James Wong Howe Movies

  • 1933
    The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

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    A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company....

    The Power and the Glory
  • 1928
    The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime

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    A police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.

    The Perfect Crime
  • 1931
    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

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    As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund...

    Transatlantic
  • 1940
    Saturday's Children

    Saturday's Children

    Saturday's Children

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    An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

    Saturday's Children
  • 1923
    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

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    Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His...

    The Call of the Canyon
  • 1960
    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

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    Fourth reworking of the classic Grace Miller White novel, this time updated to the 60s, with young Scottish lassie Tess (Diane Baker) becoming...

    Tess of the Storm Country
  • 1945
    Counter-Attack

    Counter-Attack

    Counter-Attack

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    Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.

    Counter-Attack
  • 1941
    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

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    On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having...

    Navy Blues
  • 1935
    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

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    Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with...

    The Night Is Young
  • 1931
    The Spider

    The Spider

    The Spider

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    Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder...

    The Spider
  • 1927
    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

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    Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a...

    Sorrell and Son
  • 1925
    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    The Charmer

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    A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent theatrical producer. Billed as "The...

    The Charmer
  • 1922
    The Siren Call

    The Siren Call

    The Siren Call

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    Love complicates the hunt for gold in 1890's Alaska.

    The Siren Call
  • 1926
    Padlocked

    Padlocked

    Padlocked

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    Padlocked
  • 1932
    Young America

    Young America

    Young America

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    Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old...

    Young America
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

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    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 1935
    The Flame Within

    The Flame Within

    The Flame Within

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    Psychiatrist finds herself falling for her patient.

    The Flame Within
  • 1932
    Man About Town

    Man About Town

    Man About Town

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    In a plan to trap potential enemy spies in Washington, an American secret agent sets up a gambling house. He soon finds himself in a rivalry with his...

    Man About Town
  • 1930
    Today

    Today

    Today

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    A wealthy young society couple loses their fortune. When the husband is forced to take a job like everyone else, the wife cannot deal with the sudden...

    Today
  • 1934
    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

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    Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent...

    The Show-Off