Hal K. Dawson Movies

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

A murderous and decrepit old woman resides on a California walnut farm with her family. On a whim, a traveler named Jodie makes a brief side trip to...

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

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

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian...

An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne,...

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.

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

An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself...

Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.

A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked...

Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series. Dagwood...

Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.