Douglas Shearer Movies

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land...

A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy...

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon...

The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though,...

Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a...

Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate...

The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the...

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor [also known as The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture] is a 1953 American short musical film produced by Johnny...

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed,...

A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he...

A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daughter.

The Spanish-language version of 1930's The Big House.

A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses...