Nina Campana

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Bette Davis  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Dick Foran

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Bette Davis  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Dick Foran

Tortilla Flat (1942)

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  John Garfield  •  Frank Morgan

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  John Garfield  •  Frank Morgan

Man Of The People (1937)

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Joseph Calleia  •  Florence Rice  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Ted Healy

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Joseph Calleia  •  Florence Rice  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Ted Healy

Hi, Nellie! (1934)

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Ned Sparks  •  Robert Barrat

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Ned Sparks  •  Robert Barrat

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Lola Lane  •  Paul Kelly  •  Tom Kennedy  •  Anthony Averill

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Lola Lane  •  Paul Kelly  •  Tom Kennedy  •  Anthony Averill

Call of the South Seas (1944)

FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the underhanded and exploitative business practices of Steve Landrau. In the course of his investigation Gaige is introduce to the Paris-educated native princess Tahia, who believes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Janet Martin  •  Allan Lane  •  William Henry  •  Roy Barcroft

FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the underhanded and exploitative business practices of Steve Landrau. In the course of his investigation Gaige is introduce to the Paris-educated native princess Tahia, who believes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Janet Martin  •  Allan Lane  •  William Henry  •  Roy Barcroft

South of Pago Pago (1940)

Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in pearls, Ruby instead falls for the young chief. Together, the two save Kehane’s people and their island home from the rapacious picaroons but at the tragic cost of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Jon Hall  •  Frances Farmer  •  Olympe Bradna

Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in pearls, Ruby instead falls for the young chief. Together, the two save Kehane’s people and their island home from the rapacious picaroons but at the tragic cost of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Jon Hall  •  Frances Farmer  •  Olympe Bradna

Sins of Man (1936)

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff  •  Otto Brower
CAST:  Jean Hersholt  •  Don Ameche  •  Allen Jenkins  •  J. Edward Bromberg

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff  •  Otto Brower
CAST:  Jean Hersholt  •  Don Ameche  •  Allen Jenkins  •  J. Edward Bromberg

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937)

Gene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they believe to be dead bandits, which soon gets them in big trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack V. Wright
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Armida  •  Monte Blue

Gene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they believe to be dead bandits, which soon gets them in big trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack V. Wright
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Armida  •  Monte Blue

Call of The Yukon (1938)

Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  B. Reeves Eason  •  John T. Coyle
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Beverly Roberts  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Mala

Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  B. Reeves Eason  •  John T. Coyle
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Beverly Roberts  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Mala

Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)

Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Champion Jr.  •  Sterling Holloway  •  Adele Mara

Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Champion Jr.  •  Sterling Holloway  •  Adele Mara

Gentlemen Are Born (1934)

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Franchot Tone  •  Jean Muir  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Ann Dvorak

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Franchot Tone  •  Jean Muir  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Ann Dvorak

Night Key (1937)

The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Corrigan
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Warren Hull  •  Jean Rogers  •  Alan Baxter

The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Corrigan
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Warren Hull  •  Jean Rogers  •  Alan Baxter

Arizona (1940)

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  William Holden  •  Warren William  •  Regis Toomey

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  William Holden  •  Warren William  •  Regis Toomey

White Legion (1936)

In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing the canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Brown
CAST:  Ian Keith  •  Tala Birell  •  Ferdinand Gottschalk  •  Suzanne Kaaren

In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing the canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Brown
CAST:  Ian Keith  •  Tala Birell  •  Ferdinand Gottschalk  •  Suzanne Kaaren

It Happened Out West (1937)

Bank employee assigned to tell Arizona rancher her property is no good gets suspicious when her foreman agrees. Turns out his banker boss and the foreman know there's silver on that property.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Paul Kelly  •  Judith Allen  •  Johnny Arthur  •  LeRoy Mason

Bank employee assigned to tell Arizona rancher her property is no good gets suspicious when her foreman agrees. Turns out his banker boss and the foreman know there's silver on that property.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Paul Kelly  •  Judith Allen  •  Johnny Arthur  •  LeRoy Mason

It Could Happen to You (1937)

A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Alan Baxter  •  Andrea Leeds  •  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Astrid Allwyn

A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Alan Baxter  •  Andrea Leeds  •  Owen Davis Jr.  •  Astrid Allwyn

Outlaw Express (1938)

Bradley and sidekick Sharpe are sent west to investigate the murders of pony express riders who are being killed to prevent the Spanish Land Grant papers going to Washington for registration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  Bob Baker  •  Cecilia Callejo  •  Don Barclay  •  LeRoy Mason

Bradley and sidekick Sharpe are sent west to investigate the murders of pony express riders who are being killed to prevent the Spanish Land Grant papers going to Washington for registration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  Bob Baker  •  Cecilia Callejo  •  Don Barclay  •  LeRoy Mason

Honolulu Lu (1941)

While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leo Carrillo  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Marjorie Gateson

While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leo Carrillo  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Marjorie Gateson

The Suspect (1945)

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Ella Raines  •  Molly Lamont  •  Stanley Ridges

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Ella Raines  •  Molly Lamont  •  Stanley Ridges