John Alton Movies

A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and...

Four young performers form an act and get a job in a nightclub. Before long, one of them gets the idea that the act is all about him, and his changes...

Promoter Ann Porter decides to start her own Ice Show despite the efforts of ex-racketeer Duke Baldwin who owns a rival show. Jeff Stewart, a rich,...

Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He...

A young woman travels with her uncle to the city, there she works with a singer who she will have to replace. Later, she goes blind.

A film star enjoys a romance with the daughter of a puppeteer, but his criminal past threatens to ruin it.

A gaucho unjustly accused of murder becomes a dangerous nomad.

The story follows Jaime Lara, a passenger whose ship makes a stop in Buenos Aires for one day. Lara elopes, leaving his wife on board, and walks...

Based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger, and the Giacomo Puccini opera. The young, tubercular seamstress, Mimi, falls in...

The romance between Amalia Sáenz de Olabarrieta –a widow living in Buenos Aires– and the young Unitarian Eduardo Belgrano. Based...

A famous singer in love with a woman takes the blame for a crime to save her.

A warehouse employee travels to Buenos Aires with the purpose of rescuing the young woman he is in love with from a gang of criminals.

Nina Miranda leaves jail after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit and recalls the time of her youth.

The exploits of two recently arrived immigrants in Argentina.

Presents testimony from Patricia King Hanson and Richard Schickel and archival input from cinematographer John Alton.

A rural businessman is robbed by a corrupt partner and his cadet son and good student aspires to run the business.