John Harrington

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The President's Mystery
5.3
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
Drama
The Street of Forgotten Men
6
Easy-Money Charley, the best fake crippled beggar in New York, loses his beloved dog and adopts a dying prostitute's daughter to fill the empty place in his heart. But his fellow crooks and dissemblers mock him for sentimentality, and he disowns the child in order to bring her up secretly in the safety of a distant suburb. He brings her up as a young lady in ignorance of her true history or of his; but when he discovers that her affections have taken an unexpected slant, it brings about an end to their tranquil life, a crisis of conscience, and an opportunity for the sinister 'White-Eye' to take a hand...
Drama
Local Boy Makes Good
6

Local Boy Makes Good

Nov 27, 1931
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets accidentally mailed and Julia receives it. When the letter says that he is a fraternity man and a big track star, Julia rushes right over to see him. But John is neither and Spike, Julia's boyfriend, is a track star at a nearby College. John does not want to enter the track meet so Julia tries to use psychology on him. That and a good wrestling hold makes John timidly agree to enter the race, but Spike still scares him.
Romance
Dangerously Yours
6

Dangerously Yours

Sep 21, 1937
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.
Drama
Les Révoltés du Bounty
7.4
En 1797, le HMS Bounty quitte l’Angleterre sous le commandement du capitaine Bligh à destination de Tahiti via le Cap Horn. Le capitaine Bligh qui ne connaît que la loi de la peur, affame ses hommes et les maltraite. Le lieutenant Fletcher Christian va s’apposer à lui et organiser une mutinerie.
Adventure
Sur les ailes de la danse
6.8
Pour protéger sa carrière de danseur, les amis de Lucky Garnett l'empèchent de se marier avec Margaret Watson en lui volant son pantalon. Arrivé à son mariage après que les invités sont rentrés chez eux, il parvient à se réconcilier avec son futur beau-père, le juge Watson, à condition qu'il aille à New York faire fortune et ne revienne qu'avec 25 000$. Accompagné de Pop, il se rend donc à New York, sans un sou en poche (il avait parié qu'il parviendrait à se marier). Il fait la rencontre de Penny Carroll, qui enseigne la danse. Pour la conquérir, il joue et gagne jusqu'au moment où il approche de la somme fatidique...
Romance
Tin Gods
1

Tin Gods

Sep 19, 1926
Tin Gods is a lost 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play Tin Gods by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan starred.
Drama
The Big Game
5.8

The Big Game

Oct 09, 1936
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
Drama
Counterfeit Lady
1

Counterfeit Lady

Dec 31, 1936
Phyllis Fowler claims to be just a "simple little country girl" trying to get by in the wicked big-city, and she takes a big getting-by step when she pulls a scam that gains her a $17,000 diamond from an exclusive jewelry store. Soon, a private-detective, who has a dupe gem matching the stolen one, the police, and two gangster buddies of the jeweler are all racing each other to get the diamond back from Phyllis. The country-girl provides them all with a wild chase.
Comedy
Rubber Heels
1

Rubber Heels

Jun 11, 1927
A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal the gems, so a private detective is assigned to guard them. Unfortunately the private eye turns out to be a bumbling, inept fool--or so everyone thinks.
Comedy
Checkers
1

Checkers

Dec 08, 1937
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.
Drama
Touching All Bases
1

Touching All Bases

Feb 14, 1939
Vintage 1939 MLB Film reel from Lew Fonseca and presented by the Kellogg Company, Narrated by John Harrington, popular KWK announcer and sports commentator. 1939 Baseball centennial and the opening of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown which includes speeches from Ty Cobb, Connie Mack and Babe Ruth. An Instructional film with fielding and batting tips from MLB Stars of the late 30s Frank Crosetti and Joe Gordon, Red Rolfe, Charlie Gehringer Pitchers Johnny Rigney, Bobby Doerr. First Night Game in Cleveland's Municipal; Stadium and a look at all the MLB Ballparks. Film ends with Highlights of the 1939 World Series.
Documentary