James Gleason
21 titles
Filmography
21 results

Hollywood Thrill-Makers
(1954)Two stuntmen, a seasoned veteran and an inexperienced newcomer, find their lives intertwined when one gets hurt while on location.

Oh, Yeah!
(1929)Vagabonds hitch a freight to a railroad town, battling yard bulls and rival drifters, while finding romance with local waitresses.

The Crooked Circle
(1932)A group of amateur detectives set out to bust The Crooked Circle, a sinister criminal organization that has marked their leader for death.

Suddenly
(1954)Tres mafiosos atrapan a una familia en su propia casa, cerca de la estación de tren, con la intención de asesinar al presidente de los Estados Unidos.

The Falcon Takes Over
(1942)The Falcon and a reporter try to track down a murderous thug's girlfriend and stop a string of murders that may be connected to him.

Once Upon a Time
(1944)El ganador del Premio de la Academia, Cary Grant (Premio Honorario, 1970) está en su mejor momento como el hombre espectáculo Jerry Flynn, un productor de Broadway ansioso por recapturar la magia y atraer de vuelta a la audiencia después de fracasos muy costosos. Una noche, afuera de su teatro, Flynn conoce a un muchacho que puede salvar el día. El muchacho le muestra la fuente de su orgullo y...

The Dude Goes West
(1948)Eddie Albert stars as a big city type who seeks his destiny in the West. On his way he meets up with Indians, gold robbers and romance.

Crash Dive
(1943)En route to submarine duty in Washington, naval officer Lt. Stewart (Tyrone Power) meets the enchanting Jean Hewitt (Anne Baxter). He begins a whirlwind courtship, unaware she is already engaged to the commander (Dana Andrews) under whom he is about to serve. Just when both men learn they are in love with the same woman, they are forced to work closely on a dangerous commando raid against Nazi tankers.

Awaken
(2013)A brief encounter changes Alex's life forever. Now, he must learn to navigate the space between fantasy and reality to find the woman of his dreams.

Loving You
(1957)A delivery man finds himself under the wings of two people in the industry who work to elevate his career to new heights of fame and prosperity.
Clear All Wires!
(1933)Lee Tracy, the actor who makes a delightful specialty of playing motormouthed manipulators and flimflammers (including Hildy Johnson in Broadway's original The Front Page and slick publicity man "Space" Hanlon in Jean Harlow's Bombshell), stars in the pre-code comedy Clear All Wires! He portrays Buckley Joyce Thomas, brash foreign correspondent of the Chicago Globe. Bounced from a Moscow assignment for "conduct unbecoming a gentleman," Buckley and his right-hand man Lefty (James Gleason) set in motion a plot to get their jobs back by staging a high-level assassination attempt and scooping the world a plan that spins wildly out of control. Working from their Broadway play, Bella and Samuel Spewack provide the movie adaptation. They would rework the play for composer Cole Porter's stage hit Leave It to Me! Perhaps most significantly, they would reunite with Porter for the timeless Kiss Me, Kate.

Hay Foot
(1942)Colonel Barkley’s feelings quickly change about his beloved assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, when he is outsmarted by him in a firearms class.

The Bishop's Wife
(1947)When a bishop in a turbulent marriage fails to raise funds to build a church, he receives help from a dashing man claiming to be an angel from heaven.

A Free Soul
(1931)Academy Award winners Clark Gable, Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore star with Leslie Howard in the romantic drama of a woman who's loved by two men but chooses the wrong one--a girl who has been allowed to run too wild as A Free Spirit. Stephen Ashe (Barrymore--Captain's Courageous) is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer with an alcohol problem and a daughter, Jan (Shearer--The Women), who is...
Blondie of the Follies
(1932)Two girls, friends from the New York slums, take very different paths in their quest for fame and fortune in Blondie of the Follies. Ziegfeld Follies chorines Blondie (Marion Davies) and Lottie (Billie Dove) both fall in love with wealthy playboy Larry Belmont (Robert Montgomery). While Blondie retains her virtue and works diligently to advance her career, Lottie uses other charms to woo Belmont and to move up in show business. But when Blondie seems to be succeeding both on stage and in love, Lottie resorts to underhanded tricks during a performance to thwart her.

I'll See You in My Dreams
(1951)Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

The Yellow Cab Man
(1950)Sheer, utter madness is the order of the day in this laugh riot on wheels that features one of America's all-time favorite funnymen, Red Skelton. In a story ranging from the weird to the whimsical, Skelton plays "Red," an accident-prone inventor of safety gadgets (no one can bump his head any funnier) who winds up driving a cab to prove the worth of his latest brainchild, Elastiglass. But while he is falling in love with the cab company's claims adjuster (Gloria De Haven), a crooked lawyer (Edward Arnold) and a phony psychiatrist (Walter Slezak) are plotting to steal his secret formula. One attempt results in a hilarious truth-serum sequence that sends Red back to the playpen and his famous "mean widdle kid" characterization. Climaxed by a frenzied free-for-all chase inside a home-show exposition - complete with a rotating house-of-the-future gone berserk - The Yellow Cab Man features Red Skelton's broad brand of comedy at its wacky best.

The Night of the Hunter
(1955)A stolen fortune left behind by their dead father pits two young children against a psychopathic preacher after he marries their naive mother.

Meet John Doe
(1941)Un hombre sin hogar es utilizado por una periodista para hacer campaña contra la injusticia social y se convierte en un truco publicitario.

Key to the City
(1950)Academy Award winners Clark Gable and Loretta Young star as two mayors from opposite sides of the United States who meet and fall in love at a mayoral convention in San Francisco.