Selmer Jackson
Date of birth: 1888-05-06
Place of birth: Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Selmar Jackson, Selmer Adolf Jackson, Selmer Adolph Jackson
Biography
Selmer Jackson (May 7, 1888 - March 30, 1971) was an American stage, film and television actor who appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963.
Movie Credits
The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t
The Pretender
1947-08-11
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later
Dream Girl
1948-07-27
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries
Pitfall
1948-08-11
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936-08-07
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound
A Sporting Chance
1945-06-02
After the death of shipping magnate William Reardon, his young partner, Steve Walker, becomes execut
Subway Express
1931-05-01
Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a
Blonde Ice
1948-07-24
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Circumstantial Evidence
1945-04-20
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an
Autumn Leaves
1956-08-01
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
The Ape
1940-09-30
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spi
The Atomic Submarine
1959-11-29
Ships disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a special submarine is sent to investigate.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu
Dangerous Money
1946-10-12
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie
Gangster's Boy
1938-11-16
A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his
The Glass Alibi
1946-04-27
Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feel
$10 Raise
1935-05-04
A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
Show Boat
1936-05-17
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the
Key Witness
1947-10-09
A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
Gangs Inc.
1941-06-13
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a c
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946-12-12
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape
Squadron of Doom
1949-12-15
Son of the Navy
1940-03-30
A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.
Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who
No Man of Her Own
1950-02-21
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
High Wall
1947-12-17
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having co
A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly busin
Harrigan's Kid
1943-03-01
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
Sky Commando
1953-08-21
Colonel Ed Wyatt is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-
The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-succ
The Murder Man
1935-07-12
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When
Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Flight for Freedom
1943-04-14
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles
Back Street
1941-02-07
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxe
Stage Struck
1948-06-13
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
Tulsa
1949-04-13
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in
The Mouthpiece
1932-03-21
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convic
The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and
Inside Information
1939-06-02
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be us
The French Key
1946-05-18
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when
A Family Affair
1937-03-12
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions an
Big City Blues
1932-09-18
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfrien
Scandal Sheet
1939-10-16
The crimes of a tabloid publisher are exposed by a reporter, his secret illegitimate son.
Ace Drummond
1936-10-18
This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbac
The Duke Comes Back
1937-11-29
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry s
Public Enemy's Wife
1936-07-24
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, finge
Outside These Walls
1939-05-04
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After se
Lucky Losers
1950-05-14
Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of match
Easy Money
1936-06-13
Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean
The Bridge of Sighs
1936-02-14
Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936-11-13
A 14-episode serial in which Mala, a Polynesian in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabo
This Love of Ours
1945-11-02
At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Tar
The Wrong Road
1937-10-11
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to
The Best Man Wins
1935-01-14
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work b
Undercover Agent
1939-04-19
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
Parachute Battalion
1941-09-12
Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo
Forever Yours
1945-01-26
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will he
The 13th Man
1937-06-29
A tough district attorney has been cleaning up the town, and has already imprisoned twelve dangerous
Jungle Jim
1937-01-18
Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune.
Meet the Boy Friend
1937-07-12
A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actres
The Lost Missile
1958-12-01
A missile from parts unknown enters an orbit only 5 miles above Earth's surface and, due to friction
Elopement
1951-11-23
Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.
Little Miss Nobody
1936-06-05
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
Midnight Intruder
1938-02-06
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son
Personal Secretary
1938-09-09
Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
Secrets of an Actress
1938-09-10
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Black Market Babies
1945-12-15
Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket
Magic Town
1947-10-07
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview
Lovin' the Ladies
1930-04-06
A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling th
You Can't Beat the Law
1943-01-29
A wild playboy is framed by crooks for a robbery he didn't commit and eventually lands in prison. Th
The Defense Rests
1934-07-15
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
Prison Nurse
1938-03-02
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among th
The Missing Guest
1938-08-12
Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The o
I've Got Your Number
1934-02-24
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Alaska Patrol
1949-03-10
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he trie
Forgotten
1933-02-14
Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is un
Miss Annie Rooney
1942-05-29
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn'
Men Against the Sky
1940-09-06
A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve d
San Quentin
1946-12-16
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
The Dark Past
1948-12-22
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recu
Frisco Lil
1942-03-13
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her fat
Why Bring That Up?
