James Gleason Movies

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected....

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank...

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

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income....

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

Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.

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

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...

A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a life insurance policy on him and collecting once the...

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized...

A promising young prizefighter sees his career start to go down the drain after he gets married and allows his wife's father and no-good brother to...

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day...

Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.

Biplane action scenes highlight this story of the lives and loves of two Hollywood stuntmen.

Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying...

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a...

Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his...

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