Matthew Beard Movies

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing...

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He...

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty...

Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.

A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his...

The kids help capture a family of thieves.

The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent...

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

The gang attends a radio station amateur show.

The gang decides to build their own fire engine.

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's...