Ben Hewlett

Bunker Bean (1936)

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy  •  William Hamilton
CAST:  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Louise Latimer  •  Robert McWade  •  Jessie Ralph

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy  •  William Hamilton
CAST:  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Louise Latimer  •  Robert McWade  •  Jessie Ralph

Parole Girl (1933)

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Mae Clarke  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Marie Prevost  •  Hale Hamilton

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Mae Clarke  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Marie Prevost  •  Hale Hamilton

The White Cockatoo (1935)

In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Jean Muir  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Ruth Donnelly  •  Minna Gombell

In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Jean Muir  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Ruth Donnelly  •  Minna Gombell

Born to Be Wild (1938)

Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Doris Weston  •  Ward Bond  •  Robert Emmett Keane

Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Doris Weston  •  Ward Bond  •  Robert Emmett Keane

Western Jamboree (1938)

Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Jean Rouverol  •  Esther Muir

Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Staub
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Jean Rouverol  •  Esther Muir

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)

The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Pauline Lord  •  W.C. Fields  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Evelyn Venable

The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Pauline Lord  •  W.C. Fields  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Evelyn Venable

Speed Wings (1934)

A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by brothers Tim and Jerry are stolen and suspicion falls on their office secretary Mary Stuart. But she can pilot an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  William Bakewell  •  Vincent Sherman

A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by brothers Tim and Jerry are stolen and suspicion falls on their office secretary Mary Stuart. But she can pilot an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  William Bakewell  •  Vincent Sherman

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers  •  Clifford Smith
CAST:  Donald Briggs  •  Jean Rogers  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Carla Laemmle

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers  •  Clifford Smith
CAST:  Donald Briggs  •  Jean Rogers  •  John 'Dusty' King  •  Carla Laemmle

A Woman is the Judge (1939)

Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Grindé
CAST:  Frieda Inescort  •  Otto Kruger  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Mayo Methot

Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Grindé
CAST:  Frieda Inescort  •  Otto Kruger  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Mayo Methot

Lights Out (1923)

Notorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it is filled with scenarios. Its owner, Egbert Winslow, agrees to write a screenplay about the underworld with Sea Bass's help. Sea Bass, seeing a chance to expose a pal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Santell
CAST:  Ruth Stonehouse  •  Hank Mann  •  Ben Hewlett  •  Mabel Van Buren

Notorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it is filled with scenarios. Its owner, Egbert Winslow, agrees to write a screenplay about the underworld with Sea Bass's help. Sea Bass, seeing a chance to expose a pal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Santell
CAST:  Ruth Stonehouse  •  Hank Mann  •  Ben Hewlett  •  Mabel Van Buren

Broad Daylight (1922)

A young woman agrees to marry the son of a well-known man in order to get a chance to take revenge on her new father-in-law, who she believes framed her own father who is now in prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Lois Wilson  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Ralph Lewis  •  Kenneth Gibson

A young woman agrees to marry the son of a well-known man in order to get a chance to take revenge on her new father-in-law, who she believes framed her own father who is now in prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Lois Wilson  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Ralph Lewis  •  Kenneth Gibson

On the Level (1930)

An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  William Harrigan  •  Lilyan Tashman  •  Fifi D'Orsay

An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  William Harrigan  •  Lilyan Tashman  •  Fifi D'Orsay