Movies by Russell Gleason

A Tenderfoot Goes West

A Tenderfoot Goes West

Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate and civilized East, so he takes a vacation to see the land he knows nothing about. Rancher Ann Keith and her cowhands, who have read and laughed at Pike's "wild" west, decide to give him a shock impression that is even wilder than depicted in his imaginative literary flights. Gang leader "Killer" Madden and his bandits decide to make the staged robberies real ones and Pike is arrested for the crimes Madden has pulled.

Hot Water

Hot Water

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

Young as You Feel

Young as You Feel

Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home.

A Trip to Paris

A Trip to Paris

The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be victimized by clever Parisian con artists.

Borrowing Trouble

Borrowing Trouble

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

Off to the Races

Off to the Races

The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.

Here I Am a Stranger

Here I Am a Stranger

The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

Big Business

Big Business

A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

Love on a Budget

Love on a Budget

This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.

The Higgins Family

The Higgins Family

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

Undercover Agent

Undercover Agent

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Hot Tip

Hot Tip

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

Officer O'Brien

Officer O'Brien

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 loves Bill, is concerned when her brother, Johnny, who witnessed the murder, proposes to testify against the racketeer. Meanwhile, Captain Antrim informs Bill that his father has just been released from prison and does not know his son is a policeman. On the way from prison, O'Brien (J. P.) meets Limo, a former cockney pal who recognizes Bill and keeps J. P. from seeing his son; later, J. P. ar...

Dudes Are Pretty People

Dudes Are Pretty People

Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.

Beyond Victory

Beyond Victory

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

The Covered Trailer

The Covered Trailer

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 unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.

Earl of Puddlestone

Earl of Puddlestone

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 his family has "royal" connections.

Money To Burn

Money To Burn

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