Robert Gleckler
Actor · 1887 – 1939 · Pierre, South Dakota, USA
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Movie6.8MusicDramaClassical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · 34 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaA boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · 40 votes
Movie6.2ComedyRomanceA farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · 10 votes
Movie5.3DramaA showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.
Tarnished Angel
1938 · 6 votes
Movie5.8RomanceCrimeA law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Sworn Enemy
1936 · 4 votes
Movie5.5AdventureThe Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South Pacific.
The Sea God
1930 · 4 votes
Movie7.2MusicDramaAn irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · 5 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
Movie6.5DramaFamilyAn orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · 16 votes
Movie6.0DramaHistoryA southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Stand Up and Fight
1939 · 5 votes
Movie5.3RomanceComedyCasino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
Yours for the Asking
1936 · 3 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaA meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
Great Guy
1936 · 22 votes
Movie5.1DramaA two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
Now I'll Tell
1934 · 7 votes
Movie6.0ComedyCrimeAfter giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 · 21 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaWorking for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her employer is the secret head of the city's major gambling machine racket and has a penchant for murdering anyone who gets in his way.
King of Gamblers
1937 · 2 votes
Movie7.1DramaCrimeA sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
The Defense Rests
1934 · 10 votes
Movie6.0MysteryAdventureCaptain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937 · 13 votes
Movie10.0DramaComedyA go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.
Big Money
1930 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaComedyThe heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
The Girl on the Front Page
1936 · 3 votes
Movie6.3ComedyMusicA henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
Love Begins at Twenty
1936 · 3 votes
Movie5.6DramaEscaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
Absolute Quiet
1936 · 10 votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaAn actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937 · 3 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaHot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
Whipsaw
1935 · 16 votes
Movie4.8ComedyMusicA Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
Pick a Star
1937 · 14 votes