John Sheehan

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Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Alan Hale  •  Frank McHugh

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Alan Hale  •  Frank McHugh

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lee Bowman  •  Slim Summerville  •  Virginia Weidler

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lee Bowman  •  Slim Summerville  •  Virginia Weidler

On the Avenue (1937)

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Madeleine Carroll  •  Alice Faye  •  Al Ritz

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Madeleine Carroll  •  Alice Faye  •  Al Ritz

Three Godfathers (1936)

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Lewis Stone  •  Walter Brennan  •  Irene Hervey

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Lewis Stone  •  Walter Brennan  •  Irene Hervey

I Take This Woman (1940)

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Laraine Day  •  Louis Calhern

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Laraine Day  •  Louis Calhern

The Criminal Code (1930)

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Phillips Holmes  •  Constance Cummings  •  Boris Karloff

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Phillips Holmes  •  Constance Cummings  •  Boris Karloff

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Lewis Stone  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Glenda Farrell

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Lewis Stone  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Glenda Farrell

Hard to Handle (1933)

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Mary Brian  •  Allen Jenkins  •  Claire Dodd

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Mary Brian  •  Allen Jenkins  •  Claire Dodd

City for Conquest (1940)

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak  •  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Frank Craven  •  Donald Crisp

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak  •  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Frank Craven  •  Donald Crisp

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Roberts
CAST:  William Powell  •  Jean Arthur  •  James Gleason  •  Eric Blore

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Roberts
CAST:  William Powell  •  Jean Arthur  •  James Gleason  •  Eric Blore

The Circus Clown (1934)

A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Joe E. Brown  •  Patricia Ellis  •  Dorothy Burgess  •  Don Dillaway

A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Joe E. Brown  •  Patricia Ellis  •  Dorothy Burgess  •  Don Dillaway

Kid Galahad (1937)

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Bette Davis  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Wayne Morris

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Bette Davis  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Wayne Morris

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Claude Rains  •  Ann Sheridan  •  May Robson

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  John Garfield  •  Claude Rains  •  Ann Sheridan  •  May Robson

Buck Privates Come Home (1947)

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Tom Brown  •  Joan Shawlee

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Tom Brown  •  Joan Shawlee

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Grace McDonald  •  Cecil Kellaway

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Grace McDonald  •  Cecil Kellaway

Wolf Call (1939)

A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  John Carroll  •  Movita  •  George Lynn  •  Guy Usher

A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  John Carroll  •  Movita  •  George Lynn  •  Guy Usher

Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament (1933)

A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Laura La Plante  •  Walter Byron  •  John Sheehan  •  Olaf Hytten

A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Laura La Plante  •  Walter Byron  •  John Sheehan  •  Olaf Hytten

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)

When the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only the members of the Beer and Bicycle Club can save her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Ray  •  Ralph Ceder
CAST:  Charles Ray  •  Sam Hardy  •  William Farnum  •  Barbara Sheldon

When the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only the members of the Beer and Bicycle Club can save her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Ray  •  Ralph Ceder
CAST:  Charles Ray  •  Sam Hardy  •  William Farnum  •  Barbara Sheldon

As the Devil Commands (1933)

Slowly dying of an unspecified illness, wealthy invalid Charles Sellon wants his aide Neil Hamilton to end his suffering. Hamilton won't do it, but villainous lawyer Alan Dinehart, in line to inherit Sellon's millions, is not so charitable. Dinehart kills Sellon, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Mae Clarke  •  Alan Dinehart  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Charles Sellon

Slowly dying of an unspecified illness, wealthy invalid Charles Sellon wants his aide Neil Hamilton to end his suffering. Hamilton won't do it, but villainous lawyer Alan Dinehart, in line to inherit Sellon's millions, is not so charitable. Dinehart kills Sellon, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Mae Clarke  •  Alan Dinehart  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Charles Sellon

The Chief (1933)

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Ed Wynn  •  Charles 'Chic' Sale  •  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Mickey Rooney

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Ed Wynn  •  Charles 'Chic' Sale  •  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Mickey Rooney
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