Jess Lee Brooks

Movies18

• Movie7.6

  Drama

  Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.

  The Lost Weekend

  1945 · 684 votes

• Movie7.4

  ComedyRomance

  Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

  Sullivan's Travels

  1941 · 525 votes

• Movie5.8

  Western

  As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

  Santa Fe Trail

  1940 · 66 votes

• Movie5.8

  Horror

  Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.

  Son of Dracula

  1943 · 149 votes

• Movie6.2

  ComedyMusic

  An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

  Thank Your Lucky Stars

  1943 · 39 votes

• Movie5.5

  Drama

  The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.

  The Sun Never Sets

  1939 · 3 votes

• Movie7.3

  Comedy

  Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.

  Love Thy Neighbor

  1940 · 3 votes

• Movie6.3

  CrimeAction

  Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.

  Gang War

  1940 · 6 votes

• Movie4.8

  ActionDrama

  A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

  Two-Gun Man from Harlem

  1938 · 8 votes

• Movie4.8

  MusicDrama

  After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.

  Broken Strings

  1940 · 9 votes

• Movie6.5

  DramaCrime

  A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.

  Dark Manhattan

  1937 · 2 votes

• Movie7.0

  MusicAction

  In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective finds the lists of suspects is very long, as Prince Ellis was indeed very unpopular with many citizens.

  Mystery in Swing

  1940 · 3 votes

• Movie5.4

  ComedyHorror

  Two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the "jackpot" when they win the clothes, car and chauffeur of a rich man in a game of dice.

  Lucky Ghost

  1942 · 9 votes

• Movie6.0

  RomanceWar

  A woman - raised in the jungle - tries to help an American stop a native uprising spurned on by Nazis.

  Jungle Siren

  1942 · 2 votes

• Movie6.0

  WarDrama

  June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.

  Mystery Sea Raider

  1940 · 2 votes

• Movie5.3

  MysteryDrama

  A confidence man pretending to be a mentalist swindles a family.

  Midnight Shadow

  1939 · 4 votes

• Movie8.0

  ActionCrime

  The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant lawyer, while Henry decides that a life of crime is the best path to easy riches. Gangster "Bull" Connors frames Henry, now known as Monte, on a murder charge, and it is up to Bob to clear his brother.

  Life Goes On

  1938 · 1 votes

• Movie6.1

  Drama

  The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis.

  Spirit of Youth

  1938 · 7 votes