Movies: A.S. Byron

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star....

Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulou...

A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death....

John Moore, a young sea captain has a romance with Kay Wheeler, daughter of a trusted trader, "Pop" Wheeler, on a Pacific island. He also acquire the enmity of "Shanghai" Morgan, a notorious sea captain who shanghais his crew and his women....

An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster....

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death"....

A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents....

A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant....

A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work....

Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers....

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her....

A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers....

Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race....

The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend who is now deceased....

A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot....

As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column....

An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical....