Irving Bacon Movies

Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented...

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and...

Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and...

Marriage counselor advises his bored wife to take up painting through which she meets a hubbie-rival yachtsman.

Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as...

Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he...

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In...

A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.

Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will...

Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races....

The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio...

Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The...