Fred Santley

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Hitchhike to Happiness
5

Hitchhike to Happiness

Jul 16, 1945

Hitchhike to Happiness
1945 74 min 1 vues
An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."
Music
Lady Lou
5.7

Lady Lou

Feb 09, 1933

Lady Lou
1933 66 min 109 vues
La tenancière d'un saloon tombe amoureuse du policier qui la surveille.
Comedy
Ann Vickers
5.9

Ann Vickers

Sep 26, 1933

Ann Vickers
1933 76 min 9 vues
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
Drama
Elmer, the Great
4.3

Elmer, the Great

Apr 29, 1933

Elmer, the Great
1933 72 min 6 vues
Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.
Comedy
Leathernecking
1

Leathernecking

Sep 12, 1930

Leathernecking
1930 79 min 1 vues
Chick Evans is a Marine private in Honolulu, Hawaii. He falls for society girl Delphine Witherspoon, and begins to scheme as to how to win her over.
Comedy
It's a Big Country
5.3

It's a Big Country

Nov 20, 1951

It's a Big Country
1951 89 min 7 vues
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
Comedy
Pension d'artistes
6.919

Pension d'artistes

Oct 08, 1937

Pension d'artistes
1937 92 min 105 vues
A Footlights Club, une pension de femmes artistes, cohabitent Jean Maitland, une danseuse blonde sarcastique ; Linda Shaw, une brune prétentieuse ; Kaye Hamilton, une jeune comédienne obsédée par son art ; Catherine Luther, une ancienne vedette ; Judy Canfield, une rousse exubérante, Eve, Annie et bien d'autres encore. Terry Randall, une riche héritière souhaitant faire ses preuves sur scène, s'intègre au groupe et partage sa chambre avec Jean. Au même moment, Anthony Powell, un agent artistique de Broadway très réputé, reçoit la visite d'un étrange individu pour son prochain spectacle.
Comedy
Si j'avais un million
6.6

Si j'avais un million

Nov 18, 1932

Si j'avais un million
1932 88 min 39 vues
Déçu par sa progéniture et sentant sa fin prochaine, le milliardaire John Glidden décide de donner un million de dollars à des personnes dont il aura, au hasard, choisi le nom dans l'annuaire. C'est l'occasion de plusieurs sketches mystérieux quant à leurs auteurs.
Drama
Virtue
6.833

Virtue

Oct 25, 1932

Virtue
1932 68 min 12 vues
Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.
Drama
Paper Bullets
5.2

Paper Bullets

Jun 13, 1941

Paper Bullets
1941 72 min 6 vues
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Crime
Walls of Gold
1

Walls of Gold

Oct 21, 1933

Walls of Gold
1933 74 min 1 vues
A career woman marries her boyfriend's rich uncle when the boyfriend marries her sister.
Drama
Double Harness
6.8

Double Harness

Jul 21, 1933

Double Harness
1933 69 min 14 vues
Après l'avoir trompé pour le marier, une femme tente de gagner l'amour de son mari.
Comedy
Walking on Air
5.8

Walking on Air

Sep 11, 1936

Walking on Air
1936 70 min 5 vues
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Comedy
The Family Next Door
5.2

The Family Next Door

Mar 30, 1939

The Family Next Door
1939 64 min 4 vues
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad line is to be built through town, she decides that the family can become rich by purchasing the lots along the right of way. Patriarch George Pierce laughs at the idea, but when Rose and Sammy learn that Cora Stewart, the wealthy town widow, has withdrawn her savings from the bank, they jump to the conclusion that she is interested in buying the lots, and mother and son secretly invest the family bank roll in the land.
Comedy
Here Comes the Band
5

Here Comes the Band

Aug 30, 1935

Here Comes the Band
1935 86 min 1 vues
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
Romance
Her Master's Voice
6

Her Master's Voice

Jan 17, 1936

Her Master's Voice
1936 75 min 1 vues
Besieged by his adoring female fans, radio celebrity Ned "The Fireside Troubadour" Farrar hides out at the home of his wife Queena's imperious Aunt Min. Pretending to be Aunt Min's handyman, he performs his tasks so well that she refuses to let him leave.
Comedy
Night Parade
3.5

Night Parade

Oct 27, 1929

Night Parade
1929 71 min 3 vues
Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a dishonest but beautiful woman uses every trick to ensnare him.
Drama
A Dangerous Affair
1

A Dangerous Affair

Sep 29, 1931

A Dangerous Affair
1931 75 min 1 vues
Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of details, they hunker down to business, that of solving the murder of a lawyer who was in the midst of reading a will to a motley collection of heirs.
Mystery
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
5.7

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Nov 02, 1933

Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933 90 min 3 vues
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Romance
That Brennan Girl
5.3

That Brennan Girl

Dec 23, 1946

That Brennan Girl
1946 95 min 10 vues
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
Drama
She's Got Everything
5.3

She's Got Everything

Dec 31, 1937

She's Got Everything
1937 72 min 3 vues
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
Comedy
The Daring Young Man
1

The Daring Young Man

Jul 17, 1935

The Daring Young Man
1935 73 min 1 vues
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
Comedy
This Is My Affair
7.3

This Is My Affair

May 28, 1937

This Is My Affair
1937 100 min 15 vues
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.
Romance
Special Agent
1

Special Agent

Jul 22, 1949

Special Agent
1949 71 min 1 vues
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
Thriller
Double Trouble
1

Double Trouble

Nov 21, 1941

Double Trouble
1941 63 min 1 vues
Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
Comedy
Mr. Skitch
6

