Hal K. Dawson Movies

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young...

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).

With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by...

Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out...

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

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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...

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new...

A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new...

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

In 1880s New York City newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing...

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character.

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.