The Adventures of Martin Eden 1942  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Frank Conroy, Rafaela Ottiano, Pierre Watkin
This film adaptation of the Jack London novel is the story of a sailor, Martin Eden (Glenn Ford), who writes of his adventures at sea while under the command of the tough Captain "Butch" Ragan (Ian MacDonald).
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After Office Hours 1935  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke, Katharine Alexander, Henry Travers, Harvey Stephens, William Demarest, Hale Hamilton, Henry Armetta
Jim Branch (Clark Gable) manages a big-city newspaper and joins forces with fired reporter Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett). Together, they dig up the roots of a major scandal.
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Back Door to Heaven 1939  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Wallace Ford, William Harrigan, Aline MacMahon, Raymond Roe, Anita Magee, Jane Seymour, Stuart Erwin, William Redfield, Kenneth LeRoy, Jimmy Lydon, Alfred Webster, Van Heflin
As a youth, Frankie Regan (Jimmy Lydon) was a juvenile delinquent; the adult Frankie (Wallace Ford) tries, but fails miserably, to go straight.
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The Big Broadcast 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, Leila Hyams, Sharon Lynn, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Kate Smith, Mills Brothers, Cab Calloway, George Barbier, Irving Bacon, Ralph Robertson, Alex Melesh, Spec O'Donnell, Anna Chandler
This movie began a series of films projecting radio personalities onto the screen. The story involves Leslie McWhinney's (Stuart Erwin) effort to improve his radio station's financial situation. His solution is to host stars on a special broadcast. Young singer Bing Hornsby (Bing Crosby) croons several tunes, and Kate Smith, Cab Calloway, the Mills Brothers, and others are also featured. Meanwhile, George Burns and Gracie Allen perform comic routines.
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Blondie for Victory 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Majelle White, Stuart Erwin, Jonathan Hale, Danny Mummert, Irving Bacon, Eddie Acuff
World War II has drawn the U.S.A. into its fold, and Blondie does her part to help.
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The Bride Came C. O. D. 1941 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Jack Carson, George Tobias, Harry Davenport, William Frawley, Edward Brophy, William Hopper
Runaway bride Joan (Bette Davis) is kidnapped by down-and-out pilot Steve (Jimmy Cagney) on behalf of her father. They end up getting along after the standard trials common to such story lines. Actually, it's a fun movie.
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Ceiling Zero 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, James Bush, Henry Wadsworth, Barton MacLane, Bill Elliott, Isabel Jewell, Addison Richards
Howard Hawks spotlights pilots battling fog and poor communications to deliver the mail. Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) must atone for past mistakes in this action-oriented movie. One of the best of the Cagney-Pat O'Brien team-ups. Remade as "International Squadron" in 1941.
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Chained 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Ward Bond, Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Paul Porcasi
A shipboard romance between Mike Bradley (Clark Gable) and Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) is rekindled while she waits for her lover to get his divorce.
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Going Hollywood 1933 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay, Stuart Erwin, Ned Sparks, Patsy Kelly, Robert Watson, Lennie Hayton, Clara Blandick, Sterling Holloway
Sylvia Bruce (Marion Davies) joins a movie company and heads for Hollywood where singer Bill Williams (Bing Crosby) performs. Sylvia fell in love with Bill when she heard his voice on the radio.
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The Great Mike 1944 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Robert "Buzz" Henry, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Edythe Elliott, Pierre Watkin, Gwen Kenyon, Bob Meredith, William Halligan, Lane Chandler, Marion Martin, Ed Cassidy, Charles King, Leon Tyler
Mike is a horse that pulls the cart from which his owner, Speck (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer), and his young friend, Jimmy (Robert "Buzz" Henry), deliver newspapers. Jimmy sees a great future for Mike and dreams of turning him into a race horse. Before Jimmy and trainer Spencer (Stuart Erwin) can fully prepare Mike for the big race, they encounter gangsters who have different plans for Mike, but courage and luck play roles in this fight for good over evil.
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Heading for Heaven 1947  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell, Russ Vincent, Irene Ryan, Milburn Stone, George O'Hanlon, Janice Wilson, Ralph Hodges, Dick Elliott, Charles Williams, Selmer Jackson, Ben Welden
Nervous, small-town realtor Henry (Stuart Erwin) is misdiagnosed as having three months to live. When his clothes are found, it is assumed that he had committed suicide, and the fun begins.
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 Hold Your Man 1933 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Elizabeth Patterson, Garry Owen, Paul Hurst, Theresa Harris, Inez Courtney, Blanche Friderici
Ruby (Jean Harlow) sticks by Eddie (Clark Gable) even through brushes with the law that will bring a jail term.
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International House 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Stuart Erwin, Sari Maritza, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bela Lugosi, Franklin Pangborn, Rudy Vallee, Sterling Holloway, Cab Calloway
A new invention–television–creates a stir as radio and stage personalities gather at International House to celebrate the introduction of the new phenomenon.
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Killer Dill 1947 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Anne Gwynne, Frank Albertson, Mike Mazurki, Milburn Stone, Dorothy Granger, Anthony Warde, Ben Welden, Dewey Robinson, Stanley Andrews, Julie Gibson
Door-to-door lingerie salesman Johnny Dill (Stuart Erwin) looks exactly like a notorious gangster, and when a rival gangster is killed, Johnny is suspected of the murder and finds himself in big trouble.
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Men Without Women 1930 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Ford
Cast: Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, Paul Page, Walter McGrail, Stuart Erwin, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, George LeGuere, Charles K. Gerrard, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Following a disabled submarine's descent to the ocean's floor, the desperate crew works out a rescue plan for their survival.
