Lester Dorr Movies

"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was...

A young couple and their child fall prey to kidnappers when a storm drives them into a seemingly abandoned farmhouse.

In a meeting with the leaders of his vice syndicate, gangster boss James "Lucky" Lombardo complains that his profits are down. He demands that his...

An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a...

A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out...

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.

When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.

The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named...

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical....

Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.

In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all...

In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.

A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.

Aviation action highlights this programmer which concerns foreign intrigue and a pair of WW1 buzz-boys developing a high-tech aircraft.

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.

A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and...

A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.

A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy...