Steel mill foreman Chris Bennett — played by the always dependable Barton MacLane — is well-liked by his men. Read More »
Tag Archives: William C. McGann
Maybe It’s Love (1935) William C. McGann, Gloria Stuart, Ross Alexander, Frank McHugh
Director William C. McGann’s 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they’re wed. Read More »
Times Square Playboy (1936) William C. McGann, Warren William, June Travis, Barton MacLane
A stock broker’s best man thinks the bride-to-be and her family are just out for the groom’s money, so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding. Read More »
Freshman Love (1936) William C. McGann, Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull, Frank McHugh
Frank McHugh is a college rowing coach, in a desperate attempt to acquire top rowers for his team Read More »
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) William C. McGann, Billy Mauch, Robert J. Mauch, Frank Craven
Penrod Schofield’s mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod’s spoiled friend, Rodney. Read More »
Highway West (1941) William C. McGann, Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Action, Crime, Drama
In this crime drama, a remake of Heat Lightning (1931), a robber kills a bank teller during a robbery and then takes his wife 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 »
Brides Are Like That (1936) William C. McGann, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn, Comedy, Romance
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Read More »
A Night at the Ritz (1935) William C. McGann, William Gargan, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Comedy
Duke Regan is the high-pressure, irresponsible promotions/marketing/press agent at the Ritz Hotel. Read More »
In Old California (1942) William C. McGann, John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Romance, Western
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Read More »
Penrod and Sam (1937) William C. McGann, Billy Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington, Drama
The Case of the Black Cat (1936) William C. McGann, Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter’s will Read More »
American Empire (1942) William C. McGann, Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Western
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton’s wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that he will come back to his senses.
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We Go Fast (1941) William C. McGann, Lynn Bari, Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Rose Couglin (Lynn Bari) is a wise-cracking waitress at a coffee-pot diner with policemen Bob Brandon (Alan Curtis) and Herman Huff (Don DeFore billed as Don DeForest) vying for her attention. Their argument ends when the place is held up, but Brandon tricks the crook and captures him, but lets Herman take the credit. Herman now must sponsor Bob’s application to the motorcycle force and is even more dismayed when society deb Diana Hempstead (Sheila Ryan)takes a liking to Bob. Rose also finds herself involved with a swindle upon a refrigerator manufacturer by a bogus foreign potentate, Nabob (Gerald Mohr.)
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Blackwells Island (1939) William C. McGann, John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell
In a fictional version of true events at the New York prison of Blackwell’s Island in 1934, reporter Tim Haydon breaks up a crime organization run by racketeer Bull Bransom from within the prison.
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