Air Force 1943  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Ridgely, John Garfield, Harry Carey, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, George Tobias, James Brown, Moroni Olsen, Faye Emerson
Use of newsreel footage from World War II is effectively utilized to tell the story of a B-17 Flying Fortress crew as it prepares for battle in the Pacific Theater. This film won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and Special Effects.
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Among the Living 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Harry Carey, Frances Farmer, Gordon Jones, Jean Phillips, Maude Eburne, Frank M. Thomas, Harlan Briggs, Archie Twitchell
Twin brothers John and Paul Raden are both played by Albert Dekker in this chilling drama of mistaken identity in the blame for a series of murders.
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Angel and the Badman 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Romance / Western
Director: James Edward Grant
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Irene Rich, Bruce Cabot, Lee Dixon, Stephen Grant, Tom Powers, Olin Howland, Paul Hurst, Craig Woods, John Halloran, Kenne Duncan, Joan Barton, Marshall Reed
In this John Wayne movie, he plays wounded gunslinger Quirt Evans who becomes the patient in a family of Quakers. The daughter, Penelope Worth (Gail Russell), of the house falls for him and tries to keep him from going after his enemy Laredo Stevens (Bruce Cabot) who had murdered his foster father. Over time, Quirt changes his ways and begins life anew with Penelope.
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 Bad Company 1931 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Helen Twelvetrees, John Garrick, Paul Hurst, Frank Conroy, Frank McHugh, Edgar Kennedy, Kenneth Thomson, Emma Dunn, William V. Mong, Harry Carey, Arthur Stone, Wade Boteler, Jack Mower, Harry Semels
Mobster Goldie Gorio (Ricardo Cortez) wants to get the scoop on rival Markham King's (Frank Conroy) operation. So, why not have his lawyer Steve Carlyle (John Garrick) marry Markham's sister Helen (Helen Twelvetrees)? Gorio treats them to a lavish wedding and other extravagances. It isn't until Steve is wounded in a police raid that Helen realizes that he is a gangster, and now she stops at nothing to release him from his ties to the gang so that they can escape from the criminal world.
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Barbary Coast 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian Donlevy, Donald Meek, Harry Carey, David Niven, Matt McHugh
Set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, this is the story of Mary Rutledge's (Miriam Hopkins) life as a saloon queen and her search for an honest love.
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Beyond Tomorrow 1940  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Alex Melesh, Maria Ouspenskaya, Helen Vinson, Richard Carlson, Jean Parker, Rod La Rocque, J. Anthony Hughes, Robert Homans, William Bakewell, Virginia McMullen, James Bush, Gino Corrado
Three old, rich men (Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, and Charles Winninger), who have been wrapped up in themselves all their lives, are lonely on Christmas, so they look for dinner guests. James and Jean (Richard Carlson and Jean Parker) are selected, and the couple falls in love. Later, tough times cause a parting of the ways. The three elderly men die in a plane wreck and return as spirits to help get the couple back together.
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Border Devils 1932 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, George "Gabby" Hayes, Niles Welch, Olive Carey, Albert J. Smith, Merrill McCormick, Art Mix, Tetsu Komai, Jack Gallagher, Robert(2) Walker, Frank Ellis, Jim Corey, Murdock MacQuarrie, Blackie Whiteford
Jim Gray (Harry Carey) is accused of murdering his friend Bud Brandon (Art Mix) and is arrested. He breaks out of jail with help from Neil Denham (Jack Gallagher) and sets out to prove his innocence. Later, Neil is killed, leaving Marcia (Kathleen Collins) a widow, and she becomes Jim's sidekick while Jim assumes Neil's identity. Jim joins forces with "Dude" Sanders (George "Gabby" Hayes), and they go off in search of the mysterious "The General" (Tetsu Komai) who is the Chinese leader of bandits. The bandits are vandalizing cattle hoping to stir up discontent among the ranchers so that they will not be noticed smuggling dynamite across the border. Surprises lie in wait–including who is the real leader of the bandits.
