Adele Watson
Actor · 1890 – 1933 · Morris, Minnesota, USA
Movies24
Movie7.2CrimeDramaTwo young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
The Public Enemy
1931 · 405 votes
Movie6.8ComedyWarThe story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · 76 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaAlthough Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Three on a Match
1932 · 75 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceA romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
This Thing Called Love
1929 · 1 votes
Movie6.6DramaA medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Arrowsmith
1931 · 32 votes
Movie10.0DramaRomanceBetter known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum. A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson -- who, feeling sorry for Twelvetrees, trades places with the girl. Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion, while Albertson remains behind. One year later, the old man discovers Albertson's deception, whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well. By this time, Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age, thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing.
Blue Skies
1929 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DramaRomanceNightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
The Purchase Price
1932 · 28 votes
Movie6.8DramaRomanceThe setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.
Street Scene
1931 · 44 votes
Movie10.0DramaAfter his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
The Tower of Lies
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaA Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love, and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.
A Harp in Hock
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThe gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Choo-Choo!
1932 · 6 votes
Movie8.0Comedy“This hilarious bit of foolishness has for its theme the gradual rise of a hard-working plumber and his wife, who, after years of struggle, find themselves with a lovely home. The wife who has social aspirations and a desire to entertain people of wealth and note, invites a millionaire couple to dinner. She hires a caterer to help her with the serving and they send a butler who turns out to be a truck driver with whom her husband has had a collision, a short time before, which resulted in a street fight. What these two do when they recognize each other and what happened to the millionaire couple has to be seen to be appreciated.”
Why Is a Plumber?
1929 · 1 votes
Movie7.1DramaWarA mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
Pilgrimage
1933 · 19 votes
Movie6.0DramaRomanceA young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
Beyond the Rocks
1922 · 20 votes
Movie10.0ComedyHelen continuously looks for reasons to doubt Dick, causing friction in their young marriage. Her jealousy intensifies when Dick seems to pay more attention to Alma's ankles than the curtains she is hanging. A series of misunderstandings continuously fan the flames of Helen’s jealousy. The final straw occurs when Helen walks in and catches Dick and Alma in what looks like an incredibly compromising position. Believing her marriage is over, Helen threatens to file for a divorce. However, Alma’s actual fiancé arrives just in time to clear up the confusion, explain the innocent context of the situation, and completely reconcile the newlyweds.
Don't Doubt Your Husband
1924 · 1 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaLee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
The Finger Points
1931 · 7 votes
Movie7.0ComedyFred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up on their doorstep. He immediately begins creating havoc, upsetting the once-orderly household and trying to force his opinions on everyone. Nettie does her best to be patient with the old man, but the day comes when he brings a group of his pals over while she is holding a meeting of a fashionable club.
Welcome Home
1925 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyRomanceNat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.
Rolling Home
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaIn the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he's the father. Shunned as a "sinful" woman by most of the town, she turns over her son, Don, to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she's his "aunt". Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.
The Broken Gate
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA boxer falls in love with a girl he meets in the park.
The Night Bird
1928 · 2 votes
Movie5.8ComedyThe author of a book on eugenics attempts to prove his theories by having his childless sister and her husband adopt the child of a “physically superior” chauffeur and housemaid, leading to comedic complications when the parents refuse to give up their child.
The Very Idea
1929 · 5 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaOn shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.
Navy Blues
1929 · 3 votes
Movie6.7FamilyComedyFarina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe even manages to find patience for a nagging flea that persists in biting him. Meanwhile, Wheezer, who has been tormenting animals with his games, dreams that the animals have turned the tables on him.
Cat, Dog & Co.
1929 · 3 votes
Movie5.9ComedyA young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.
Jazz Heaven
1929 · 7 votes