Movies: Mantan Moreland

  • 1969
    The Comic

    The Comic (1969)

    The Comic

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    An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and ...

    The Comic
  • 1940
    Four Shall Die

    Four Shall Die (1940)

    Four Shall Die

    01940HD

    Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to pursue a romance with reporter Bill Summers. Covey, determined to get at Helen's inheritance, vows to...

    Four Shall Die
  • 1942
    Professor Creeps

    Professor Creeps (1942)

    Professor Creeps

    01942HD

    Two cut-rate private detectives are broke, hungry and down to their last nickel. They decide to hock their banjo in order to get some money for food, and while one partner is negotiating the deal, the other one falls asleep and dreams that a wealthy ...

    Professor Creeps
  • 1945
    Captain Tugboat Annie

    Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)

    Captain Tugboat Annie

    01945HD

    This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secretary and an ex-con who wants to go straight, fall in love. Tugboat Annie is put in charge of a chil...

    Captain Tugboat Annie
  • 1940
    Drums of the Desert

    Drums of the Desert (1940)

    Drums of the Desert

    5.51940HD

    On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée ...

    Drums of the Desert
  • 1942
    Law of the Jungle

    Law of the Jungle (1942)

    Law of the Jungle

    5.11942HD

    Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a café in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa. The café owner is secretly in league with two foreign agents with a goal of making the natives restless. Ameri...

    Law of the Jungle
  • 1943
    We've Never Been Licked

    We've Never Been Licked (1943)

    We've Never Been Licked

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    Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter, only to find she is in love with his roommate....

    We've Never Been Licked
  • 1942
    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)

    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

    4.41942HD

    Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb....

    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
  • 1937
    Harlem on the Prairie

    Harlem on the Prairie (1937)

    Harlem on the Prairie

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    A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts....

    Harlem on the Prairie
  • 1941
    You're Out of Luck

    You're Out of Luck (1941)

    You're Out of Luck

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    An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation. Monogram....

    You're Out of Luck
  • 1938
    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    4.51938HD

    A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him....

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem
  • 1940
    Laughing at Danger

    Laughing at Danger (1940)

    Laughing at Danger

    01940HD

    Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter. She had been shot just before she was to give Detective Dan...

    Laughing at Danger
  • 1940
    While Thousands Cheer

    While Thousands Cheer (1940)

    While Thousands Cheer

    01940HD

    Kenny Harrington, the star football player of Gilmore College, leads his team to many victories, raising hopes that Gilmore will play in the "Peach Bowl," the championship playoffs of the Western conference. Unknown to Kenny, Downey, the head of a ga...

    While Thousands Cheer
  • 1943
    He Hired the Boss

    He Hired the Boss (1943)

    He Hired the Boss

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    A shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series of late-night robberies....

    He Hired the Boss
  • 1941
    Up Jumped the Devil

    Up Jumped the Devil (1941)

    Up Jumped the Devil

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    Two ne'er-do-wells, Washington and Jefferson, just out of prison are looking for jobs so they won't get arrested for vagrancy. They find out that the wealthy Mrs. Brown is looking to hire a butler and a maid, and Jefferson talks Washington into dress...

    Up Jumped the Devil
  • 1946
    Mantan Messes Up

    Mantan Messes Up (1946)

    Mantan Messes Up

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    Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical numbers....

    Mantan Messes Up
  • 1933
    That's the Spirit

    That's the Spirit (1933)

    That's the Spirit

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    In this musical short, two night watchmen hear songs performed in a haunted pawn shop....

    That's the Spirit
  • 1949
    Come On, Cowboy!

    Come On, Cowboy! (1949)

    Come On, Cowboy!

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    Mr. Wilson hires Mantan to travel out West and clean out an old property. Mantan runs into trouble in believing the house is haunted while a gang uses it as a hideout. A race film Western produced by the Toddy Company; made for $500 over two days. R...

    Come On, Cowboy!
  • 1947
    Return of Mandy's Husband

    Return of Mandy's Husband (1947)

    Return of Mandy's Husband

    01947HD

    In order to make some cash, buddies Mantan and Alex found the "Ghost Association," which will hold mock seances for the local residents. After studying the details of the locals' various deceased relatives, Alex insist that the reluctant Manta, who i...

    Return of Mandy's Husband
  • 1946
    Tall, Tan and Terrific

    Tall, Tan and Terrific (1946)

    Tall, Tan and Terrific

    01946HD

    Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everet...

    Tall, Tan and Terrific