The best Sumner Getchell’s movies

Sumner Getchell

Sumner Getchell

20/10/1906- 21/09/1990
Today we present the best Sumner Getchell’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 Sumner Getchell’s movies.
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Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky
6.8/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 05/09/1953
  • Character: Lieutenant Cord
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

Union Station

Union Station
6.8/10
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

Daybreak

Daybreak
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/05/1931
  • Character: Emil
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

Chinatown Squad

Chinatown Squad
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 31/05/1935
  • Character: Fat Boy Tourist
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/03/1950
  • Character: John Simon
Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love. Romance at a murder trial with a pair of jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent.

Maybe It's Love

Maybe It's Love
5/10
A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president (George Irving). The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson (James Hall), the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus (Anders Randolph). Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question
6.3/10
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn"t convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

No Sad Songs for Me

No Sad Songs for Me
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/04/1950
  • Character: George Spears (uncredited)
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.

Remedy for Riches

Remedy for Riches
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/11/1940
  • Character: First Hotel Clerk
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.

The Diary of a Chambermaid

The Diary of a Chambermaid
6.6/10
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?

Insurance Investigator

Insurance Investigator
6.2/10
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice
6.5/10
Richard Trevelyan was convicted of murdering his wife, given an 11th-hour Death Row reprieve and freed under unusual circumstances after a retrial. But his past does not matter to Shelley Carnes, an actress visiting the Texas ranch land that Richard calls home; she has fallen in love with him. But after she marries him, Shelley is beset by doubts and fear.

The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/04/1940
  • Character: Wedding Celebrant
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Desirable

Desirable
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/09/1934
  • Character: Frederick
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Vanity Street

Vanity Street
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/10/1932
  • Character: Scottie (uncredited)
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".

These Glamour Girls

These Glamour Girls
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/08/1939
  • Character: 'Blimpy'
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.

That's My Boy

That's My Boy
5.6/10
Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.

Chain of Circumstance

Chain of Circumstance
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/08/1951
  • Character: Fred Martindale
A childless couple adopts a baby girl, but a crime committed by the husband's secretary could cause them to lose custody of the infant.

Cheer Up and Smile

Cheer Up and Smile
5.9/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 22/06/1930
  • Character: Paul
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/02/1929
  • Character: Edward's Friend
Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware, broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother languishes at home. She runs into rich gambler Larry Harmon and rejects his overtures. She later finds a wallet with 10 $100 bills belonging to Edward Warren.

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