Time to Kill is an American mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds. It is the first screen adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel The High Window, which was remade five years later as The Brasher Doubloon. The detective was changed from Philip Marlowe to Michael Shayne for this version, with Lloyd Nolan playing the part and Heather Angel in a ra...
Starring: Ralph Byrd•Warner Oland•Reginald Denny
The Undying Monster, also known as The Hammond Mystery, is a 1942 American mystery horror film directed by John Brahm and written by Lillie Hayward and Michel Jacoby, based on Jessie Douglas Kerruish's 1922 novel of the same name. The film stars James Ellison, Heather Angel and John Howard, and focuses on a series of mysterious deaths within the we...
Starring: Constance Collier•Ralph Byrd•Ralph Morgan
Shadows on the Stairs is a 1941 American mystery film directed by D. Ross Lederman.
Starring: Esther Ralston•Ralph Byrd•Neil Hamilton
Half a Sinner is a 1940 American film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Trumbo's short story "Lady Takes a Chance". The working titles of this film were Everything Happens to Ann and The Lady Takes a Chance.
Starring: George O'Brien•Ralph Byrd•Paul Lukas
Arrest Bulldog Drummond is a 1938 American crime thriller film directed by James P. Hogan.
Starring: John Howard•Lloyd Nolan•Ralph Byrd•Robert Livingston
Bulldog Drummond's Bride is an American crime comedy thriller film produced in 1939. It was the last film of Paramount Pictures' Bulldog Drummond film series.
Starring: John Howard•Lloyd Nolan•Ralph Byrd•Robert Livingston
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police is a 1939 English Castle murder mystery film directed by James P. Hogan, based on the H. C. McNeile novel Temple Tower. It is one of many films featuring the British sleuth and adventurer Bulldog Drummond. In 1930, Fox produced Temple Tower, directed by Donald Gallaher and starring Kenneth MacKenna and Marceline Da...
Starring: John Howard•Lloyd Nolan•Ralph Byrd•Robert Livingston
Arrest Bulldog Drummond is a 1938 American crime thriller film directed by James P. Hogan.
Starring: Lloyd Nolan•Ralph Byrd•Robert Livingston
Bulldog Drummond in Africa is a 1938 American adventure crime film. This was the 13th of 25 in the Bulldog Drummond film series from 1922 to 1969.
Starring: John Howard•Ralph Byrd•Robert Livingston
Bulldog Drummond Escapes is a 1937 American film directed by James P. Hogan starring Ray Milland as Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond. Paramount continued with the Bulldog Drummond series, producing seven more films over the next two years. They replaced Milland with John Howard.
Starring: Sig Ruman•Ralph Byrd•Allan Lane
The Duke Comes Back is a 1937 American drama film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Adele Buffington and Edmond Seward. It is based on the 1933 novel The Duke Comes Back by Lucian Cary. The film stars Allan Lane, Heather Angel, Genevieve Tobin, Johnny Russell, Joseph Crehan and Frederick Burton. The film was released on November 29, 1937, by...
Starring: Smith Ballew•Ralph Byrd•John King
Portia on Trial is a 1937 American film about a trial based on story of Faith Baldwin and directed by George Nicholls Jr. It was nominated to win the Oscar for Best Music in the 10th Academy Awards.
Starring: Frieda Inescort•Ralph Byrd•Roger Pryor
Western Gold is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Earle Snell and Forrest Barnes. The film stars Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, LeRoy Mason, Howard Hickman, Ben Alexander, Frank McGlynn, Sr. and Otis Harlan. The film was released on August 27, 1937, by 20th Century Fox.
Starring: Ralph Byrd•Frank Morgan
The Bold Caballero is a 1936 American Western film written and directed by Wells Root. It is based on the character Zorro, created by Johnston McCulley. The characters Don Alejandro Vega and Bernardo are notably absent. Native American stars include Chief Thundercloud as Don Diego Vega/Zorro's aide and Charles Stevens as Captain Vargas. John Merton...
Starring: Ralph Byrd•Ralph Morgan•Esther Ralston
Daniel Boone is a 1936 American historical film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Heather Angel, and John Carradine.
Starring: George O'Brien•Ralph Byrd•Franklin Pangborn
The Headline Woman is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Heather Angel and Ford Sterling.
Starring: Paul Lukas•Ralph Byrd•Leslie Howard
It Happened in New York is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel and Lyle Talbot. It is based on a play Bagdad on the Hudson by Ward Morehouse and Jean Dalrymple. A New York taxi driver is hired as a bodyguard to a film star, whose manager is always involving her in publicity stun...
Starring: Virginia Cherrill•Ralph Byrd•Lyle Talbot
The Perfect Gentleman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge and Heather Angel. It was based on a play by Edward Childs Carpenter. The screenplay concerns the father of a British country vicar, who almost brings scandal on the family when he becomes entangled with an actress.
Starring: Valerie Taylor•Ralph Byrd•Nigel Bruce
The Three Musketeers is a 1935 film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Walter Abel, Heather Angel, Ian Keith, Margot Grahame, and Paul Lukas. It is the first English-language talking picture version of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers.
Starring: Gertrude Michael•Ralph Byrd•Roger Pryor
Murder in Trinidad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis King and starring Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel, Victor Jory, and Murray Kinnell.
Starring: Ralph Byrd•Cicely Courtneidge
Orient Express is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Heather Angel, Norman Foster and Ralph Morgan. It is based on the 1932 novel Stamboul Train by Graham Greene.
Starring: Walter Abel•Ralph Byrd
Romance in the Rain is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Stuart Walker and written by Barry Trivers and Gladys Buchanan Unger. The film stars Roger Pryor, Heather Angel, Esther Ralston, Victor Moore, Ruth Donnelly and Henry Armetta. The film was released on August 13, 1934, by Universal Pictures.
Starring: Robert Livingston•Ralph Byrd
Berkeley Square is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard and Heather Angel. It recounts the tale of young American Peter Standish, played by Howard, who, explained by S.T. Joshi, is a "portrayal of a man of the 20th century who somehow merges his personality...
Starring: Sig Ruman•Ralph Byrd•John Carradine
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) is an American pre-Code murder mystery film starring Warner Oland as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan. It was based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel The House Without a Key (1925).
Starring: Smith Ballew•Virginia Cherrill•Ralph Byrd