Russell Gleason Movies

After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ralph Morgan

In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Lew Ayres

The police use a gangster's son to get to him.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Leo Carrillo

A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Edna May Oliver

An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Anne Shirley

An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Onslow Stevens

A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take...

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Cast: William Boyd

Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners....

Genre: Action

Cast: Russell Gleason

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Russell Gleason

This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Greene

Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who...

Genre: Crime

Cast: William Boyd

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

Genre: Drama

Cast: William Boyd

The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Jed Prouty

Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Eddie Quillan

Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate and civilized East, so he takes a vacation to see...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Russell Gleason

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

Genre: War

Cast: Pete Smith

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal...

Genre: Action

Cast: Preston Foster

Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jimmy Rogers

Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Zasu Pitts

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Wallace Beery

A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Henrietta Crosman

Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during World War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Louis Wolheim

After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter...

Genre: War

Cast: Lee Tracy

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Lee Patrick

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sidney Fox

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kay Kyser

The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jed Prouty

When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college team in time for the big game.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Eugene Pallette

A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wynne Gibson

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ann Sothern

A 1929 American pre-Code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paul Muni

It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Gleason