Robert McWade Movies

In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little...

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of...

A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly...

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

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

Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.

When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and...

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.

Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.

American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress...

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

Skyline is a 1931 drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel, East Side, West Side by...

Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with...

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow...

The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in...

Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her...

Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.