Movies by Lucile Gleason

Girls About Town

Girls About Town

A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.

The Pagan Lady

The Pagan Lady

Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on a dare. He drinks the concoction down in one swallow and also manages to outsmart Dot's boss and his rum-running hooligans. You see, Dingo is a bootlegger himself. He literally sweeps the lady off her feet and they set up housekeeping in a tropical hotel full of colorful characters, some of whom are in the bootlegging business too.

The Nurse from Brooklyn

The Nurse from Brooklyn

A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.

The Higgins Family

The Higgins Family

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

I Like it That Way

I Like it That Way

A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.

The Beloved Brat

The Beloved Brat

Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.

Woman Unafraid

Woman Unafraid

A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.

Don't Bet on Love

Don't Bet on Love

A plumber wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. His manicurist girlfriend stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.

Girl of the Rio

Girl of the Rio

A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.

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.

Take It Big

Take It Big

Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her re...