James Wong Howe Movies

  • 1940
    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    5.71940HD

    German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

    A Dispatch from Reuters
  • 1952
    Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

    7.41952HD

    A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

    Come Back, Little Sheba
  • 1939
    Daughters Courageous

    Daughters Courageous

    Daughters Courageous

    6.21939HD

    Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband...

    Daughters Courageous
  • 1938
    Algiers

    Algiers

    Algiers

    6.31938HD

    Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers....

    Algiers
  • 1940
    Saturday's Children

    Saturday's Children

    Saturday's Children

    6.41940HD

    An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

    Saturday's Children
  • 1970
    Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

    Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

    Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

    4.61970HD

    A new bride gets caught between her decadent husband and his black half-brother.

    Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
  • 1942
    Kings Row

    Kings Row

    Kings Row

    7.21942HD

    Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

    Kings Row
  • 1931
    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

    6.11931HD

    After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10...

    The Criminal Code
  • 1958
    The Old Man and the Sea

    The Old Man and the Sea

    The Old Man and the Sea

    6.51958HD

    Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it...

    The Old Man and the Sea
  • 1953
    Indiscretion of an American Wife

    Indiscretion of an American Wife

    Indiscretion of an American Wife

    5.91953HD

    While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave...

    Indiscretion of an American Wife
  • 1950
    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5.41950HD

    Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...

    The Eagle and the Hawk
  • 1992
    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    71992HD

    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

    Visions of Light
  • 1952
    The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

    4.51952HD

    The feminist author of a national best-seller titled The Lady Says No meets a sexist magazine photographer and decides she'd rather say yes.

    The Lady Says No
  • 1941
    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    41941HD

    On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having...

    Navy Blues
  • 1935
    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    5.71935HD

    Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with...

    The Night Is Young
  • 1945
    Counter-Attack

    Counter-Attack

    Counter-Attack

    61945HD

    Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.

    Counter-Attack
  • 2007
    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    62007HD

    Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and...

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
  • 1954
    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

    5.71954HD

    The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Go Man Go
  • 1955
    Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

    Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

    Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

    01955HD

    During the dark days of the Civil War, a doctor gives President Lincoln a puppy to buoy his spirits.

    Lincoln's Doctor's Dog
  • 1938
    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    51938HD

    Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

    Comet Over Broadway