List of the best James Donlan movies: Copy(1929), Belle of the Nineties(1934), The Good Bad Girl(1931), Men of Chance(1932), Wise Girls(1930), The Plot Thickens(1936), Remote Control(1930), Design for Living(1933), Under Pressure(1935), The Whole Town's Talking(1935), The Penguin Pool Murder(1932), Sins of the Children(1930) ... ...
Comedy
1929
21 Minutes
Adams
Roscoe Karns Jack Carlyle James Donlan Bruce Gentle Tom McGuire Jack Hanlon
Comedy
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Kirby
Mae West Roger Pryor Johnny Mack Brown Katherine DeMille John Miljan James Donlan Stuart Holmes Harry Woods
Ruby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans (which kind of belies the Western genre designation), mostly to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Donovan
Mae Clarke James Hall Marie Prevost Nance O'Neil Edmund Breese James Donlan Paul Porcasi Paul Fix Wheeler Oakman George Berliner
girlfriend gangster son parent best friend detective melodramatic gripping intense nightclub houseboat apartment philadelphia prison gangsters murder marriage friendship reputation wealth
Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark), a gangster's moll, quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (Jmaes Hall), but after giving ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
65 Minutes
Clark
Mary Astor Ricardo Cortez John Halliday Ralph Ince Kitty Kelly James Donlan George Davis
Hoping to get even with gambler/bookie Johnny Silk, racetrack owners and partners Dorval and Farley convince down-and-out Martha Preston to pose as a rich, single French countess, whom Silk... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
97 Minutes
Ben Wade
Elliott Nugent Norma Lee Roland Young J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Marion Shilling Leora Spellman James Donlan
The father of three grown daughters tries to keep his sanity, even after his free-spirited middle daughter rebelliously marries a poor plumber.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Jim
James Gleason ZaSu Pitts Owen Davis Jr. Louise Latimer Arthur Aylesworth Richard Tucker Paul Fix Barbara Barondess James Donlan Agnes Anderson Oscar Apfel
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
Comedy
USA
1930
62 Minutes
Blodgett
Nick Grinde William Haines Charles King Mary Doran John Miljan Polly Moran J.C. Nugent Edward Nugent Wilbur Mack James Donlan Edward Brophy
A radio announcer suspects a cohort sends coded messages over the air to his bank-robber friends.
Romance
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Fat Man with Ring (uncredited)
Fredric March Gary Cooper Miriam Hopkins Edward Everett Horton Franklin Pangborn Isabel Jewell Wyndham Standing Harry Dunkinson Helena Phillips Evans James Donlan Vernon Steele
artist playwright american boss husband love interest cheeky madcap playful paris apartment london new york city office roommates jealousy romantic dilemma love triangle sex competition
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
Adventure
USA
1935
72 Minutes
Corky
Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice Charles Bickford Marjorie Rambeau Sig Ruman Roger Imhof Warner Richmond Jack Wallace James Donlan
Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Detective Sergeant Howe
Edward G. Robinson Jean Arthur Arthur Hohl Wallace Ford Arthur Byron Donald Meek Paul Harvey Edward Brophy Etienne Girardot James Donlan
clerk gangster love interest boss police detective newspaper owner madcap confident intricate witty apartment police station office newsroom hideout mistaken identity wrongfully accused impersonation murder plot crime
Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1932
70 Minutes
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Mae Clarke Robert Armstrong Donald Cook Clarence Wilson Edgar Kennedy Mary Mason Rochelle Hudson Guy Usher James Donlan
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver) assists a detective (James Gleason) with an aquarium corpse.
Comedy, Drama
1930
86 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Louis Mann Leila Hyams Elliott Nugent Clara Blandick Mary Doran Francis X. Bushman Jr. Robert McWade Dell Henderson Henry Armetta Jane Reid
A sacrificing barber rejoices when some once-unappreciative children return to surprise him at a Christmas reunion.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Helen Broderick James Gleason Louise Latimer Owen Davis Jr. John Arledge John Carroll Leslie Fenton Christian Rub Sheila Terry Willie Best John Miltern
After Hildegarde proves that the accidental riding death on a Central Park bridle path is really murder, she's faced with a plethora of red herrings and a real killer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Joan Crawford Cliff Edwards Clark Gable Lester Vail William Bakewell William Holden Earle Foxe Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Natalie Moorhead Joan Marsh
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother becomes involved in bootlegging.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson H.B. Warner Marian Marsh Anthony Bushell George E. Stone Frances Starr Ona Munson Boris Karloff Robert Elliott Aline MacMahon Purnell Pratt
editor news reporter murderer publisher secretary love interest melodramatic dark new york city journalism ethics suicide deception family love fall wretched excess 1930s
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason Eric Blore Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell Erin O'Brien-Moore Ralph Morgan Lucile Gleason Frank M. Thomas
doctor wife jockey butler bookie horse trainer campy engaging madcap racetrack house murder romance horse racing discovery love mystery 1930s
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
Drama
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Pat O'Brien C. Aubrey Smith Claire Dodd Philip Reed Phillip Faversham Robert Barrat Arthur Vinton Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Elliott
Lady Lee, gambler's daughter, plies her trade while pondering the proposal of a social-register suitor.