Paul White

6

Scattergood Baines

Feb 21, 1941

Scattergood Baines

1941 69 min 1 vues

Young Scattergood Baines arrives in the small New England town of Coldriver. Through some shrewd business maneuvering, he manages to open up a hardware store. Twenty years later he has become a prosperous and respected member of the community, a member of the local school board and the owner of a railroad that transports timber to the local sawmill. Problems begin to arise, however, when a young schoolteacher he has hired turns out to be not quite what he expected, and the mill owners pressure Scattergood to sell them his railroad, with the idea of raising the transportation fees paid to them by the local loggers.

Comedy

1

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

May 23, 1941

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

1941 66 min 1 vues

Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist who is trying to invent a color television but is being opposed by his girlfriend's father, who wants the girl to marry a pharmacist like himself instead of some crazy inventor.

Comedy

1

Scattergood Rides High

May 08, 1942

Scattergood Rides High

1942 66 min 1 vues

When Martin Knox, a friend of Scattergood's who owns a horse-breeding farm, is killed in a harness race Scattergood tells Martin's son Dan that he will send him to college if he forgets about taking over his father's business, which was heavily mortgaged and has been put up for auction after Knox's death. The boy reluctantly agrees, but when he discovers that his favorite horse Starlight is sick, he decides to bring the animal back to health and then enter him in the Governor's Race, whose $5000 prize would enable Dan to pay off his father's mortgage and keep the business in the family.

Comedy

5

Carolina Moon

Jul 14, 1940

Carolina Moon

1940 65 min 1 vues

A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men.

Western

6.7

Sing, You Sinners

Sep 02, 1938

Sing, You Sinners

1938 88 min 6 vues

Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. It seems the only thing all three can join in is their singing act, which Mike and Dave hate. Finally, all Joe's hopes are pinned on a race horse he's acquired swapping, but it's a bigger gamble than his family knows.

Romance

8

Bli-Blip

Jan 01, 1942

Bli-Blip

1942 3 min 1 vues

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White

Music

5.5

L'or du ciel

Apr 03, 1941

L'or du ciel

1941 86 min 22 vues

Jimmy, le propriétaire d'un magasin de musique échoué, va travailler avec son oncle, le propriétaire d'une usine alimentaire. Avant il y arrive, il se lie d'amitié une famille irlandaise qui se trouve être le pire ennemi de son oncle à cause de leur amour pour la musique et dans la maison de la bande qui a constamment les pratiques. Bientôt, Jimmy se retrouve en essayant d'aider le groupe en leur faisant des concerts et d'essayer de réconcilier la famille avec son oncle, une musique misanthrope avide, tout en gagnant le cœur de la belle Molly!

Comedy

5

My Old Kentucky Home

Feb 09, 1938

My Old Kentucky Home

1938 72 min 1 vues

Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn't marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.

Drama

5.5

Le Testament du Capitaine Drew

Dec 05, 1937

Le Testament du Capitaine Drew

1937 60 min 1 vues

Duke Slade est un chercheur de perles qui mène une vie solitaire à travers les îles du Pacifique. Au cours d'une expédition dangereuse, il manque de périr et trouve refuge sur un baleinier. Le Capitaine Abner Drew, mourant, lui explique que son Second, Rand Husk, prépare une mutinerie. En conséquence, il demande à Duke d'intervenir et d'épouser sa fille Janet. Duke va s'exécuter avec plaisir pour cette seconde partie, après avoir permis au baleinier de retrouver sa quiétude.

Adventure

1

Take My Life

Jul 03, 1942

Take My Life

1942 70 min 1 vues

A well-meaning doctor lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that the kids are members of a tough Harlem gang, they begin to suspect they're up to nefarious deeds.

Drama

7.7

A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat

Nov 11, 1942

A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat

1942 3 min 3 vues

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date.

Music

6.8

Boy Slaves

Feb 02, 1939

Boy Slaves

1939 72 min 4 vues

Social drama of Depression-era homeless children who turn to crime and are sentenced by a judge to a rehabilitation "labor camp".

Drama