Chester Morris Filmography
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- DirectorVan Dyke BrookeStarsGladys LeslieIsabel VernonThomas A. CurranThe wealthy Schuyler family hires a strict governess, Quincy, to watch over their daughter Marcia. When the parents leave on a trip to Japan they tell Quincy to send Marcia to a boarding school while they're gone, but Marcia--wanting nothing to do with a boarding school--switches places with Quincy's niece, who is being sent to an orphanage. She is "adopted" by the Benton family, who own a farm. Soon the carefree Marcia begins to have an effect on the dour Benton household--but complications ensue.Dick
- DirectorWilliam WorthingtonStarsMae MarshE.K. LincolnHedda HopperWanting her sweetheart, Judd Minot, a Maine fisherman, to develop his sculpting talents, Mary Garland encourages him to accompany art connoisseur Henry Bliss to New York City. Once there, Judd forgets Mary and becomes smitten with Bliss's attractive daughter Myrna. Although he wins fame as an artist, the party society life he leads with Myrna causes his work to suffer. When Mary learns of Judd's stagnation and fast style of living, she rushes to New York to rescue him. When he sees her, Judd realizes that Mary is the prime inspiration for all his statues and renews his love for her.Dan
- DirectorCharles GiblynStarsBrandon TynanMary CarrFaire BinneyThe widow Brady daily pleads with Daniel O'Brien, a letter carrier, for a letter from her son who ran away. Taking pity on her, O'Brien writes a series of letters to her himself. Michael O'Hara, a fellow worker, proposes to Daniel that they quit the mail service and start a mail order business with their savings. Mary O'Brien tells Michael that they are going to spend their savings to educate their son, Terrence, and Daniel refuses to leave the service. Daniel finds a baby girl on his doorstep and in spite of their poverty the O'Briens decide to keep her. Seventeen years later, Michael O'Hara is a mail order king and Daniel O'Brien, retired from the service on account of physical disability, is unable to find work. His pension is so small that he is forced to mortgage his home. O'Hara helps him when he can no longer meet his payments. Peggy, the O'Briens' adopted daughter, and Tom O'Hara are secretly married because Mrs. O'Hara will not hear of the match. Widow Brady's son, a mail thief, returns and takes a room with the O'Briens. Before he leaves he puts a bill in the teapot. O'Brien gives the bill to O'Hara as a part payment of his debt. The bill is marked and O'Brien is arrested for robbing the mails, but Tom goes bail for him. Brady and his pal attempt to rob the mail train on which Terrence is clerk. Terrence dives off the train into the river with the mail bag. After a struggle with the bandit Terrence manages to get ashore but he cannot get to the nearest farm until the next day. Daniel O'Brien, upon hearing that Terrence is suspected of robbing the mails goes to his old friend, the night clerk of the post office, for comfort. He finds robbers looting the safe and fights them. Terrence, who has brought the mail back in the farmer's car, comes to his father's aid. One of the thieves proves to be Brady who confesses. O'Brien receives the personal thanks of Postmaster General New and the O'Haras give their approval to the marriage of Tom and Peggy.Tom O'Hara
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsJoseph SchildkrautJetta GoudalVera ReynoldsA married couple discovers that their strained relationship is the result of unhappiness in their past lives.Party Guest (uncredited)
- DirectorRoland WestStarsChester MorrisHarry StubbsMae BuschChick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.Chick Williams
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Loretta YoungChester MorrisA man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife, and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of the murder and that the real killer has close ties to a powerful politician.Paul Palmer
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsHal SkellyChester MorrisEvelyn BrentDan, a tough police captain, and Ray, a hardened criminal, are estranged brothers. When Ray faces capture, Kitty, the sister of Ray's ex-partner, offers to help him escape because she sees an opportunity for revenge against Dan.Ray Malone
- DirectorJohn G. AdolfiStarsFrank FayWilliam CourtenayH.B. WarnerIn 1929, the studio gave the cinema its voice and offered audiences a chance to hear their favorite actors and actresses from the silent-screen era. For the first time, they can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose musical-comedy revue. But also appearing are actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway, and, of course, German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsDolores CostelloChester MorrisJack MulhallDrama of thwarted love and marriage.Don Warren
