Oscar Apfel Movies

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

The first movie adaptation of the famous novel where a young man has to spend a fortune on 60 days to inherit an even larger sum of money. Considered...

When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting of a big-time gambler, he sets out to get his man...

Thomas Brainerd, Sr., as a prospector, is a dutiful and loving husband and father, but when he strikes gold he becomes obsessed with business and all...

"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of...

The Man on the Box is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1904...

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.

Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes...

George Baxter presents his new wife, Margery. Paul Sneed, Baxter's neighbor, knew Margery before the marriage. When Baxter returns home unexpectedly...

Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.

A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.

John Masters leaves his lumber mining camp when he is summoned East by his dying father, a political boss who wishes to turn over the position he has...

David Jenison, accused of a crime which he did not commit, escapes his guards and joins a traveling circus.

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.

Pat Winthrop becomes engaged to Bob Shelby, a southerner who owns Kentucky Boy, a horse entered in the Nassau Handicap. To save her father from going...

Ellen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is preparing to return to the US, after having paid off all the...

A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.

Carmen, a maid, steals a locket belonging to the Aragon princess Maria Theresa and sells it to Gaines, a New York art collector, not knowing that the...

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

After the death of her second husband, Princess Sylvia Carzoni writes to her first husband, Richard Carmichael, requesting the custody of their...