Matthew Betz
Actor · 1881 – 1938 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Movies24
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
Movie8.5DramaYoung Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
The Man Who Found Himself
1937 · 2 votes
Movie7.3AdventureHistoryIn the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · 3 votes
Movie5.2DramaRomanceA prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Her Man
1930 · 23 votes
Movie7.0DramaYoung Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....
Salvation Nell
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.3ComedyA distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934 · 3 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaA counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.
The Girl Who Came Back
1935 · 5 votes
Movie7.5DramaA pretty young cashier at a movie theater has a few problems--a local thug is interested in her and won't leave her alone, and she discovers that her uncle is stealing the box-office receipts.
The Girl in the Glass Cage
1929 · 2 votes
Movie8.5FamilyDramaA lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of liquor-smugglers is trying to destroy the lighthouse so they can land their illegal cargo on shore without being spotted.
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1924 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaA young woman inherits a textile plant, and finds that she's expected to pay protection money to gangsters who have their own men among the plant's employees.
The Woman Who Dared
1933 · 1 votes
Movie4.5Crime"Stake-Out" Kelly, ace detective, meets Mary Higgins at a small Hollywood sandwich shop where he expects to get some information concerning Packey Davis, head of a ring of jewel thieves. His suspicions are confirmed when Mary warns him that Davis is outside - waiting for him. Kelly sets a trap and, in the ensuing battle, one of the gangsters is killed. Davis is interested in rubbing out Kelly as Kelly and Baker are the only two witnesses against Smitty, a Davis henchman. Baker is in the hospital and the plan is bring Smitty there for identification. Kelly accidentally slips the secret to Mary, who in turn innocently informs Packey. A trap is laid.
Men of the Night
1934 · 2 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryA collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
It's Showtime
1976 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ActionAdventureA 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935 · 2 votes
Movie7.6CrimeDramaLet 'Em Have It is a 1935 gangster film. It was also known as The Legion of Valour and False Faces. An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.
Let 'em Have It
1935 · 5 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaConvicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
The Big House
1930 · 56 votes
Movie7.0DramaTim Goodwin and his wife Corrie are living in poverty when Tim's oil well strikes it rich. He soon works his way to the top of the social scale, but Corrie doesn't change at all--she stays a dour, drab woman with no social skills whatsoever. Tim gets so embarrassed by her that he hires a "social secretary" for her to teach her how to function in the social strata in which they find themselves.
A Self Made Wife
1923 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ThrillerCrimeA newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story falls in love with the gang's female leader, and when the two are caught in a police raid, they find themselves in equal amounts of trouble.
My Lady's Lips
1925 · 1 votes
Movie5.8ComedyBuster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.
Jail Bait
1937 · 12 votes
Movie8.0DramaA married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue.
Sins of the Fathers
1928 · 2 votes
Movie6.7DramaUpset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936 · 3 votes
Movie8.0WesternAn agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers discovers the hideout of a gang of murderous outlaws.
Trails of the Wild
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.7CrimeThrillerThree sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as 'The Unholy Three' – a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
The Unholy Three
1925 · 62 votes
Movie9.0WesternDramaWhen a railroad engineer refuses to participate in a strike, the union drops him and he loses his job.
Dynamite Denny
1932 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaBilly Brice has been disqualified from the race track. He becomes sweetheart to a car manufacturer's daughter. Billy helps deal with the man's disgruntled ex-employees and hopes to clear his name so that he may race again.
High Speed
1920 · 1 votes