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1. Our Hospitality (1923)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller

A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

Directors: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts

Votes: 12,503 | Gross: $1.17M

2. Block-Heads (1938)

Approved | 57 min | Comedy, Family, War

Stan, who has remained faithfully at his World War I post for twenty years, finally comes home where his best friend, Ollie, takes him in, thus allowing him to discover the many conveniences of the modern world.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell

Votes: 4,518

3. Balloonatics (1917)

Comedy, Short

Alice is the scullion in a kitchen and around the house. Although loved by the fat cook and the iceman, she elopes with the son of the house. Action becomes faster and soon furious after ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Alice Howell, Fatty Voss

Votes: 18

4. Young Sinners (1931)

79 min | Drama

The reckless son of a millionaire struggles to find a positive outlook on life, so he turns to a hard-nosed trainer for help.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Hardie Albright, Dorothy Jordan, Cecilia Loftus

Votes: 22

5. Tol'able David (1930)

65 min | Drama

Young David Kinemon is a good-natured, easy-going lad in a mountain village. Circumstances force him to take his brother's place as mailman for the community, and this brings him into deadly contact with the vicious Hatburn brothers.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery, Joan Peers, Henry B. Walthall

Votes: 44

6. Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

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Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: El Brendel, Fifi D'Orsay, William Collier Sr., Ruth Warren

Votes: 25

7. Hard Boiled (1926)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Western

Tom Bouden, ordered by his millionaire uncle to help a friend and her niece run a health resort out west, insults the niece before meeting her. Irate, the latter goes west without him.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Helene Chadwick, Heinie Conklin, Phyllis Haver

Votes: 20

8. The Big Party (1930)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Kitty Collins and Flo Jenkins, a couple of jazz-age cuties with bobbed-hair and rolled-stockings, go in search of good-times and whoopee-making. The party they find also includes some ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Sue Carol, Dixie Lee, Walter Catlett, Frank Albertson

Votes: 25

9. Hell in the Heavens (1934)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, War

During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's death.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Warner Baxter, Conchita Montenegro, Russell Hardie, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 46

10. Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)

73 min | Mystery

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Warner Oland, Alexander Kirkland, H.B. Warner, Marian Nixon

Votes: 471

11. The Best Bad Man (1925)

Passed | 50 min | Comedy, Western

Hugh Nichols, an absentee ranch owner, visits his Colorado properties in the guise of a peddler of musical instruments. He finds that his agent, Frank Dunlap, has been cheating him and ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Clara Bow, Cyril Chadwick, Paul Panzer

Votes: 26

12. Amateur Daddy (1932)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance

Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Warner Baxter, Marian Nixon, Rita La Roy, William Pawley

Votes: 17

13. Little Miss Nobody (1936)

Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A girl gets into trouble at her orphanage and is sent away to reform school. She escapes en route but is found and brought to trial. Her father is the prosecutor.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Sara Haden

Votes: 45

14. The Sky Hawk (1929)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Jack Bardell, a British aviator in World War I, a dashing hero to all who know him, is discharged following an airplane crash that occurred under suspicious circumstances. Invalided to ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Helen Chandler, John Garrick, Gilbert Emery, Lennox Pawle

Votes: 36

15. So This Is London (1930)

92 min | Comedy, Romance

Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man who profoundly dislikes everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family. When Junior falls in love with an aristocratic girl, ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Frank Albertson, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 34

16. The Yellow Dog Catcher (1919)

Short, Comedy

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Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Jack Cooper, Glen Cavender, Billy Franey, Tom Kennedy

Votes: 7

17. Swiss Miss (1938)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Musical

Laurel and Hardy, rat trap salesmen who are unable to do business in Switzerland, having no money to pay for lunch end up working for the hotel where a composer, who has run away from his wife, has taken refuge.

Directors: John G. Blystone, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Grete Natzler, Walter Woolf King

Votes: 2,331

18. Gentle Julia (1936)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A shy newspaperman (Brown) nearly gives up when his girlfriend (Hunt) falls for the new guy in town (Meeker) till Withers sets things right.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Jane Withers, Tom Brown, Marsha Hunt, Jackie Searl

Votes: 36

19. The Painted Woman (1932)

73 min | Drama

After becoming involved in a killing, Kiddo gets on board Boyton's ship. When he learns what happened he dumps her on a South Sea island. Tom Brian marries her, and when Boynton returns ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Peggy Shannon, William 'Stage' Boyd, Irving Pichel

Votes: 54

20. Sharp Shooters (1928)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: George O'Brien, Lois Moran, Noah Young, Tom Dugan

Votes: 40

21. Woman Chases Man (1937)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance

Former millionaire B.J. Nolan is useless with money, having lost most of his fortune on crazy schemes. His son, Kenneth, has the opposite problem thanks to good sense and a large ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Erik Rhodes

Votes: 480

22. Shanghai Madness (1933)

68 min | Drama

In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 48

23. Men on Call (1930)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Railroad engineer Chuck Long finds the showgirl he's about to marry was the subject of scandal and swears off women. He joins a coast guard unit stationed at a lighthouse, and one day must ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Mae Clarke, William Harrigan, Sharon Lynn

Votes: 14

24. Bad Boy (1935)

Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Poolroom ace Eddie marries his girlfriend Sally but can't find work so he sends her back to her family. Things improve after he catches some crooks.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: James Dunn, Dorothy Wilson, Louise Fazenda, Victor Kilian

Votes: 77

25. Too Busy to Work (1932)

76 min | Drama

A depression-era tramp named Jubilo goes looking for the wife that left him. While on his journey, he meets an assortment of characters.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Dick Powell, Frederick Burton

Votes: 135

26. Neptune's Naughty Daughter (1917)

Short, Comedy

Alice is the daughter of a fisherman. She gathers herring to support her family. Alice's folks are worshipers of the cuckoo clock. Even the dog bows his head in prayer when the cuckoo ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Alice Howell, Robert McKenzie, Eva McKenzie, Joe Moore

Votes: 23

27. The County Chairman (1935)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Louise Dresser

Votes: 34

28. Great Guy (1936)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The adventures of an investigator (Cagney) for the Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke, Edward Brophy

Votes: 1,143

29. The Last Man on Earth (1924)

70 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In the future year of 1940, a young man is rejected and humiliated by a girl and goes off to be a hermit in a redwood forest. By 1950, a dreadful plague of "Masculitis" has killed every ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Earle Foxe, Derelys Perdue, Grace Cunard, Gladys Tennyson

Votes: 97

30. In Dutch (1918)

Comedy, Short

Hulda is a Dutch clog dancer stowaway who gets a job in a big city cabaret.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Alice Howell, Hughie Mack, Billy Armstrong, Neal Burns

Votes: 19

31. Change of Heart (1934)

Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance

After graduating from a West Coast college, four friends fly to New York City to seek employment.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers

Votes: 355

32. She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to his French chateau, where she risks terrible cruelty and even death.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, James Kirkwood

Votes: 114

33. The Family Upstairs (1926)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Louise, a quiet and refined girl, is taunted by her mother, brother, and sister because she has no sweetheart. Finally a bank teller, Charles Grant, falls in love with her and insists upon ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Virginia Valli, Allan Simpson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lillian Elliott

Votes: 12

34. Dick Turpin (1925)

70 min | Adventure

Dick Turpin, an English highwayman who robs from the rich and gives to the poor, holds up the coach of Lord Churlton. Sometime later, in aiding a coach attacked by ruffians, Dick meets ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Alan Hale, Kathleen Myers, Philo McCullough

Votes: 106

35. Coming Out Party (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

It's Joy Stanhope's, a Park Avenue debutante, coming-out party. It's the event of the winter and everyone is there, including the most eligible bachelor, Jimmy Wolverton. Chris Hanson, ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Frances Dee, Gene Raymond, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 61

36. Thru Different Eyes (1929)

62 min | Drama

Flashbacks in a courtroom drama give different points of view on the events, anticipating the classic Japanese film Rashomon.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Natalie Moorhead

Votes: 77

37. Music for Madame (1937)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience. After running away he'll have to find a way to prove his innocence to both the police and the ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Nino Martini, Joan Fontaine, Alan Mowbray, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 229

38. My Lips Betray (1933)

Approved | 76 min | Musical

In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden for her rent money. Meanwhile, the King is facing bankruptcy for his little nation, unless ... See full summary »

Directors: John G. Blystone, Henry King | Stars: Lilian Harvey, John Boles, El Brendel, Irene Browne

Votes: 26

39. The Magnificent Brute (1936)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance

The foreman of a blast furnace gets involved in a romantic triangle and stolen money.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, William Hall

Votes: 73

40. The Princess and the Plumber (1930)

72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A derogated prince hopes to restore his wealth and power by marrying off his daughter to royalty. Unfortunately, she has fallen in love with a young man who has been hired to fix the plumbing in their run-down castle.

Directors: Alexander Korda, John G. Blystone | Stars: Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan, H.B. Warner, Joseph Cawthorn

Votes: 23

41. The Guide (1921)

20 min | Short, Comedy

Clyde is a mountain guide in the Alps who "doubles" as a bellhop and hotel clerk. He pilots some guests to the highest peaks, encounters a huge bear, a funny looking moose and has many narrow escapes.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Clyde Cook, Edgar Kennedy, Lois Scott, Mark Hamilton

Votes: 16

42. Hot Pepper (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Comedy about a pair of ex-Marines who team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lupe Velez, Victor McLaglen, El Brendel

Votes: 126

43. The Lucky Horseshoe (1925)

Passed | 50 min | Western

A ranch foreman, rebuffed by his boss' daughter, turns the ranch into a tourist mecca. The girl leaves the ranch, but eventually she returns with her new fiancé, who she says is a rich ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Billie Dove, Malcolm Waite, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 32

44. 23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music, War

Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an unhappy tangle with a couple of enemy spies before the bet is finally decided.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: James Ellison, Terry Walker, Morgan Hill, Arthur Lake

Votes: 70

45. Mother Knows Best (1928)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A stage-actress mother and her daughter wage a battle of wills in a "don't do this, daughter" and "don't do that, daughter" story of youthful folly and over-zealous parental devotion.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Louise Dresser, Barry Norton, Albert Gran

Votes: 15

46. How Stars Are Made (1916)

20 min | Comedy, Short

She was just a poor, but honest girl, out looking for a job, when she happened to see the L-KO Film Company offices, and dropped in to secure a job. They did not think much of her work in a... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Alice Howell, Raymond Griffith, Richard Smith, Fatty Voss

Votes: 21

47. Ankles Preferred (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance

Department store clerk Nora, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite her attractive ankles. She soon gets a job as model at the shop of McGuire and Goldberg, and ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Lawrence Gray, Barry Norton, Allan Forrest

Votes: 7 | Gross: $0.43M

48. Teeth (1924)

Passed | 60 min | Western

Dan Angus, train baggage master, mistreats two dogs in his care, throwing the small one off while the big one attacks him. Dan is fired and gets off at a small town, steals from the ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Duke the Dog, Lucy Fox

Votes: 28

49. The Great Smash (1916)

30 min | Comedy, Short

John D. Rock, Jr., was having a very easy time of it. He led a worthless life, but father got wise to some of his pranks and decided that he would have to take matters in his own hands for ... See full summary »

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Alice Howell, Raymond Griffith, Richard Smith, Billy Bevan

50. Captain Lash (1929)

60 min | Adventure, Drama

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Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor, Jane Winton, Clyde Cook