James Gleason Movies

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.

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

Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night,...

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that...

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

Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her...

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is...

A young fighter, Bill Hickey, achieves success through the help and support of his friends and, once he does, he gets a big case of 'swellhead.' And...

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his...

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.

When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper presumes her death was accidental, until his...

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the...

Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New...