Movies: Russell Gleason

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to....

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit....

A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal......

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders....

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind....

An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy....

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 interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment....

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 unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not fo...

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections....

An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam....

This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses....

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sound and silent versions, the latter for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.)...

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig was blinded in an accident while playing baseball. He eventually acquired a guide dog and now works ...

It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the romance between Ellis' son Bill and Joe's daughter Jean. Refusing, Joe quits his job and sets up his own c...

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....

A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take advantage of him. Unfortunately, he winds up falling in love with her himself....

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight....

A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love....

In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic....

A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy....