John Grey

John Grey
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 46 (Writer)
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The Kid Brother
The most important family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary. (imdb)
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Speedy
"Speedy" loses his job as a soda-jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes... (imdb)
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Movie Crazy
Harold Hall, an accident prone young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in pictures. After a mix-up with his application photograph, he gets an offer to have a screen-test, and goes off to Hollywood. (imdb)
The Freshman
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular. (imdb)
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Molly O\
An Irish washerwoman's daughter falls in love with one of America's most eligible bachelors, much to the dismay of the girl's parents -- and the young doctor's newly acquired fiancée! Events come to a head at the charity masked ball, which the two girls happen to attend in very similar costumes, thanks to the largesse of Molly's benevolent "fairy godfather"... (imdb)
For Heaven\
The Uptown Boy, J. Harold Manners (Lloyd) is a millionaire playboy who falls for the Downtown Girl, Hope (Ralston) who works in Brother Paul's (Weigel) mission. In order to build up attendance, and win Hope's attention, Harold runs through town causing trouble, and winds up with a crowd chasing him right into the mission. He eventually wins the girl and they marry, but not without some interference from his high-brow friends. (imdb)
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Hot Water
Episodic look at married life and in-law problems. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; a wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow; and a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and is convinced that he has killed her. When she begins sleep-walking, he thinks that she has returned to haunt him. (imdb)
Terror Island
Inventor Harry Harper (Harry Houdini) travels to the South Seas, where there is buried treasure belonging to a girl, Beverly West (Lila Lee). Naturally, others are after the loot, and Beverly's father (Fred Turner) is being held captive by cannibals until she returns to them with a pearl that belongs to one of their idols. The climax consists of Harper saving Beverly from a safe which has been lowered into the sea. (All Movie Guide)
Captain January
A lighthouse keeper finds a little girl who is washed ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and tries to take her away. (imdb)
The Grim Game
Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive. (imdb)
A Small Town Idol
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villain to keep him away from pretty young Mary, the town beauty whom the villain wants for himself--he leaves town and goes to Hollywood to become an actor. He eventually returns home to town as a star, but once again finds himself the victim of the town villain, who this time abducts sweet young Mary. (imdb)
Alibi Bye Bye
The story, if you want to call it that is about a husband who tells his wife he's going hunting but actually sneaks off to fool around in Atlantic City. While the wife, says she's going to Washington D.C. but is also sneaking off the Atlantic City. once there the husband goes to a scenic photographer who fakes pictures to cover for straying spouses. Later the pictures are delivered to the hotel where all parties literally run into each other! (imdb)
The Leather Necker
Harry and his ex-sergeant recall their rivalry over the same girl. (imdb)
His Bridal Sweet
Harry and his wife move into a "modern", gimmick-laden house. (imdb)
Will Power
Will Power (1936) - Short Film
Edgar thinks he finally has a plan that will force his lazy, mooching brother-in-law to get a job. First, Edgar has some friends help him to stage a fake heart attack. Then, while he is supposed to be recovering, he taps into a source of mystical will power to do the rest. (imdb)
Too Many Wives
An heiress and a dog-catcher go searching for a priceless stamp.