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 1964 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist, Dal McKennon, Norman Grabowski, Michael Fox, Kelly Thordsen
In this Disney film, college brain Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) experiments in ESP and hypnotism. There is a sequel: "The Monkey's Uncle."
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out 1938 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Wiles
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Toby Wing, Tully Marshall, Spencer Charters, Otis Harlan, Walter Byron, Peter Potter, Harry Tyler, Milburn Stone, Eddie Kane, Nora Cecil, Harrison Greene, Wilson Benge
After winning $1,500 in a bean-guessing contest, statistician Oliver Boggs (Stuart Erwin) quits his office job and moves to Peckham Falls where he buys a barrel factory and attracts the attentions of both Oleander Tubbs (Helen Chandler) and Irene Lee (Toby Wing). All goes well–until Oliver runs into trouble when conniving lawyer Dennis Andrews (Walter Byron) enters the scene with his own plans for the nearby pickle factory that uses Oliver's barrels.
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Our Town 1940 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Frank Craven, William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Stuart Erwin, Spencer Charters, Doro Merande
Thornton Wilder's story about Grover's Corners is brought to the screen in a heart-warming tale about the early 1900's era. It centers on Emily (Martha Scott) and George (William Holden), who fall in love in Grover's Corners. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Actress (Scott).
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Palooka 1934 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Joe Palooka
The Great Schnozzle
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle, William Cagney, Thelma Todd, Franklyn Ardell, Tom Dugan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Louise Beavers, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Stanley Fields
Fight manager Knobby Walsh (Jimmy Durante) signs up farmboy Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) as a boxer and trains him for a big fight with hard-drinking champ Al "Mac" McSwatt (William Cagney– brother of James Cagney). In this film, Durante sings his song, "Ink-a-Dinka-do."
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Paramount on Parade 1930 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Stuart Erwin, Fredric March, William Powell, Jack Oakie, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Leon Errol
This debut by Paramount into the realm of the "talkies" includes numbers by Clara Bow and Maurice Chevalier as well as other Paramount stars cavorting in skits.
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Pigskin Parade 1936 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Stuart Erwin, Yacht Club Boys, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Elisha Cook Jr., Alan Ladd, Johnny Downs, Arline Judge
In Judy Garland's first major film, music reigns supreme amidst the spirit of college football. Watch for Alan Ladd as a student who sings with the Yacht Club Boys. Stuart Erwin was nominated for an Oscar for his Supporting Actor performance.
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Second Honeymoon 1937 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Weaver, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Paul Hurst, Jayne Regan, Mary Treen, Hal K. Dawson, William Wagner, Robert Kellard, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Tannen
Irresponsible playboy Raoul McLish (Tyrone Power) was Vicki's (Loretta Young) first husband, but that marriage has ended in divorce, and Vickie is married now to hardworking businessman Bob Benton (Lyle Talbot). While vacationing in Florida, Vicki runs into Raoul, and when Bob needs to return to New York on business, Raoul and Vicki get together. After a series of mix-ups, Bob ends up out of Vicki's life, and she and Raoul plan to marry again and live happily ever after.
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Slim 1937 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Stuart Erwin, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Sawyer, Dick Purcell, Jane Wyman, John Litel, Craig Reynolds
Actually, this is not a bad movie. Although the plot is not overwhelming, it is the story of two high-voltage linemen (Henry Fonda and Pat O'Brien) who vie for the love of Cally (Margaret Lindsay).
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This Thing Called Love 1929 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Roscoe Karns, Zasu Pitts, Carmelita Geraghty, John Roche, Stuart Erwin, Ruth Taylor, Wilson Benge, Jean Harlow
Robert Collings (Edmund Lowe) returns home after making a fortune in Peru with the intent of buying a house and finding a wife. But when he goes to his real estate agent's house for dinner and sees the bickering, he decides that marriage is out but still would like to share his house with someone. He meets Ann (Constance Bennett), she moves in, and fulfills the duties of a wife in most respects–except they can each date others. Of course they fall in love. Jean Harlow makes an early film appearance in a bit part.
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Three Blind Mice 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Jane Darwell, Franklin Pangborn, Elisha Cook Jr.
In this oft-told tale, three young women leave home and head to California in search of handsome, rich men. Pretty well done.
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When the Daltons Rode 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Erwin, Andy Devine, Frank Albertson, Mary Gordon, Harvey Stephens
Not a bad effort in telling the story of how the Daltons became a band of bandits, with Randolph Scott as a friend and lawyer trying to stop them from going astray. Humor, action, and good cast help.
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| 1. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
2. After Office Hours (1935)
3. Back Door to Heaven (1939)
4. The Big Broadcast (1932)
5. Blondie for Victory (1942)
6. The Bride Came C. O. D. (1941)
7. Ceiling Zero (1935)
8. Chained (1934)
9. Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
10. Going Hollywood (1933)
11. The Great Mike (1944)
12. Heading for Heaven (1947)
13. Hold Your Man (1933)
14. International House (1933)
15. Killer Dill (1947)
16. Men Without Women (1930)
17. The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
18. Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
19. Our Town (1940)
20. Palooka (1934)
aka: Joe Palooka
aka: The Great Schnozzle
21. Paramount on Parade (1930)
22. Pigskin Parade (1936)
23. Second Honeymoon (1937)
24. Slim (1937)
25. This Thing Called Love (1929)
26. Three Blind Mice (1938)
27. When the Daltons Rode (1940)
28. Young Eagles (1930)
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