Olin Howland Movies

The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.

A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.

Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's...

With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has...

A war journalist escorts a spirited teen band back to NYC post-WWII, turning the journey into a musical comedy filled with memorable performances.

This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century,...

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards...

Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music...

After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame,...

A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a...

City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.

A Cuban businessman's daughter elopes with a professor instead of marrying a banker's son.

Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.

A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.