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Duel in the Sun 1946 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Otto Kruger, Joan Tetzel, Tilly Losch, Butterfly McQueen, Scott McKay, Sidney Blackmer
Half-breed Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is taken into the home of Laura Belle McCanles (Lillian Gish), her cattle baron husband Senator (Lionel Barrymore), and two sons Jesse (Joseph Cotten) and Lewt (Gregory Peck). Because of her background, Pearl is thought of as hot-blooded, and both Jesse and Lewt vie for her affections. Meanwhile, the two brothers use different means to fight the railroad that is infringing on their land, and Lewt kills one man (Charles Bickford) when he tries to propose to Pearl. By story's end, Pearl decides to take the easy road and takes on the role of the Jezebel she is reputed to be. Produced by David O. Selznik, this epic film captures the romance and dangers of the bygone era when cattle was king.
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The Great Moment 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen, Edwin Maxwell, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Harry Hayden, Torben Meyer, Victor Potel, Thurston Hall, J. Farrell MacDonald
This story, told through flashbacks, is the saga of the trials and tribulations of W.T.G. Morton (Joel McCrea) who, as a young oral surgeon in the 19th century worked to find a way to take the pain out of tooth extractions. Throughout his efforts, his loyal wife Elizabeth (Betty Field) stands by his side. His discovery of the use of letheon (ether) as an anesthetic marked a huge step in surgical procedures. Fame and fortune are not gained by Morton, but he does eventually become known as "the painless dentist," and Congress votes to reward him $100,000 for his efforts. But, jealous medical rivals just may stand in the way of Morton receiving that award.
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Kid Galahad 1937 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: The Battling Bellhop
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Harry Carey, Jane Bryan, William Haade, Soledad Jimenez, Joseph Crehan, Ben Welden, Joe Cunningham, Veda Ann Borg, Frank Faylen, Harland Tucker, Bob Evans
Boxing manager Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson) decides to promote a young bellhop (Wayne Morris) as the next champion. While still training for his prize fight, the bellhop knocks out heavyweight Chuck McGraw (William Haade) after he insults Donati's girlfriend Louise "Fluff" Phillips (Bette Davis), and he is given the name "Kid Galahad." Later, he falls in love with Donati's young sister Marie (Jane Bryan). Their interest in each other angers Donati, and he arranges a fight that he is sure "Kid Galahad" will lose. But, will "Kid Galahad" come through and live up to his reputation as a winner? Remade in 1941 as "The Wagons Roll at Night" and in 1962 as "Kid Galahad."
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King of Alcatraz 1938 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey, Robert Preston, Anthony Quinn, Richard Denning, Porter Hall, Dennis Morgan, Emory Parnell
Escapees from Alcatraz commandeer a ship headed for Panama and meet resistance from crewmembers. Good fast-moving fare with top cast.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1932 N/R, 230 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Edwina Booth, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Bob Kortman, Walter McGrail, Nelson McDowell, Edward Hearn, Mischa Auer, Yakima Canutt, Jim Corey, Joan Gale
James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale is presented as a 12-chapter serial. Frontier guide Hawkeye (Harey Carey) and his Indian friends, Chingachgook and Uncas (Hobart Bosworth and Frank Coghlan Jr.), fight against the corrupt soldiers and the evil Indian Magua (Bob Kortman).
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The Last Outlaw 1936  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Henry B. Walthall, Tom Tyler, Margaret Callahan, Frank M. Thomas, Russell Hopton, Joe Sawyer, Ray Mayer, Frank Jenks
After being imprisoned for 25 years, a once-famous outlaw (Harry Carey) is released into a society that is very unfamiliar to him.
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 Law and Order 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton, Ralph Ince, Andy Devine, Walter Brennan, Russell Simpson, Harry Woods, Dewey Robinson
When the Clantons threaten the town, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday step into action and clean up the town. Very good.
