Dannie Mac Grant

Movies21

• Movie5.5

  DramaWar

  A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.

  Cavalcade

  1933 · 137 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaWestern

  Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.

  The Big Trail

  1930 · 137 votes

• Movie6.7

  ComedyRomance

  Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.

  Platinum Blonde

  1931 · 56 votes

• Movie7.1

  DramaFamily

  A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

  The Champ

  1931 · 65 votes

• Movie5.6

  AdventureDrama

  Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.

  Moby Dick

  1930 · 11 votes

• Movie7.3

  CrimeDrama

  A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.

  Quick Millions

  1931 · 11 votes

• Movie6.5

  RomanceDrama

  Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune back to her ragtag band of ragged shoeleather performers.

  Rain or Shine

  1930 · 10 votes

• Movie4.3

  ComedyFamily

  Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.

  Newly Rich

  1931 · 3 votes

• Movie7.0

  ComedyCrime

  A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...

  Huckleberry Finn

  1931 · 4 votes

• Movie5.0

  DramaRomance

  Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.

  Peg o' My Heart

  1933 · 6 votes

• Movie10.0

  Western

  In 1877, thieves Ace Beaudry, Bronco Dawson and Bull Stanley head West together after having each been betrayed by a woman. They come across a wagon train bound for the town of Custer, where hundreds of people are gathering for a land rush in the Dakotas, which President Ulysses S. Grant has opened to settlers thanks to a treaty with the Sioux Indians. After the three rogues ride off, they spy a lone wagon with a tempting string of thoroughbreds. Before they can steal the horses, however, the wagon is attacked by a gang led by Layne Hunter, a shifty saloon owner from Custer. The trio chase off the gang, and as they are about to abscond with the horses, they find pretty Lee Carleton, whose father was killed in the attack.

  Three Rogues

  1931 · 1 votes

• Movie6.3

  DramaAdventure

  The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral. The boys also witness a murder and Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher are pursued by the vengeful murderer.

  Tom Sawyer

  1930 · 6 votes

• Movie6.1

  DramaFamily

  Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

  Skippy

  1931 · 27 votes

• Movie6.2

  ComedyFamily

  The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.

  Boxing Gloves

  1929 · 11 votes

• Movie6.1

  Drama

  A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.

  The Valiant

  1929 · 17 votes

• Movie6.0

  DramaComedy

  In this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed when their manager up and leaves. Two of the actors decide to marry and settle down. The lead actor helps set up the rest of the troupe with some performances. He then destroys the new marriage. Later the woman and the head actor fall in love. He then gives her the lead role in his newest show.

  The Girl in the Show

  1929 · 4 votes

• Movie5.7

  Western

  Bob Norton, seeking his brother's killer, tangles with outlaws, wild horses, and a "wild" boy.

  The Devil Horse

  1932 · 3 votes

• Movie7.1

  ComedyMusic

  Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage her other admirers. Fleeing in his car, Jack ends up in an urban block party where he meets you-know-who.

  Sunny Side Up

  1929 · 13 votes

• Movie4.7

  Music

  Tom and Anna Gibson, along with their little boy, Buddy, form a successful vaudeville song-and-dance act and a happy family. Anna, however, is worried about her son's future when she finds him playing ball, forgetting a performance.

  Song of Love

  1929 · 3 votes

• Movie6.6

  ComedyRomance

  Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys, and uses her position to sabotage the football career of the boy who jilted her.

  Sweetie

  1929 · 4 votes

• Movie7.7

  MusicDrama

  To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.

  Swing High

  1930 · 3 votes