List of the best Ned Sparks movies: Hawaii Calls(1938), Conspiracy(1930), Hi, Nellie(1934), This Way Please(1937), George White's 1935 Scandals(1935), Kept Husbands(1931), Marie Galante(1934), Down to Their Last Yacht(1934), The Fall Guy(1930), Magic Town(1947), Nothing but the Truth(1929), Sweet Music(1935) ... ...
Musical
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Strings
After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1930
69 Minutes
Bessie Love Ned Sparks Hugh Trevor Rita La Roy Ivan Lebedeff Gertrude Howard Otto Matieson Walter Long Donald MacKenzie
A woman (Bessie Love) is united with her reporter boyfriend (Hugh Trevor) after proving herself innocent of murder.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Shammy McClure
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Douglas Dumbrille Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Pat Wing Edward Ellis George Meeker Berton Churchill Sidney Miller
journalist lawyer governor editor young woman undertaker hilarious frenetic suspenseful newsroom funeral home graveyard advice column corruption romantic dilemma conspiracy framed missing persons mystery underdog
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Inky Wells
A young woman is hired as a theater usherette and encounters her matinée idol, who helps her become a hit, and soon she finds herself engaged to another man, prompting a battle of romantic wits ensues.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Elmer White
Alice Faye James Dunn Ned Sparks Lyda Roberti Cliff Edwards Arline Judge Eleanor Powell Benny Rubin Emma Dunn Roger Imhof George White
producer singer boyfriend aunt performer rival spirited charming florida train georgia theater new york city club show business performance family competition scandal marriage
A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram. He sees his name in lights on a local theater and is scandalized over the unauthorized ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Hughie Hanready
Dorothy Mackaill Joel McCrea Ned Sparks Mary Carr Clara Kimball Young Robert McWade
manager boss daughter friend mother old flame melodramatic endearing spirited new jersey steel mill mansion apartment train station social climbing class conflict change of lifestyle father/daughter relationship unhappy marriage infidelity
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Plosser
Ketti Gallian Spencer Tracy Ned Sparks
messenger singer secret agent sea captain american naval officer emotional thrilling intricate panama yucatan france boat canal café abduction journey sabotage deception espionage
Marie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbett.
Musical, Comedy, Romance
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Captain "Sunny Jim" Roberts
Mary Boland Polly Moran Ned Sparks Sidney Fox Sidney Blackmer Sterling Holloway Marjorie Gateson Irene Franklin
A family loses everything in the crash of 1929 except for their yacht. In order to make money, they rent out the yacht. A couple of guys feel sorry for the young maiden, who has everything ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1930
66 Minutes
A drug dealer leaves a suitcase with a loser (Jack Mulhall) who lives with his wife (Mae Clarke) and brother-in-law (Ned Sparks).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Ike
James Stewart Jane Wyman Kent Smith Ned Sparks Wallace Ford Regis Toomey Ann Doran Donald Meek Ann Shoemaker Mickey Kuhn Howard Freeman
man editor mayor tourist young woman analyst emotional melodramatic heartwarming inspiring positive witty village editing room publishing house america opinion new romance corruption lie
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Comedy
USA
1929
78 Minutes
Clarence van Dyke
Richard Dix Berton Churchill Louis John Bartels Ned Sparks Wynne Gibson Helen Kane Dorothy Hall Madeline Grey Nancy Ryan
A young man bets $10,000 that he can tell for 24 hour nothing but the truth.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
90 Minutes
"Ten Percent" Nelson
Rudy Vallee Ann Dvorak Helen Morgan Ned Sparks Alice White Allen Jenkins
College band-leader "Skip" Houston keeps his band together after graduation, they turn professional, and they are a big hit on the radio and in nightclubs. He falls in love with Bonnie ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1939
94 Minutes
"Speed" King
Bing Crosby Louise Campbell Linda Ware Ned Sparks Laura Hope Crews Janet Waldo
This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Paul Dodson
Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond Robert Young Ned Sparks Helen Broderick Vivien Oakland Willie Best Robert Warwick Billy Gilbert Eddie Dunn Wade Boteler
model engineer husband wife business partner millionaire amusing melodramatic new york city city hall police station household marriage poverty ambition love triangle unrequited love love transformation 1930s
Extremely proud, Michael Martin made fashion model Carolyn quit her job, after their marriage. Carolyn quickly, quietly and secretly did get another job, when she realizes Michael cannot successfully make their financial ends meet, alone.
Musical
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Dan Herzig
Irene Dunne Donald Woods Hugh Herbert Ned Sparks Joseph Cawthorn Louis Calhern Winifred Shaw
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
106 Minutes
Elmer Smith
Claudette Colbert Warren William Louise Beavers Rochelle Hudson Ned Sparks Alan Hale Henry Armetta Wyndham Standing
widow daughter housekeeper friend emotional touching atlantic city, n.j. family friendship abandonment race relations business mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 1930s
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Happy McGuire
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Barney Hopkins
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
80 Minutes
Bert Conroy
Marion Davies Bing Crosby Fifi D'Orsay Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Bobby Watson Ned Sparks
actor actress girlfriend singer roommate amusing spirited lighthearted new york city hollywood, calif. train hollywood acting romance jealousy determination rivalry forbidden love pursuit 1930s
A love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Daniel "Danny" Simpson
Sonja Henie Adolphe Menjou Don Ameche Jean Hersholt The Ritz Brothers Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Ned Sparks Montagu Love Leah Ray Albert Conti
ice skater manager reporter wife comedian secretary amusing lighthearted switzerland inn casino ice-skating rink new york city madison square garden olympic games show business ice skating investigation exploitation romance
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Thomas Barry
Ruby Keeler Warner Baxter Bebe Daniels George Brent Dick Powell Guy Kibbee Una Merkel Ginger Rogers Ned Sparks George E. Stone
actress actor director diva engaging spirited playful broadway theater new york city love triangle redemption hope quest love rivalry 1930s
When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.