John Harron Movies

George Newell Jr. is the son of wealthy parents. In the days leading up to World War I, he disgraces himself and his family. In order to redeem...

A young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal Chinese aliens into the country.

This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental...

When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

1930s Thalians Club comedy.

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.

A virtuous and innocent young woman uneasily gives in to the lavish attentions of a "sugar daddy" but then finds true love with a newspaperman her...

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie...

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their...

A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.

Sid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on her. Rufe lies to Andy, Jude's brother, and a...

A waiter who sings gets in a fight with rude customers and overpowers them. A boxing promoter sees this and transforms him into "Kid Nightingale,"...

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his...

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.

A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.