Hal K. Dawson Movies

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for...

A millionaire courts a working-class woman.

In 1880s New York City newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing...

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and...

An elderly businessman plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a...

Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.

A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.

A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.

Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked...

Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.

Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank...

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.