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The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife (1947) more movies like this

directed by Henry Koster
featuring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, Gladys Cooper, James Gleason

When Episcopalian bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) prays for divine guidance in his efforts to raise the necessary funds for a new cathedral, his prayers are answered in the form of a handsome, personable guardian angel named Dudley (Cary Grant). Establishing himself as a Yuletide guest in the Brougham home, Dudley arouses the ire of Henry, who ...

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Loving You

Loving You (1957) more movies like this

directed by Hal Kanter
featuring Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason

Loving You was the most autobiographical of all Elvis Presley's movies, and, not coincidentally, features the most naturalistic, easygoing performance of his early career. He plays Deke Rivers, a truck driver with a penchant for singing and a raw animal magnetism where women are concerned. He attracts the business interest of publicity agent ...

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Crash Dive

Crash Dive (1943) more movies like this

directed by Archie Mayo
featuring Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty

Tyrone Power made his last screen appearance before a three-year stretch in the Marines in this World War II drama. Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) has served with distinction as the commander of a PT boat, so his uncle, Adm. Bob Stewart (Minor Watson), gives him a new and more challenging assignment aboard a submarine. Before shipping out, Ward ...

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Suddenly

Suddenly (1954) more movies like this

directed by Lewis Allen
featuring Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Paul H. Frees, Willis B. Bouchey, Christopher Dark

Suddenly is the name of the small town invaded by professional assassin Frank Sinatra and his henchmen. Taking a local family hostage, Sinatra sets up a vigil at the second-story window of the family's home. From here, he intends to kill the President of the United States when the latter makes a whistle-stop visit. The film's tension level is ...

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A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe (1944) more movies like this

directed by Victor Fleming
featuring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore

Opening in England during the middle of World War II, A Guy Named Joe tells the story of Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy), a tough, devil-may-care bomber pilot who's amassed an enviable record in combat, mostly by taking chances that give his C.O. (James Gleason) the shakes, much as he and the top brass appreciate the results. Pete lives to fly, but ...

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Tycoon

Tycoon (1947) more movies like this

directed by Richard Wallace
featuring John Wayne, Laraine Day, Judith Anderson, James Gleason

This John Wayne adventure is set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke has been assigned by a powerful US mining magnate to build a railroad to his newest mines. The two men lock horns over the route the railroad will take. The cost-conscious, people-insensitive industrialist wants to take the shortest route, right through the ...

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Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) more movies like this

directed by Lloyd Bacon
featuring Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Gloria Henry

Lucille Ball is Miss Grant, an efficient but naïve secretary hired by William Holden. Ostensibly a legit real estate salesman, Holden is actually the brains of a bookie ring. It takes forever for Ball to tumble to what's going on, but when she does she settles matters in the same fashion as her later I Love Lucy character would--by adopting a ...

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The Clock

The Clock (1945) more movies like this

directed by Vincente Minnelli
featuring Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn, Marshall Thompson

The Clock was designed by MGM as a "small" picture--though characteristically, it was a bigger production than most "A" efforts from any other studio. Paul Gallico's simple story involves a girl (Judy Garland) and a GI (Robert Walker), who meet under the huge clock at New York's Pennsylvania Station. Over the next 48 hours, the girl and the ...

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The Jackpot

The Jackpot (1950) more movies like this

directed by Walter Lang
featuring James Stewart, Barbara Hale, Natalie Wood, Fred Clark, James Gleason, Patricia Medina, Alan Mowbray

The Jackpot is a generally pleasing satire of quiz programs. James Stewart stars as Bill Lawrence, an average Joe who picks up the phone one day, answers a simple question, and suddenly finds himself the recipient of a radio quiz-show jackpot. Tons of prizes are shipped to Lawrence's house, to the delight of his wife Amy (Barbara Hale) and his ...

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Down to Earth

Down to Earth (1947) more movies like this

directed by Alexander Hall
featuring James Burke, Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Jean Donahue, Roland Culver, James Gleason, William Frawley, Edward Everett Horton, Marc Platt

A semi-sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia's Down to Earth is a camp- and kitsch-lover's delight. More beautiful than ever, Rita Hayworth stars as Terpsichore, the Goddess of Dance. From her perch Up Above, Terpsichore discovers that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) intends to put together a musical satire, lampooning herself and ...

