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Hell Divers (1931) George W. Hill, Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, Conrad Nagel
Clark Gable takes off in his first starring role, a high-flying action-adventure costarring Wallace Beery and directed by George Hill (Tell It to the Marines). Read More »
Jackass Mail (1942) Norman Z. McLeod, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish
Tiny Tucker delivers mail and attracted to her, Just Baggot becomes her new carrier. Read More »
Stand Up and Fight (1939) W.S. Van Dyke, Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice, Drama, History, Romance, Western
It starts in 1844 in Maryland, where R.Taylor, owner a plantation with slaves, is forced by debts to sell his estate ad his people. Read More »
Sergeant Madden (1939) Josef von Sternberg, Wallace Beery, Tom Brown, Alan Curtis, Crime, Drama, Family
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Read More »
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) J. Walter Ruben, Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Dennis O’Keefe, Western
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed. 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 »
O’Shaughnessy’s Boy (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, George ‘Spanky’ McFarland, Drama
Circus animal trainer Wallace Beery (as “Windy” O’Shaughnessy) shows son “Spanky” McFarland (as “Stubby”) how to train a lion cub while well-proportioned wife and mother Leona Maricle (as Cora) thrills audiences on the flying trapeze. Read More »
Stablemates (1938) Sam Wood, Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl, Drama, Sport
Wallace Beery plays eternally inebriated ex-veterinarian Tom Terry. An aspiring jockey Mickey (Mickey Rooney) idolizes Tom, who reciprocates by passing along horsemanship advice to the kid. Read More »
Ashes of Vengeance (1923) Frank Lloyd, Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Wallace Beery, Drama
When Empress Catherine of France launches an attack on French Protestants known as Huguenots, the Comte de la Roche saves the life of his enemy, the Huguenot Rupert de Vrieac, by making him an indentured servant in his castle.
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The Bugle Sounds (1942) S. Sylvan Simon, Richard Thorpe, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, Drama, War
Sergeant “Hap” Doan, heartbroken that the Nineteenth Cavalry, in which he has served for so many years, is to be mechanized and replenished with twenty recent draftees, goes on a drinking spree. He rails about leaving the Army, but is there when the draftees arrive, ready to make good soldiers out of them. When his horse, Cantigny, is killed by the explosion of a tank that had been sabotaged by Nazi-agents, he goes AWOL, and is court-martialed upon his return and given a dishonorable discharge. But he is under secret orders from his Commanding Officer to join the gang of German spies, who have every reason to believe they can trust the disgruntled ex-sergeant..
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China Seas (1935) Tay Garnett, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Action, Drama, Adventure
Dynamic Alan Gaskell captains a ship bound from Hong Kong to Singapore. Gaskell tries to turn over a new leaf from his hard-drinking lifestyle after becoming attached to a refined high class English lady, Sybil Barclay. His former girlfriend Dolly is extremely jealous of the budding relationship and tries hard to get the Captain back. He is apparently unimpressed with her loud, obnoxious, and uncivilized manners, even though she is extremely beautiful. After a temporary take over of the ship by gold-seeking Asian pirates, Captain Gaskell must deal with the fact that Dolly and her drinking pal, Jamesey MacArdle, are implicated in the crime.
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The Champ (1931) King Vidor, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Drama, Family, Sport
Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy “Champ” Purcell, despite his frequent binges, his frequent gambling and their squalid living conditions. And there’s nothing Andy wouldn’t do for Dink. When Andy wins a race horse gambling, he gives it to Dink and they race it at a Tijuana track. There, Dink meets Linda Carleton, a race horse owner herself, and they have an immediate rapport. But Linda’s rich husband sees Andy and realizes Dink is Linda’s son, who she gave up when she and Andy divorced. Andy is bribed $200 to allow Dink to visit with Linda, but refuses to allow Dink to spend six months with the Carletons. When Andy loses the horse gambling and winds up in jail after a drunken tirade, he realizes Dink’s place is with his mother. Dink tearfully goes but sneaks out and returns at his first opportunity, filling a depressed Andy with a desire to make good. So Andy goes into training after his managers arrange a boxing match with the Mexican champion.
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A Message to Garcia (1936) George Marshall, Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Drama, Romance
The real “message to Garcia” was delivered by an American lieutenant to Cuban rebel General Garcia, asking for the General’s help in the Spanish-American war. The fact that the lieutenant made his way to Garcia in absolute safety was ignored in 20th Century-Fox’s Message to Garcia–which is just as well, since otherwise the movie would have been eight minutes long. In the film version, lieutenant John Boles is guided through the treacherous Cuban jungle by Barbara Stanwyck, doing her best to convince us that she’s an Hispanic senorita. Also along for the trip is renegade marine Wallace Beery, who may not be as friendly as he seems. Fighting off Spaniards and spies at every turn, Boles successfully completes his mission. As history, Message to Garcia is about as reliable as the Hearst newspaper dispatches which triggered the Spanish-American war in the first place.
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