Hal K. Dawson Movies

  • 1942
    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

    6.51942HD

    Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling...

    Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
  • 1937
    On Again—Off Again

    On Again—Off Again

    On Again—Off Again

    71937HD

    This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and...

    On Again—Off Again
  • 1968
    Funny Girl

    Funny Girl

    Funny Girl

    7.21968HD

    The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld...

    Funny Girl
  • 1946
    The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    7.81946HD

    It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has...

    The Best Years of Our Lives
  • 1939
    Blackmail

    Blackmail

    Blackmail

    6.41939HD

    A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

    Blackmail
  • 1935
    Dr. Socrates

    Dr. Socrates

    Dr. Socrates

    6.41935HD

    Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling...

    Dr. Socrates
  • 1939
    Swanee River

    Swanee River

    Swanee River

    6.71939HD

    Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl,...

    Swanee River
  • 1938
    International Settlement

    International Settlement

    International Settlement

    5.61938HD

    In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).

    International Settlement
  • 1951
    Superman and the Mole Men

    Superman and the Mole Men

    Superman and the Mole Men

    5.31951HD

    Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however,...

    Superman and the Mole Men
  • 1948
    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    71948HD

    An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with...

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
  • 1954
    The Glenn Miller Story

    The Glenn Miller Story

    The Glenn Miller Story

    6.91954HD

    A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early...

    The Glenn Miller Story
  • 1934
    The Firebird

    The Firebird

    The Firebird

    5.51934HD

    Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old...

    The Firebird
  • 1936
    Libeled Lady

    Libeled Lady

    Libeled Lady

    7.31936HD

    When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the...

    Libeled Lady
  • 1951
    Rhubarb

    Rhubarb

    Rhubarb

    5.31951HD

    Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money...

    Rhubarb
  • 1940
    Millionaires in Prison

    Millionaires in Prison

    Millionaires in Prison

    61940HD

    A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.

    Millionaires in Prison
  • 1955
    Three for the Show

    Three for the Show

    Three for the Show

    61955HD

    This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late...

    Three for the Show
  • 1955
    A Lawless Street

    A Lawless Street

    A Lawless Street

    5.3131955HD

    A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

    A Lawless Street
  • 1938
    The Nurse from Brooklyn

    The Nurse from Brooklyn

    The Nurse from Brooklyn

    61938HD

    A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of...

    The Nurse from Brooklyn
  • 1940
    Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940

    6.71940HD

    Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett,...

    Broadway Melody of 1940
  • 1937
    Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

    5.21937HD

    In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers...

    Wells Fargo