James Burke Movies

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He...

A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only...

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted...

A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten...

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When...

Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and...

Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to...

Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort.

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer,...

In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss...

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong...

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's...

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.