Mr. Skitch

Dec 22, 1933

Mr. Skitch
1933 70 min 1 vues
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.
Romance
Danger On Wheels
4.5

Danger On Wheels

Feb 02, 1940

Danger On Wheels
1940 61 min 2 vues
During a test, a race car using an experimental oil fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance to win races, but the racing association has banned it since the accident. He devises a scheme to have a car equipped with the engine entered into a race, without race officials-- or the engine designer's sassy daughter -- finding out about it.
Thriller
Behind the News
1

Behind the News

Dec 20, 1940

Behind the News
1940 75 min 1 vues
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Drama
Here Is My Heart
7

Here Is My Heart

Dec 28, 1934

Here Is My Heart
1934 77 min 5 vues
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.
Comedy
Music for Madame
5

Music for Madame

Oct 08, 1937

Music for Madame
1937 81 min 2 vues
Jean, une jeune compositrice d'opérette fraîchement débarquée à Hollywood, rencontre Nino Martini, un ténor immigré italien. Problème de taille : après avoir joué les complices par inadvertance dans une sombre affaire de vol de bijoux, Nino est obligé de dissimuler son identité.
Comedy
Swing, Sister, Swing
1

Swing, Sister, Swing

Dec 16, 1938

Swing, Sister, Swing
1938 72 min 1 vues
In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," "Kaneski Waltz" (Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson).
Music
There Goes the Groom
5.3

There Goes the Groom

Oct 29, 1937

There Goes the Groom
1937 65 min 3 vues
After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed. Her sister, however, is worth considering, until he learns about her gold-digging family.
Comedy
The Fleet's In
7

The Fleet's In

Jan 24, 1942

The Fleet's In
1942 93 min 2 vues
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
Music
Daddy's Double
4

Daddy's Double

Apr 04, 1910

Daddy's Double
1910 16 min 1 vues
This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow.
Comedy
Morning Glory
6.022

Morning Glory

Aug 18, 1933

Morning Glory
1933 74 min 46 vues
Une jeune actrice qui essaye de percer à Broadway attire l'attention de plusieurs hommes importants du milieu du théâtre new yorkais.
Drama
Pacific Blackout
6.3

Pacific Blackout

Dec 31, 1941

Pacific Blackout
1941 76 min 3 vues
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Mystery
Crime Rave
1

Crime Rave

Jan 13, 1939

Crime Rave
1939 18 min 1 vues
When a crime wave hits town, bank robbers find haven in Errol's home.
Comedy
True to Life
6

True to Life

Dec 24, 1943

True to Life
1943 94 min 1 vues
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
Comedy
Ice-Capades
5

Ice-Capades

Aug 19, 1941

Ice-Capades
1941 88 min 4 vues
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating on a different New York rink and pass her off as Karen. The scheme backfires when promoter Larry Herman takes a look at Bob's film and decides to make the skater a star. Unfortunately, it's actually amateur (and illegal immigrant) Marie Bergin in the newsreel footage, not the great figure skater from Switzerland. Chaos ensues as Bob tries to straighten everybody out.
Comedy
Le père de la mariée
7

Le père de la mariée

May 18, 1950

Le père de la mariée
1950 92 min 199 vues
Kay Banks décide tout à trac d'épouser Buckley Dunstan. Pour Stanley T. Banks, son père, modeste avocat, ce n'est pas une mince affaire car il veut être sûr que sa fille ne se trompe pas.
Comedy
Le Mystère de la plage perdue
6.7

Le Mystère de la plage perdue

Jun 23, 1950

Le Mystère de la plage perdue
1950 93 min 49 vues
Une jeune femme, Vivian Heldon, se rend à un rendez-vous avec son amant, un homme marié qui la tue car elle menace de dénoncer à sa femme leur liaison. Il enterre le corps sur une plage déserte. Plusieurs mois après, un ornithologue y découvre des restes humains, sans aucun document ou objet permettant une identification. Le lieutenant Morales dirige l'enquête, assisté par un professeur d'université, le docteur McAdoo, pour l'analyse du cadavre. Le recoupement des indices permet de remonter à Vivian Heldon, dont l'emploi du temps de ses dernières heures est reconstitué. Elle a notamment été vue en compagnie de Henry Shanway qui semble le suspect idéal…
Crime
Private Affairs
1

Private Affairs

Jul 05, 1940

Private Affairs
1940 74 min 1 vues
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.
Romance
Topa Topa
3

Topa Topa

Mar 17, 1938

Topa Topa
1938 74 min 1 vues
Tom Turner, a naturalist, comes to the "Topa Topa" district (named for the mountain), and falls in love with widow Margaret Weston...
Adventure
La Dame du lac
6

La Dame du lac

Dec 19, 1946

La Dame du lac
1946 105 min 95 vues
Hollywood, années 1940. Le détective Philip Marlowe est chargé par Derace Kingsley de retrouver sa femme. Elle lui a envoyé un télégramme un mois auparavant pour lui annoncer qu'elle partait au Mexique épouser un certain Chris Lavery. Or Kingsley a rencontré Lavery quelques jours auparavant à Hollywood et il semble tout ignorer de ce voyage. Marlowe part enquêter dans la résidence secondaire des Kingsley où Chrystal Kingsley a été vue pour la dernière fois. Il va y trouver un premier cadavre dans le lac.
Mystery
Californie terre promise
6.531

Californie terre promise

Feb 21, 1947

Californie terre promise
1947 97 min 16 vues
Compte Epic de la façon dont la Californie est devenue un état, avec un wagon de train, la ruée vers l'or, une berline méchante reine, et un profiteur mal.
Western