Martin Turner
Actor · 1882 – 1957 · Texas, USA
Martin Turner was born on 20 December 1882 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Midnight Faces (1926), The Winner (1926) and Super Speed (1925). He died on 14 May 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Movies24
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA 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.
Imitation of Life
1934 · 88 votes
Movie6.7DramaHistoryThe O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
In Old Chicago
1938 · 50 votes
Movie5.7DramaHistoryBased on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Anthony Adverse
1936 · 37 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaA crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and make him disclose the location of the loot he hid before going to the slammer.
The Last Gangster
1937 · 30 votes
Movie10.0ActionAdventurePat O'Farrell, a rich young man, takes a job as a truck-driver for his uncle's milk company, and falls in love with Cliare Knight, daughter of the Knight Car Company.
Super Speed
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0WesternJust after the Civil War, Captain Thorn is sent west to help protect the new telegraph line that is under construction. Leeds is out to establish an independent nation in the west and tries stop its construction and also incoming wagon trains by inciting the Indians to attack both of them.
Cavalry
1936 · 2 votes
Movie5.5DramaRomanceGambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
Lady for a Night
1942 · 13 votes
Movie7.1ComedyMysteryA trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.
We Have Our Moments
1937 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyWhen a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.
Life Begins in College
1937 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ActionAdventureWhile Scotty McTavish is driving around his his big automobile, he sees a very pretty girl enter his father's railroad yards and falls in love at first sight. He borrows some blue overalls, gets by the gate-man and applies to the yard-foreman, "Slugger" Martin for a job. Scotty tells Martin his main objective is to meet the girl. The girl is Patsy Thorne, daughter of the yardmaster, and also the apple of Martin's eye. Martin also is more than a little bit crooked and he makes things very complicated before Scotty and Patsy can get together.
The Winner
1926 · 1 votes
Movie9.0MysteryA beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
Girl Overboard
1937 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MysteryWhen gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.
Big Town Czar
1939 · 1 votes
Movie5.9DramaRomanceAmerican Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
Operator 13
1934 · 18 votes
Movie8.7RomanceActionA sailor (Richard Talmadge) journeys to a remote island in search of a rare urn. The film also stars Alberta Vaughn, Charles K. French and Martin Turner.
The Live Wire
1935 · 3 votes
Movie6.4RomanceDramaA Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
Wings Over Honolulu
1937 · 5 votes
Movie4.3ComedyRomanceA penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
We Were Dancing
1942 · 6 votes
Movie6.6DramaFamilyDimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit.
Dimples
1936 · 20 votes
Movie6.4MysteryCrimeAmbitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
Smart Blonde
1937 · 13 votes
Movie4.2Comedy20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Janet Beecher and Adolphe Menjou. Released in 1934.
The Mighty Barnum
1934 · 2 votes
Movie6.7RomanceComedyA divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.
Winter Carnival
1939 · 3 votes
Movie10.0MysteryWhile crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses it all in a crap game. Outside on deck, Murphy sees two men shaking hands, and after he looks away, hears a splash of water and discovers both men have disappeared...
Mysterious Crossing
1936 · 1 votes
Movie9.0WesternThe Thunderbolt Strikes
The Thunderbolt Strikes
1926 · 1 votes
Movie10.0WesternAccused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
Smoking Guns
1934 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Western
Molly Taylor owns the town of Stillwell but is unaware the taxes are due as Gomer has stolen her notice. Bob Martin arrives at the same time as Molly and eventually realizes Gomer is up to something. When Gomer's henchman slips and reveals there is a letter, Bob finds it and heads for the tax collector with Gomer's men in pursuit.
Ghost Town Riders
1938 · 1 votes