List of Universal Pictures films (1940–1949)
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- DirectorFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsGordon JonesWade BotelerKeye LukeA newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsCedric HardwickeVincent PriceNan GreyThe owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy KnightWhen a gold strike turns a ghost town into a boom town, Gorman arrives to open his crooked gambling hall and Judge Harkins arrives to bring law and order. Jim Bannister is aiding the Judge by bringing in Gorman's outlaws and to lure Jim into a trap, Gorman's men kidnap the Judge and his daughter for bait.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy KnightDuncan is secretly shipping explosives by ship and needs the Flying U ranch which has shore access. Chip breaks up his murder and robbery attempts and eventually captures two of his henchman. Duncan has to show his hand to rescue his men and now Chip and the posse know who they are after.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Joan BennettJohn HowardIn the jungles of the Amazon, a group of Western adventurers and two local native guides try to locate a lost treasure buried beneath an ancient Incan city.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsTom BrownPeggy MoranAllen JenkinsJohnny Sandham (Tom Brown), a traveling salesman for a department store, agrees, under duress after his truck forced her roadster of the road, to take "Kelly" Archer (Peggy Moran), a runaway heiress, to New York City, where she intends to elope with her named-but-never-seen fiancée. They are soon caught in the cross-fire car chase involving three bank robbers--- Ed the Weasel (Allen Jenkins), "Doc" Kedrick (Jospeh Downing) and "Lefty" Hodges (Horace MacMahon)---and a highway patrol pursuit car. Ere long, Ed, ends up in the truck with Johnny and "Kelly", and decides Canada is a better destination for him than NYC. Somewhere, south of Canada and north of NYC, the truck brakes fail, and while they are being repaired at Adelbert Thistlebottom's Garage, they take a cabin at Thistlebottom's Motel/Tourist Camp. Adelbert (Donald Meek) is more than slightly addled; he wears a cowboy costume and has all of his camp cabins automated in various ways. Betty Jane Rhodes, another guest at the tourist camp sings the title song, while Bonnie Baker, who made the recording that landed it on the Hit Parade, is not seen even though somebody keeps incorrectly adding her to the cast.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevinePeggy MoranDuring a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance to win races, but the racing association has banned it since the accident. He devises a scheme to have a car equipped with the engine entered into a race, without race officials--or the engine designer's sassy daughter--finding out about it.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsEdmund LoweMargaret LindsayElisabeth RisdonDetective Adam Farradene postpones his honeymoon with wife Janet to investigate a murder. Janet puts aside her frustration to lend a hand, despite Adam's insistence on working alone.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsFrank AlbertsonConstance MooreJerome CowanA young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayA lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsWayne MorrisMargaret LindsayWilliam GarganA man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
- DirectorFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsBuster CrabbeCarol HughesCharles MiddletonA ravaging plague has struck the Earth threatening no less than global extinction. This alien disease is believed to be the evil spawn of Ming, the merciless Emperor of Planet Mongo. The world's only hope now rests with Flash Gordon.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsLola LaneJames CraigEduardo CiannelliA beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsTom BrownConstance MooreRichard CarleWoodbury's fashionable gown-salon on Fifth Avenue is about to take bankruptcy. An unemployed showgirl, Connie Curtiss, tell's the store's press agent, Tommy Shaw, that more girls would buy and wear Woodbury's styles if the prices weren't so high. Tommy sells store-owner C. J. Woodbury on the idea of installing a new line of low-priced apparel. Over the objections of Woodbury's starchy secretary, Minerva, and his own secretary, Miss Lansdale, Tommy starts a publicity campaign with Connie as "Miss Manhattan", and has her wear the new styles at various gathering places around New York City. Tommy gets his newspaper-columnist friend, Ted Carter, to help stage a style show for working girls. A fee complications arise from that.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsMae WestW.C. FieldsJoseph CalleiaAfter a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsDeanna DurbinKay FrancisWalter PidgeonAn aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
