Matthew Beard Movies

A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the...

Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community.

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

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

Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which...

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

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...

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...

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

The kids help capture a family of thieves.

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

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...

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...

Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.

In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased...

Members of the Hall Johnson Choir play members of a church congregation in the deep South in 1936. THey hold an open-air tent-and-camp meeting in...

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

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.