Chester Morris
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1901-02-16
Locus Natus: New York City, New York, USA
Et ut: John Chester Brooks Morris
Blondie Johnson
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
release : 1933.02.25popularis : 2.565
I've Been Around
Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.
release : 1935.03.05popularis : 0.991
Public Hero Number 1
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the...
release : 1935.05.31popularis : 2.866
The Bat Whispers
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of...
release : 1930.11.13popularis : 3.804
Alibi
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he...
release : 1929.04.20popularis : 4.753
Blind Alley
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
release : 1939.05.11popularis : 4.444
The She-Creature
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
release : 1956.08.01popularis : 2.908
Blind Spot
A mystery writer becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when a publisher he last saw is found dead.
release : 1947.02.06popularis : 2.264
The Big House
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are...
release : 1930.06.14popularis : 5.978
Five Came Back
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off...
release : 1939.06.23popularis : 5.692
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and...
release : 1946.01.24popularis : 1.457
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
release : 1943.03.18popularis : 2.811
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
release : 1945.07.05popularis : 2.892
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.
release : 1945.05.10popularis : 2.051
Boston Blackie and the Law
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
release : 1946.12.12popularis : 5.484
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this...
release : 1942.11.05popularis : 1.85
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
release : 1949.03.02popularis : 4.103
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 Divorcee
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
release : 1930.04.19popularis : 8.026
Meet Boston Blackie
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.
release : 1941.02.20popularis : 2.126
One Mysterious Night
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone....
release : 1944.10.21popularis : 5.179
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.
release : 1948.05.13popularis : 2.598
Sinners in the Sun
A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.
release : 1932.05.13popularis : 2.845
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
Secret Command
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman....
release : 1944.07.30popularis : 2.12
Corsair
A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.
release : 1931.11.28popularis : 4.987
The Chance of a Lifetime
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
release : 1943.10.26popularis : 1.697
The Phantom Thief
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and...
release : 1946.05.02popularis : 2.197
Red-Headed Woman
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force...
release : 1932.06.25popularis : 9.199
Thunder Afloat
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
release : 1939.09.15popularis : 2.878
Sky Giant
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the...
release : 1938.07.22popularis : 1.864
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...
release : 1972.01.10popularis : 8.408
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more...
release : 1937.10.02popularis : 2.66
No Hands on the Clock
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
release : 1941.12.01popularis : 5.647
Double Exposure
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistaken for evidence of a murder and she must try to...
release : 1944.12.18popularis : 4.821
Society Doctor
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
release : 1935.01.25popularis : 3.535
Three Godfathers
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching...
release : 1936.03.06popularis : 4.072
Pursuit
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine...
release : 1935.08.09popularis : 5.488
Flight from Glory
Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air service, stars Chester Morris, Van Heflin, Whitney...
release : 1937.08.20popularis : 2.61
Tomorrow at Seven
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".
release : 1933.06.01popularis : 3.174
Law of the Underworld
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
release : 1938.05.06popularis : 3.961
She Couldn't Say No
A night club singer falls for a gangster.
release : 1930.02.15popularis : 3.115
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print...
release : 1930.02.23popularis : 4.047
Moonlight Murder
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
release : 1936.03.27popularis : 2.03
Smashing the Rackets
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office....
release : 1938.08.08popularis : 5.645
Tornado
The owner of an Illinois coal mine struggles to keep his business in operation, all the while unaware that among his employees is a saboteur planning...
release : 1943.08.09popularis : 1.091
Woman Trap
In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that...
release : 1929.09.28popularis : 2.153
The Gay Bride
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
release : 1934.12.14popularis : 1.732
I Promise to Pay
A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.
release : 1937.04.21popularis : 2.12
Second Choice
Vallery Grove is in love with Don Warren but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his...
release : 1930.01.04popularis : 1.407
I Live on Danger
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
release : 1942.06.16popularis : 1.89
Playing Around
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
release : 1930.01.10popularis : 1.103
Aerial Gunner
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.
release : 1943.03.20popularis : 1.925
Gambler's Choice
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
release : 1944.04.27popularis : 2.076
The Marines Fly High
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.
release : 1940.03.04popularis : 1.292
One Way to Love
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
release : 1946.01.08popularis : 4.18
Cock of the Air
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
release : 1932.01.23popularis : 3.149
The Miracle Man
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and...
release : 1932.04.01popularis : 2.254
Princess O'Hara
When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a "stolen" race horse. Our...
release : 1935.03.31popularis : 1.691
A String of Beads
An ordinary girl's life is radically changed by the mistaken receipt of a $60,000 strand of pearls.
release : 1961.02.07popularis : 1.962
They Met in a Taxi
A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.
release : 1936.09.08popularis : 1.347
The Great White Hope
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
release : 1970.10.11popularis : 4.454
King for a Night
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
release : 1933.12.09popularis : 1.464
Frankie and Johnnie
The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
release : 1936.04.30popularis : 1.301
Devil's Playground
A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris....
release : 1937.01.24popularis : 3.681
Pacific Liner
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief...
release : 1939.01.06popularis : 2.86
Wagons Westward
David Cook and twin brother Tom are poles apart in disposition and traits. When their father dies, Tom goes to New Mexico to live with his Uncle...
release : 1940.06.19popularis : 2.069
Girl from God's Country
Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few...
release : 1940.07.30popularis : 0.882
Rough, Tough and Ready
The story is the old bromide about two brawling buddies, duking it out over the same girl, in this case pert Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers). Owen and Brad...
release : 1945.03.22popularis : 0.647
Counterfeit
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.
release : 1936.05.25popularis : 0.658
Unchained
This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a...
release : 1955.08.25popularis : 2.853
Gift of Gab
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
release : 1934.09.01popularis : 2.925
Show of Shows
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the...
release : 1929.11.21popularis : 3.816
Fast Life
A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of...
release : 1929.09.01popularis : 1.487
The Computer Comes to Marketing
Five executives at a company argue about whether they should buy a computer and what it would do for their company.
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 2.2
Infernal Machine
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris....
release : 1933.04.08popularis : 1.056
Golden Harvest
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat...
release : 1933.09.21popularis : 0.973
The Hollywood Gad-About
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
release : 1934.10.04popularis : 1.209
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
release : 1935.11.20popularis : 1.782
Complicated Women
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...
release : 2003.05.06popularis : 3.674
From the Ends of the Earth
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at...
release : 1939.05.28popularis : 2.171
Wrecking Crew
Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew...
release : 1942.11.07popularis : 1.772
The Arena
Arriving in Washington, a freshman senator gets an experienced advisor who warns him not to continue a heated feud with his state's senior salon,...
release : 1956.04.09popularis : 2.392
Embarrassing Moments
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted...
release : 1934.09.01popularis : 3.334
Let's Talk It Over
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be...
release : 1934.06.01popularis : 0.952
The Big Parade of Comedy
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
release : 1964.09.02popularis : 2.127
High Explosive
Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto...
release : 1943.03.27popularis : 1.337
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.
release : 1939.09.02popularis : 0.395