Movies: Knox Manning

Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan....

The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans....

Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa....

Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence....

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, sing...

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters....

The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster...and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw....

A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent....

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Pres...

Sergeant MacLane of the Mounties investigates the disruptive activities of a bunch of troublemakers....

Most of the footage is devoted to the annual Passion Play at Lawton, Oklahoma, enacted by volunteers from several nearby communities. This portion of The Lawton Story was directed by Harold Daniels and narrated by radio announcer Knox Manning. To bri...

Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood....

A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital where a Major comes by and explains how army doctors make important advances in medical science. Th...

A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack....

Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer....

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention....

This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on....

This short film showcases the skills of Howard Hill, known as the "World's Greatest Archer"....

A dog trains for the battlefield and becomes a crucial part of the United States military. This 1945 short documentary film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short, One-Reel....

A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China....