Thelma White

Movies18

• Movie6.1

  CrimeDrama

  When Mr. X wakes up in the city park with amnesia, bloody and apparently connected to a murder of a well-known producer, fast talking Marie Smith takes pity on him. They solve the case and discover his identity.

  Two in the Dark

  1936 · 10 votes

• Movie7.0

  ActionAdventure

  Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor expect any mercy, a giant Chromite plant is working full blast to supply the United Nations with the precious war-metal. This is the story of that mine and the people working it in a land the law forget, but the evil and devious Nazis remembered.

  A Man's World

  1942 · 2 votes

• Movie7.0

  DocumentaryTV Movie

  The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.

  Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

  2002 · 1 votes

• Movie4.4

  Drama

  High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.

  Tell Your Children

  1938 · 140 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  Leon Errol plans to buy a doll as a gift for his wife; misunderstandings ensue.

  Pretty Dolly

  1942 · 1 votes

• Movie7.5

  Drama

  A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a stolen-car racket.

  Wanted by the Police

  1938 · 2 votes

• Movie6.8

  MusicRomance

  In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George. Over the next several years, Kit discovers that the ragtime of her childhood has developed into jazz. Struggling coronet player Johnny Schumacher befriends Kit, who is arrested after her music incites a riot at a club. Upon release, the two form a band.

  Syncopation

  1942 · 6 votes

• Movie8.0

  MusicComedy

  A claustrophobic stage revue where McNaughton comes out to introduce the numbers with Thelma white and chorines, but is interrupted by Wills and Carney with painful gags, and some clothes-tearing horseplay. For a costume number with the boys, McNaughton is replaced by McKay.

  Sixteen Sweeties

  1930 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  Sterling works as a woman's hosiery salesman, and marries one of the office secretaries only to find out that his boss has just decided that anyone in his employ that gets married will be fired. His antics to keep his wife and his boss apart leads to troubles on both fronts.

  Hectic Honeymoon

  1947 · 1 votes

• Movie5.4

  ComedyMusic

  The adventures of a schoolgirl in a nightclub as related by her to her dormitory sisters.

  A Night in a Dormitory

  1930 · 7 votes

• Movie6.5

  MusicComedy

  Susie and her pals pretend they're society swells.

  Susie's Affairs

  1934 · 2 votes

• Movie5.5

  CrimeDrama

  A young man gets mixed up with a stolen necklace and a gang of ruthless jewel thieves.

  Never Too Late

  1935 · 4 votes

• Movie7.7

  In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Society for the Prevention of Jazz. Armed with an ax and a buckshot-shooting pistol, the two of them interrupt Ted Fiorito and his jazz orchestra (and showgirls). The lads head for the woods, where Ted convinces them to stand their ground. They're joined by their songstress who says it may be their last day on earth, so sing the blues for all they're worth. Then the dancers arrive to report they barely got away, and it's time for a final strut. Public Opinion brings a death sentence. Is there no appeal?

  What Price Jazz

  1934 · 3 votes

• Movie9.0

  DramaCrime

  People on a train want what's in a Nazi spy bag, unaware it's a time bomb.

  Spy Train

  1943 · 1 votes

• Movie

  Music

  Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie Carle's orchestra, invites her to try out as the band's vocalist since the regular singer, Mary Lou, had just quit the band on the eve of an engagement at a swanky New York night club. Encouraged by her boyfriend, Steve Roberts, Ann lands the job and assumes the name of "Mary Lou", a trademark almost for Frankie Carle singers. But the departed Mary Lou shows up and threatens to sue if she is not rehired. Ann returns to her former job. Meanwhile, Steve locates the woman who was the original Mary Lou with the band, and urges Mike to keep the current Mary Lou off the bandstand until he can return with Ann.

  Mary Lou

  1948 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  A man in the mythical Elyria tries to kill himself but a cop stops him from doing so. In Elyria, one needs a permit to commit suicide, so off the man goes to the Department of Suicides for a suicide permit, which he is granted.

  One Way Out

  1931 · 1 votes

• Movie7.5

  Comedy

  A wealthy scion's dinner party becomes a shambles when two window washers, masquerading as magicians, invade the place with their pet goat.

  Hey, Nanny Nanny

  1933 · 2 votes

• Movie6.7

  Comedy

  In this short film, a newlywed couple drive into Death Valley and wind up gambling for their life.

  Hot Sands

  1931 · 3 votes