Writing

Arthur V. Jones

Born — Died

1904-03-27 — 1976-02-12

Place of birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Way Out West poster
7.1

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

Way Out West

1937

Pick a Star poster
4.8

A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.

Pick a Star

1937

The Lady and the Lug poster
8.0

In this comedic short, a reporter wins a boxer's contract and decides to stage an exhibition fight for a society ladies' Milk Fund benefit bazaar.

The Lady and the Lug

1941

No artwork available
8.3

Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.

Frisco Lil

1942

Flight to Nowhere poster
5.1

A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets.

Flight to Nowhere

1946

The Fargo Kid poster
7.1

The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...

The Fargo Kid

1940

North of the Border poster
10.0

Rancher "Utah" Neyes crosses the border into Canada to meet his partner, only to find that the latter has been murdered by a gang led by "Nails" Nelson. "Utah", with the aid of RCMP Jack Craig and fur-trapper Ivy Jenkins, manages to clear his own name of suspicion and also break up Nelson's fur-stealing and smuggling racket.

North of the Border

1946

Robbers of the Range poster
7.7

Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.

Robbers of the Range

1941

Prairie Law poster
7.0

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can preside at the trial. But Brill gets the Governor to change it back and this leads to the big shootout between Curry's men and Brill and the ranchers.

Prairie Law

1940

Stagecoach Express poster
6.2

Ellen has the contract for the South West Stage Line through the panhandle. Her father had the run for years and Haney, who runs the office, worked for him. But Ellen does not know that Haney is in league with Elkins and they want the stage line so they can rob the gold shipments. All they need do is stop the stage and end her contract, but that is not easy with Dave driving for Ellen.

Stagecoach Express

1942

Along the Rio Grande poster
7.0

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.

Along the Rio Grande

1941

Neighborhood House poster
9.0

Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, more eager to win the cash prize than see the picture. When little Darla is selected to choose the winning ticket, she draws her father's number. The crowd reacts angrily, thinking that the drawing is a fraud, forcing the child to choose another number. This one turns out to be her own ticket, after which a third drawing yields her mother's ticket. While pandemonium erupts in the audience, some gangsters arrive and raid the theater. A chase follows, resulting in the eventual capture of the crooks.

Neighborhood House

1936

Mister Cinderella poster
7.0

Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in his place to a dinner party aimed at squeezing a few Merriweather millions. That Cinderella plan soon turns into a pumpkin coach with the wheels fallen off. Circumstances will force shave-and-a-haircut Joe to masquerade as Merriweather for much longer.The comedy comes fast and frantic in Mister Cinderella, from Hal Roach Studios.

Mister Cinderella

1936

A Date with Your Family poster
2.7

Educational short showing how you should never show any emotions at the dinner table.

A Date with Your Family

1950

Triple Justice poster
7.5

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.

Triple Justice

1940

Ghost Towns of Death Valley poster
NR

The towns that once populated Death Valley during the gold rush era and what has been left behind.

Ghost Towns of Death Valley

1952

Stage to Chino poster
5.9

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.

Stage to Chino

1940

No artwork available
NR

53rd episode of RKO's "Mr. Average Man" Series starring Edgar Kennedy.

Mutiny in the County

1940

'Neath Canadian Skies poster
6.0

Canadian Mountie investigates a murder posing as a criminal.

'Neath Canadian Skies

1946

Juke Box Jenny poster
7.0

Roger Wadsworth is a salesman for a company that supplies jukeboxes with classical music recordings, as Mrs. Horton, chief stockholder of the company hates swing music. Because of that, and the fact that Mrs. Horton is the mother of his fiancée, Genevieve Horton, Roger can only sit by and watch the competitors, who sell swing-and-jive music records get most of the business. Some of the other salesmen play a joke on Roger by getting Charlie Barnet and his orchestra to make a recording which they slip into Roger's packet marked as classical. They also get showgirl Jinx Corey to tell the newspapers that she and Roger are married. Malcolm Hammond goes to Genevieve to plead Roger's case, and tricks her into making a recording as "Jukebox Jenny." This leads to further complications.

Juke Box Jenny

1942

Fighting Bill Fargo poster
7.0

Johnny Mack Brown essays the title role in Universal's Fighting Bill Forgo. Returning to his home town, Bill Fargo takes over the operation of his late father's newspaper. He quickly gets swept up in political intrigue fomented by political boss Hackett (Kenneth Harlan), who has a cute habit of rubbing out any and all honest candidates for the sheriff's office.

Fighting Bill Fargo

1941

Swing It Soldier poster
6.5

In this musical comedy, a pregnant disc jockey misses her husband who is fighting overseas. Stressed out by the situation and her job, she decides to take some time off and convinces her twin sister to trade places with her. The switcheroo causes the soldier her husband appointed as her unofficial guardian no end of confusion.

Swing It Soldier

1941

Goodness! A Ghost poster
9.0

Harry's grandfather's spirit inhabits his old policeman's uniform, which is being used in an amateur play.

Goodness! A Ghost

1940