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The Road Is Open Again (1933)
Character: George Washington
A Songwriter falls asleep while writing a song about the NRA. He dreams that Washington, Lincoln and FDR appear in his room asking him why he wants to write such a song and they're reassuring him that FDR is the right way. When he starts singing his new song, he finds himself alone, but he knows that the FDR will lead the USA back on the road to prosperity.
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The Country Beyond (1936)
Character: Ray Jennings
A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.
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Disorderly Conduct (1932)
Character: Fletcher
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence leads to his demotion to foot patrolman.
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Your Uncle Dudley (1935)
Character: Charlie Post
A paint store owner turns his attention to civic affairs while his business falls apart.
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Her Bodyguard (1933)
Character: Lester Cunningham
The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions of other men, most notably the producer of the show in which she's starring. However, soon the bodyguard and the star begin to become attracted to each other.
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Dance, Girl, Dance (1933)
Character: Wade 'Val' Valentine
Vaudevillian Joe Pitt sweeps young Sally Patter off of her feet and steals the lovestruck girl away from her small-town family to join his act. She winds up heartbroken, pregnant and broke when Joe runs off with the magician's sexy assistant. Sally bravely persists and her immense dancing and singing talent gain the notice of prominent producer, Wade Valentine. Under Valentine's tutelage, she rockets to Broadway stardom while Joe Pitt is reduced to waiting on tables. Alone, Sally proudly gives birth to a baby son. Wade proposes marriage to his beloved protege and it appears that Joe Pitt may never learn about the son he has fathered.
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Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
Character: Hon. Cedric B. Cromwell
A British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
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Seven Days Ashore (1944)
Character: Daniel Arland
Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to help him by dating two surplus girlfriends.
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Money to Loan (1939)
Character: Stephen Hanley
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
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A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
Character: The Brain
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
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The House of Fear (1939)
Character: Joseph Morton
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
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Woman-Wise (1937)
Character: Richards
A crusading sportswriter exposes racketeers involved in paying off fighters to throw their matches.
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The Lottery Lover (1935)
Character: Edward Arthur 'Tank' Tankersley
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, an Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, and this serves to complicate matters.
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Girls About Town (1931)
Character: Jerry Chase
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
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Supernatural (1933)
Character: Paul Bavian
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When fake psychic Paul Bavian claims to have a message from Roma's dead brother, he coaxes Roma into participating in a séance. Although Roma's fiancé, Grant, first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma's body.
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Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
Character: Jerome Kendall
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
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Human Cargo (1936)
Character: Lionel Crocker
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro.
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Okay, America! (1932)
Character: Roger Jones
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
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Parole! (1936)
Character: Richard Mallard
Louis Friedlander-directed film
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Fired Wife (1943)
Character: Jerry Donohue
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her new hubby is tired of hiding the truth and creates all kinds of problems when he decides to spill the beans.
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Reunion (1936)
Character: Philip Crandell
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
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$10 Raise (1935)
Character: Fuller
A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
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No Marriage Ties (1933)
Character: "Perk" Perkins
An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.
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Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Character: Boland
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
Character: Judge
A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.
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Big Town Girl (1937)
Character: Larry Edwards
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
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Good Sport (1931)
Character: Rex Parker
Marilyn Parker decides not to accompany her husband Rex on his business trip to Europe when she receives a surprise visit from her mother.
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Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Character: Therme Roberts
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
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Wicked (1931)
Character: Blake
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
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The Devil Is Driving (1932)
Character: Jenkins
Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Character: Purvis
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
Character: Edward T. Norton
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
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The Whistler (1944)
Character: Gorman
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
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The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Character: District Attorney John Grant
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
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King of the Turf (1939)
Character: Nick Grimes
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. When he finds out the real identity of Mason, Goldie takes care of him. The two find an occasion to buy a horse for only two dollars, and start entering competitions. Goldie is an instant celebrity, but his mom reads the newspapers and tracks him down. Mason is very surprised to see her, his ex-wife, and even more astonished to hear that Goldie is his own son. However, Goldie must go back to school and so they decide to keep the secret. Since Goldie does not want to leave Mason behind, he goes to the bookies and fixes the next race, hoping to disappoint Goldie by asking him to lose on purpose.
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Danger – Love at Work (1937)
Character: Allan Duncan, attorney
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
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Star for a Night (1936)
Character: James Dunning
Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.
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Street of Women (1932)
Character: Lawrence 'Larry' Baldwin
An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect's daughter. The complicated entanglement leads to misunderstanding and dissolution, but ultimately love.
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Almost Married (1932)
Character: Inpector Slante
Russian beauty Anita Mellikovna, traveling by train with a forged passport and carrying jewels, finds the police on her tail.
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Slightly Honorable (1939)
Character: District Attorney George Joyce
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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Redheads on Parade (1935)
Character: George Magnus
A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him from withdrawing his support.
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In Old Kentucky (1935)
Character: Slick Doherty
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a horse race between the favorites of each family. Unfortunately, the Martingale's horse, Greyboy, only runs well in mud. And it hasn't rained in a long time.
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Fast and Loose (1939)
Character: Dave Hilliard
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
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It's a Great Life (1943)
Character: Collender Martin
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.
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Born to Dance (1936)
Character: McKay
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.
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Oh, What a Night! (1944)
Character: Detective Norris
An international jewel thief tries to keep his secret from his neice.
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Second Fiddle (1939)
Character: George Whitney
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
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Sweepings (1933)
Character: Thane Pardway
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
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The Brat (1931)
Character: MacMillan Forester
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Character: Arthur Skinner
An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her hometown.
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What a Woman (1943)
Character: Pat O'Shea
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
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The First Hundred Years (1938)
Character: Samuel Z. Walker
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
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The Heat's On (1943)
Character: Forrest Stanton
Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.
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Love on a Budget (1938)
Character: Uncle Charles Dixon
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
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Baby Take a Bow (1934)
Character: Welch
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight, and Eddie and Kay have a beautiful little girl named Shirley. However, Welch has kept a close eye on them for years. He believes in "once a criminal, always a criminal." Then, when Eddie's employer's wife's pearls go missing, it comes out that Eddie and Larry both spent time in prison, and they're fired. Welch suspects that Eddie and Larry have something to do with the theft of the pearls. Will Welch prove that Eddie and Larry had something to do with the theft, or will the truth prevail?
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Cross Country Cruise (1934)
Character: Steve Borden
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.
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Thanks a Million (1935)
Character: Mr. Kruger
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replaced in doing his campaign speech by the troupe crooner, Eric Land, his political backers decide that they want him to run for Governor in the Judge's place. Romance, music, political corruption and the election results follow.
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The Cat's-Paw (1934)
Character: Mayor Ed Morgan
Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning. Their plan backfires as he wins and embarks upon a reform crusade.
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Hotel for Women (1939)
Character: Stephen Gates
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
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I Have Lived (1933)
Character: Thomas Langley
A girl with a shady past is picked by a playwright to be the star of his newest play.
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Dante's Inferno (1935)
Character: Jonesy
A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.
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Girl Trouble (1942)
Character: Charles Barrett
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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The Crosby Case (1934)
Character: Police Inspector Thomas
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
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Dangerously Yours (1937)
Character: Julien Stevens
A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks.
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Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Character: Charles Wallingham
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
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Bachelor's Affairs (1932)
Character: Luke Radcliff
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.
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Midnight Taxi (1937)
Character: Philip Strickland
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
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Minstrel Man (1944)
Character: Lew Dunn
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is cast as Dixie Boy Johnson, who rises from the ranks of minstrel shows to become a top Broadway attraction. On the opening night of his greatest stage triumph, Dixie Boy's wife dies in childbirth. Profoundly shaken, he walks out of the show, leaving the baby to be raised by his showbiz pals Mae and Lasses White (Gladys George, Roscoe Karns). The kid grows up to be an attractive young woman named Caroline (Judy Clark), who follows in her dad's footsteps by billing herself as-that's right-Dixie Girl Johnson. This leads to a tearful reunion between Caroline and the father she'd long assumed to be dead. If Minstrel Man seems at times to be a dress rehearsal for Columbia's The Jolson Story (1946), it shouldn't surprising: the PRC film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, who went on to helm Jolson Story's musical highlights.
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Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
Character: Hal Blake
A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.
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As the Devil Commands (1933)
Character: Robert Waldo
Slowly dying of a terminal illness, wealthy invalid John Duncan wants his aide Dr. Graham to end his suffering.
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The Payoff (1935)
Character: Marty Bleuler
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
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Rackety Rax (1932)
Character: Counsellor Sultsfeldt
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual Rose Bowl football game, and decides this is one sweet proposition and could be even sweeter if one had his own college and football game and had a large say beforehand as to the outcome of any game this team had. So he ups and creates his own college---Carnasie after his own neighborhood. His gangster rival. Gilatti, thinks this give McGloin a definite inside advantage and, if there is one thing a gambler can't abide, it is that someone has an inside advantage and they are not that someone. Gilatti gets himself a college football team. Education marches on.
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This Is My Affair (1937)
Character: Doc Keller
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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A Study in Scarlet (1933)
Character: Merrydew
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies. Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who is miffed at being left penniless by her husband. When Captain Pyke is shot, Holmes keys in on his mysterious Chinese widow as well as the shady Merrydew. Other members keep dying: Malcom Dearing first, then Mr. Baker. There is also an attempt on the life of young Eileen Forrester, who became a reluctant society member upon the death of her father. Holmes' uncanny observations and insights are put to the test.
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Lawyer Man (1932)
Character: Granville Bentley
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
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Fury of the Jungle (1933)
Character: Taggart
Joan Leesom is stranded in a remote South American jungle village. She is pursued by the rapacious Taggart Taggart, however, has been involved with the beautiful native girl Chita. Chita now feels nothing but hatred for Joan, creating a deadly triangle that leads to an explosive ending.
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Character: George Chester
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
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Two Bright Boys (1939)
Character: Bill Hallet
A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
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King of the Royal Mounted (1936)
Character: Frank Becker
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant King protects a girl who has come to claim a mine left by her father. An evil lawyer plans to keep the mine for himself.
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