Arthur Vinton
Actor · 1896 – 1963 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Movies24
Movie5.3ComedyMusicPresident Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 · 12 votes
Movie6.9ComedyCrimeAn ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
Picture Snatcher
1933 · 27 votes
Movie6.0DramaAviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Central Airport
1933 · 13 votes
- Movie6.5ActionCrime
A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of dollars in stolen bonds. He meets Helen Griffith when she is arrested in a raid on a gambling house and befriends her. She talks him into taking her to the nightclub of the man he is working for and, while there and unobserved by anyone by Larry, he sees her going through the files and desk of the owner. Who is this mystery woman he just got released from jail, and what is she up to?
Unknown Woman
1935 · 2 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
Movie6.0ComedyAdventureA lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
Son of a Sailor
1933 · 2 votes
Movie7.1DramaWorld War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.
Heroes for Sale
1933 · 25 votes
Movie5.9CrimeDramaA Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Blondie Johnson
1933 · 18 votes
Movie6.0ComedyCrimeWell respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · 2 votes
Movie6.5RomanceMusicA reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
Dames
1934 · 44 votes
Movie5.7DramaTired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new name. On the train, he meets Eleanor and they fall in love. Eleanor is afraid to tell Ace she's a soiled dove and Ace doesn't tell Eleanor of his shady past. Old enemies won't let Ace begin his new life, and old commitments's won't free Eleanor of her sordid ties. Ace's old life and Eleanor's deception collide with the typical results. But love conquers all!
Gambling Ship
1933 · 15 votes
Movie8.3DramaA judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
The Band Plays On
1934 · 3 votes
Movie6.2RomanceDramaA businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
Gambling Lady
1934 · 22 votes
Movie3.7CrimeDramaIn the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
Laughter in Hell
1933 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaMusicAn underworld character wins a Broadway nightclub in a card game.
King Solomon of Broadway
1935 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaButton Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932 · 4 votes
Movie7.3ComedyCrimeA con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Little Big Shot
1935 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaComedyThe rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.
Red Salute
1935 · 9 votes
Movie4.4ComedyCrimeAn arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
The Personality Kid
1934 · 7 votes
Movie6.2DramaA reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder victim turns out to be really dead
Circumstantial Evidence
1935 · 4 votes
Movie5.8DramaLarry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during his big fight distracts Larry and he is knocked out. He then promises never to be jealous again and marries Jo. When she realizes that they're broke she asks Lambert for a job (she had quit on marrying Larry.) One thing leads to another and Larry, enraged with jealousy, end up killing Lambert. He then wanders off in a daze, and Jo takes the rap for the murder. Larry descends from his amnesiac fog just in time to interrupt the announcement of the jury's verdict in Jo's trial. then it's off to the chair for Larry. Or is it?
Jealousy
1934 · 4 votes
Movie5.5DramaOne woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival barker, and then falling for a young engineer.
Lilly Turner
1933 · 12 votes
Movie10.0MysteryThere are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who actually confessed to the killing before it was committed.
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.7ComedyCrimeA young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.
Cross Country Cruise
1934 · 3 votes