1929-10-03
George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George the
Margin for Error
1943-02-10
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodygu
City Story
1954-05-05
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once atten
The Wheeler Dealers
1963-11-14
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot
You're Only Young Once
1937-12-10
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
First Yank into Tokyo
1945-09-05
A U.S. pilot undergoes plastic surgery and drops into Japan to get a captive scientist's (Marc Crame
Stepchild
1947-06-07
Although Dale and Ken Bullock should be a happily married couple, their marriage is on the verge of
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Play Girl
1941-01-29
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her
Sorority House
1939-05-05
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
Secret Agent of Japan
1942-04-03
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
Behind The Headlines
1937-05-14
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
Let's Fall in Love
1933-12-26
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936-12-04
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
Out of This World
1945-07-13
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of
Blind Date
1934-07-20
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants
Garden of the Moon
1938-09-23
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performin
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937-06-08
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of mansl
Grand Exit
1935-10-25
A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-to
Doctor X
1932-08-03
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
The Gallant Hours
1960-06-13
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey,
Paddy O'Day
1936-01-17
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an
Picture Snatcher
1933-05-06
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant cel
Luxury Liner
1933-02-03
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious t
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his
Pacific Liner
1939-01-06
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's
You Said a Mouthful
1932-12-08
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When
Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on
Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02
Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939-04-07
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel mark
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Two Thoroughbreds
1939-12-08
A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
Five Came Back
1939-06-23
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the
Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of h
Missing Evidence
1939-12-15
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself up
Reno
1939-12-01
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls
Gunmen of Abilene
1950-02-06
Abilene gunmen are bent on terrorizing the town of Blue Valley and massacring its inhabitants. They
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplo
The Escape
1939-10-05
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939-11-08
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his
Postal Inspector
1936-08-16
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940-02-21
This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appoin
Three Smart Girls
1936-12-20
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from m
South of the Border
1939-12-15
A federal agent and his partner hang out in Mexico to check a revolution.
Wagons Westward
1940-06-19
David Cook and twin brother Tom are poles apart in disposition and traits. When their father dies, T
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941-07-18
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparent
Thunder Birds
1942-10-28
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He
Calling All Marines
1939-09-20
Gang members Blackie Cross and Snooker try to pick up Judy Fox and her friend Pat as they welcome ho
She Married Her Boss
1935-09-19
A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that
Traveling Saleslady
1935-03-28
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting bu
Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorc
Purity Squad
1945-11-03
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effor
A Likely Story
1947-04-18
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself t
Meet the Stewarts
1942-05-28
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948-12-25
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Bro
She's a Sweetheart
1944-12-07
In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, pro
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the jo
The Magnificent Brute
1936-10-11
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ign
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940-02-22
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lin
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
Dakota
1945-12-15
In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, a
The Green Hornet
1940-01-08
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious maske
Red Salute
1935-09-12
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy
The Secret Bride
1934-12-22
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can ann
Front Page Woman
1935-07-11
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes wome
Two Wise Maids
1937-02-15
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an
Arson Racket Squad
1938-03-27
New York City fireman Bill O'Connell is assigned to the Arson Sqaud with the job of apprehending the
Federal Bullets
1937-10-29
Federal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists. The
Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then tur
Saboteur
1942-04-22
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of sta
Road to Happiness
1941-12-19
A struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but wealthy
West of Shanghai
1937-10-30
American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local war
Babies for Sale
1940-06-14
A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless ad
Brigham Young
1940-09-27
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transp
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G
Smashing the Vice Trust
1937-01-01
In a meeting with the leaders of his vice syndicate, gangster boss James "Lucky" Lombardo complains
Devil Goddess
1955-10-01
Jungle-Jim type Johnny Weissmuller helps Professor Blakely look for a missing colleague who is now p
Cairo
1942-08-17
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Alli
The Little Giant
1933-05-20
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a hou
Gambling Ship
1938-12-16
A gambler uses his winnings to help support an orphanage.
