Biography: Jonathan Hale |
Once Canadian-born actor Jonathan Hale became well known for his portrayal of well-to-do businessmen, he was fond of telling the story of how he'd almost been a man of wealth in real life--except for an improvident financial decision by his father. A... more
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Cast: Mickey Rooney Sabu Barton MacLane
Tags: Mystery Drama Adventure Adventure Drama
Length: 93min
Though Mickey Rooney is listed as coproducer of Jaguar, the star of the proceedings is East Indian actor Sabu, here cast as a young South American. Though raised in a civilized atmosphere, Juano (Sabu) cannot quite shake the savage instincts of his...
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown Rod Cameron
Tags: Action Western Traditional Western
Length: 82min
Western aficionados tend to regard Short Grass as the best-ever directorial effort by Lesley Selander. Considerably longer than most Monogram westerns (82 minutes), the film never lags, thanks to the expertise of Selander and a top-rank cast. Rod...
Cast: Leon Errol
Tags: Comedy
Length: 65min
Set upon the mighty Mississippi, this comedy chronicles the travails of a showboat captain trying to keep his operation financially afloat. He barely has enough money to do so and with no license, operates illegally. He finds more trouble when he...
Cast: Lucille Ball Franchot Tone Edward Everett Horton Gene Lockhart
Tags: Comedy Workplace Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 83min
Lucille Ball offers a seminal version of her Lucy Ricardo TV character in Her Husband's Affairs. Ball is cast as Margaret Weldon, the wife of advertising executive William Weldon (Franchot Tone). Though Weldon is successful, Margaret can't help but...
State Department File 649 (1949)
Cast: Virginia Bruce Sam Newfield
Tags: Spy Film War Resistance Film
Length: 87min
Those scurrilous Chinese communists are up to their old tricks in the 1949 flagwaver State Department - File 649. William Lundigan plays Ken, an operative of the U.S. Foreign Service stationed in North China. Ken is one of several people trapped in a...
Cast: John Carradine
Tags: War Adventure Action War Drama Spy Film
Length: 68min
Two years before attaining superstardom in The Jolson Story, Larry Parks essayed the leading role the Columbia wartime meller The Black Parachute. Parks is cast as American paratrooper Michael Lindley, who drops behind enemy lines under cover of night...
Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
Length: 15min
Though running a mere 15 minutes, Watchtower Over Tomorrow boasts some very impressive credits. Written by Ben Hecht, this paean to the newly-formed United Nations does its best to explain the importance of the organization and the Dubarton Oaks...
Cast: Penny Singleton Arthur Lake
Tags: Comedy Crime Domestic Comedy
Length: 64min
Daisy, the Bumstead's mischievous mutt, makes the family a little extra cash when she wins a contest to become a model for the Navy. From there she becomes the favorite calendar gal. All the attention to the dog, makes Dagwood feel that his position...
Cast: Marjorie Weaver
Tags: Comedy Domestic Comedy Screwball Comedy
Length: 75min
After a two-year layoff, Columbia revived its moneymaking "Blondie" series with 1945's Leave It to Blondie. Older but no wiser, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead (Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake) enter a songwriting contest. It's all part of a plan to cover...
Cast: Paul Kelly Lon Chaney, Jr.
Tags: Crime Thriller Mystery Crime Horror
Length: 64min
The third installment in Universal's low-budget "Inner Sanctum" mysteries, Dead Man's Eyes promises a great deal more than screenwriter Dwight W. Babcock can deliver. Lon Chaney Jr. stars as Dave Stuart, a struggling artist promising his fiancée...
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