How\
A song publisher gets sued for stealing lyrics. (imdb)
I Love a Bandleader
I Love a Bandleader is an easy-to-take vehicle for personable orchestra leader Phil Harris. "Old Curly" is cast as housepainter Phil Burton, who while suffering from amnesia imagines that he's the leader of a popular swing band. While suffering this delusion, Burton falls in love with perky Ann Carter (Leslie Brooks). (allmovie.com)
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Radio comedian Joe Penner, of "You Naaassty Man!" fame, was very much an acquired taste in 1938, and even more so when seen today. Nevertheless, such Penner movie vehicles as I'm From the City never failed to make a tidy profit for RKO Radio Pictures. In this one, the star plays a circus bareback rider who happens to be deathly afraid of horses. In order to perform his equestrian act, Penner must be hypnotized, whereupon he turns into a fearless, ridin' fool. (allmovie.com)
Lightning Strikes Twice
Three apparent murders and a pair of imposters disrupt the lives of an engaged couple. (imdb)
Ay Tank Ay Go
Boy loves girl, but she's on the other side in a hillbilly feud. (imdb)
The Farmer in the Dell
In this homespun comedy, a farm family in Iowa lead a pastoral existence until old Ma decides that they must pull up stakes and head for Hollywood so their daughter can become a movie star. As it turns out, it is Pa who becomes the movie star, while the domineering stage Ma almost destroys her daughter's love life with her obsession. To protect his kin, Pa takes the family back to their peaceful farm. (allmovie.com)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 American short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject
Gasoloons
Gasoloons (1936) - Short Film
While filling up with gas, a carload of passengers notices that the service station is up for sale. They decide to buy the station and try to run it themselves - but they aren't very good at it. (imdb)
The Heckler
The Heckler (1940) - Short Film
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody. (imdb)
You\
You're Next! (1940) - Short Film
Two goofball private detectives are hired to find a millionaire who has been kidnapped by a mad scientist. (imdb)
Worldly Goods
A businessman who has devoted his whole life to obtaining money and power finds that he can't buy the one thing he craves: love. (imdb)
Everything\
Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough take to the streets as pots and pans salesmen, wreaking havoc door to door with their demonstrations of their cookware. (imdb)
Tracked by the Police
The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona,to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building contract, which leads to violence and danger for Bob Owen and his dog Satan. (imdb)
The Druggist\
Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough star as a couple of wacky soda jerks. They do a high wire act while delivering a much needed pair of pants to their boss.
The Awful Goof
A girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later he finds himself in her apartment. Her jealous boxer-husband is obsessed with killing Charley after seeing them together again and again. (imdb)
Bride And Gloom
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 8439), Shemp Howard finds himself in a love nest with the wrong woman, while his bride-to-be is waiting, none too happy, at the church. (imdb)
Mr. Noisy
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice. (imdb)
False Roomers
In the first RKO Short featuring the comedy team of Clark & McCullough, Clark (Bobby Clark)and Grustark (Paul McCullough)seek refuge in the boarding house owned by Finlayson (James Finlayson)after wrecking the car owned by Morgan (Kewpie Morgan). Finlayson, never without rules, warns them there is no cooking allowed in the rooms and his new roomers proceed to pop corn over the gas heater. A young girl mistakes their room for the bathroom, which leads to some pre-code complications.
Bedlam of Beards
A pair of barbers attempt to solve a kidnapping.
In the Devildog House
Two detectives are plagued by the practical joke-pulling president of a novelty toy company.
In a Pig\
The comedic duo of Bobby Clark and 'Paul McCullough' are tailors who will keep you in stitches -- of laughter. See Bobby in a kilt play the bagpipes!
Hey, Nanny Nanny
A wealthy scion's dinner party becomes a shambles when two window washers, masquerading as magicians, invade the place with their pet goat.
Unlucky Strike
The boys wreak havoc at a bowling alley in this riotous Chick Chandler/Tom Kennedy comedy featurette.
Hold Your Temper
The day starts out fine for Leon, but as it goes on, things start to deteriorate.
Yumpin\
El uknowingly becomes the assistant to a jewel thief.
Flung by a Fling
Gus and Dick, attending a war veterans' convention with their wives, run in to an old girlfriend there, and try to prevent her from meeting up with their wives.
Flying Down to Zero
The boys try to snare an unsuspecting sucker in an insurance racket, in this riotous Clark and McCullough comedy featurette.
The Flirty Sleepwalker
A Mack Sennett Talking Picture comedy about a sleepwalker cause embarrassing situations.
Paradise for Buster
Buster inherits a farm and mayhem ensues.
Listening In
Listening In (1932) - Short Film
Arthur Stone gets into trouble due to a crossed phone line in this Mack Sennett comedy.