- DirectorAl ChristieStarsHeather AngelJohn 'Dusty' KingConstance CollierAlthough young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the backseat. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy KnightA newspaper editor stumbles upon an irrigation project swindle.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiStanley RidgesDr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsGeorge SandersMargaret LindsayVincent PriceBased on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsRichard CromwellHelen VinsonRobert ArmstrongA man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBing CrosbyGloria JeanCharles WinningerWhen a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers take his now-orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsPhilip DornLuli DesteStanley FieldsIn 1939 a Finnish reserve unit defends the border and their town in the valley below from Russian invaders who are excavating an explosive-laden tunnel under their mountaintop encampment.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsBob BurnsMischa AuerPeggy MoranA hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBaby SandyBilly LenhartKenneth BrownIt is important to Joe and Mary Phillips and their baby Sandy that Joe's employer, the P. J. Barnett Company, get the contract to build Maylor bridge, because it means a pay raise for Joe. Joe's raise hinges upon Davis, the man in charge of bids for the city, accepting his estimate. To insure that Joe will get the raise, the Phillips invite Mr. Barnett to dinner. As Mary shops for the evening's festivities, she leaves Sandy in the charge of Billy Pepino, an unemployed construction foreman who lives next door. Billy, who has been fired as foreman on a Barnett building because Barnett considers him unlucky, is paid a visit by inventor Felix Lobo Smith, who has just developed a safety parachute for construction workers and hopes to sell it to Barnett. Billy accompanies Felix on a visit to Barnett's office, leaving Sandy in the care of his sons Mike and Pat, who take the toddler with them to perform in the streets. Sandy crawls into a restaurant, where Felix, who has been thrown out of Barnett's office, is working when gangsters Nick Case and Murph come to demand protection money from Henri, the owner of the restaurant. When Henri orders the gangsters to leave, they place a bomb in the cloak room. Meanwhile, Felix, who has just been fired, leaves Sandy in the care of the cloakroom girl, who notifies Officer Rafferty of the lost baby. Before Rafferty arrives, however, the bomb is found, and in the excitement, Sandy crawls away and climbs into a refuse truck. As Sandy is hauled around in the truck, Barnett's worthless nephew and his wife approach him for money. To win his sympathy, they tell him that they have a son, and he agrees to meet them at Henri's restaurant for lunch. The trash truck then returns to deposit Sandy at Henri's, where the nephew claims her. Barnett, touched, asks to take care of Sandy, and he takes her to the construction site, where she crawls into an elevator and shoots skyward. Felix and Billy, who have come looking for work, join Barnett in his effort to save Sandy, and when Barnett falls from one of the girders, Felix saves him with his parachute, thus proving the value of his invention. Billy then claims Sandy, but Barnett insists that the baby is his nephew's son and promises Billy a lifetime job if the baby is a girl. To settle the argument, Rafferty takes Sandy back to the station. When he gets waylaid chasing the gangsters, Sandy is found by Pat and Mike, who take her home. At dinner that night, Davis turns down the Barnett bid on the grounds that Joe has submitted the highest bid, but Sandy saves the day when she pulls some papers from Davis' pocket that prove that Joe submitted the lowest bid, thus winning the contract and his pay raise.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevinePeggy MoranMatt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsHugh HerbertDennis O'KeefeConstance MooreHenry I. Dibble, Jr. (Hugh Herbert)is a dizzy millionaire playboy who loves rhumba music. Thorns in his side are his four maiden sisters Faith (Hugh Herbert), Hope (Hugh Herbert), Charity (Hugh Herbert) and Prudence (Hugh Herbert). A crisis comes when they order Junior to evict Mama O'Brien (Ferike Boros) and her penniless guests from property owned by the Dibble estate because she can not pay the rent. But when Junior arrives he hears rhumba music coming from within and rents a room and moves in. And proceeds to alter the livers of those who live there, including Steve Collins (Dennis O'Keefe, a taxicab driver who wants to be a dancer, and Steve's girlfriend, Helen Curtiss (Constance Moore), an unemployed singer.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsBroderick CrawfordJessie RalphJohnny DownsWhen Public Enemy No. 3 Sonny McGann meets composer Bob Gunther, he gets the idea of having Bob write music to a poem he has written about his long-lost sweetheart Sadie McGlonsky. Somewhere between kidnapping and gentle persuasion, Sonny takes Bob and his girlfriend Linda Carroll to his penthouse hideout and orders Bob to write the music. After completion, Sonny and his mob use some strong-arm persuasion to get it on "The Hit Parade." Bob tries to trick Sonny saying he can't write any more music because of his unrequited love for music comedy star Magda Delys. Sonny's solution is to have his men bring Magda and a minister with a marriage license to the penthouse. Bob is forced to begin the ceremony but Public Enemy No. 2, Big Foot Louie, barges in and reveals that his own hobby is writing music. And Sonny recognizes Magda as his long-lost love Sadie McGlonsky. He and Big Foot decide to quit the rackets and surrender to the District Attorney so they can collaborate on writing hit songs "in the pen."
