Ray McCarey

Ray McCarey

Total Credits at Criticker: 47 (Director), 5 (Writer)

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    Pack Up Your Troubles
    The boys' Army buddy, Eddie Smith, is killed in the trenches in France, leaving his baby girl an orphan... (imdb)
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    Men in Black
    Men in Black (1934) - Short Film
    The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day. (imdb)
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    Three Little Pigskins
    The stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big game and get it in the end. Lucille Ball has a nice part as a gun moll. (imdb)
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    The Falcon\
    A wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen and murders ensue. (imdb)
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    Harry Warren: America\
    Songwriter Harry Warren performs several of his own compositions, including "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" and "Shadow Waltz." (imdb)
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    The Devil\
    Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion. (imdb)
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    Torchy Runs for Mayor
    Torchy Blane is investigating the political career of mayor Dr. Dolan, who has installed a corrupt leadership. She demands a new election, and after the opposition's candidate is murdered, she decides to run for mayor. (imdb)
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    Scram!
    Scram! (1932) - Short Film
    Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint. They revive her with what they think is water, but is actually gin, and all get tipsy in the process. Outside, the drunk realizes he's at the wrong house and stumbles off. Eventually, the real homeowner arrives... (imdb)
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    The Mystery Man
    When he runs short of money, a newspaper reporter pawns a police revolver he was given after he helped the police solve a case. Later on the gun is used in a murder, and the reporter is suspected of committing the crime. (imdb)
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    Strange Triangle
    Viperish Francine Huber seduces visiting salesman Sam Crane. Sam later finds out that Francine is married to a business associate of his and decides to have no more to do with her. Francine is relentless and soon gets Sam involved in trying to cover up her husband's embezzling activities and ultimately implicates him in a murder. (imdb)
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    You Can\
    Andrew and Clara are school sweethearts whose marriage goes stale after five years. Andrew is a hard worker at the firm, but it seems that all he does is work. When Mr. Battincourt from London must be entertained, Andrew gets stuck entertaining him - and he Battincourt likes to party. Andrew is only doing his job, but Clara thinks differently and tosses him out. Andrew tries to reason with Clara, but Mother is against him. (imdb)
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    The Perfect Snob
    Her mother (Greenwood) wants her to find wealth; her father (Ruggles) tells her to seek love. She (Bari) finds both in Hawaiian hunk (Wilde). (imdb)
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    Accent on Love
    Wealthy young man takes a job as a WPA ditch digger and falls for an immigrant girl and divorces his wife and tries to help the poor. (imdb)
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    Cadet Girl
    West Point cadet Tex Mallory falls in love with Gene Baxter, a girl who sings with his brother's band. Even though it will mean his leaving the Academy, they decide to marry. But when brother Bob writes a patriotic ballad, Tex knows service to country must come before marriage. (imdb)
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    The Cowboy and the Blonde
    Rodeo rider Lank tries his hand at movie making. Spoiled established star Crystal throws tantrums, but after the rodeo she's easy for Lank to handle. It's the "Taming of the Shrew" Hollywood style. (imdb)
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    A Gentleman at Heart
    Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough bookie with the proverbial golden heart. Romero falls in love with Carole Landis, an art shop proprietor who introduces her raffish romeo into the world of fine art. Utilizing his gambling skills, he amasses an impressive collection of valuable paintings, only to discover that there are just as many crooks and phonies in the art world as there are at the race track. (allrovi.com)
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    It Happened in Flatbush
    It Happened in Flatbush is a likable baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers' pennant win. Lloyd Nolan portrays an ace ballplayer who was disgraced while still in college and is only able to secure work as a team manager. He takes charge of an unnamed Brooklyn team and whips in into a World Series contender. (allrovi.com)
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    In the Dough
    In the Dough (1932) - Short Film
    A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef.
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    Free Eats
    Free Eats (1932) - Short Film
    The kids help capture a family of thieves. (imdb)
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    Salt Water Daffy
    Two screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor. (imdb)
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    Two Plus Fours
    Two Plus Fours (1930) - Short Film
    This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of Jazz where lead singer Bing Crosby made his motion picture debut. Shortly afterwards the trio broke up and Bing went solo and the rest was history. (imdb)
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    Henry the Ache
    Henry the Ache (1934) - Short Film
    Shemp Howard stars in this old parody of the then-current film "King Henry The Eighth". Also starring Bert Lahr in the title role. (youtube.com)
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    Girl o\
    A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school. (imdb)
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    Sunset Range
    Grant hides stolen money in the luggage of Bonnie Shea who is moving west. Later when he and his men arrive to retrieve the money, they also kidnap Bonnie. This sends Reasonin' Bates and his cowhands on their horses after the gangsters in their cars. (imdb)
