George F. Marion

A hard-nosed detective and a tenacious reporter compete to crack the case when someone is murdered during an astronomer’s lecture at a planetarium.

A mining engineer and deputy investigate a string of killings at an old radium mine where the dying owner's heirs are awaiting their inheritance.

Philo Vance investigates when a man nicknamed ‘Cock Robin’ is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range and a chess piece left behind.

Inside an overcrowded prison, a convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned breakout on Thanksgiving.

Two slick insurance salesmen help a runaway heiress rejuvenate her dilapidated hotel by promoting it as a high-class establishment.

The story behind the golden curtain of the great opera house. Revealing romance, temperament and drama in private lives of the grand opera stars.

Collegiate track star Mike Bolton (Phillip Holmes) has a secret – his father is a convicted killer! Eighteen years ago, Mike's father John (Grant Mitchell) killed his brother's murderer and went to prison. Ashamed of his convict father, Mike has hidden his heritage but when his fraternity finds out, Mike quits college in shame and returns to his hometown of Hardinsville. There he finds a job at the town bank, and fellow teller Emily (Lucille Powers) starts to take a shine to him. But Mike's father complicates things by getting an early parole while Emily's ex-boyfriend (Dwight Frye) starts to stir things up. After someone absconds with a hefty sum from Mike's bank, father and son assume the worst about each other. But this terrible assumption soon leads to some surprising ends. This early Talkie's many charms include the great Grant Mitchell and a terrific turn by under-appreciated character actor Dwight Frye (Dracula's "Renfield").