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsAlice WhiteChester MorrisWilliam BakewellA New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go. She gets involved with the playboy and never seems to notice that he might be shady and untrustworthy.Nickey Solomon
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWinnie LightnerChester MorrisSally EilersA night club entertainer loves a gangster.Jerry Casey
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsChester MorrisBetty CompsonAlec B. FrancisSergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty Compson), but finally his longing for his homeland overcomes him. Wearing the identity of a dead Russian spy he is soon recaptured by the Germans and sentenced to death. The German ruthlessness and disdain for justice is driven home when proof of his innocence of being the spy is brushed aside.Sgt. Grischa Paprotkin
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsNorma ShearerRobert MontgomeryChester MorrisWhen a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.Ted
- DirectorGeorge W. HillWard WingStarsChester MorrisWallace BeeryLewis StoneA convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.John Morgan
- DirectorRoland WestStarsChester MorrisUna MerkelWilliam BakewellA master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.Detective Anderson
- DirectorRoland WestStarsChester MorrisThelma ToddFred KohlerA stockbroker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.John Hawks
- DirectorTom BuckinghamStarsChester MorrisBillie DoveMatt MooreAn opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.Lt. Roger Craig
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsSylvia SidneyChester MorrisRobert CooganA gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.John 'Doc' Madison
- DirectorAlexander HallDavid BurtonWilliam C. de MilleStarsCarole LombardChester MorrisAdrienne AmesA New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.Jimmie Martin
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowChester MorrisLewis StoneA gold-digging secretary will do whatever it takes to get ahead in society-including luring her morally minded boss away from his happy marriage.William 'Bill' / 'Willie' Legendre Jr.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsChester MorrisMae ClarkeMary DoranFarm girl Hattie dreams of a day when she will be delivered from the drudgery of the farm work foisted on her by her foster parents. Her friend Millie, who has experienced city life, returns to town and teaches Hattie the ways of the city.James Pomeroy
- DirectorRay EnrightLucien HubbardStarsJoan BlondellChester MorrisAllen JenkinsThe story of a Depression-downtrodden waif who uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.Danny Jones
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsChester MorrisGenevieve TobinVictor JoryA bomb is hidden on an ocean liner, but nobody on board is aware of its presence.Robert Holden
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsChester MorrisVivienne OsborneFrank McHughPeople in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."Neil Broderick
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsRichard ArlenChester MorrisGenevieve TobinEben Martin spends his lifetime accumulating wheat farms in hopes that his sons Chris and Walt will take over the family business and work the land. Chris is more interested in finance, however, and leaves the farm and his fiance Ellen. He moves to Chicago and uses his cunning and knowledge of wheat to make his fortune at the Board of Trade in the "wheat pit." Chris becomes highly influential with the help of wealthy Henry Flint, and courts Henry's society-bored daughter Cynthia. Back at the farm, Ellen and Walt marry, have children and struggle to maintain the farm and pay the family debts. Walt becomes active in unionizing farmers across the nation. Chris visits the farm with Cynthia to attend the wedding of the Martin's beloved hired hands, Loopey Lou and Lydia. Although Chris is embarrassed by his humble family, Cynthia is touched by their genuine warmth and later accepts his marriage proposal. With the arrival of winter, the poverty-stricken farmers suffer greatly, as banks foreclose on properties such as Loopey Lou's. Walt travels to Chicago, just missing Chris's wedding, but the brothers form an agreement to help each other, in which Walt will call the farmers to strike, and Chris will help raise the wheat prices. The strike is somewhat successful and Walt urges the farmers to remain steadfast. The planting season proves too tempting, though, and the farmers break the strike before getting a good price for the wheat. Despite intense pressure and the threat of losing everything, Chris buys up wheat, maintaining his position until he is insolvent. His spirits remain high with the help of his loving wife, whose father makes Chris a partner in his company. In Washington D.C., Walt influences the government to raise farm prices, and the Martin brothers are hailed as national heroes.Chris Martin