In California’s Death Valley, in 1892, borax miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing Read More »
Tag Archives: Wallace Beery
Slave Ship (1937) Tay Garnett
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping Read More »
The Mighty Barnum (1934) Walter Lang
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum Read More »
The Champ (1931) King Vidor, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper
Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy “Champ” Purcell Read More »
West Point of the Air (1935) Richard Rosson, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Lewis Stone
Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone have both risen as far as they can in the Army, Stone’s a general and Beery a top sergeant. Read More »
Barnacle Bill (1941) Richard Thorpe, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo
A grumpy old fisherman tries to avoid marriage, contend with a daughter Read More »
Min and Bill (1930) George W. Hill, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan
Min owns the waterfront hotel where Bill, the captain of a fishing boat, lives. Read More »
Viva Villa! (1934) Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing Read More »
Beggars of Life (1928) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. Read More »
Alias a Gentleman (1948) Harry Beaumont, Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, Dorothy Patrick
A convict is finishing a ten-year prison sentence, during which time Read More »