James Gleason Movies

Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the...

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that...

A young fighter, Bill Hickey, achieves success through the help and support of his friends and, once he does, he gets a big case of 'swellhead.' And...

During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.

In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to...

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy...

Biplane action scenes highlight this story of the lives and loves of two Hollywood stuntmen.

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil...

Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are...

Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his...

Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy

Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the state of Florida, instead. When he returns, his...

A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.

Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to...

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

Three young girls live together in a one room apartment just scraping by while dreaming of Hollywood stardom. When one refuses a small role because...

A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.

When the story begins, James is confronted by his wife for his roving eyes! Soon after this, he goes to a speakeasy and begins chatting up women. One...