Olin Howland Movies

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.

The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and...

A gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying to make it as big city hoods, buy the town to use as a hideout....

A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the...

Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby always creates is the appearance of Hans Conried...

Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every...

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins...

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a...

City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.

In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her...

Henry Latham and town Mayor Colton continue their misadventures in Smalltown, America. This time, twelve-year-old David Latham is testifying at the...