Acting
Bobby Jordan
Born April 1, 1923 · Harrison, New York, USA
Died September 10, 1965 · aged 42
Though he was the youngest, Jordan was the first of the boys who made up the Dead End Kids to work in films with a role in a 1933 Universal short. In 1935, he became one of the original Dead End Kids by winning the role of Angel in Sydney Kingsley's Broadway drama Dead End about life in the slums of the east side of New York City. The play was performed at the Belasco Theatre and ran for three yea…
Known For
Angels with Dirty Faces · 1938Angels with Dirty Faces
★ 7.51938
MovieCrimeDrama
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Dead End · 1937Dead End
★ 7.01937
MovieCrimeDrama
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
Young Tom Edison · 1940Young Tom Edison
★ 5.91940
MovieDrama
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
They Made Me a Criminal · 1939They Made Me a Criminal
★ 6.31939
MovieCrimeDrama
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Dust Be My Destiny · 1939Dust Be My Destiny
★ 6.51939
MovieCrimeDrama
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Destroyer · 1943Destroyer
★ 6.81943
MovieAdventureDrama
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · 1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
★ 9.51991
MovieDocumentaryHorror
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Keep 'Em Slugging · 1943Keep 'Em Slugging
★ 5.81943
MovieActionAdventure
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · 1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
★ 9.51991
MovieDocumentaryHorror
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Danny (archive footage)
A Slight Case of Murder · 1938A Slight Case of Murder
★ 6.41938
MovieComedyCrime
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
The Beginning or the End · 1947The Beginning or the End
★ 6.41947
MovieDramaDocumentary
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
Radioman on Tinian Receiving A-Bomb Message
Reformatory · 1938Reformatory
★ 6.51938
MovieCrime
A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.
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