Joan Valerie Movies

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order...

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace...

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne,...

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the...

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

An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and...

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to...

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out...

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.