List of the best Gordon Oliver movies: Youth on Parole(1937), Once a Doctor(1937), Alcatraz Island(1937), Follies Girl(1943), West of Shanghai(1937), Sweetheart of the Campus(1941), Expensive Husbands(1937), Station West(1948), My Forbidden Past(1951), The Spiral Staircase(1946), Women Are Like That(1938), Blondie(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Marian Marsh Gordon Oliver Margaret Dumont Peggy Shannon Miles Mander Sarah Padden Wade Boteler Mary Kornman Joe Caits Milburn Stone Harry Tyler
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.
Drama
USA
1937
59 Minutes
Dr. Jerry Brace
Jean Muir Donald Woods Gordon Oliver Joe King Henry Kolker Gordon Hart Joseph Crehan Louise Stanley Robert Paige Cyrus W. Kendall
Steven and Jerry are both young doctors, rivals professionally and for Paula Norland. Jerry lets Steven take the blame for a mistake he made and sending him to prison. Steven gets redemption, after release, during a storm at sea.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
64 Minutes
George Drake
Ann Sheridan John Litel Gordon Oliver Mary Maguire Dick Purcell Ben Welden
father racketeer nanny daughter prison official criminal brooding gripping tense prison house cell alcatraz island san francisco prison life crime kidnapping feud family vengeance
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Musical
USA
1943
74 Minutes
Pvt. Jerry Hamlin
Wendy Barrie Doris Nolan Gordon Oliver Anne Barrett Arthur Pierson J.C. Nugent Cora Witherspoon William Harrigan Jay Brenan Lew Hearn Cliff Hall
An Army private falls for his father's employee, a dress designer working on a burlesque show.
Action
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Jim Hallet
Boris Karloff Beverly Roberts Ricardo Cortez Gordon Oliver Sheila Bromley Vladimir Sokoloff Richard Loo
Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.
Musical
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Terry Jones
Ruby Keeler Ozzie Nelson Harriet Hilliard Gordon Oliver Don Beddoe The Four Spirits of Rhythm Kathleen Howard
A college Principal objects to a nightclub opening near his campus.
Romance
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Ricky Preston
Patric Knowles Beverly Roberts Allyn Joslyn Gordon Oliver Eula Guy Robert Fischer Fritz Feld Vladimir Sokoloff John Butler Ann Codee George Humbert
In this romantic comedy, faded movie actress Laurine Lynne decides to take a trip to Europe rather than continue to be depressed by her lack of career momentum in Hollywood. She leaves a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Prince
Dick Powell Jane Greer Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives Tom Powers Gordon Oliver Steve Brodie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Burr Regis Toomey Olin Howland
secret agent captain mine owner financier lawyer partner gritty dark saloon outpost mine hotel stagecoach mill undercover operations theft gold murder business romance
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Clay Duchesne
Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Lucile Watson Janis Carter Gordon Oliver Basil Ruysdael Clarence Muse Walter Kingsford Jack Briggs Will Wright
woman doctor cousin wife love interest crafty engaging intense new orleans courtroom inheritance infidelity love triangle immorality doomed romance love pursuit forbidden love revenge sacrifice
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Steve Warren
Dorothy McGuire George Brent Forrest Tucker Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby
serial killer mute person servant nurse chilling suspenseful mansion murder disability alcoholism insanity investigation mystery pursuit 1910s
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Howard Johns
Kay Francis Pat O'Brien Ralph Forbes Melville Cooper Thurston Hall Grant Mitchell Gordon Oliver John Eldredge Herbert Rawlinson Hugh Compton Sarah Edwards
advertiser father daughter company president fiancé husband cheeky tense engaging melodramatic new york city church office judge's chambers advertising business embezzlement drinking romance competition
Domestic strife results when a man refuses to involve his wife in his struggling business.
Comedy
1939
68 Minutes
Chester Franey
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Gene Lockhart Ann Doran Jonathan Hale Gordon Oliver Stanley Andrews
When Dagwood's boss sends him chasing after an important contract, Blondie suspects he is chasing another woman.
Drama
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Captain
Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Barton MacLane Joe Sawyer Veda Ann Borg James Robbins Joe King Gordon Oliver Garry Owen Marc Lawrence
captain singer brother inmate prison official gritty engaging tense nightclub san quentin penitentiary cell apartment street prison life escape brother/sister relationship performance riots romance quest
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Capt. "Lacedrawers" Rogers
Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris Ronald Reagan Johnnie Davis Jane Bryan Eddie Albert Jane Wyman Henry O'Neill Gordon Oliver Larry Williams William Tracy
cadet friend wife instructor hilarious witty virginia military institute lexington, va. pregnancy secret friendship marriage military quest love temptation 1930s
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Robert Ryan Zachary Scott Joan Leslie Mel Ferrer Harold Vermilyea Virginia Farmer Kathleen Howard Dick Ryan Bess Flowers Joy Hallward
novelist cousin fiancé socialite wealthy man femme fatale brash dark melodramatic tense san francisco boston family home ballroom manipulation family love triangle marrying for money affair deception
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.