Robert Coogan

The Underworld Story

Cy Endfield

Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.

The House That Shadows Built

Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.

Kilroy Was Here

Phil Karlson

Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan

"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.

Sky Bride

Stephen Roberts

Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie

Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and hawking rides for the locals. But when Speed's rambunctious flying results in tragedy, he gives up flying in despair and guilt. Alec tracks him down and hopes to get him back on his feet and back in the air.

The Miracle Man

Norman Z. McLeod

Sylvia Sidney, Chester Morris

A 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.

French Leave

Frank McDonald

Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan

Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi. But they are ordered by their skipper Muldoon (Ralph Sanford) to remain on board and guard against theft of foodstuffs by a black market gang.

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

Jean Yarbrough

Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr.

A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey Pennyworth's hometown.

Skippy

Norman Taurog

Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

Jean Yarbrough

Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Jr.

Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.

Ghost Chasers

William Beaudine

Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall

A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

Reginald Le Borg

Joe Kirkwood, Jr., James Gleason

Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.

Sooky

Norman Taurog

Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan

Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boone Boys, a boys' club that costs thirty dollars to join and has uniforms that Sooky admires, refuses to admit him because he is poor. Sooky and Skippy form their own club called the Beagle Boys.

Johnny Doughboy

John H. Auer

Jane Withers, Henry Wilcoxon

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.