George MacFarlane

Fireman, Save My Child (1932)

Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Joe E. Brown  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Lilian Bond  •  Guy Kibbee

Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Joe E. Brown  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Lilian Bond  •  Guy Kibbee

Double Cross Roads (1930)

Based on a novel by William R. Lipman  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker  •  George E. Middleton
CAST:  Robert Ames  •  Lila Lee  •  Edythe Chapman  •  Montagu Love

Based on a novel by William R. Lipman  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker  •  George E. Middleton
CAST:  Robert Ames  •  Lila Lee  •  Edythe Chapman  •  Montagu Love

Behind Office Doors (1931)

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melville W. Brown
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Robert Ames  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Catherine Dale Owen

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melville W. Brown
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Robert Ames  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Catherine Dale Owen

The Painted Angel (1929)

The Painted Angel is a 1929 black and white American film. The storyline is based on a story by Fannie Hurst, "Give This Little Girl a Hand."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Millard Webb
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Edmund Lowe  •  George MacFarlane  •  Cissy Fitzgerald

The Painted Angel is a 1929 black and white American film. The storyline is based on a story by Fannie Hurst, "Give This Little Girl a Hand."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Millard Webb
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Edmund Lowe  •  George MacFarlane  •  Cissy Fitzgerald

The Heart of New York (1932)

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  George Sidney  •  Aline MacMahon  •  Joe Smith  •  Charles Dale

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  George Sidney  •  Aline MacMahon  •  Joe Smith  •  Charles Dale

Union Depot (1932)

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Joan Blondell  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Alan Hale

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Joan Blondell  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Alan Hale

Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)

Two soldiers go absent without leave in Paris during World War I.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Bert Wheeler  •  Robert Woolsey  •  Dorothy Lee  •  George MacFarlane

Two soldiers go absent without leave in Paris during World War I.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Bert Wheeler  •  Robert Woolsey  •  Dorothy Lee  •  George MacFarlane

Happy Days (1929)

Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Charles E. Evans  •  Marjorie White  •  Richard Keene  •  Stuart Erwin

Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Charles E. Evans  •  Marjorie White  •  Richard Keene  •  Stuart Erwin

Wall Street (1929)

A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Ralph Ince  •  Aileen Pringle  •  Philip Strange  •  Sam De Grasse

A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Ralph Ince  •  Aileen Pringle  •  Philip Strange  •  Sam De Grasse

Up the River (1930)

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Claire Luce  •  Warren Hymer  •  Humphrey Bogart

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Claire Luce  •  Warren Hymer  •  Humphrey Bogart

Taxi! (1932)

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Loretta Young  •  George E. Stone  •  Guy Kibbee

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Loretta Young  •  George E. Stone  •  Guy Kibbee

The Back Page (1931)

The Back Page is a 1931 Comedy short.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  George Chandler  •  Virginia Brooks  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  George MacFarlane

The Back Page is a 1931 Comedy short.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  George Chandler  •  Virginia Brooks  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  George MacFarlane

Rich Man's Folly (1931)

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  George Bancroft  •  Frances Dee  •  Robert Ames  •  Juliette Compton

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  George Bancroft  •  Frances Dee  •  Robert Ames  •  Juliette Compton

Cameo Kirby (1930)

Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ruffians in New Orleans, but she disappears after he sings her a love song.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Norma Terris  •  J. Harold Murray  •  Douglas Gilmore  •  Robert Edeson

Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ruffians in New Orleans, but she disappears after he sings her a love song.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Norma Terris  •  J. Harold Murray  •  Douglas Gilmore  •  Robert Edeson