A woman who owns a boarding house winds up being the “mother hen” to the assorted mobsters and racketeers who live there. Read More »
Tag Archives: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Power of the Press (1928) Frank Capra, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris
The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he’s sent out to cover a murder. Read More »
Loose Ankles (1930) Ted Wilde, Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Louise Fazenda
In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as Ann Harper Read More »
State Secret (1950) Sidney Gilliat, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins
Visiting in England, famed American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country Read More »
The Dawn Patrol (1930) Howard Hawks, Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer Read More »
Angels Over Broadway (1940) Ben Hecht, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell
Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Read More »
Having Wonderful Time (1938) Alfred Santell, Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin
Ginger Rogers, an overworked New York office girl, seeks 2 weeks of rest and relaxation at a camp in the Catskills. Read More »
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) Archie Mayo, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Romance, Drama
Prizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. Read More »
Love Is a Racket (1932) William A. Wellman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Jimmy writes the’Up and Down Broadway’ column to the New York Globe, and he’s head over heels for Mary. Read More »
The Narrow Corner (1933) Alfred E. Green, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy, Drama
Fred, an Englishmen, (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) , wanted for murder, winds up on a fishing boat in The South Seas, run by Nichols. Read More »
Green Hell (1940) James Whale, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard, Adventure, Romance
A group of adventurers head deep into a South American jungle in search of ancient Incan treasure. Read More »
I Like Your Nerve (1931) William C. McGann, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker, Comedy, Romance
Young man attempts to break up an engagement between a woman and an older man. Read More »
Chances (1931) Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell, Drama, Romance, War
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anthony Bushell are the Prescott brothers and both are in love with the same woman, Molly (Rose Hobart). Read More »
Parachute Jumper (1933) Alfred E. Green, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Drama
To share expenses unemployed Alabama move in with also unemployed Bill and Toodles. Bill is hired by a gangster’s mistress and ultimately becomes the gangster’s bodyguard. Read More »
The Corsican Brothers (1941) Gregory Ratoff, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, Romance
Douglas Fairbanks jr plays Siamese twins, separated by a good doctor [scalpel hemostat sutures quickly!!] after their parents are killed by Vendetta Read More »