The tale of how immigrant Jacob Walz, the “Dutchman” (German) of Arizona’s notorious Read More »
Tag Archives: S. Sylvan Simon
Washington Melodrama (1941) S. Sylvan Simon, Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor
Calvin Claymore is a wealthy businessman trying to get a bill passed to help the starving children Read More »
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938) S. Sylvan Simon, Ralph Bellamy, Josephine Hutchinson, William Gargan
This underrated feature stars Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Paul Hallet, working in the jungles Read More »
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) S. Sylvan Simon, Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. Read More »
Tish (1942) S. Sylvan Simon, Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts, Aline MacMahon
Letitia “Tish” Carberry, an eccentric New England spinster, lives with her nephew Read More »
Son of Lassie (1945) S. Sylvan Simon, Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart
Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 – has he inherited his mothers famous courage ? Read More »
Rio Rita (1942) S. Sylvan Simon, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson
After being fired from their jobs as clerks in a pet store, Doc and Wishey, a couple of bumpkins Read More »
Whistling in the Dark (1941) S. Sylvan Simon, Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford
The operators of ‘Silver Haven’, a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money Read More »
I Love Trouble (1948) S. Sylvan Simon, Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Janis Carter
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife’s past. Read More »
Grand Central Murder (1942) S. Sylvan Simon, Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker
A convict being escorted in for retrial escapes at Grand Central and threatens his old girlfriend on the phone. Read More »
Spring Madness (1938) S. Sylvan Simon, Maureen O’Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey
In their last semester at Harvard, Sam Thatcher and his roommate, who is nicknamed “The Lippencott”, have grand ideas of seeing the remote corners of the world Read More »
Keeping Company (1940) S. Sylvan Simon, Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton
A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage. Read More »
Two Girls on Broadway (1940) S. Sylvan Simon, Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy, Musical, Romance
Eddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. Read More »
Salute to the Marines (1943) S. Sylvan Simon, Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Comedy, Drama, War
Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics, and tragedy. Read More »
The Thrill of Brazil (1946) S. Sylvan Simon, Evelyn Keyes, Keenan Wynn, Ann Miller, Musical
In this musical, Broadway producer Steve Farraugh is in Rio to preview a show he plans to take to New York. Read More »