Bad Boy (1939) CRIME DRAMA

Stars: Johnny Downs, Rosalind Keith and Helen MacKellar Director: Herbert Meyer Writer: Richard C. Kahn (original screenplay) Johnny Fraser (Johnny Downs) leaves his mother (Helen MacKellar) in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve Carson (Archie Robbins), a fellow employee, …

Barefoot Boy (1938) FAMILY DRAMA

Stars: Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones and Bradley Metcalf Director: Karl Brown Writers: John T. Neville (original story and screenplay) Kenneth, a pampered, snobbish young boy is sent by his father–who has served time in prison for a crime he did not commit–down to the country farm of an old friend. The barefooted, honest and …

Tough to Handle (1937) CRIME DRAMA

Stars: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond and Phyllis Cerf Director: S. Roy Luby Writers: Peter B. Kyne (story), Betty Laidlaw (adaptation) A young reporter’s grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so …

Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932) DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum and Earle Browne Director: A. Edward Sutherland Writers: Douglas Fairbanks (story) Yachtsman Steve Drexel bets his friends that he can swim ashore on a remote south-seas island with nothing but a toothbrush and be ‘living the life of Riley’ when they return. With handmade implements the lighthearted, athletic Steve improbably …

Bank Alarm (1937) CRIME DRAMA

Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett Director: Louis J. Gasnier Writers: Cynthia Meade (original story), Lawrence Meade (original story). An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a rash of bank robberies. What he doesn’t know is that his sister is the girlfriend of the gang’s ringleader. For more hard-to-find Hollywood films check …