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy KnightA cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murder
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsDonald WoodsKathryn AdamsWallace FordIn despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop the man trying to kill him because he doesn't know who he is.
- DirectorFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsDick ForanAnne NagelTom FaddenHartford is building a railroad heading west and King Carter is out to stop him from going through his town by goading the Indians into attacking the railroad crew. The head of the crew is Jeff Ramsay and he and his sidekick Tex are repeatedly there to foil Carter's attempts.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsNancy KellyRobert CummingsHugh HerbertAmos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a "black sheep" rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, finds herself in the same quandary, ordered by her crotchety grandfather, Noble Bullerton, to marry a man she doesn't love.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineKathryn AdamsA reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayOne of Thorndyke's men has murdered a man and Eris is the only witness. Jim Reardon breaks up Thorndyke's first attempt to kidnap Eris but the second attempt is successful, Jim now not only has to find Eris but has to get her back in time for the trial.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsThe Dead End KidsNan GreyRosina GalliThe Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsCharles BickfordJames CraigLuli DesteHearing of a native uprising at the African Copper Mines at Karanga, manager Edmund Daniels and American counsel Jeff Worthing catch an arms-and-ammunition bearing train. Other passengers include Paul Stacco, a sort of native white god expected to settle the rebellion peacefully; Daniels's secretary David Wallace; Dr. Greenleaf and his nurse Julia Garrett; Steve Harley, a young American adventurer; Manek Sen, a mysterious Eurasian; and Slats Breese, an American fight trainer. Daniels is murdered on the train and an investigation reveals that Dr. Greenleaf's real name is one notorious in medical circles, and that Manek Sen is set on killing Hawley to get the latter's treasure maps. Daniel's papers are found in Stacco's possession. Julia is wounded when the natives, under Stacco's orders, attack the train. Later, Jeff exposes Wallace as Daniels' killer, as Daniels had discovered he had been stealing from the mine.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsAllan JonesIrene HerveyMartha RayeThe action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsRandolph ScottKay FrancisBrian DonlevyFictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsThe Ritz BrothersAl RitzHarry RitzAn all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsRosalind RussellBrian AherneVirginia BruceCEO Stephen marries his secretary Kendal in name only, an arrangement made to protect his finances from an attempt at a hostile business takeover. Once the threat is neutralized, he asks Kendal for a divorce but she refuses.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineAstrid AllwynA shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayWhen Sam Osborne, owner of the Circle S Ranch, is killed by cattle rustler Bo Gillman, the outlaw is advised by crooked attorney Virgil Parker to report the "mysterious" killing to Osborne's daughter, Helen. Steve Logan, a stranger, is jailed for the crime. He escapes and learns of Parker's scheme to steal the Circle S. Steve presents his Cattleman's Protective Association credentials to the sheriff and receives assurances of aid. Steve's former sweetheart, Mary Curtis, confirms Parker's treachery. In a gun battle, Parker, Gillman and the rustlers are rounded up and the Circle S is saved for Helen. Steve and Mary take up their romance again.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsDick ForanPeggy MoranWallace FordArchaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDeanna DurbinRobert CummingsMischa AuerA Hungarian woman whose fortune predicts that she will marry may find it coming true when she meets an army drummer.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsVictor McLaglenJohn LoderAnne NagelStory of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
- DirectorFord BeebeJohn RawlinsStarsBilly HalopHuntz HallGabriel DellA gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsGloria JeanRobert StackHugh HerbertA 12-year-old singing sensation loses her voice when her parents refuse to give in to her harebrained schemes.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsHugh HerbertPeggy MoranJohnny DownsA con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsMarlene DietrichJohn WayneAlbert DekkerBanished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsDennis O'KeefeConstance MooreHelen ParrishTod Lowell (Dennis O'Keefe)),the quarterback of the Southern State football team has been dating Betty Gilbert (Constance Moore), a nightclub singer. But his mother, Mrs. Henry Lowell objects to her because his father, Senator Henry Lowell (Berton Churchill), is the leading candidate to become the governor of California, and it is believed far and wide that the governor of Claifornia should not be associated with anyone connected to show-business. Tod's mother thinks he should be dating Trudie Morgan (Helen Parrish), the daughter of a political influential politician from San Francisco.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineJohn EldredgeA secretary sends a coded plea for help in her monthly report; two detectives investigate and find out that men are jailed on phony charges, forced to work in oil fields and then murdered if they try to escape.
