DeWitt Jennings
Actor · 1871 – 1937 · Cameron, Missouri, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65.
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Movie7.4AdventureDramaFletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · 409 votes
Movie6.5HorrorMysteryA wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 · 156 votes
Movie7.3RomanceCrimePresident McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
This Is My Affair
1937 · 18 votes
Movie6.1CrimeDramaA moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · 44 votes
Movie7.5DramaAdaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
A Dog of Flanders
1935 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaCrimeJohn Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
We Who Are About to Die
1937 · 5 votes
Movie6.8DramaWesternYoung 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 · 138 votes
Movie6.5MysteryComedyAn amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935 · 13 votes
Movie10.0ComedyThe Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.
The Daring Young Man
1935 · 1 votes
Movie7.3MysteryDramaPop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
Death on the Diamond
1934 · 6 votes
Movie6.8DramaSam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
Mary Jane's Pa
1935 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
A Lady's Profession
1933 · 1 votes
Movie5.9ComedyRomanceAce reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Front Page Woman
1935 · 17 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
Movie5.4RomanceComedyOpera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
I Dream Too Much
1935 · 18 votes
Movie6.3MysteryMurder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible.
Secret of the Chateau
1934 · 3 votes
MovieDramaCrimeTold in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
Me, Gangster
1928
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · 16 votes
Movie6.5ComedyMysteryA writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of their own.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929 · 11 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 · 1 votes
Movie5.7DramaA bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
Dancers in the Dark
1932 · 6 votes
Movie7.0DramaGilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. Can she stop them from ruining her new life?
Go Straight!
1925 · 1 votes
Movie8.7MysteryCharlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934 · 3 votes
Movie4.8DramaRomanceThe son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
I Loved a Woman
1933 · 14 votes