Larry McGrath

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Deadline at Dawn (1946)

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Clurman
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Paul Lukas  •  Bill Williams  •  Joseph Calleia

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Clurman
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Paul Lukas  •  Bill Williams  •  Joseph Calleia

Punch Drunks (1934)

Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Breslow
CAST:  Dorothy Granger  •  Curly Howard  •  Moe Howard  •  Al Hill

Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Breslow
CAST:  Dorothy Granger  •  Curly Howard  •  Moe Howard  •  Al Hill

Sister Kenny (1946)

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dudley Nichols
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Alexander Knox  •  Dean Jagger  •  Philip Merivale

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dudley Nichols
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Alexander Knox  •  Dean Jagger  •  Philip Merivale

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Jackie Robinson  •  Ruby Dee  •  Minor Watson  •  Louise Beavers

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Jackie Robinson  •  Ruby Dee  •  Minor Watson  •  Louise Beavers

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Madge Evans  •  Frankie Darro  •  Arthur Byron

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Madge Evans  •  Frankie Darro  •  Arthur Byron

White Heat (1949)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Margaret Wycherly

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Margaret Wycherly

Johnny Belinda (1948)

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Lew Ayres  •  Charles Bickford  •  Agnes Moorehead

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Lew Ayres  •  Charles Bickford  •  Agnes Moorehead

Dangerous (1935)

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is married to Gordon, he asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. When Gordon refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Franchot Tone  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Alison Skipworth

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is married to Gordon, he asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. When Gordon refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Franchot Tone  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Alison Skipworth

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Leo Carrillo

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Leo Carrillo

Dames (1934)

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright  •  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Joan Blondell  •  Dick Powell  •  Ruby Keeler  •  Zasu Pitts

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright  •  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Joan Blondell  •  Dick Powell  •  Ruby Keeler  •  Zasu Pitts

Millionaires in Prison (1940)

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray McCarey
CAST:  Linda Hayes  •  Lee Tracy  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Morgan Conway

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray McCarey
CAST:  Linda Hayes  •  Lee Tracy  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Morgan Conway

Over the Wall (1938)

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Dick Foran  •  June Travis  •  John Litel  •  Dick Purcell

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Dick Foran  •  June Travis  •  John Litel  •  Dick Purcell

Flaming Feather (1952)

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Sterling Hayden  •  Forrest Tucker  •  Arleen Whelan  •  Barbara Rush

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Sterling Hayden  •  Forrest Tucker  •  Arleen Whelan  •  Barbara Rush

Central Park (1932)

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Adolfi
CAST:  Joan Blondell  •  Wallace Ford  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Henry B. Walthall

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Adolfi
CAST:  Joan Blondell  •  Wallace Ford  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Henry B. Walthall

Stars Over Broadway (1935)

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  James Melton  •  Jean Muir  •  Frank McHugh

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  James Melton  •  Jean Muir  •  Frank McHugh

Dr. Socrates (1935)

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Barton MacLane  •  Robert Barrat

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Barton MacLane  •  Robert Barrat

On Patrol (1922)

Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two minutes still exists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  James Donnelly  •  Kalla Pasha

Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two minutes still exists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  James Donnelly  •  Kalla Pasha

Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Jess Barker  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Tom Neal

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Jess Barker  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Tom Neal

The Personality Kid (1934)

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Claire Dodd  •  Robert Gleckler

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Claire Dodd  •  Robert Gleckler

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
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