List of the best George Melford movies: The Immigrant(1915), The Boiling Point(1932), The Sheik(1921), Man of Action(1933), Moran of the Lady Letty(1922), The Cowboy Counsellor(1933), Officer 13(1933), East of Borneo(1931), Eleventh Commandment(1933), Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe(1945), Remember the Night(1940), Frontier Marshal(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1915
45 Minutes
Director
Valeska Suratt Theodore Roberts Thomas Meighan Jane Wolf Raymond Hatton Ernest Joy Gertrude Kellar
Masha, a young Russian emigrant traveling to the U.S., is saved from an officer's advances by civil engineer David Harding. Upon landing in America, J. J. Walton, a self-made political boss... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Director
Hoot Gibson Helen Foster Wheeler Oakman Skeeter Bill Robbins Lafe McKee Billy Bletcher Tom London George "Gabby" Hayes Charles Bailey G. Raymond Nye
Jimmy's uncle gives him 30 days probation on Kirk's ranch to control his temper or lose his inheritance. There he gets tangled up with a gang of robbers whose boss is his rival for Kirk's ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1921
73 Minutes
Director
Rudolph Valentino Agnes Ayres Adolphe Menjou Walter Long Lucien Littlefield George Waggner Patsy Ruth Miller
sheik lady valet guide novelist bandit fascinating sultry melodramatic algeria sahara desert tent stronghold cultural differences abduction disguise attempted rape slavery friendship pursuit
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Director
Tim McCoy Caryl Lincoln Julian Rivero Wheeler Oakman Walter Brennan Joe Girard Stanley Blystone Ted Adams Barney Beasley
When the bank is robbed, the Sheriff shoots the robber and recovers the money bag only to find it empty. Ranger Tim Barlow arrives and over objections of the Sheriff decides to stay and ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1922
71 Minutes
Director
Dorothy Dalton Rudolph Valentino Walter Long Emilius Jorgenson Maude Wayne Cecil Holland George Kuwa
playboy beautiful woman ship captain sailor thrilling melodramatic ship mexico san francisco sea kidnapping secret identity seafaring bootlegging mutiny treasure rivalry love adventure escape
A milquetoast young man of society toughens up once he's shanghaied and falls for the captain's tomboy daughter.
Western
USA
1933
63 Minutes
Director
Hoot Gibson Sheila Bromley Skeeter Bill Robbins Bobby Nelson Fred Gilman John Rutherford William Humphrey Gordon De Main William M. McCormack Samm Allen Alan Bridge
A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Director
Monte Blue Lila Lee Seena Owen Charles Delaney Robert Ellis Frances Rich Joe Girard Jackie Searle Mickey Rooney Lloyd Ingram Florence Roberts
A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the justice system--in his town. When the ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Director
Rose Hobart Charles Bickford Georges Renavent Lupita Tovar Noble Johnson
Woman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.
Drama
1933
66 Minutes
Director
Marian Marsh Theodore von Eltz Alan Hale Marie Prevost Ethel Wales Gloria Shea
Musical, Romance
1945
104 Minutes
Pop
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Phil Silvers William Gaxton Beatrice Kay Margaret Dumont Roy Benson George Melford Hal K. Dawson Kenny Williams Reed Hadley
medical student dancer father girlfriend lighthearted amusing engaging nightclub stage father/son relationship new love show business dance love temptation 1940s
One New York nightclub star (Betty Grable) inspires another's son (Dick Haymes) to drop show business for medical school.
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Western
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Cesar Romero Binnie Barnes John Carradine Edward Norris Eddie Foy Jr. Ward Bond Lon Chaney Chris-Pin Martin Joe Sawyer
cowboy wyatt earp criminal gunslinger thrilling intense tombstone, ariz. wild west o.k. corral frontier life law and order old west myths gunfight sacrifice rivalry pursuit 1870s
Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.