Russell Gleason Movies

An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

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...

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.

Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who...

A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a...

The Shady Lady is a 1928 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith.

After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter...

The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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...

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...

Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners....

The police use a gangster's son to get to him.

Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this...

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

A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from his studies, his flirtation with a widow and his...

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