List of the best H. Bruce Humberstone movies: I Wake Up Screaming(1941), Fury at Furnace Creek(1948), Tall, Dark and Handsome(1941), King of the Jungle(1933), Hello, Frisco, Hello(1943), The Homestretch(1947), Happy Go Lovely(1951), The Desert Song(1953), While New York Sleeps(1938), Merry Wives of Reno(1934), Pin Up Girl(1944), To the Shores of Tripoli(1942) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Director
Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar William Gargan Alan Mowbray Allyn Joslyn Elisha Cook Jr.
promoter victim sister police detective murderer hotel desk clerk dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station restaurant murder obsessive love false accusations show business new love revenge love
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
Western
USA
1948
88 Minutes
Director
Victor Mature Coleen Gray Glenn Langan Reginald Gardiner Albert Van Dekker Fred Clark Charles Kemper Robert Warwick
general captain gambler brother mine owner indian chief dense spirited jail fort mine court graveyard street frame-ups mining brotherhood investigation impersonation native americans
Two sons of a general try to prove that he did not give an order that resulted in the Indian massacre of a wagon train and army fort.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
78 Minutes
Director
Cesar Romero Virginia Gilmore Charlotte Greenwood Milton Berle Sheldon Leonard Stanley Clements Frank Jenks Barnett Parker
gang leader shopgirl little boy rival henchman cohort cheeky lighthearted thrilling chicago department store household nightclub cellar funeral gangsters reputation romance deception fatherhood
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Adventure
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Director
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Director
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Laird Cregar June Havoc Ward Bond Aubrey Mather John Archer George Barbier Frank Orth
socialite entertainer singer showman saloon owner charming uplifting playful england san francisco saloon theater house fame vaudeville marrying for money comeback love triangle show business transformation
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Romance
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Director
Cornel Wilde Maureen O'Hara Glenn Langan Helen Walker James Gleason Henry Stephenson Margaret Bannerman Ethel Griffies Tommy Cook
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage of world-famous race tracks such as England's Ascot, Palermo in South America, and Churchill Downs, Jamaica, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
UK
1951
97 Minutes
Director
Vera-Ellen David Niven Cesar Romero Bobby Howes Diane Hart Sandra Dorne Gordon Jackson Henry Hewitt Gladys Henson Hugh Dempster Joyce Carey
chorus girl wealthy man chauffeur theatrical producer reporter roommate lighthearted edinburgh, scotland theater apartment restaurant mistaken identity show business deception rumors wealth love transformation 1950s
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1953
110 Minutes
Director
Kathryn Grayson Gordon MacRae Steve Cochran Raymond Massey Dick Wesson Allyn Ann McLerie Ray Collins Paul Picerni Frank de Kova William Conrad Trevor Bardette
daughter father commander warlord sheik tutor melodramatic spirited morocco desert outpost hideout village ethnic tension secret identity battle foreign legion romance father/daughter relationship love
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1938
61 Minutes
Director
Michael Whalen Jean Rogers Chick Chandler Robert Kellard Joan Woodbury Harold Huber Marc Lawrence Sidney Blackmer William Demarest
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Director
Margaret Lindsay Donald Woods Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh Roscoe Ates Ruth Donnelly Hobart Cavanaugh
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Director
Betty Grable John Harvey Martha Raye Joe E. Brown Eugene Pallette Mantan Moreland
singer best friend war hero friend club owner entertainer playful spirited montana u.s.o. club train station new york city nightclub washington, d.c. deception impersonation performance war heroes friendship home front
A U.S.O. singer poses as a Broadway star in order to attract a handsome war hero.
