James Dunn

A young girl who grew up with a single, party-girl mother learned how to become a con artist to survive exhibits the same behavior when she has to raise her young daughter alone after her husband is killed in the war.

U.S. sailor, Jimmy Harrigan on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent. She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored by a lecherous snake named Baron Portola. Along with several of his Navy pals, Jimmy goes to the ballroom the night of the dance marathon, to try to change Sally's mind and win her back.

The lure of treasure pits four people against one another during the Chinese-Japanese War.

A former detective comes out of retirement to solve the case of a wealthy banker who goes missing and then returns home in a zombie-like trance.

Boy and girl fall awkwardly in love after a casual meeting on broadway and their romance takes a bad turn when some malicious gossip reaches the boy. All ends well as he proves his love by saving her life. Adapted from daron powell's play "Walking down broadway".

While honeymooning at an old mansion, a couple's privacy is interrupted by bumbling gangsters, amateurish cops, and a mysterious disappearing corpse.

Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.

Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wealthy young man out of funds.

A skip tracer repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's skipped payments. What he doesn't know is that a gang has stashed stolen diamonds inside the radio, and they start hunting for him.

Shirley Temple is delightful as the adorable mascot of a group of kindly aviators in this heart-rending treasure that features the classic musical number "The Good Ship Lollipop."

An orphan boy (Martin Spellman) latches on to a Navy man (James Dunn) and a woman (Jean Parker) who treat him like a son.

A frustrated playwright and a woman fleeing her mundane life meet and set off on a romantic, twist-filled road trip from Texas to Brooklyn.

An immature young man from Middle America grows to manhood after a cross-country journey and his military service in World War I.