Released: August 12, 1918
Type: Movie
Debutante Mary Manners has inherited the power of mind-reading from her gypsy ancestors.
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The Empty Cab
Title: The Empty Cab
Character: Henry Egbert Xerxes
Released: July 6, 1918
Type: Movie
A cub reporter investigates a gang of counterfeiters.
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$5,000 Reward
Title: $5,000 Reward
Character: Dick Arlington
Released: May 25, 1918
Type: Movie
A wealthy old man is murdered after deciding to write his nephew out of his will. Fearing that he will be accused of the murder his nephew takes flight but, with the help of a young woman whose life he saves, he has to try and track down the real murderer.
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Fast Company
Title: Fast Company
Character: Lawrence Percival Van Huyler
Released: April 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Lawrence Percival Van Huyler, a society fop, protests against the necessity of living up to his snobbish family's blue-blooded traditions. His fiancée, Alicia Vanderveldt, abandons him for Richard Barnaby, who ridicules the pampered Lawrence and brags of his own daring exploits in foreign countries. While the Van Huyler estate is undergoing renovation, Lawrence uncovers a box containing a confession written by the family's founder, Peter Van Huyler. In it, the patriarch admits that he was actually an Irishman of humble birth who made his fortune engaging in piracy on the high seas. Delighted, Lawrence takes a construction job and adopts a fighting attitude, challenging those who had previously made fun of him.
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The Rough Lover
Title: The Rough Lover
Character: Richard Bolton / Spike O'Brien
Released: February 25, 1918
Type: Movie
Richard Bolton, a timid bookworm, is too shy to declare his love for the beautiful Helen. While she remains unimpressed, however, the Countess Wintershin pursues him relentlessly, to Richard's embarrassment and her jealous husband's dismay.
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The Fighting Grin
Title: The Fighting Grin
Character: Billy Kennedy
Released: January 28, 1918
Type: Movie
A man bets his father $10,000 that he'll marry his girlfriend within the next week, even with the opposition of both his and his girlfriend's fathers.
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The Scarlet Car
Title: The Scarlet Car
Character: Billy Winthrop
Released: December 24, 1917
Type: Movie
Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $35,000 of the bank's money, and the entire sum has been lost.
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The Winged Mystery
Title: The Winged Mystery
Character: Capt. August Sieger / Louis Siever
Released: November 26, 1917
Type: Movie
Louis and August Siever, the twins sons of a German father and American mother, are traveling in Europe when war breaks out. August joins the Kaiser's army, but Louis, a supporter of the United States, is practically made a prisoner in Berlin for a year while he tries to prove his American citizenship. After a violent confrontation with Louis, August steals his brother's passport and leaves for New York with Gerda Anderson, a German spy.
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Anything Once
Title: Anything Once
Character: Teddy Crosby
Released: October 8, 1917
Type: Movie
A Playboy inherits a Western ranch on the condition that he shall run it properly for 6 months. A villain makes an attempt to distract him from reaching the goal, but he, no longer the wastrel of yore, persists and becomes full owner of the property.
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A Stormy Knight
Title: A Stormy Knight
Character: John Winton
Released: September 10, 1917
Type: Movie
While relaxing in his cabin one stormy night, John Winton, a rising young businessman who has successfully resisted the institution of marriage, is interrupted by cries for help. Opening his door, he finds a soaking wet, pretty girl, who pleads with him to come to her aid.
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The Empty Gun
Title: The Empty Gun
Character: Robber
Released: September 4, 1917
Type: Movie
Frank, riding through the storm, approaches the station, to give ten thousand dollars worth of gold, which he has just brought from the mine, into safe keeping. Dave the agent hears him, and when he finally appeared, disappointment awaited Frank. "I can't take charge of the money," says Dave. "I'm sorry, Frank, but the train is late, and the gold can't go on tonight. I saw two suspicious-looking characters hanging around here, and I won't take the responsibility."
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The Clean-Up
Title: The Clean-Up
Character: Stuart Adams
Released: August 6, 1917
Type: Movie
A publicist for a racy burlesque troupe romances the daughter of the head of The Purity League, an organization that wishes to see such shows banned.
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The Car of Chance
Title: The Car of Chance
Character: Arnold Baird
Released: July 9, 1917
Type: Movie
In his will, Mr. Baird leaves his son Arnold just one seven-passenger auto and a hundred dollars to keep it filled up and in good repair. When James Bennett hears of this, he insists that Baird do something to make his fortune before he can marry his daughter Ruth. Bennett begins by using the car to start a jitney-bus line. This is not terribly impressive to Bennett -- who owns a trolley company -- and he decides he would rather see Ruth married to his controller, William Mott-Smith.
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Bringing Home Father
Title: Bringing Home Father
Character: Peter Drake
Released: June 4, 1917
Type: Movie
Peter Drake meets and falls in love with Jackie Swazey, the daughter of a feisty suffragette and incipient politician. In order to impress her, he agrees to help Mrs Swazey in her campaign to become elected.
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The Clock
Title: The Clock
Character: Jack Tempest
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
A 1917 American silent comedy film
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The Devil's Pay Day
Title: The Devil's Pay Day
Character: Gregory Van Houten
Released: January 29, 1917
Type: Movie
When Gregory Van Houten went to the country to recuperate, he intended to remain only a few weeks and then return to plunge into the swirl of city gaieties. But when Van Houten returned he brought with him a country-girl wife and set upon himself the seal of new duties and obligations.
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The Man Who Took a Chance
Title: The Man Who Took a Chance
Character: Monty Gray
Released: January 19, 1917
Type: Movie
Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he hasn't seen in years, and they begin catching up on old times. Monty notices a picture of a young woman that his friend is carrying and, bowled over by her beauty, he instantly falls for her.
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Little Partner
Title: Little Partner
Character: James Allis
Released: December 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Agnes Vernon is the daughter of an old prospector whose hard luck leads him to turn holdup. The father is hanged and the girl, unknowing the real truth, becomes the ward of two young and successful miners.
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The Woman He Feared
Title: The Woman He Feared
Character: John Gray
Released: November 14, 1916
Type: Movie
Henry Clive, a wealthy widower, placed his small daughter, May, in a convent when she was a mere child, and now that her education is completed takes her home. Clive, alone, has amused himself according to his fancy, but now that his daughter has come to live with him he decides to reform.
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A Stranger from Somewhere
Title: A Stranger from Somewhere
Character: Sam Brockton / 'Dippy' Lewis
Released: November 13, 1916
Type: Movie
A rancher moves to the city, and finds competition for the affections of an heiress in the form of a doppelganger.
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Love Never Dies
Title: Love Never Dies
Character: Felix, the Man
Released: October 23, 1916
Type: Movie
Love Never Dies was set in France, and convincingly so (which was not often the case in American-made films of this period). It is established in the first reel that hero Felix and heroine Cecile have been sweethearts since childhood. Later on, Fate forces Felix and Cecile to separate, but viewers could take heart in the positive sentiments expressed by the film's title.
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The Heart of a Show Girl
Title: The Heart of a Show Girl
Character: Frank Masterson
Released: August 28, 1916
Type: Movie
Elspeth Marner is a seventeen-year-old premiere danseuse. Frank Masterson is the most hated as well as the most respected critic of dramatic art in New York. When the story opens, Elspeth, flushed with applause, enters her dressing room where her mother and the maid rush to do her bidding. The next morning, in bed, Elspeth reads Masterson's scathing criticism: that her real name is doubtless Lizzie Schmitt; that she is spoiled and petulant and not at all a lady, etc. Elspeth is furious, hysterical, angry and her mother, after telephoning Masterson to tell him her opinion of him, calls in the doctor.