Drama
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Director
John Payne Maureen O'Hara Randolph Scott Minor Watson Nancy Kelly William Tracy Max Rosenbloom Harry Morgan Edmund MacDonald Russell Hicks Margaret Early
rich kid drill instructor nurse father girlfriend general patriotic melodramatic amusing military base mansion road military life legacy father/son relationship respect patriotism class conflict growing up love
Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Western
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Jocelyn Brando Richard Boone Skip Homeier Leo Gordon Donna Martell Alfonso Bedoya Clem Bevans
rancher sheriff nephew mistress mercenary leader melodramatic rousing spirited thrilling arizona ranch jail saloon american southwest border town hired killers law and order ranchers jailbreak
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
79 Minutes
Director
Sonja Henie John Payne Jack Oakie Felix Bressart Osa Massen Joan Merrill Fritz Feld Sterling Holloway Adeline de Walt Reynolds Ludwig Stossel
corporal marine ice skater fiancé boyfriend friend lighthearted amusing playful reykjavík, iceland nightclub restaurant hotel culture shock engagement misunderstanding world war ii military occupation ice skating love
Marine, James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to Katina. Desperately wanting out, James ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1962
94 Minutes
Director
Dana Andrews Eleanor Parker Jeanne Crain Eddie Albert Howard St. John Henry Daniell Kathleen Freeman David White Betti Andrews Jack Orrison Yvonne Peattie
An adman and an ad woman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Director
A mystery-comedy with multiple backgrounds set in a back-stage and penthouse backgrounds finds actress Rita Witherspoom mistakenly entering the apartment of Ricardo Souchet, a rich bachelor... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1957
84 Minutes
Director
Gordon Scott Robert Beatty Yolande Mallott Betta St. John Wilfrid Hyde-White George Coulouris Peter Arne Orlando Martins
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief. Captured by the Oparians and nearly sacrificed ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
75 Minutes
Director
Jane Withers The Ritz Brothers Lynn Bari Joseph Schildkraut Stanley Fields Fritz Leiber
Out of work vaudevillians join the army in WWI and head for France where they encounter an American girl (Withers) whose father (Schildkraut) is a French officer. Lots of slapstick.
Comedy
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Director
ZaSu Pitts Eugene Pallette Lucien Littlefield Tully Marshall Miriam Seegar Theodore von Eltz Warner Richmond Harold Waldridge Mahlon Hamilton Albert Roscoe Charles Williams
investigator dead person detective doctor missing person undertaker thrilling airy suspenseful brooding witty amusing morgue cemetery america missing persons horror investigation funeral cover-up
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
Musical, Comedy
1952
101 Minutes
Director
Virginia Mayo Ronald Reagan Gene Nelson Don DeFore Phyllis Thaxter Patrice Wymore Roland Winters Raymond Greenleaf Norman Bartold Amanda Randolph
A burlesque queen (Virginia Mayo) goes to college, charms a professor (Ronald Reagan) and livens up the class play.
Comedy
1932
68 Minutes
Director
ZaSu Pitts James Gleason Ben Lyon Irene Purcell C. Henry Gordon Raymond Hatton Roscoe Karns Berton Churchill
A motorcycle cop (James Gleason) and his girlfriend (ZaSu Pitts) unmask a fake swami (Ben Lyon) in a haunted house.
Musical, Romance
1946
90 Minutes
Director
June Haver George Montgomery Vivian Blaine Celeste Holm Vera-Ellen Frank Latimore Charles Smith Charles Halton Ruby Dandridge Thurston Hall Clinton Rosemond
Country sisters Pam (June Haver), Liz (Vivian Blaine) and Myra dress the part to meet rich men in circa-1900 Atlantic City.
Mystery & Thriller
1938
67 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Phyllis Brooks Victor Sen Yung Eddie Collins John "Dusty" King Claire Dodd George Zucco Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence Richard Lane Layne Tom Jr.
The Chinese detective (Sidney Toler) and his No. 2 son (Sen Yung) hold a ship in port to probe a shooting on board.
Romance
1934
65 Minutes
Director
Charles Ruggles Verree Teasdale Sidney Blackmer Mayo Methot Phyllis Barry Ray Walker
butler millionaire gold digger secretary ex-wife playful lighthearted unrestrained jail stock exchange atlantic city, n.j. hotel apartment ship money greed impersonation drinking hoax marriage
An alimony slave's (Sidney Blackmer) valet (Charlie Ruggles) woos a gold digger (Verree Teasdale) in Atlantic City.
Musical, Comedy
1945
98 Minutes
Director
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Vera-Ellen Donald Woods S.Z. Sakall Allen Jenkins Edward Brophy Steve Cochran Otto Kruger Natalie Schafer
librarian entertainer gangster girlfriend dancer thug witty madcap nightclub backstage city ghosts possession siblings murder performance investigation revenge love transformation
When a brash young nightclub entertainer is murdered, his ghost urges his studious twin brother to seek revenge.