- DirectorOtis GarrettPaul Gerard SmithStarsBaby SandyStuart ErwinUna MerkelFireman Bill Carey and police officer Tom Gerrity are rivals for the hand of Nan Clark. Each hopes to marry Nan so that her father, Councilman Clark, the city finance commissioner, will award their respective departments huge appropriations for new equipment. Bill really loves Nan, but she insists that her baby daughter Sandy select the man she marries. Both Fire Chief Galvin and Police Chief O'Hara support the courtships of their employees and collect money to buy a birthday gift for Sandy. Bill takes Sandy to the store to select her gift, but when she wanders away and ends up at the police station, he becomes the object of ridicule. This prompts Junior and Bagshaw, firemen friends of Bill, who have a bet that Bill will win Nan's hand, to persuade Bill to try caveman tactics on Nan. Their advice backfires, however, when Nan becomes infuriated with Bill's behavior and agrees to marry Tom. Undeterred, Bagshaw and Junior plant a firebomb in the church on the day of the wedding, thus succeeding in postponing the ceremony. When the pair are found locked in the church basement, however, Bill is blamed for the mishap and resigns. After they return home from the ceremony, Sandy follows Bill's dog to the fire station. When the police arrive to ransack the station in search of Sandy, Bagshaw and Junior conceal the missing baby. After a fire alarm sends the wagons rolling out of the station, Sandy is spotted blissfully riding on the hook and ladder truck. Everyone gives chase and in the confusion, Sandy wanders onto a high ledge of a burning building. Bill heroically rescues the baby, thus winning Nan's gratitude and hand in marriage as well as reinstatement in the fire department.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsAllan JonesNancy KellyRobert CummingsJim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancee, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley), who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned. Everyone involved in the situation winds up sailing or flying to San Marcos (a fictional South American country), where another complication arises, when Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay the $1-million because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsRalph BellamyMargaret LindsayJoseph SchildkrautMagazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious and consequently follows Brod when he visits the Dumeray gallery. At the gallery, Brod asks Leon Dumeray to store a painting in his vault. Recognizing the canvas as stolen, Dumeray has Brod arrested. Her interest piqued, Ann visits Brod in jail where he asks her to bring him some fruit from Juan's fruit stand. Ann returns with a pineapple, in which a gun is concealed. Holding Ann at gunpoint, Brod demands that she switch clothing with him and, thus disguised, he blasts his way out of jail. After his escape, the police congratulate Brod on his clever ruse of staging a jail break in order to win the Wildcat's confidence. Pretending to seek refuge, Brod breaks into Dumeray's home where the art dealer reveals that he is the real Wildcat and recruits Brod to join his gang. Learning of a planned robbery at the museum the following night, Brod passes a message, coded in a bar of soap, warning the police. Meanwhile, Ann discovers that Brod really is a police detective, and when she sees him at Dumeray's house, she assumes that the two are working together and unintentionally lets Dumeray know who Brad is. Dumeray then takes Brod, Ann and her driver Max prisoner and ties them up in the power house near the museum. That night, as Dumeray tunnels into the museum, Brod breaks loose of his bonds and flashes an S-O-S signal over the power lines. He then hold the thieves at bay until the police arrive to meet the real Wildcat.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayBill Ralston arrives in town planning to settle down but quickly gets caught up in the fight between the townspeople and Poe Daggett and his gang. He takes the job of town Marshal and soon brings law and order. When Daggetts men ambush him he kills Poe's brother. Poe then kills Bill's friend Brant and this leads to the showdown.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsW.C. FieldsCora WitherspoonUna MerkelHenpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
