Russell Gleason
Actor · 1908 – 1945 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Russell Gleason (February 6, 1908 – December 25, 1945) was an American actor who began his career at the very beginning of the talking film era. Born into an acting family, one of his earliest roles was in the 1930 classic film, All Quiet on the Western Front. While still in the middle of a successful acting career, Gleason joined the U.S. Army in late 1943, during World War II. While awaiting deployment to Europe in December 1945 in New York City, Gleason fell to his death from a hotel window. He was the son of actors Lucille and James Gleason.
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Movie7.8DramaWarWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 972 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceComedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Swing Fever
1943 · 4 votes
Movie5.7MysteryThrillerIn Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Fingers at the Window
1942 · 18 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaIn spite of her best efforts, a Manhattan model falls in love with a country-hick census taker, while trying to help out her sister and the sister's jobless husband.
Sisters
1930 · 1 votes
Movie4.5MusicComedyA series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment.
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 · 8 votes
Movie8.0RomanceComedyA mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
Nice Women
1931 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAn amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
Hot Tip
1935 · 3 votes
Movie7.2ComedyDramaIt is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
Salute to the Marines
1943 · 5 votes
Movie7.3DramaThe story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 · 3 votes
Movie5.3CrimeDramaBill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who loves Bill, is concerned when her brother, Johnny, who witnessed the murder, proposes to testify against the racketeer. Meanwhile, Captain Antrim informs Bill that his father has just been released from prison and does not know his son is a policeman. On the way from prison, O'Brien (J. P.) meets Limo, a former cockney pal who recognizes Bill and keeps J. P. from seeing his son; later, J. P. arrives intoxicated and is enraged, forcing Bill to knock him unconscious. J. P. is arrested for robbery but returns the loot to save his son from disgrace; Johnny is killed before testifying against Patello, who is released but confronted by J. P., who proves his guilt and, when he struggles with the police, kills him. Bill plans to resign, but confident of Ruth's love, he decides to remain on the force.
Officer O'Brien
1930 · 4 votes
Movie6.7DramaCrimeAn ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.
I Can't Escape
1934 · 3 votes
Movie8.0ComedyFather sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home.
Young as You Feel
1940 · 1 votes
Movie4.2CrimeDramaA railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
Undercover Agent
1939 · 7 votes
Movie8.0ComedyWesternWestern comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 · 2 votes
Movie4.8ActionComedyNewspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
News Is Made at Night
1939 · 4 votes
Movie10.0ComedyExcitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
Down on the Farm
1938 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyAn inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.
Laugh and Get Rich
1931 · 4 votes
Movie5.0ActionCrimeJim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners. Jim will soon loose the mine if production doesn't increase and the sabotage continues. Mary Norsen, office-secretary, accidentally learns of a plot by Fred Johnson to wreck the mine and force Cole to sell his coal-mine. She and her brother, Joe, join Cole in his fight to stop Johnson.
Fury Below
1936 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyIt all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the romance between Ellis' son Bill and Joe's daughter Jean. Refusing, Joe quits his job and sets up his own candy company. It's a money-losing enterprise until Joe's wife Lil loses her diamond ring in a batch of candy and offers a $5000 reward to anyone who can retrieve the ring.
My Wife's Relatives
1939 · 1 votes
Movie5.5AdventureComedyThe Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be victimized by clever Parisian con artists.
A Trip to Paris
1938 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThis late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
Love on a Budget
1938 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyDramaThe Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
Off to the Races
1937 · 1 votes
Movie8.0MysteryOn board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sound and silent versions, the latter for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.)
Strange Cargo
1929 · 2 votes
Movie6.8ComedyRomanceStreet-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · 5 votes