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    Wild People
    Wild People (1932) - Short Film
    The Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New Guinea, with the aborigines as performers. (imdb)
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    Atlantic City
    Vaudeville acts are re-created in the story of how Atlantic City became a famous resort. (imdb)
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    Life Begins with Love
    A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities. (imdb)
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    Millionaires in Prison
    The title of Millionaires in Prison pertains to four individuals. Two of the incarcerated millionaires, Bruce Vander (Raymond Walburn) and Harold Kellogg (Thurston Hall) have become the fall guys in a corporate swindle; the other two are brokers James Brent (Morgan Conway) and Sidney Keats (Chester Clute), who scheme to arrange an illicit stock deal in the joint. (allmovie.com)
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    Here Comes Flossie!
    A farmer gives his sons $50 to go and buy whatever they want to. One son orders a cow and the other son orders a bride--and both are named Flossie. Complications ensue. (imdb)
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    Gobs of Fun
    Gobs of Fun (1933) - Short Film
    Two sailors have shore leave. They both plan on spending it with the same girl, Lulu. Lulu is the kind of girl who has a boyfriend on every ship and a husband on the side. (imdb)
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    So This Is Washington
    Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice. (imdb)
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    Tomalio
    Tomalio (1933) - Short Film
    Roscoe runs afoul of a demented Mexican general.
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    Close Relations
    Close Relations (1933) - Short Film
    Young Wilbur Wart gets a letter from a man who may be his rich uncle. It seems the uncle is dying and looking for heirs to leave his fortune to. On his way to his uncle's place, he gets into a fight with a man who turns out to be his long-lost cousin Harry, who is also on his way to the uncle's. Wilbur and Harry both plot to screw the other out of the inheritance, but it turns out that there may be more to the uncle than there seems to be. (imdb)
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    Howd\
    Twp sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them. (imdb)
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    I Scream
    I Scream (1934) - Short Film
    An over-eager ice cream delivery man is mistakenly hired by an insurance company that is being bankrupted by paying off claims related to a gang war. (imdb)
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    Pugs and Kisses
    Pugs and Kisses (1934) - Short Film
    A glass-jawed champ is the victim of an elaborate prank hatched by his manager in order to get him off of women and to focus on boxing.
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    Little Orvie
    Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
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    Hizzoner
    Hizzoner (1933) - Short Film
    In this comedy short not-so-smart copper Bert Lahr gets in over his head when he becomes a mock candidate for mayor.
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    Goodbye Broadway
    Molly and Pat Malloy, a married couple of famed vaudeville performers on the verge of retirement, arrive in a small Connecticut town to play a show, When they're insulted by the clerk of the shabby local hotel, the Malloys buy the hotel just for the satisfaction of firing him. But this aggravates the local realtor who's had his eye on the property. (Wikipedia)
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    That Other Woman
    Secretary Emily Borden is in love with her boss, Henry Summers, but he is too involved with Constance Powell to notice. Ralph is interested in Emily, but she has no interest in him. Emily's grandmother gives her some advice, and a complicated plan, on how to get Henry's interest.
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    Hot Tip
    Jane McGill has fallen in love with Ben Johnson and would like to marry him. But her mother Belle has set certain conditions for that to happen. Father Jimmy decides that betting on the horses will help the kids out.
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    Passport to Destiny
    A British cleaning woman believes a glass eye has magical powers that will protect her from harm. She travels from London to Berlin and manages to obtain a job as a cleaning woman at Hitler's headquarters. However, her assassination plan is foiled. But, she and other secret agents manage to escape to London during RAF bombing raid of the Reich Chancery.
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    Let\
    After the U.S. Senate allocates two billion dollars for veteran bonuses, Harrison Gentry, owner of Gentry Machinery and Supply Co. in Gentry, Oklahoma, plans to use his $1,100 bonus to marry his secretary and fiance of five years, Caroline Williams. Harrison's maiden aunts, with whom he lives, however, hope to use his bonus to erect a granite shaft in honor of their father on twenty acres they purchased eleven years before as "Ezra Gentry Park."
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    Water Sports
    Water Sports (1935) - Short Film
    A documentary showcasing water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard at 45 mph.
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    Get Along Little Hubby
    When a man's wife inherits $50,000, he quits his job and assumes that he can now take life easy. However, his newly rich wife has her own ideas of how he is going to spend his time.
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    Outside These Walls
    Dan Sparling (;Michael Whalen (I)')is a brilliant, crusading journalist, but also a man with a prison record, earned after he had embezzled to meet the needs of an extravagant wife. He plunges into the fury of a political campaign, with the opposing newspaper being owned by Margaret Bronson (Dolores Costello').
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    The Gay Intruders
    John and Maria are successful onstage but have marriage problems offstage. When they go to married psychiatrists Dr. Matson and Dr. Nash, they grow together as the doctors begin to fight.
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