James P. Burtis Movies

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved...

A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is forcing him to use it on those carrying money. When Tim...

A wisecracking newspaper reporter comes up with what he believes to be the ultimate publicity stunt: have the newspaper offer a $5000 prize to...

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and...

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn...

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

A fancy masquerade party is the scene of a jewel robbery, and later several suspects in the robbery are discovered to be aboard the same train.

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his...

Patsy tries to stay with Thelma at the hospital where she works, but Thelma is forced to pretend that Patsy is a patient.

Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawkes takes over as the leading lady on a Mississippi riverboat show when mixed-race Julie and her white husband are...

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.

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

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by...

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

A small town Vermont fellow falls in love with a New York City radio singing star, but she is about to be married to the radio station owner.

Gangsters, gold-digging dames, and other assorted characters nettle an overworked custodian in this odd farce.

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.