Jack Pennick

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West Point of the Air (1935)

Action-packedDramaticEnjoyable

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Rosson
CAST:  Wallace Beery  •  Robert Young  •  Lewis Stone  •  Maureen O'Sullivan

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Rosson
CAST:  Wallace Beery  •  Robert Young  •  Lewis Stone  •  Maureen O'Sullivan

Lucky Star (1929)

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Janet Gaynor  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Paul Fix  •  Hedwiga Reicher

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Janet Gaynor  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Paul Fix  •  Hedwiga Reicher

Tugboat Annie (1933)

Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby ruins their tugboat business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Marie Dressler  •  Wallace Beery  •  Robert Young  •  Maureen O'Sullivan

Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby ruins their tugboat business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Marie Dressler  •  Wallace Beery  •  Robert Young  •  Maureen O'Sullivan

Slightly Married (1932)

Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him and they were going to be married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Evalyn Knapp  •  Walter Byron  •  Marie Prevost  •  Jason Robards Sr.

Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him and they were going to be married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Evalyn Knapp  •  Walter Byron  •  Marie Prevost  •  Jason Robards Sr.

Strange People (1933)

All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  John Darrow  •  Gloria Shea  •  Hale Hamilton  •  Wilfred Lucas

All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  John Darrow  •  Gloria Shea  •  Hale Hamilton  •  Wilfred Lucas

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Alice Faye  •  Don Ameche  •  Ethel Merman

Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Alice Faye  •  Don Ameche  •  Ethel Merman

Buyer Beware (1940)

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  Charles Arnt  •  Hugh Beaumont  •  Egon Brecher  •  Charles D. Brown

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  Charles Arnt  •  Hugh Beaumont  •  Egon Brecher  •  Charles D. Brown

North West Mounted Police (1940)

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Madeleine Carroll  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Preston Foster

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Madeleine Carroll  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Preston Foster

The Last Hurrah (1958)

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Jeffrey Hunter  •  Dianne Foster  •  Pat O’Brien

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Jeffrey Hunter  •  Dianne Foster  •  Pat O’Brien

Salute (1929)

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler  •  John Ford
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Helen Chandler  •  William Janney  •  Stepin Fetchit

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler  •  John Ford
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Helen Chandler  •  William Janney  •  Stepin Fetchit

The Mighty (1929)

In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  George Bancroft  •  Esther Ralston  •  Warner Oland  •  Raymond Hatton

In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  George Bancroft  •  Esther Ralston  •  Warner Oland  •  Raymond Hatton

Jail Birds of Paradise (1934)

While the warden is away, his daughter attempts to turn prison into 'Paradise" Considered a Lost Film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Boasberg
CAST:  Dorothy Appleby  •  Heinie Conklin  •  Beth Dodge  •  Betty Dodge

While the warden is away, his daughter attempts to turn prison into 'Paradise" Considered a Lost Film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Boasberg
CAST:  Dorothy Appleby  •  Heinie Conklin  •  Beth Dodge  •  Betty Dodge

The Broncho Twister (1927)

Returning from the war, Tom Mason (Tom Mix) rides square into a raging feud between the his family and the neighboring Brady gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orville O. Dull
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Tony the Horse  •  Helene Costello  •  Nancy Drexel

Returning from the war, Tom Mason (Tom Mix) rides square into a raging feud between the his family and the neighboring Brady gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orville O. Dull
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Tony the Horse  •  Helene Costello  •  Nancy Drexel
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