James Wong Howe Movies

  • 1925
    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    01925HD

    A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent theatrical producer. Billed as "The...

    The Charmer
  • 1957
    Drango

    Drango

    Drango

    5.41957HD

    A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a southern small town, whose citizens he must face the...

    Drango
  • 1926
    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    5.91926HD

    A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous...

    Mantrap
  • 1960
    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

    01960HD

    Fourth reworking of the classic Grace Miller White novel, this time updated to the 60s, with young Scottish lassie Tess (Diane Baker) becoming...

    Tess of the Storm Country
  • 1959
    The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

    6.8671959HD

    Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be...

    The Last Angry Man
  • 1931
    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

    6.0861931HD

    After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10...

    The Criminal Code
  • 1941
    Shining Victory

    Shining Victory

    Shining Victory

    5.91941HD

    In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab...

    Shining Victory
  • 1933
    Hello, Sister!

    Hello, Sister!

    Hello, Sister!

    6.1541933HD

    Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...

    Hello, Sister!
  • 1927
    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    5.6671927HD

    Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a...

    Sorrell and Son
  • 1935
    Biography of a Bachelor Girl

    Biography of a Bachelor Girl

    Biography of a Bachelor Girl

    6.31935HD

    Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe,...

    Biography of a Bachelor Girl
  • 1931
    The Spider

    The Spider

    The Spider

    61931HD

    Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder...

    The Spider
  • 1935
    O'Shaughnessy's Boy

    O'Shaughnessy's Boy

    O'Shaughnessy's Boy

    61935HD

    A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.

    O'Shaughnessy's Boy
  • 1938
    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    51938HD

    Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

    Comet Over Broadway
  • 1951
    The Brave Bulls

    The Brave Bulls

    The Brave Bulls

    5.81951HD

    A matador must recover his courage after being gored in the ring.

    The Brave Bulls
  • 1931
    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    5.51931HD

    As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund...

    Transatlantic
  • 1937
    Farewell Again

    Farewell Again

    Farewell Again

    51937HD

    Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty...

    Farewell Again
  • 1923
    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

    01923HD

    Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His...

    The Call of the Canyon
  • 1941
    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    41941HD

    On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having...

    Navy Blues
  • 1936
    Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

    51936HD

    Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.

    Three Live Ghosts
  • 1924
    The Side Show of Life

    The Side Show of Life

    The Side Show of Life

    01924HD

    An English circus clown finds he's lost his touch after returning from war.

    The Side Show of Life