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A Free Soul

A Free Soul (1931) more movies like this

directed by Clarence Brown
featuring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable, James Gleason

In this Academy Award-winning film, Stephen Ashe (Lionel Barrymore) is a hotshot Californian lawyer from a well-to-do family, whose main failing is his indulgence in alcohol. After winning a case for mobster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable), Stephen brings his client along to a party at his parents' house for a little celebrating. However, when they ...

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I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) more movies like this

directed by Michael Curtiz
featuring Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore, James Gleason

The ultra-sentimental I'll See You in My Dreams is based on the life and work of composer Gus Kahn. The story is told from the point of view of Kahn' wife Grace, who was still alive when the film was made (Kahn died some ten years earlier). Danny Thomas stars as the prolific tunesmith, whose fortunes take an upswing in 1908 when he meets and falls ...

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Footlight Serenade (1942) more movies like this

directed by Gregory Ratoff
featuring John Payne, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jane Wyman, Phil Silvers, James Gleason

Victor Mature plays an arrogant champion boxer who opts for an acting career on Broadway. He falls in love with his costar Betty Grable, who's secretly married to actor John Payne. Unwilling to make public her marriage lest it adversely affect her career, Grable is unsuccessful in fending off Mature's advance, which causes her hubby's blood to ...

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Forever Female (1953) more movies like this

directed by Irving Rapper
featuring Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, James Gleason, Jesse White

Sir James Barrie's whimsical play Rosalind was updated and urbanized as the 1953 film Forever Female. Ginger Rogers plays a veteran Broadway star who has optioned a play written by William Holden. Though on the less sunny side of 40, Rogers expects to play the leading role, that of a 19 year old girl. Producer Paul Douglas--who also happens to be ...

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The Falcon Takes Over (1942) more movies like this

directed by Irving G. Reis
featuring George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, Helen Gilbert

The plot of the RKO Radio programmer The Falcon Takes Over will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has seen the 1944 Philip Marlowe mystery Murder My Sweet: indeed, both films were based on the same Raymond Chandler novel, Farewell My Lovely. It all begins when brutish prison escapee Moose Malloy (Ward Bond) forces nervous Broadwayite Goldie ...

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Hoopla (1933) more movies like this

directed by Frank Lloyd
featuring Clara Bow, Preston S. Foster, Richard Cromwell, Herbert Mundin, James Gleason

Clara Bow, the saucy "It" girl of the silent screen, made her film farewell in the ragged musical drama Hoopla. Based on the stage play The Barker (previously filmed in 1927), the story takes place during the Chicago World's Fair of 1933. Bow plays Lou, a hootchy-kootchy dancer who is catapulted into stardom by fast-talking barker Nifty (Preston S ...

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Tanks a Million (1941) more movies like this

directed by Fred Guiol
featuring William Tracy, James Gleason, Noah Beery, Jr., Joe Sawyer, Elyse Knox

In 1941, producer Hal Roach abandoned production of full-length features in favor of a new concept: The "Streamliner", a four-reel film-halfway between a short subject and a feature-designed for the double-bill market. The first Roach streamliner was the timely service comedy Tanks a Million, previewed in August of 1941 and released by United ...

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Movie Stuntmen (1953) more movies like this

directed by Bernard B. Ray
featuring James Gleason, Bill Henry, Theila Darin, James Macklin

Filmed on an extremely attenuated budget, Hollywood Thrill-Makers stars actor/stunt man Bill Henry as...well, an actor/stunt man. At the insistence of his wife, Henry retires from his dangerous profession. He emerges from his self-imposed exile to perform one last neck-risking stunt, so that the widow of his best friend can remain financially ...

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The Crooked Circle (1932) more movies like this

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
featuring Ben Lyon, ZaSu Pitts, James Gleason, Irene Purcell

The "Crooked Circle" gang consists of a dozen or so hooded villains, all of whom have sworn revenge on the Sphinx Club, a dedicated anti-criminal organization. It's difficult to differentiate the heroes and the villains without a score card: sinister swami Yoganda (C. Henry Gordon), for example, turns out to be an operative for the secret service. ...

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