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 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Harry Carey, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi, Eugene Pallette, H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Pierre Watkin, Porter Hall
Filling in for his state's deceased senator, Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) takes his seat in the United States Senate. Despite crooked politics surrounding his appointment, as well as in Washington D.C., Smith behaves as we all wish our representatives would. An Academy Award was won for Best Original Story and 10 other nominations were received, including Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor (both Harry Carey and Claude Rains), and Director.
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My Son Is Guilty 1939  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bruce Cabot, Julie Bishop, Harry Carey, Glenn Ford, Wynne Gibson, Don Beddoe, John Tyrrell, Bruce Bennett, Edgar Buchanan, Dick Curtis
When cop Tim Kerry's (Harry Carey) son, Ritzy (Bruce Cabot), returns home from prison, dad and friends try to help him go straight. But, the temptation is too great and tragedy results.
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1919 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Harry Carey, Cullen Landis, Gloria Hope, Joe Harris, Duke R. Lee, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Hill Mailes, Vester Pegg, Victor Potel
In this silent-film version of Bret Harte's story, Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon (Harry Carey) is in love with a younger woman (Gloria Hope) but believes she will end up with a younger man (Cullen Landis). Then he picks up a book and reads about a gambler, John Oakhurst (also Harry Carey), whose adopted son Tommy (also Cullen Landis) is in love with the woman (also Gloria Hope) that he is interested in. In the book, John sacrifices himself so that Tommy will get the girl. After finishing the story, Square Shootin' Harry puts down the book and, unlike John, goes after the girl himself.
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Parachute Battalion 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Cast: Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly, Richard Cromwell, Robert Barrat, Erville Alderson, Edward Fielding, Selmer Jackson, Grant Withers, Walter Sande, Kathryn Sheldon, Eddie Dunn
In this Hollywood propaganda film just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Army trainees–Donald Morse (Robert Preston), Bill Burke (Edmond O'Brien), and Jeff Hollis (Buddy Ebsen)–are training for the parachute corps at Fort Benning, Georgia. While concentrating on parachute practice, they still make use of their free time, and Donald and Bill find themselves competing for the affections of beautiful Kit Richards (Nancy Kelly) whose father just happens to be tough MSgt. Bill "Thunderhead" Richards (Harry Carey).
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The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, John Carradine, Harry Carey, Arthur Byron, Ernest Whitman, Joyce Kay, Paul Fix, Fred Kohler Jr., Francis McDonald, O.P. Heggie, Francis Ford
This film is based on the true experience of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter) who was sentenced to life imprisonment because he set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) during Booth's escape attempt following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Red River 1948 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, John Ireland, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey, Harry Carey Jr., Paul Fix, Chief Yowlachie, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, Hal Taliaferro, Shelley Winters
A cattle baron, Tom Dunson (John Wayne), has built up a huge estate, but trouble brews when his adoptive son Matt (Montgomery Clift)–who Tom had rescued as a boy (Mickey Kuhn) from an Indian raid–is not quite ready to put up with the hardships involved in moving cattle to the railroad in Abilene. Matt has just returned from the Civil War and stampedes and pressures of the cattle drive on a difficult route cause tension for Matt, and he is driven to the point of confrontation with his father. One of the best Westerns of the 1940s.
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Riders of Vengeance 1919 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Harry Carey, Seena Owen, Joe Harris, J. Farrell MacDonald, Alfred Allen, Jennie Lee, Clita Gale, Vester Pegg
In this early John Ford silent-film, Harry Carey takes the role of Cheyenne Harry who tracks down the gang of outlaws who killed his family. While in pursuit of the outlaws, Cheyenne Harry finds time to rescue the sheriff's (Joe Harris) fiancee (Seena Owen).
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The Sea of Grass 1947 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker, Melvyn Douglas, Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Carey, Charles Trowbridge, Ruth Nelson, Robert Barrat
Cattle baron Colonel Jim Brewton (Spencer Tracy) is so busy feuding with farmers over land rights that he ignores his wife Lutie (Katharine Hepburn) who, in turn, finds the attentions of Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas) to her liking.
