Movies: W.S. Van Dyke

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet....

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title....

During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her....

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created....

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to...

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use....

A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry....

Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. When he falls in love with a native girl, her guardian, who is trying to bring her up as a 'proper' Christian, but who also lust...

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood....

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast....

William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl....

15 part adventure serial directed by W. S. Van Dyke survives in a Russian archive....

Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no good and forces Cliff to fulfill his agreement to do research in Africa in exchange for paying gambling...

"'Boxcar' Simmons, a tramp, represents himself as a mining millionaire in a small town. The population accepts him at his own valuation, and two of the town's 'slickers' make desperate efforts to 'take him for his roll.' One of their schemes is to se...

An Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along some of his warriors. The cavalry is sent out for them....

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks ...

Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital....

A German Shepherd Dog and the people he loves are entangled in World War One....

Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband....

Story of a cowboy who saves an old cobbler from being abused by a nasty banker. The banker does not take kindly to Hartwell's interfering and orders his henchman to kill the upstart....