- DirectorLászló KardosStarsSigrid GurieRalph ByrdEddie QuillanJewel smugglers in Cairo try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayCal Sheridan (Johnny Mack Brown) accompanies Major Goodwin (Tom Chatteron) and his daughter, Alice (Dorothy Short), to the Ruby Valley express station, where dissolute operator Griff Atkins (Stanley Blystone) and his cronies, Mack (Jack Rockwell) and Claud Richards (Ray Teal) have been inciting the Indians to attack the express riders and relay stations on the line. Cal takes over the station, assisted by Shorty. (Fuzzy Knight) At a nearby relay station, in charge of Old Man Reeves and his daughter Norma (Nell O'Day), the outlaws kill Reeves and steal the horses. Cal and Alice set out to investigate the Richard brother's hideout and, meanwhile, Norma traces the crime to Atkins. Cal captures the renegades, and Alice tells her father she will remain in Ruby Vally to become Cal's bride.
- DirectorOtis GarrettPaul Gerard SmithStarsTom BrownNan GreyMischa AuerA struggling husband-wife songwriting team try to sell a radio program in the midst of crooked producers, song-stealing friends, repo men, and an overly amorous sponsor.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsFranchot ToneWarren WilliamBroderick CrawfordA reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBilly HalopHuntz HallGabriel DellDead End Kids epic. The boys want desperately to fly, and get mixed up with crooked crop dusters, whose planes are flying deathtraps.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBurgess MeredithIrene HerveyBarry FitzgeraldBarmaid in seedy docks does better detective work than the police to get her beau off a murder accusation, helped by a good priest who proves to be a good fighter for the truth.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsVirginia BruceJohn BarrymoreJohn HowardAn attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineDorothy LovettA triad of rival news journalist go to great lengths in sabotaging each other, but come together as heroes when they're unwittingly embroiled in a sinister foreign intelligence plot to blow up a dam.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsLeon ErrolHelen ParrishCharles LangThrough a mix-up, the members of a band get thrown in jail as robbery suspects.
- DirectorFord BeebeJohn RawlinsStarsWarren HullWade BotelerAnne NagelA wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsCharles LangLeon ErrolHelen ParrishThe brash, opinionated owner of a nightclub manages to drive everybody crazy on a boat trip to Havana.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLee BowmanTwo sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsCharles BoyerMargaret SullavanRichard CarlsonFive years after meeting and falling in love with a banker, a willful shop girl decides to become his mistress upon learning he has since gotten married and had a son.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsHugh HerbertLewis HowardJean BrooksA comedy about a man who tries to avoid giving up the $10,000,000 trust he's been administering so well that there's hardly any money left.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsDeanna DurbinFranchot ToneWalter BrennanA young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father's business partners.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsLloyd NolanIrene HerveyJ. Carrol NaishA ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.
