The best Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher’s movies

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

27/07/1891- 22/05/1955
Today we present the best Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher’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 Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher’s movies.
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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
6.3/10
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.

The Conquerors

The Conquerors
6.3/10
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.

Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/01/1939
  • Character: 'Don' Navadel
A group of disparate travelers are caught are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell
6.9/10
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

Possessed

Possessed
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 21/11/1931
  • Character: Wally Stuart
Marian is a factory worker determined to leave the assembly line behind and move up in the world.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise
6/10
When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.

Espionage

Espionage
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/02/1937
  • Character: Jimmy Brown
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/04/1931
  • Character: Reporter
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)

The Phantom of Crestwood

The Phantom of Crestwood
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 14/10/1932
  • Character: Eddie Mack
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.

Riptide

Riptide
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 29/03/1934
  • Character: Erskine
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years. Then, a trip to the Italian Riviera unexpectedly reunites Mary with her former beau, Tommie. After some vicious gossip makes Rexford distrust her, he begins work on a divorce. Mary must now choose between the man she has married and the man she once loved.

Polo Joe

Polo Joe
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/11/1936
  • Character: Haywood
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.

The Racket

The Racket
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/11/1928
  • Character: Miller
In this silent film, a renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.

Hats Off

Hats Off
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 05/12/1936
  • Character: Buzz Morton
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.

The Crosby Case

The Crosby Case
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 05/03/1934
  • Character: The Reporter--Miller (as 'Skeets' Gallagher)
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.

Danger on the Air

Danger on the Air
6.3/10
This murder mystery is set behind-the-scenes of a radio station. the trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show.

Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 22/04/1930
  • Character: Himself / Master of Ceremonies
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors (including Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Schertzinger and Edmund Goulding). The cast features Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Jean Arthur, William Powell, Maurice Chevalier, Kay Francis, Buddy Rogers, Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin and Nancy Carroll.

Her Wedding Night

Her Wedding Night
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/09/1930
  • Character: Bob Talmadge
Norma Martin (Clara Bow) is an American movie star in France trying to avoid the attention of men. Going to visit a friend in Southern France, she finds herself "married" to a playboy song writer Ralph Forbes (Larry Charters) she hadn't yet met. Some of his lady friends then show up. Some very good sequences, but also some flat spots. Her "husband's" house is very Hollywood deco and some of the costumes are very good.

Pointed Heels

Pointed Heels
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 20/12/1929
  • Character: Dash Nixon
Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influences to take any advantages.... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman. Pointed Heels was supposed to have been a vehicle for "boop-boop-a-doop" girl Helen Kane, but by the time the film was released, Kane's role was reduced to a supporting part.

The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/09/1931
  • Character: Hoppie
Lilyan Tashman as Jackie, the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert (Irving Prichel) is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom (Charles Buddy Rogers), who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.

Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 27/07/1934
  • Character: Bramwell Van Dusen
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.

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