Movies starring Jr.

Hell's House (1932)

72 mins     Drama      

"Hell's House" sounds like an interesting movie; a young boy ends up in reform school when he keeps quiet for a bootlegger he idolises and discovers the brutal system in operation behind closed doors. It also sounds interesti...

Morning Glory (1933)

74 mins     Drama, Romance      

I will lay it on the line, the storyline to "Morning Glory" whilst good is nothing special not only because the story of a wannabe actress is a familiar one and the fact that this was remade some years later but also because ...

After Tonight (1933)

71 mins     Drama, Romance, Thriller      

Espionage 1933 style is like so many older movies an acquired taste one which I will admit is not mine and truthfully was grateful that "After Tonight", which is also known as "Sealed Lips", is only 71 minutes long. In fact I...

The Trail Beyond (1934)

55 mins     Western      

I've now watched quite a few of these early John Wayne movies which were made by LoneStar productions as many of them have fallen in to the public domain and so can be watched online for free completely legally. And having wa...

Frontier Days (1934)

61 mins     Western      

By the age of 15 Bill Cody Jr. had already appeared in 15 movies some of which were alongside his more famous father, yes Bill Cody the western star although not the one who was a legend of the west. Anyway "Frontier Days" wa...

Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)

91 mins     Western      

"Bar 20 Rides Again" actually has a fair bit of variety in its storyline as alongside the central storyline we have romantic tribulations for Red, comedy in the form of elderly relatives and much more. Now all of this stuff i...

Westward Ho (1935)

61 mins     Western      

Screenwriter Robert Emmett Tansey is probably a name you won't be familiar with but he was responsible for a whole host of westerns from the 30s and 40s. I have watched a few of those westerns which "Westward Ho" is one of wi...

The Red Blood of Courage (1935)

55 mins     Western      

The Red Blood of Courage (1935) Kermit Maynard is the undercover Mountie looking to catch the bad guy masquerading as the owner of an oil feed...

The Call of Justice (1936)

59 mins     Western      

"The Call of Justice" was made in 1936 but feels like it was made in 1930 because it has that incredibly fake nature of the early talkies where not a single person says their lines in a natural way, not that the dialogue they...

Gunga Din (1939)

117 mins     Action , Adventure , War      

I may be wrong but I suggest there are two types of people who would watch "Gunga Din" now, those who know Rudyard Kipling's poem on which the story is based and those who spot an actor they like and by that I pretty much mea...

Bachelor Mother (1939)

82 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Bachelor Mother: Ginger Rogers is the department store temp mistaken as the mother of a baby left on the steps of an oprhange and now her boss's son becomes involved...

Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)

58 mins     Western      

"Bad Man from Red Butte" is an entertaining little Johnny Mack Brown which unsurprisingly is slightly heavier on the humour than you normally get. I say that because not only do we get some confusion comedy with Johnny Mack B...

Badlands of Dakota (1941)

74 mins     Western      

Yes "Badlands of Dakota" takes us to Deadwood and anyone who knows their western means we are in Calamity Jane territory with Frances Farmer delivering a pleasant performance as the tough talking cowgirl. But unfortunately "B...

Nevada City (1941)

58 mins     Western      

Just a trotting alone, that could be a line from an old song from an equally old western but it describes "Nevada City" quite nicely as this 1940s Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes' western trots along with some action, some drama a...

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

80 mins     Adventure , Crime, Drama      

It is hard for me to believe but "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is the first movie I have watched which features Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, a role which he became synonymous with. And I can see why there are ...

Dark Waters (1944)

90 mins     Drama, Mystery      

I had great hopes for "Dark Waters" because it is a relatively early insanity movie, a sub genre which I enjoy but often find myself disappointed by because of the lack of originality. I was hoping coming early on there would...

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

88 mins     Crime, Drama      

To my surprise I found that there was a lot of love for "The House on 92nd Street" one of the first docu-dramas which took the true story of the FBI's investigation into Nazi Fifth Columnists in New York and made it into a mo...

Rolling Home (1946)

71 mins     Drama      

Did you know that good things happen to good people who stand up for what they believe in. That is in essence what goes on in "Rolling Home" as through old rodeo rider Pop Miller we meet the Reverend David Owens who despite f...

Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

116 mins     Adventure , Romance      

Watching old movies can be a blend of pleasure and pain, take "Sinbad the Sailor" it's a swashbuckling adventure movie from the 1940s which mixes comedy, action and romance. It is entertaining be it for the theatrical acting,...

Born to Kill (1947)

92 mins     Crime, Drama      

"Born to Kill" which is also known as "Lady of Deceit" is one of those movies which garner praise from those who adore film-noir. That's fair enough as each to their own but as someone who isn't fussed by film-noir what I wat...