James Gleason

James Gleason

May 23, 1882

James Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at t…

Known For

30 titles
1
The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

1955 · 1h 32m · Movie

A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

8.0
2
Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · 1h 58m · Movie

Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murd...

7.9
3
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947 · 1h 49m · Movie

A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.

7.6
4
Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941 · 2h 2m · Movie

A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.

7.6
5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945 · 2h 9m · Movie

Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.

8.0
6
The Broadway Melody

The Broadway Melody

1929 · 1h 40m · Movie

A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.

5.6
7
Suddenly

Suddenly

1954 · 1h 17m · Movie

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.

6.8
8
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941 · 1h 34m · Movie

Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.

7.5
9
The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1958 · 2h 1m · Movie

Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.

7.3
10
The Clock

The Clock

1945 · 1h 30m · Movie

In 1945, during a 48-hour leave, a soldier accidentally meets a girl at Pennsylvania Station and spends his leave with her, eventually falling in love with the lovely New Yorker.

7.3
11
A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1944 · 2h 0m · Movie

A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's mem...

6.9
12
Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958 · 1h 43m · Movie

A TV repair man must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer.

6.6
13
We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!

1952 · 1h 26m · Movie

In separate stories, five couples learn that they are not legally married.

6.4
14
Down to Earth

Down to Earth

1947 · 1h 41m · Movie

A goddess angered by a musical's take on Greek myths joins the show's cast and convinces the producer to make changes, but her revisions turn it into a failure.

6.1
15
Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

1941 · 1h 58m · Movie

Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.

6.6
16
Blondie of the Follies

Blondie of the Follies

1932 · 1h 31m · Movie

Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.

6.4
17
The Jackpot

The Jackpot

1950 · 1h 25m · Movie

Bill Lawrence wins a jackpot worth $24,000 on a radio quiz program. His happiness, and that of his family, is short-lived after he discovers he'll be compelled to sell the prizes in order to pay an amount of $7,000 income tax on t...

6.6
18
Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow

1957 · 1h 20m · Movie

Virgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him, even if it means his job and everyone else's.

6.8
19
The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

1942 · 1h 5m · Movie

The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.

6.4
20
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944 · 1h 29m · Movie

A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.

6.1
21
Key to the City

Key to the City

1950 · 1h 41m · Movie

Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.

6.4
22
My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal

1942 · 1h 43m · Movie

At the end of the 19th century, the young Indiana boy Paul Dresser left his hometown for a long adventure that would eventually place him at the pinnacle of American music as a songwriter.

6.1
23
Take One False Step

Take One False Step

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.

6.4
24
The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

1946 · 1h 31m · Movie

A former reporter returns home after serving in the Army during World War I and discovers that finding work is more difficult than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerf...

6.1
25
Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

1934 · 1h 18m · Movie

Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.

6.0
26
The Female Animal

The Female Animal

1958 · 1h 24m · Movie

An aging film star and her alcoholic daughter compete for a handsome extra.

6.1
27
Forever Female

Forever Female

1953 · 1h 33m · Movie

An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.

6.6
28
Riding High

Riding High

1950 · 1h 52m · Movie

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

6.2
29
Her Man

Her Man

1930 · 1h 25m · Movie

A Havana bar girl with a tough "protector" falls for a young sailor.

6.5
30
Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine

1930 · 1h 28m · Movie

Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.

5.5