Directing
Sam White
Born 1906-01-16 · Los Angeles, California, U.S
Acting credits
7.0The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
8.0A New Yorker on his first trip out West falls in love with a beautiful woman he sees as he steps off the train. An hour later he finds himself forced at gunpoint to marry the very same woman, then is forced to fight the girl's family and friends to keep her.
Honeymoon Ranch
1920
10.0A portrayal of the conflict between the pioneer cattle ranchers and the newcomer farming homesteaders in the Big Bend region of Texas: The problems for both sides are heightened by cattle rustlers who take advantage of downed fences. While struggling to maintain law and order, Texas Ranger Tom Norton falls in love with New Yorker Eileen Nawn, and the way is cleared for their romance when Tom rounds up the culprits.
West of the Rio Grande
1921
Behind the camera
4.7William Shatner plays two roles: cowboy Johnny Moon and his ruthless Indian twin brother, Notah. Notah likes peyote and gets the crazy idea that he's the Comanche messiah sent to lead the Comanche nation against the white man but more specifically the dusty desert town of Rio Hondo. Moon, estranged from his brother, decides to stop Notah either by words or by bullets.
White Comanche
1968
7.0When Dorothy jilts her fiancee, he tries to make her jealous by getting a friend of his to dress like a woman and pose as his new girlfriend.
Wig-Wag
1935
6.1In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
The Return of the Vampire
1943
5.7A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
People Are Funny
1946
The girls are down on their luck when they run into a wealthy playboy who has been sent out into the world by his father with just $10.00 to earn a living for himself, starting at the bottom by selling magazine subscriptions.
Hunger Pains
1935
5.9Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
6.0In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
Top of the Town
1937
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
The Dancing Millionaire
1934
6.1A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
I Live on Danger
1942
Edgar becomes increasingly frustrated by his wife's obsession with collecting cheap, useless trinkets known as "bric-a-brac". The household tension escalates as Edgar attempts to navigate a home cluttered with fragile items, leading to the physical comedy and "slow burn" frustration for which Edgar Kennedy was famous. An episode of the "Mr. Average Man" series.
Brick-a-Brac
1935
NRThe day starts out fine for Leon, but as it goes on, things start to deteriorate.
Hold Your Temper
1933
Musical short featuring Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra with a young Betty Grable as their singer.
This Band Age
1935
8.0A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who is in cahoots with a criminal mastermind.
The Officer and the Lady
1941
Fighting juvenile delinquency the Family Films way!
As We Forgive
1952
7.0Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough fake the playing of a violin so they can go on the radio.
Fits in a Fiddle
1933
7.0As a ploy to sign a championship college boxer to a contract, Big Boy enrolls in the college the youth is attending.
The Champ's a Chump
1936
A musical comedy laugh riot about the adventures of a New York ferry boat supporting a concert party.
Ferry-Go-Round
1934
Smugglers are on the loose and a thriving black market in salami is plaguing the nation. Clark and McCullough are hired to catch the smugglers. They are soon up to their ears in salami.
Kickin' the Crown Around
1933
Florence wants to recapture the romance in her marriage and talks a reluctant Edgar into redonning his navy uniform and serenading her.
Love on a Ladder
1934
NRAn add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.
Contented Calves
1934
8.0Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra provide the title element with their snappy tunes fronted at different times by just starting out Betty Grable & Leif Erickson.
Air Tonic
1933
Clark & McCullough hired to save love as the Judge refuses to marry Fanny Bender and Fanny refuses her daughter to marry the Judge's son unless the Judge marries her.
Love and Hisses
1934
George and Charlie go fishing - but things don't turn out exactly as planned.
Fishing for Trouble
1934
