The best Andrew Tombes’s drama movies

Andrew Tombes

Andrew Tombes

29/06/1885- 17/03/1976
Today we present the best Andrew Tombes’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Andrew Tombes’s movies.
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Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe
7.6/10
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady
7.2/10
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.

Texas

Texas
6.7/10
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

Big City

Big City
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/09/1937
  • Character: Inspector Matthews (as Andrew J. Tombes)
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective
6.1/10
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue
7/10
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

Boy Trouble

Boy Trouble
6.8/10
A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/09/1936
  • Character: Muldoon - a Policeman
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 31/10/1947
  • Character: Auctioneer
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth; but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?

Music Is Magic

Music Is Magic
6.2/10
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.

Five of a Kind

Five of a Kind
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/10/1938
  • Character: Dr. Bruno
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.

It Had to Happen

It Had to Happen
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/02/1936
  • Character: Dooley
A poor boy rises to power in politics.

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll
6/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 11/11/1949
  • Character: Ted Held
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Broadway Thru a Keyhole
6.4/10
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?

Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/06/1936
  • Character: Nirney
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.

In Old Missouri

In Old Missouri
6.1/10
The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is in money trouble too. He also has a wastrel son and a socialite wife who wants a divorce. He begs the Weavers to trade places with him and fix things up.

What a Life

What a Life
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/10/1939
  • Character: Prof. Abernathy
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

I Dream of Jeanie

I Dream of Jeanie
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 15/06/1952
  • Character: R.E. Howard
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

Checkers

Checkers
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/12/1937
  • Character: Tobias Somers
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.

The Country Beyond

The Country Beyond
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/04/1936
  • Character: Sen. Rawlings
A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.

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