Movies: James Stephenson

  • 1939
    Torchy Blane in Chinatown

    Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

    Torchy Blane in Chinatown

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    Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters....

    Torchy Blane in Chinatown
  • 1939
    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

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    This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England....

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
  • 1937
    You Live and Learn

    You Live and Learn (1937)

    You Live and Learn

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    American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily...

    You Live and Learn
  • 1938
    Cowboy from Brooklyn

    Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)

    Cowboy from Brooklyn

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    A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot....

    Cowboy from Brooklyn
  • 1940
    Calling Philo Vance

    Calling Philo Vance (1940)

    Calling Philo Vance

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    Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and pla...

    Calling Philo Vance
  • 1938
    The Dark Stairway

    The Dark Stairway (1938)

    The Dark Stairway

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    “Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI....

    The Dark Stairway
  • 1939
    Beau Geste

    Beau Geste (1939)

    Beau Geste

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    When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny...

    Beau Geste
  • 1937
    The Man Who Made Diamonds

    The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937)

    The Man Who Made Diamonds

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    “Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI....

    The Man Who Made Diamonds
  • 1938
    When Were You Born

    When Were You Born (1938)

    When Were You Born

    5.21938HD

    A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer....

    When Were You Born
  • 1940
    The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk (1940)

    The Sea Hawk

    7.11940HD

    Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures....

    The Sea Hawk
  • 1941
    International Squadron

    International Squadron (1941)

    International Squadron

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    The true story of the exploits of the RAF's (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany's Air Force) during the early months of 1941 during WWII before America officially entered the war at the end of the year when Pe...

    International Squadron
  • 1939
    Secret Service of the Air

    Secret Service of the Air (1939)

    Secret Service of the Air

    5.81939HD

    Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens....

    Secret Service of the Air
  • 1937
    Transatlantic Trouble

    Transatlantic Trouble (1937)

    Transatlantic Trouble

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    Max Miller plays a boxer's manager who fails to get fights for his simple-minded boxer. The manager sets up a scene in an American nightclub whereby his fighter gets the chance to knock down the reigning champion. The ruse fails to get the fighter a ...

    Transatlantic Trouble
  • 1940
    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    5.81940HD

    German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency....

    A Dispatch from Reuters
  • 1938
    Heart of the North

    Heart of the North (1938)

    Heart of the North

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    A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound freighter's cargo....

    Heart of the North
  • 1939
    On Trial

    On Trial (1939)

    On Trial

    5.51939HD

    An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified....

    On Trial
  • 1939
    Espionage Agent

    Espionage Agent (1939)

    Espionage Agent

    5.91939HD

    When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability....

    Espionage Agent
  • 1940
    River's End

    River's End (1940)

    River's End

    61940HD

    An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays two roles....

    River's End
  • 1939
    Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty (1939)

    Sons of Liberty

    6.11939HD

    Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution....

    Sons of Liberty
  • 1939
    King of the Underworld

    King of the Underworld (1939)

    King of the Underworld

    6.41939HD

    Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. N...

    King of the Underworld