Douglas Shearer Movies

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a...

David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave...

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard...

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle...

A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir...

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up...

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.

A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land...

The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has...

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon...

A deeply in debt heiress tries to land a rich man while a collector from the Sheriff's office is guarding the assets in her house.

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor [also known as The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture] is a 1953 American short musical film produced by Johnny...

When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes the threat seriously while the DA dismisses it. At the...

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at...

A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.

Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.