James Gleason Movies

In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong...

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the...

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his...

A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to...

The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.

There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in...

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that...

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.

An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James...

A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.

Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred.

This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big...

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

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being...

Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune...

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.