Movies by Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.

Too Much Harmony

Too Much Harmony

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native

The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.

It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise

To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.

Danger on the Air

Danger on the Air

Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.

The Meanest Gal in Town

The Meanest Gal in Town

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.

The Night Club Lady

The Night Club Lady

A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

The Past of Mary Holmes

The Past of Mary Holmes

Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan...

Polo Joe

Polo Joe

A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.

The Social Lion

The Social Lion

Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit ...

Love Among the Millionaires

Love Among the Millionaires

A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich when he invites her to spend some time with he and his family in Palm Springs.

The Sport Parade

The Sport Parade

Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

Riptide

Riptide

Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years. Then, a trip to the Italian Riviera unexpectedly reunites Mary with her former beau, Tommie. After some vicious gossip makes Rexford distrust her, he begins work on a divorce. Mary must now choose between the man she has married and the man she once loved.

Honey

Honey

A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.

Espionage

Espionage

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

Woman Unafraid

Woman Unafraid

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

Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.

The Crosby Case

The Crosby Case

Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.

Duke of Chicago

Duke of Chicago

To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.