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make goo
Gallant Sons
1940-11-15
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to fin
Gateway
1938-08-05
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists th
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
The Singing Kid
1936-04-10
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperatin
No Time for Comedy
1940-09-14
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
20,000 Men a Year
1939-10-26
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boos
Florian
1940-06-05
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by
The Marines Fly High
1940-03-04
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the a
Millionaires in Prison
1940-07-12
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton wa
Madame Spy
1942-12-11
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister who travels by his si
Stars on Parade
1944-05-25
In this musical showcase, two aspiring stars attempt to wow a pair of talent scouts with their stell
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941-12-27
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936-08-21
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed i
Land of Opportunity: The Mardi Gras
1950-02-24
Highlights of the Mardi Gras festivities, held every year in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Private Detective
1939-12-09
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a
Chinatown Squad
1935-05-31
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
1951-05-01
At the end of the Civil War, Sam White returns home to his ranch in the Texas ranch -The Panhandle -
Patrolling the Ether
1944-04-10
1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it
Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944-12-31
In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by
Renegades of the Sage
1949-11-24
The plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may be t
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
1945-10-23
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found t
Carnival
1935-02-15
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves
The Secret Call
1931-07-24
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy
Forty Little Mothers
1940-04-26
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's scho
Romance on the Range
1942-05-18
Fur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one of Ro
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953-04-01
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy
Devil Pays Off
1941-11-10
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the ene
Remember the Day
1941-12-25
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him
Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very y
She Wrote the Book
1946-05-31
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to
That's My Boy
1951-05-31
Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his o
Sarge Goes to College
1947-05-13
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recomm
Thru Different Eyes
1929-04-13
Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body wa
Left Over Ladies
1931-09-30
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love w
Powder Town
1942-06-07
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret fo
The Westland Case
1937-10-30
A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows wer
Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her
A Date with the Falcon
1942-01-16
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon,
The Secret Code
1942-09-04
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial l
Child of Divorce
1946-10-14
An eight-year-old girl is an unwilling and disturbed witness of parental quarrels in her home, and w
The Thirteenth Hour
1947-02-06
In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss
Thru Different Eyes
1942-06-19
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder
The Power of God
1942-01-15
As the elderly man visiting his wife's grave remembers how a renewed faith in Christianity help a sh
Off the Record
1939-01-21
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go
The Cobra Strikes
1948-04-24
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Mark of the Gorilla
1950-01-12
Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.
Shipmates Forever
1935-10-12
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He fi
Forgotten Women
1949-07-17
A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison dr
Parole!
1936-06-14
Soon after the prison release of a lawyer (Henry Hunter), his dedication to improving his life puts
Glamour for Sale
1940-09-27
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
She Knew All the Answers
1941-05-13
A rich playboy wants to marry a chorus girl, but he'll lose his fortune if his trustee doesn't appro
Navy Wife
1935-09-17
A Hawaiian naval nurse weds a widowed officer partly because he has a crippled daughter.
Murder in the Air
1940-06-01
Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo
If I Had My Way
1940-05-05
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his
Wife Wanted
1946-11-02
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actuall
Crime Ring
1938-07-08
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buyi
Around the World
1943-11-27
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943-01-25
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World
Hot Water
1937-09-24
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous new
On Dress Parade
1939-11-18
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a mil
Sealed Verdict
1948-11-05
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World W
Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoo
The Accusing Finger
1936-11-17
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly c
Police Car 17
1933-09-30
Motor patrolman Tim Conlon and his partner Bumps O'Neill vie for the attentions of Helen Regan, daug
The Falcon Takes Over
1942-05-29
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector
Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol
Sailor's Lady
1940-07-05
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose
Murder in the Clouds
1934-12-15
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver
The Chaser
1938-07-29
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him,
Sorrowful Jones
1949-07-04
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her fath
Public Hero Number 1
1935-05-31
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which
Educating Father
1936-05-23
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becomi
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Three on a Match
1932-10-29
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throw
The Working Man
1933-04-20
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of hi
Buck Privates
1941-01-31
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop
It Ain't Hay
1943-02-22
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin
The Time of Their Lives
1946-08-13
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th cen
Allotment Wives
1945-11-08
Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
My Man Godfrey
1936-09-02
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is
Fog Over Frisco
1934-06-02
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of
Bowery Battalion
1951-01-24
Slip, Sach and the gang think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.
Flight to Fame
1938-10-12
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
Invisible Stripes
1939-12-30
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Shock
1946-02-01
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until h
Guadalcanal Diary
1943-10-27
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the prep
The Girl from Manhattan
1948-10-01
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that h
Joe Smith, American
1942-02-01
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a
Mysterious Intruder
1946-04-11
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935-07-13
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His fir
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942-03-27
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acq
Hey, Rookie
1944-04-06
Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark
Purple Heart Diary
1951-11-12
A trio of singers entertaining hospitalized soldiers during WWII encourage a wounded soldier in his
Brothers
1930-10-19
Bob Naughton and Eddie Connolly are identical-twin brothers that were separated in infancy. Bob is r
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948-09-09
Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator.
Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business mee
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934-05-04
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in ord
Revolt of the Zombies
1936-06-04
The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of t
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937-05-21
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-05-23
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Dirigible
1931-02-01
Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with
Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16
While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pi
Sisters Under the Skin
1934-04-15
Wealthy, aging millionaire John Hunter Yates (Frank Morgan) seeks to recapture his youth by pursuing