Movies: Chester Morris

The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York......

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system....

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her....

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind....

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions....

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history....

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend....

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down....

A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant....

A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life....

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage....

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she ...

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer....

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and ...

Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman....

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I....

A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarine officers Dorgan (Dix) and Mason (Morris) battle on land for the affections of dance-hall girl Carm...

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against ti...

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable....

Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience....