Richard Lane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts. By his teenage years, he was doing an "iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring with a band in Australia. After the decline of vaudeville, Lane obtained extensive work in motion pictures and was best known at the time for playing Inspector John or William Faraday or Farraday (depending on the film) in all fourteen Boston Blackie Columbia Pictures features starring Chester Morris, starting with Meet Boston Blackie in 1941. During World War II, he appeared as emcee with USO troops entertaining G.I.s. His unit appeared at Fort MacArthur in September 1944. Lane also announced for the Jalopy Derby and Destruction Derby at Ascot Park, Gardena California. Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of Boston Blackie, which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944.
Hellzapoppin'
as DirectorOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...
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Boom Town
as Assistant D.A.Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
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Gung Ho!
as Capt. DunphyA true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during...
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The Shaggy D.A.
as Roller Rink AnnouncerWilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being...
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Air Force
as Maj. W.G. RobertsThe crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack...
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Arabian Nights
as CorporalTwo half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual,...
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Wonder Man
as Assistant District AttorneyBoisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster...
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Union Pacific
as Sam ReedOne of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Michael GihulyThe Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins,...
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The Jackie Robinson Story
as HopperBiography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century....
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Brother Orchid
as Mugsy O'DayWhen retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...
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A-Haunting We Will Go
as PhillipsStan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable...
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Sued for Libel
as Smiley DuganA New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
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The Bullfighters
as 'Hot Shot' ColemanBumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the...
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Meet Boston Blackie
as Inspector FaradayWhen a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a...
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Pete Conway (uncredited)Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad...
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Dr. Broadway
as Police Sgt. Patrick DoyleA New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
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Corvette K-225
as Vice AdmiralThe story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Quicksand
as Lt. NelsonYoung auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde...
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To the Shores of Tripoli
as LieutenantChronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally...
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Tenth Avenue Angel
as Street VendorFlavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but...
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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Inspector William R. FarradayBlackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track...
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Song of Scheherazade
as LieutenantA beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.
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Two O'Clock Courage
as Al HaleyA cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover...
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The Saint in New York
as Dispatcher (Uncredited)A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar,...
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Kansas City Bomber
as LenRoller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her...
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Police Commissioner GordonIn Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel...
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Alias Boston Blackie
as Inspector FarradayIt is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick...
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Don't Be a Sucker!
as Soapbox OratorPropaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is...
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It Ain't Hay
as SlickerAbbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after...
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as High-GradeThe 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
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The Admiral Was a Lady
as Marty GruberEx-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
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Wise Girl
as DetectiveSnooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with...
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The Big Wheel
as Reno RileyThe ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and...
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Out of the Blue
as Detective NoonanSet in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type...
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu
as Joe ArnoldWhile Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his...
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Super-Sleuth
as BarkerA movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve...
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Joy of Living
as Harvey (Uncredited)Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon...
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Hired Wife
as McNabAd man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect...
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I Wanted Wings
as Flight CommanderTold in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the...
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Barney Johnson (uncredited)An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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You Can't Buy Luck
as Det. McGrathWhen a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove...
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The Babe Ruth Story
as Boston Braves' coachThe baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees...
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Should Wives Work?
as uncreditedErrol's wife goes back to work, despite his objections.
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Time to Kill
as Lt. BreezeLloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Recruiting OfficerSteve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera...
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News Is Made at Night
as Barney BaselyNewspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free...
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as KelleyA ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her...
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Exposed
as Tony MitchellA magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications...
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Time Out for Rhythm
as Mike ArmstrongA producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.
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Here Come the Co-eds
as Near-Sighted Man at BallroomMolly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a...
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The Chance of a Lifetime
as Insp. John FarradayA mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a...
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Crashing Hollywood
as Hugo WellsA true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
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Blind Alibi
as BowersA Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed...
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One Mysterious Night
as Inspector FarradayAfter a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to...
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City of Chance
as Marty ConnorsTexas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler...
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The Life of the Party
as Hotel ManagerA singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
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Butch Minds the Baby
as Harry the HorseAloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and...
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Louisiana Hayride
as J. Huntington McMastersA naïve farm girl is duped by con men who promise her movie stardom in exchange for her savings.
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For Beauty's Sake
as Mr. JackmanA woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a...
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The Return of the Whistler
as Gaylord TraynorWhen a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
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The Cowboy and the Blonde
as GilbertA western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental...
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New Faces of 1937
as BrokerA crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to...
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Main Street Lawyer
as Ballou, Marco's LawyerA prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is...
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Crazy House
as S. E. HanleyOle Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another...
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Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Inspector John FarradayA murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston...
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Two Girls on Broadway
as Buddy BartellEddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Reagan (uncredited)Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Insp. John FarradayBlackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition...
