James Gleason Movies

Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working...

A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.

James Gleason picks up abused kid and tries to clean him up.

In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though...

Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to...

The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil...

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.

Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to...

Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are...

A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.

When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college team in time for the big game.

When the story begins, James is confronted by his wife for his roving eyes! Soon after this, he goes to a speakeasy and begins chatting up women. One...

Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.

Two couples meet on the fairway for a golfing competition.

It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports...

This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big...

Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the...