Olin Howland Movies

A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half...

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.

Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her...

In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her...

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde...

Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every...

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame,...

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling...

A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat...

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.

In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the...