Walter Soderling
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1872-04-13
Locus Natus: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Et ut:
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid....
release : 1940.07.25popularis : 5.25
True Confession
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she...
release : 1937.12.24popularis : 5.22
Dead End
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of...
release : 1937.08.27popularis : 9.813
All My Sons
During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him...
release : 1948.05.01popularis : 3.184
The Falcon in Hollywood
Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find...
release : 1944.12.08popularis : 2.551
The Glass Alibi
Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes...
release : 1946.04.27popularis : 1.616
Phantom Lady
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
release : 1944.01.28popularis : 10.619
Confessions of Boston Blackie
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the...
release : 1941.12.08popularis : 2.297
The French Key
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they...
release : 1946.05.18popularis : 3.583
Miss Polly
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets....
release : 1941.11.14popularis : 3.266
Three Girls About Town
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...
release : 1941.10.23popularis : 4.83
Summer Holiday
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the...
release : 1948.04.15popularis : 3.733
I Am the Law
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organized crime.
release : 1938.08.25popularis : 6.293
Coroner Creek
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.
release : 1948.07.01popularis : 3.217
When the Daltons Rode
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing...
release : 1940.08.23popularis : 6.295
The Return of Daniel Boone
The scout's grandson foils land-grabbers; his sidekick flirts with twins.
release : 1941.05.07popularis : 4.425
Men Without Souls
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
release : 1940.05.20popularis : 2.326
Danny Boy
A U. S. Marines dog is returned to his young owner in the small town of Monrovia at the end of WWII, but a grouchy neighbor believes the animal's...
release : 1945.12.05popularis : 1.707
Out West with the Peppers
When her doctor advises her to move West because of her health, Mrs. Pepper takes her five kids and relocates to Oregon to live with her sister. But...
release : 1940.06.30popularis : 5.86
King of the Forest Rangers
An Indian rug is the key to the location of a lost treasure. When the rug's owner is murdered, it becomes a case for Forest Ranger Steve King
release : 1946.04.25popularis : 2.919
Leather Gloves
A fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.
release : 1948.11.11popularis : 1.197
Penny Serenade
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to...
release : 1941.04.24popularis : 6.489
Woman Chases Man
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
release : 1937.05.07popularis : 2.605
Man Of The People
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
release : 1937.01.27popularis : 4.078
Blondie
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself...
release : 1938.11.30popularis : 3.615
The Family Next Door
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her...
release : 1939.03.30popularis : 3.278
Mountain Justice
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
release : 1937.04.24popularis : 4.085
Stand Up and Fight
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
release : 1939.01.06popularis : 6.43
Devil's Island
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
release : 1939.01.07popularis : 3.132
Blondie Meets the Boss
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring...
release : 1939.03.08popularis : 4.451
Let Us Live
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved...
release : 1939.03.29popularis : 4.788
Navy Blue and Gold
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
release : 1937.11.19popularis : 4.35
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
release : 1939.06.02popularis : 1.771
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He...
release : 1939.10.19popularis : 9.928
Dr. Broadway
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
release : 1942.05.09popularis : 6.168
Mr. Noisy
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler...
release : 1946.03.22popularis : 1.281
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Universal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard fare at Republic Pictures. The title character is a...
release : 1940.09.19popularis : 1.24
The Cherokee Strip
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier...
release : 1937.05.15popularis : 4.095
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
release : 1940.09.05popularis : 0.93
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....
release : 1940.01.11popularis : 2.661
Deadline at Dawn
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
release : 1946.03.18popularis : 3.039
On Their Own
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and...
release : 1940.05.17popularis : 1.185
Yankee Fakir
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
release : 1947.04.01popularis : 1.174
Remember the Night
When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love...
release : 1940.01.19popularis : 9.343
Broadway Melody of 1940
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett,...
release : 1940.02.09popularis : 4.661
Having Wonderful Crime
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
release : 1945.04.12popularis : 3.262
Groom and Bored
Johnny tries to keep his marriage a secret from his boss, who feels that matrimony interferes with business.
release : 1942.04.09popularis : 0.603
The Whistler
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at...
release : 1944.03.30popularis : 4.172
Just Before Dawn
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an...
release : 1946.03.07popularis : 3.017
Santa Fe Trail
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are...
release : 1940.12.20popularis : 9.492
Special Agent
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
release : 1949.07.22popularis : 1.917
White Bondage
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
release : 1937.08.05popularis : 0.958
Christmas in July
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford...
release : 1940.10.25popularis : 8.089
Flowing Gold
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires...
release : 1940.08.24popularis : 3.838
The Great McGinty
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this...
release : 1940.08.01popularis : 5.449
Third Finger, Left Hand
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when...
release : 1940.10.11popularis : 4.484
Young People
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the...
release : 1940.08.30popularis : 3.332
No Time for Love
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.
release : 1943.04.09popularis : 4.053
Alias Boston Blackie
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are...
release : 1942.04.02popularis : 1.9
The Blocked Trail
A horse called Brilliant is the only one who knows the location of a gold mine. When Brilliant's owner is killed, the trio known as the Three...
release : 1943.03.12popularis : 3.781
Outlaws of Santa Fe
After bank robber Bob Hackett (Don "Red" Barry) learns that his real father was a marshal, he reforms and travels with his pal Buckshot (Wally...
release : 1944.04.04popularis : 3.584
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
release : 1942.01.31popularis : 1.51
Apache Trail
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the...
release : 1942.09.01popularis : 1.327
Say It in French
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are...
release : 1938.11.25popularis : 1.252
The Great American Mug
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
release : 1945.10.06popularis : 0.538
Shoe Shine Boy
A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.
release : 1943.12.25popularis : 0.528
She Knew All the Answers
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's...
release : 1941.05.13popularis : 1.693
Action in the North Atlantic
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as...
release : 1943.06.12popularis : 8.865
Main Street Today
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...
release : 1944.03.25popularis : 3.296
True to Life
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins...
release : 1943.12.24popularis : 1.568
Grand Central Murder
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a...
release : 1942.05.01popularis : 5.296
The Gay Falcon
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along...
release : 1941.10.24popularis : 3.146
The Chaser
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the...
release : 1938.07.29popularis : 2.188
Streamlined Swing
A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in...
release : 1938.09.10popularis : 1.611
So Dear to My Heart
The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must...
release : 1948.11.29popularis : 4.555
Rhapsody in Blue
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
release : 1945.06.27popularis : 2.861
Maid of Salem
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem,...
release : 1937.02.12popularis : 1.775
Criminals of the Air
Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers.
release : 1937.04.29popularis : 1.058
Cynthia
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
release : 1947.08.29popularis : 4.269
Anaesthesia
An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.
release : 1938.07.09popularis : 0.593
The Big Street
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
release : 1942.08.13popularis : 6.912
One Foot in Heaven
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
release : 1941.11.01popularis : 5.701
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows...
release : 1945.08.17popularis : 3.327