Fred Kelsey Movies

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up...

Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.

Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and...

When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well...

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.

A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead....

When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him....

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine...

Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.

In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.

Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!)...

A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.

Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts...

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's...

A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.

The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his ballet-loving son.

Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking...