Kenneth Brown

Sandy Is a Lady (1940)

Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endangered by the antics of their two-year-old, Sandy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Baby Sandy  •  Billy Lenhart  •  Kenneth Brown  •  Eugene Pallette

Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endangered by the antics of their two-year-old, Sandy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Baby Sandy  •  Billy Lenhart  •  Kenneth Brown  •  Eugene Pallette

Man from Montana (1941)

A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Jean Brooks  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Nell O'Day

A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Jean Brooks  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Nell O'Day

Melody Lane (1941)

In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl. Songs include: "Septimus Winner," "Peaceful Ends the Day," ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Anne Gwynne  •  Robert Paige  •  Baby Sandy

In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl. Songs include: "Septimus Winner," "Peaceful Ends the Day," ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Anne Gwynne  •  Robert Paige  •  Baby Sandy

Cinderella Swings It (1943)

Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices a Broadway producer to Coldriver to see the gay musical extravaganza Baines is staging for the benefit of the U.S.O. He is also promoting the singing career of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Guy Kibbee  •  Gloria Warren  •  Helen Parrish  •  Dick Hogan

Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices a Broadway producer to Coldriver to see the gay musical extravaganza Baines is staging for the benefit of the U.S.O. He is also promoting the singing career of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Guy Kibbee  •  Gloria Warren  •  Helen Parrish  •  Dick Hogan

36 Hours (1953)

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Dan Duryea  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gudrun Ure  •  Eric Pohlmann

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Dan Duryea  •  Elsie Albiin  •  Gudrun Ure  •  Eric Pohlmann

Johnny Doughboy (1942)

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Jack Boyle  •  Patrick Brook

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Jack Boyle  •  Patrick Brook

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  W.C. Fields  •  Gloria Jean  •  Leon Errol  •  Billy Lenhart

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  W.C. Fields  •  Gloria Jean  •  Leon Errol  •  Billy Lenhart

One Mysterious Night (1944)

After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Janis Carter  •  William Wright  •  Richard Lane

After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Janis Carter  •  William Wright  •  Richard Lane

Spring Parade (1940)

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Deanna Durbin  •  Robert Cummings  •  Mischa Auer  •  Henry Stephenson

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Deanna Durbin  •  Robert Cummings  •  Mischa Auer  •  Henry Stephenson

The Under-Pup (1939)

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Gloria Jean  •  Robert Cummings  •  Nan Grey  •  C. Aubrey Smith

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Gloria Jean  •  Robert Cummings  •  Nan Grey  •  C. Aubrey Smith

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Jean Arthur  •  Phil Silvers  •  Charles Winninger

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Jean Arthur  •  Phil Silvers  •  Charles Winninger

In the Navy (1941)

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Dick Powell  •  Claire Dodd

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Dick Powell  •  Claire Dodd

Spotlight Scandals (1943)

A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go awry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Frank Fay  •  Billy Gilbert  •  Bonnie Baker  •  Iris Adrian

A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go awry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Frank Fay  •  Billy Gilbert  •  Bonnie Baker  •  Iris Adrian

First Aid (1943)

This Pete Smith Specialty is a semihumorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house. It was produced in cooperation with the Beverly Hills First Aid Unit of the American Red Cross Disaster Service. —David Glagovsky  (more)

DIRECTION:  Will Jason
CAST:  Sally Eilers  •  Leila Hyams  •  Eileen Percy  •  Kenneth Brown

This Pete Smith Specialty is a semihumorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house. It was produced in cooperation with the Beverly Hills First Aid Unit of the American Red Cross Disaster Service. —David Glagovsky  (more)

DIRECTION:  Will Jason
CAST:  Sally Eilers  •  Leila Hyams  •  Eileen Percy  •  Kenneth Brown