James Wong Howe Movies

  • 1940
    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    6.3671940HD

    True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
  • 1954
    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    5.71954HD

    The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Go Man Go
  • 1931
    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    Transatlantic

    5.51931HD

    As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund...

    Transatlantic
  • 1932
    Chandu the Magician

    Chandu the Magician

    Chandu the Magician

    6.21932HD

    When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful...

    Chandu the Magician
  • 1923
    The Spanish Dancer

    The Spanish Dancer

    The Spanish Dancer

    41923HD

    The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people's fortunes. Despite her lowly position,...

    The Spanish Dancer
  • 1923
    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

    The Call of the Canyon

    01923HD

    Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His...

    The Call of the Canyon
  • 1940
    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    5.71940HD

    German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

    A Dispatch from Reuters
  • 1950
    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5.41950HD

    Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...

    The Eagle and the Hawk
  • 1935
    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    5.71935HD

    Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with...

    The Night Is Young
  • 1927
    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

    5.51927HD

    Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a...

    Sorrell and Son
  • 1926
    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    5.91926HD

    A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous...

    Mantrap
  • 1929
    Desert Nights

    Desert Nights

    Desert Nights

    5.41929HD

    A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert...

    Desert Nights
  • 1939
    Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My Destiny

    6.21939HD

    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...

    Dust Be My Destiny
  • 1956
    Death of a Scoundrel

    Death of a Scoundrel

    Death of a Scoundrel

    61956HD

    A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.

    Death of a Scoundrel
  • 1934
    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    5.71934HD

    Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent...

    The Show-Off
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    01925HD

    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 1932
    After Tomorrow

    After Tomorrow

    After Tomorrow

    5.81932HD

    In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get...

    After Tomorrow
  • 1924
    The Side Show of Life

    The Side Show of Life

    The Side Show of Life

    01924HD

    An English circus clown finds he's lost his touch after returning from war.

    The Side Show of Life
  • 1933
    The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

    5.91933HD

    A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company....

    The Power and the Glory
  • 2007
    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    62007HD

    Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and...

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo