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Tag Archives: Ted Healy
Murder in the Fleet (1935) Edward Sedgwick, Robert Taylor, Jean Parker, Ted Healy
Having gained considerable audience attention for his appearance in the 1935 “Crime Does Not Pay” 2-reeler Buried Loot Read More »
Fugitive Lovers (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Ted Healy
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York Read More »
Varsity Show (1937) William Keighley, Dick Powell, Fred Waring, Ted Healy
Winfield College students that are attempting to assemble the yearly varsity series come into battle with their college advisor Read More »
Love Is a Headache (1938) Richard Thorpe, Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Comedy, Romance
It’s a screwball comedy about Broadway star Carlotta Lee (Gladys George) who is pushed by her press agent (Ted Healy) into adopting an orphaned brother and sister Read More »
It’s in the Air (1935) Charles Reisner, Jack Benny, Ted Healy, Una Merkel, Comedy, Sport
Calvin Churchill, a confidence-man, and his sidekick/stooge, “Clip” McGurk, are being pursued by an Internal Revenue agent, Henry Potke, for their failure to file an income-tax on the advice of a shyster lawyer. They are hiding out at the Desert Springs Hotel-Resort, where Calvin is working a scam by posing as a stratosphere-flyer who is looking at making Desert Springs the base of his operations. A rich airplane manufacturer sees a chance to get rid of a stratosphere balloon that he built for an unsuccessful expedition at a great loss. Calvin intends to take the money and run but his estranged wife, Alice, now a tennis instructor at the resort promises to come back to him if he will reform. Alas, reformation does not come easy for Calvin, especially when “Clip” is around, and Henry is closing in.
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