The story concentrated on a group of test pilots, busily experimenting with a revolutionary all-plastic airplane. Ace flyboy Brad Farrell (Richard Arlen) is determined to prove the practicality of the new aircraft, designed by Professor Blake (Thomas Ross), father of Brad's sweetheart Carol (Jean Parker). Back on solid ground, Brad must vie for Carol's attentions with his own brother, engineer Doug Farrell (Don Castle).
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a visionary scientist whose groundbreaking experiments in reanimation lead to him being wrongly accused of murder. Sentenced to death, he vows revenge on those who convicted him. After being executed by hanging, Savaard's assistant uses the new artificial heart invented by the doctor to bring him back to life. Now, with a heart made of steel, Savaard sets out to get revenge on the jury, district attorney, and police who condemned him to death.
Three incidents in a cab driver's day: a college boy wooing a flapper, a gold digger wooing a southern colonel, gun moll kills gangster and wants to be taken to the precinct house.
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to complete work on the prototype radio. Radio engineer Lew Deerhold, a resident alien without a job to pay for his adorable little ward Gina's life-saving operation, falls prey to the spy ring, and is swept up in a maelstrom of deceit and danger.
A doctor conducts dangerous medical experiments involving cryogenics and discovers a way to bring the dead back to life. However, his unethical practices lead to murder and mayhem.
Belle of the Nineties is a comedy-drama musical that takes place in the gay nineties. The story revolves around a jewel robbery and a romance. It showcases the vibrant slang and culture of the 1890s. The plot also involves a justice-of-the-peace and a jazz band from New Orleans, Louisiana. The movie is set in the pre-code era and features the charm and elegance of the southern belle. It provides a glimpse into the life and events of the 19th century.
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
Lady by Choice is a romantic comedy set in the 1930s. The story revolves around a lawyer who falls in love with a showbiz-drama actress. Their relationship faces obstacles due to societal pressures and cross-cultural differences. The plot takes unexpected twists as blackmail, mysterious inheritances, and scandalous secrets complicate their journey towards a happy ending.
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town. He is reformed by the daughter of one.
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who is in cahoots with a criminal mastermind.
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
Secret agent Roger Pryor is dispatched below the border to protect an important scientific formula. Believe it or don't, this mixture has the ability to render things invisible.
After an argument with his newspaper's city editor, press-photographer Jimmy Hudson quits his job and takes up free-lancing as a street-photographer for a living. He stumbles across the robbing of a jewelry store and takes a picture of one of the robbers as he is leaving the scene-of-the-crime in which murder has also been committed. At the risk of his own life, over the protests of his sweetheart, he sets a trap to catch the crook.
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.