Ray Foster

The Judge (1949)

A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients. ...

11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band" (1944)

A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard Band, led by singer Rudy Vallee, and saluting the Naval branches of the military. ...

All Girl Revue (1940)

Women are put in charge of the city government for a day, and the mayor must go to the train station to greet an opera singer. ...

Double or Nothing (1940)

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars. ...

Frances Carroll & 'The Coquettes' (1940)

Bandleader Frances Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in several swing tunes. ...

One for the Book (1940)

In this entertaining short, famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark. ...

Symphony of Swing (1939)

Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform four popular songs, "Alone Together", "Jeepers Creepers", "Deep Purple", and "Lady Be Good". ...

At Home (1939)

The Knight Is Young (1938)

June never leaves her apartment, which has a view of an advertising sign of a knight in shining armor. She is two weeks behind in her rent and believes that if she leaves the apartment, the landlord will never let her back in. The only way she gets food is ...

Toyland Casino (1938)

A score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue. ...

The Great Library Misery (1938)

A man desiring to join the Grouch Club describes the terrible experience of trying to check out a book from a public library. ...

Swing Cat's Jamboree (1938)

"Swing cat" Louis Prima and his jazz quartette play songs and accompany featured singers and dancers. ...

Night Intruder (1938)

The Prisoner of Swing (1938)

Musical satire based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king. ...

Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1938)

The government has set up a special agency to stamp out what it considers the number one public menace: the jitterbug. They aren't after the many followers, but the primary perpetrator of the jitterbug, who they've coined "Public Jitterbug No. 1". Hal Stur ...

Alibi Mark (1937)

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder. ...

Ups and Downs (1937)

An elevator operator and an engaged girl in love dodge the girl's fiancee and attempt to win over her father. ...

Postal Union (1937)

A telegraph postal union worker has no luck when asks a pretty co-worker to marry him. She says he'd have to be a magician to get her to say yes. Things are complicated when, as a favor to a stuttering acquaintance, he takes his overweight girlfriend to th ...

Mal Hallett and His Orchestra (1937)

Mal Hallett and his Orchestra perform three songs with featured dancers ...

A Neckin' Party (1937)

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy travel to Mexico and enrage a jealous boyfriend. ...

Double Talk (1937)

Orphanage manager Dr. Bergen tries to get a rich woman to adopt Charlie McCarthy. ...

Movie-Mania (1937)

Dave Apollon is a one-man production staff, who puts on a stage show as writer, director, producer, bandleader, art director, and other jobs. ...

Home Run on the Keys (1937)

In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio. ...

Hotel a la Swing (1937)

In this musical-comedy short, an out-of-work theatre troupe assumes management of the debt-ridden Grand Majestic Hotel. ...

Nut Guilty (1936)

In this short film, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day, dispensing their own comic brand of justice. ...

The Backyard Broadcast (1936)

In this short film, a boy holds a talent show in his backyard by and for his adolescent friends. ...

Rhythmitis (1936)

A doctor develops pills that make Hal a great tap dancer. Lola Green sees Hal dancing in a drugstore and asks him to join her vaudeville show. Everything is fine until Hal's pills disappear. ...

Maid for a Day (1936)

Real-life mother and son entertainers Grace and Peter Lind Hayes star as a mother and her son. She's a fading Broadway star working as a maid to prep for a possible comeback role and he's the offspring who wants to follow in mom's footsteps. ...

I'm Much Obliged (1936)

Newspaper columnist Mr. Inquisitive telephones readers to ask, "What would you like to do?", with the chosen responses being eligible for a prize. The callees include torch singer Vera Van, bandleader Lester Cole (and his Texas Rangers), and other late-per ...

Calling All Tars (1936)

This early comedy short has Bob Hope and John Berkes putting on sailor uniforms to find dates, getting mistaken for real sailors and being dragged back to a Navy ship by the shore patrol. Though not much plot, the short does give each star a chance to shin ...

Rushin' Art (1936)

An expert on Russian art apparently doesn't know as much about it as he thinks he does. ...

Paree, Paree (1934)

A young American man in Paris spots a beautiful woman in a crowd and is instantly smitten, but soon loses sight of her. Later, as he and several friends are sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe and he is describing her to them, he sees her again. His frie ...

The Grand Dame (1931)

Peggy is a gangster's moll from New Jersey, living a pampered life in Manhattan with three French maids. Blue bloods from England have invited her to tea this afternoon; she's looking forward to her initiation into high society. She takes a Rolls to a club ...