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The Day the Bookies Wept
as Ramsey FirpoA pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
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Sioux City Sue
as Jefferson LangA Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.
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Gentleman Joe Palooka
as PhillipsIn the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators...
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Navy Blues
as 'Rocky' AndersonOn a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship...
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The Biscuit Eater
as Harvey McNeilTwo little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the...
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Inspector FarradayBlackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
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Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Sam VaughnDetective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new...
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A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
as Marty AllenHenny Brown, talent scout for the Margaret Ames Film Agency in Hollywood, mistakes Broadway show...
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Girl on the Spot
as Weepy McGurkEleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the...
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The Woman I Love
as Florence's BoyfriendIn World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
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The Escape
as David CliffordAn embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is...
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Drunk Driving
as RickIn this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks...
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I'm from the City
as Captain Oliver 'Ollie' FitchPete Pepper is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a...
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Free, Blonde and 21
as Lieutenant LakeStories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a...
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Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Kit CarsonStory deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny...
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There's a Girl in My Heart
as Sergeant MullinA Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its...
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Inspector FarradayBlackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets...
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Go Chase Yourself
as NailsWhen a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup...
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Miss Mink of 1949
as Herbert PendeltonWinning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
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Radio City Revels
as CraneA down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas...
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The Penalty
as CraigIn this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When...
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Fired Wife
as Orin TracyA Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it...
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Flight from Glory
as Mr. HansonDirector Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air...
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San Antonio Rose
as Charles J. WilloughbySan Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars,...
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Boston Blackie and the Law
as Inspector FarradayBlackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to...
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Inspector FarradayBlackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Insp. William R. FarradayBlackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed...
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Talk About a Lady
as Duke RandallA country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions,...
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Unexpected Father
as Leo Murphy - Booking AgentJimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy,...
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Brazil
as Edward GrahamBrazil is perhaps the best of the handful of US films made by Brazilian singing sensation Tito...
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Riders of the Purple Sage
as Steve OldringLassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys...
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Assistant Coach JonesA wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's...
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
as Inspector FarradayBlackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and...
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Swing Your Partner
as Mr. LaneCaroline Bird, the crotchety and stingy owner of Bird Milk Products, is not amused when her...
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The Dummy Owner
as uncreditedLeon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has...
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Mr. Winkle Goes to War
as Sgt. 'Alphabet' CzeidrowskiWilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in...
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Bowery to Broadway
as Walter RogersTwo Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them...
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Respect the Law
as George JohnsonShows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
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Many Unhappy Returns
as DoctorFord Sterling is married to a very jealous wife, who has a hobby of collecting French dolls. In...
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Danger Patrol
as BillAn explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.
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The Creeper
as Insp. FenwickDr. Morgan and Dr. Cavigny star as a brace of scientists who return from the West Indies with a...
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Everybody's Doing It
as Steve DeversGangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national...
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Saturday's Heroes
as Red WatsonCollege football player is expelled for ticket scalping, and teams up with reporter to expose...
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Bermuda Mystery
as Detective Sergeant DonovanA private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.
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The Last Warning
as Richard LaneIn their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to...
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Hero for a Day
as AbbottWhen a night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy college alumnus, his family and friends help him...
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Pardon My Terror
as DickPrivate detectives Gus and Dick take a murder case where nearly everyone is trying to kill them.
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Ride, Kelly, Ride
as Dan ThomasA jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.
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The Phantom Thief
as Inspector John FarradayBoston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a...
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Take It Big
as Eddie HamptonJack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western...
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Youth Will Be Served
as Mr. HewittA precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.
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For the Love of Pete
as McSwat's CornermanBoxer Joe Palooka steps into the ring after a friend's dog gets kicked.
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Stronger Than Desire
as Jerry BrodyAn attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Everybody's Dancin'
as Colonel Ed HarrisonDance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business....
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This Marriage Business
as Joe SelbyA cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.
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Punch and Beauty
as Russ BiffBefore the big fight, Joe and his opponent come to blows at their hotel. Palooka knocks him out...
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What a Blonde
as PomeroyAmerican gas rationing during WWII results in comic mayhem as a lingerie executive finds his...
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Slightly Terrific
as Mike HamilyonA manufacturer and an impresario (who has promised some young people he will stage their show)...
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Ain't Love Cuckoo?
as Dick LaneGus Schilling and Richard Lane are two GIs serving overseas during World War II, and they get...
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Sandy Is a Lady
as Philip JarvisMary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and...
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Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
as Mr. SmithComedic short featuring Shakespeare's notable characters; many performing musical numbers. An...
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Drums of the Congo
as CoutlassA safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
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There Goes My Girl
as Tim J. WhelanJerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when...
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