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Shepherd of the Hills 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, Marjorie Main, Ward Bond, Marc Lawrence, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds, John Qualen
Based on Harold Bell Wright's penetrating book about young Matt (John Wayne), this is the story about a man who cannot figure why his father (Harry Carey) deserted the family.
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So Dear to My Heart 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Beulah Bondi, Burl Ives, Luana Patten, Harry Carey, Raymond Bond, Walter Soderling, Matt Willis, John Beal, Daniel Haight
This is a heart-warming story about rural life in the early 1900s. Jeremiah (Bobby Driscoll) enters his beloved lamb, Danny, in the county fair. Good Disney.
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Souls at Sea 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon, Harry Carey, Olympe Bradna, Robert Cummings, Porter Hall, George Zucco, Joseph Schildkraut, Virginia Weidler, Stanley Fields, Lucien Littlefield, Tully Marshall, Gilbert Emery
While Nuggin (Gary Cooper) is being tried for the mass murder of slaves, his story is told in flashback. After the slaves on the ship he and his friend Powdah (George Raft) served on killed the captain, Nuggin secretly put them ashore and returned the ship to the British Navy. The British government then ordered Nuggin to sabotage the slave trade. This film is based on the true story that took place in Philadelphia during 1842.
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The Spoilers 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Russell Simpson, William Farnum, Marietta Canty, Jack Norton, Forrest Taylor, Ray Bennett, Art Miles
This is a good retelling of Rex Beach's novel, "The Spoilers." Roy Glennister (John Wayne) arrives in Alaska with Helen Chester (Margaret Lindsay) and is greeted by saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Marlene Dietrich) who has staked Flapjack (Russell Simpson) as a partner in Glennister's mine. Problems rise to the fore when the gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara (Randolph Scott), conspires to take over the rights to the mines in the area. A legal fight appears to be impossible, and the result is a bar-room brawl in which Glennister and McNamara fight for the rights to the mine.
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Sundown 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey, Joseph Calleia, Reginald Gardiner, Cedric Hardwicke, Carl Esmond, Marc Lawrence, Gilbert Emery
Zia (Gene Tierney) is a member of an African tribe and helps the British uncover a German plot by infiltrating the Nazi organization. Some pretty good action, but overall it's just another flick with one important ingredient: patriotism, which was important in the early stages of World War II.
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Wagon Trail 1935 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris, Roger Williams, Earl Dwire, Chuck Morrison, John Elliott, Chief Thundercloud, Dick Botiller, Francis Walker, Budd Buster
Sheriff Hartley's (Harry Carey) son, Clay (Edward Norris), is talked into riding with a gang in a stage robbery. When a deputy is killed, Clay is wrongly convicted. Sentenced to be hung at dawn, the now ex-sheriff–due to the conviction of his son–uncovers the real killer.
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| 1. Air Force (1943)
2. Among the Living (1941)
3. Angel and the Badman (1947)
4. Bad Company (1931)
5. Barbary Coast (1935)
6. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
7. Border Devils (1932)
8. Duel in the Sun (1946)
9. The Great Moment (1944)
10. Kid Galahad (1937)
aka: The Battling Bellhop
11. King of Alcatraz (1938)
12. The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
13. The Last Outlaw (1936)
14. Law and Order (1932)
15. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
16. My Son Is Guilty (1939)
17. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919)
18. Parachute Battalion (1941)
19. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
20. Red River (1948)
21. Riders of Vengeance (1919)
22. The Sea of Grass (1947)
23. Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
24. So Dear to My Heart (1948)
25. Souls at Sea (1937)
26. The Spoilers (1942)
27. Straight Shooting (1917)
28. Sundown (1941)
29. Trader Horn (1931)
30. Wagon Trail (1935)
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