Junior Durkin
Actor · 1915 – 1935 · New York City, New York, USA
Movies10
Movie5.7DramaRomanceThe former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys are all loved and well cared for. Dan is a young tough, but his heart is good, and when he is accused of theft at the school, Jo continues to believe in him and that the true thief will be found out.
Little Men
1934 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ComedyCrimeA year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
Huckleberry Finn
1931 · 4 votes
Movie5.3DramaA teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
Hell's House
1932 · 30 votes
Movie6.3DramaAdventureThe classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral. The boys also witness a murder and Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher are pursued by the vengeful murderer.
Tom Sawyer
1930 · 6 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaIn this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man and becomes jealous.
Recaptured Love
1930 · 2 votes
Movie7.0MysteryA teen detective tries to help a jewel thief's daughter.
Man Hunt
1933 · 1 votes
Movie5.5ComedyAfter cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
Big Hearted Herbert
1934 · 4 votes
Movie6.3WesternA sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses, the hero shows that a white crook is responsible.
The Santa Fe Trail
1930 · 3 votes
Movie5.8RomanceDramaAn elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.
Chasing Yesterday
1935 · 4 votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceIn this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her boarding school to stay with her retired aunt, a former actress, who try as she might, has never been welcomed into the snobbish community in which she resides. The young woman too, is shunned and ends up being victimized in witchcraft trial and ducked into a pool of water.
Ready for Love
1934 · 3 votes