Russell 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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...

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...

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

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.

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.

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...

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

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...