Charles Smith Movies

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter...

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...

Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal forbids the student band from playing swing music.

A psychiatrist tries to help a newlywed wife, who is depressed and suicidal over her sexual problems.

Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named...

Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house.

A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.

Press agent Jimmy Gates gets an idea while watching a New York parade, for a returned war hero Sergeant Buzz McAllister, with his chief client,...

A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back and comes up with a plan to...

A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's...