Gene Morgan

Movies23

• Movie7.8

  ComedyDrama

  After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  1939 · 1.2K votes

• Movie7.5

  ComedyDrama

  Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

  Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  1936 · 417 votes

• Movie7.4

  ComedyRomance

  Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

  His Girl Friday

  1940 · 978 votes

• Movie7.5

  ComedyRomance

  Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

  You Can't Take It with You

  1938 · 467 votes

• Movie7.5

  DramaRomance

  An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

  Make Way for Tomorrow

  1937 · 228 votes

• Movie5.8

  MysteryRomance

  A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.

  Murder in Greenwich Village

  1937 · 8 votes

• Movie6.9

  Comedy

  Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

  The Battle of the Century

  1927 · 61 votes

• Movie6.8

  Comedy

  Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.

  Saps at Sea

  1940 · 92 votes

• Movie5.3

  Comedy

  The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.

  She Couldn't Take It

  1935 · 3 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaRomance

  Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

  Primrose Path

  1940 · 26 votes

• Movie5.8

  ComedyCrime

  A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that gangsters are trying to find a hidden fortune, they use the radio show to foil the plan.

  Panic on the Air

  1936 · 4 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

  Blonde Venus

  1932 · 152 votes

• Movie6.6

  CrimeDrama

  James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

  'G' Men

  1935 · 94 votes

• Movie6.6

  Crime

  Dr. Socrates gives up his brilliant surgical career at a prominent hospital following the death of his betrothed under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.

  Dr. Socrates

  1935 · 9 votes

• Movie7.4

  ComedyRomance

  An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.

  If You Could Only Cook

  1935 · 22 votes

• Movie6.9

  ComedyMusic

  After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.

  Start Cheering

  1938 · 8 votes

• Movie6.2

  DramaCrime

  A federal tax agent goes undercover as a reporter and, working with a mobster's pretty bookkeeper, infiltrates a crime ring to catch the racketeer. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.

  Special Agent

  1935 · 14 votes

• Movie7.0

  RomanceComedy

  In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."

  Here Comes the Band

  1935 · 2 votes

• Movie4.6

  Comedy

  A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

  The Housekeeper's Daughter

  1939 · 5 votes

• Movie8.7

  Western

  In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on his feet. Just as he is ready to go straight, his girlfriend's younger brother is shot.

  End of the Trail

  1936 · 3 votes

• Movie5.7

  RomanceDrama

  A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.

  The Lady Objects

  1938 · 10 votes

• Movie6.4

  DramaRomance

  A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

  Back Street

  1932 · 14 votes

• Movie5.1

  Comedy

  Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

  Second Fiddle

  1939 · 8 votes