- DirectorGlenn TryonStarsEdmund LoweUna MerkelPeggy MoranPenny Kirkland's (Peggy Moran) Aunt Elsie (Una Merkel) and Jerry Bladwin's (Rand Brooks) widower father Roger Baldwin (Edmund Lowe) are attracted to each other. Preventing the pending marriage of the father and the aunt becomes a purpose in life for the two teenagers. Their mutual dislike of each other - which only lasts about 45 minutes of this 60-minute film - cuts down their effectiveness in breaking up the match.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayA young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl's father.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsBrian AherneKay FrancisHenry StephensonJohn Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsDick ForanLeo CarrilloPeggy MoranA down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsLionel AtwillLon Chaney Jr.Anne NagelA mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
- DirectorFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsDonald WoodsBilly HalopRobert ArmstrongEnemy spies try to steal a new fighter plane.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsLoretta YoungRobert PrestonEdward ArnoldHow a liberated teacher brought women's suffrage to Wyoming in 1869.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineAnne NagelArctic explorers (Richard Arlen, Anne Nagel, Andy Devine) partner with a sea captain and his ship, to locate a radium deposit. However, they are betrayed by the ship's crew and must fight to survive the deadly polar environment.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsJoan BlondellDick PowellCharles RugglesFred and Joan are a married couple working at the Benson's business. Mrs JJ Benson has a strict policy against married employees, so they keep it a secret while they save every penny as they wish to have a baby. Everything goes well until Mrs Benson decides to install her good-for-nothing son in the store and assigns Joan as his secretary. Then one day she is asked to model dresses for a late customer.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsMarlene DietrichBruce CabotRoland YoungIn old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsBasil RathboneHugh HerbertBroderick CrawfordElderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineLinda HayesTim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his henchman, Jean Collet, to obtain the services of the famous "bull-of-the-woods" Andy Jensen and his partner "Lucky." Kay arrives and gives her permission to cut the timber, defying Dick. Dick, with his two assistants, Withers and "Tex," begins a survey of the timber stand. When Dick and Tex finally reveal MacGrgeor as a crook, Collet is sent to kill "Tex" and obtain the reports. A fight ensues and "Lucky" is killed by one of Collet's flying knives. Kay then admits that Dick is right and helps him trap Collet. Dick and Andy force a confession from Collet and MacGregor is exposed.
- DirectorHarold YoungStarsBaby SandyEdward Everett HortonDonald WoodsThe lives of three bachelors is disrupted when one of them is left with a baby.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsJohn HowardBinnie BarnesBroderick CrawfordA crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight, then decides to use the shoe store as a front for illegal gambling.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayThe Wolverine Kid kills a man and it looks like Steve Howard did it. But Steve's father recognizes the bullet as coming from the gun owned by the Kid. The Kid and Steve each have one of the ivory handled guns that were used when their fathers feuded many years earlier. Setting out to get the Kid, Steve gets captured by his men.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsJane FrazeeRobert PaigeEve ArdenA crooked night club owner tries to eliminate the competition. Introduces 'The Hut Sut Song.'
- DirectorJoe MayStarsGladys GeorgeBarton MacLaneBilly HalopKids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsHugh HerbertTom BrownPeggy MoranA young couple buy a bankrupt vaudeville booking agency, and try to make it a success.
- DirectorFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsDick ForanLeo CarrilloBuck JonesThis star-laden western serial has our able heroes escaping various perils devised by the evil Wolfe Reade and his pack of outlaws, who wish to lay claim to a fabled lost mine.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineLinda HayesTwo American adventurers jump ship in a Middle Eastern port, and wind up in the middle of a civil war.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightKathryn AdamsBlackie's lawless gang is running wild. When Rangers Brand Calhoun and his brother investigate, the brother is killed. Brand quits the Rangers and becomes an outlaw. When he beats Blackie's men to the jobs, they capture him and make him one of their gang. This is what Brand wanted and he alerts the Rangers about the next robbery.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsStuart ErwinUna MerkelMischa AuerA young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked attorney and two con men who are trying to sell a fake "robot."
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsRudy ValleeHelen ParrishLon Chaney Jr.A man whose girlfriend turned him down and married another man tries to break up their marriage.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRichard CarlsonAfter inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevineJean BrooksDetectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally insane, and they don't know which is which. A gang is out to steal a fortune inherited by one of the patients and, before Dick and Andy solve the case, several patients are transferred to the cemetery. And 'tiddlie-winks" are indeed involved.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsFranchot ToneJohn CarrollWalter BrennanA girl stows away on a ship, and the antics begins.
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsIrene DunneRobert MontgomeryPreston FosterSmall town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother, a mismatch which eventually grows into real love.