Hal K. Dawson Movies

An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne,...

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and...

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.

Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl,...

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are...

BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer...

A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead...

A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of...

Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.

Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in...