Joe Bordeaux

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Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)

Villains launch Fatty and Mabel's beachfront house into the ocean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Mabel Normand  •  Al St. John  •  Frank Hayes

Villains launch Fatty and Mabel's beachfront house into the ocean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Mabel Normand  •  Al St. John  •  Frank Hayes

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Jean Arthur  •  George Bancroft  •  Lionel Stander

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Jean Arthur  •  George Bancroft  •  Lionel Stander

The Butcher Boy (1917)

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Buster Keaton  •  Al St. John  •  Josephine Stevens

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Buster Keaton  •  Al St. John  •  Josephine Stevens

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

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Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Jane Darwell  •  John Carradine  •  Charley Grapewin

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Jane Darwell  •  John Carradine  •  Charley Grapewin

The Great Dictator (1940)

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Jack Oakie  •  Reginald Gardiner  •  Henry Daniell

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Jack Oakie  •  Reginald Gardiner  •  Henry Daniell

The Power of the Press (1928)

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Jobyna Ralston  •  Mildred Harris  •  Philo McCullough

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Jobyna Ralston  •  Mildred Harris  •  Philo McCullough

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Walter Brennan

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Walter Brennan

Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)

Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Joe Bordeaux  •  Glen Cavender  •  Ted Edwards

Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roscoe Arbuckle
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Joe Bordeaux  •  Glen Cavender  •  Ted Edwards

Flight (1929)

Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. This early talkie from director Frank Capra, released in 1929, stars Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Lila Lee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Lila Lee  •  Ralph Graves  •  Joe Bordeaux

Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. This early talkie from director Frank Capra, released in 1929, stars Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Lila Lee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Lila Lee  •  Ralph Graves  •  Joe Bordeaux

The Knockout (1914)

To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack Sennett
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Minta Durfee  •  Edgar Kennedy  •  Charlie Chaplin

To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack Sennett
CAST:  Roscoe Arbuckle  •  Minta Durfee  •  Edgar Kennedy  •  Charlie Chaplin

The Matinee Idol (1928)

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Bessie Love  •  Johnnie Walker  •  Ernest Hilliard  •  Lionel Belmore

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Bessie Love  •  Johnnie Walker  •  Ernest Hilliard  •  Lionel Belmore

Murder in the Clouds (1934)

Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Lyle Talbot  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Gordon Westcott  •  Robert Light

Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Lyle Talbot  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Gordon Westcott  •  Robert Light

Riders of the Purple Cows (1924)

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Ceder
CAST:  Ralph Graves  •  Alice Day  •  Andy Clyde  •  Vernon Dent

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Ceder
CAST:  Ralph Graves  •  Alice Day  •  Andy Clyde  •  Vernon Dent

The Younger Generation (1929)

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Hersholt  •  Lina Basquette  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Rex Lease

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Hersholt  •  Lina Basquette  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Rex Lease

The Doorway to Hell (1930)

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Dorothy Mathews  •  Leon Janney  •  James Cagney

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Dorothy Mathews  •  Leon Janney  •  James Cagney

The Man Hunter (1930)

Rin-Tin-Tin leaves his usual far north and ranch settings for Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Rin-Tin-Tin  •  Charles Delaney  •  Nora Lane  •  John Loder

Rin-Tin-Tin leaves his usual far north and ranch settings for Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. Ross Lederman
CAST:  Rin-Tin-Tin  •  Charles Delaney  •  Nora Lane  •  John Loder

The First Auto (1927)

The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Russell Simpson  •  Charles Emmett Mack  •  Barney Oldfield  •  Patsy Ruth Miller

The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Russell Simpson  •  Charles Emmett Mack  •  Barney Oldfield  •  Patsy Ruth Miller

Men Against the Sky (1940)

A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Kent Taylor  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Wendy Barrie

A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Kent Taylor  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Wendy Barrie

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  James Stewart  •  Edward Arnold

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  James Stewart  •  Edward Arnold

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
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