2025-11-15 Go West (1925) imdb.com
Director: Buster KeatonSynopsis: With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
Cast: Buster Keaton as Friendless, Howard Truesdale as Owner of the Diamond Bar Ranch, Kathleen Myers as His Daughter
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
filmcentric.wordpress.com
threestooges.net
silverscreenings.org
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2025-11-15 Seven Chances (1925) imdb.com
Director: Buster KeatonSynopsis: Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
Cast: Buster Keaton as James 'Jimmie' Shannon, T. Roy Barnes as Billy Meekin, Snitz Edwards as Lawyer, Ruth Dwyer as Mary Jones, Frances Raymond as Mrs. Jones, Jean Arthur as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist
Links
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themoviedb.org
whowhatwhy.org
bayflicks.net
billsmovieemporium.wordpress.com
| Jimmie, Mary | Lawyer, Jimmie, Billy | Jimmie trying to propose | |
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2025-11-14 The Freshman (1925) imdb.com
Director: Sam TaylorSynopsis: Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
Cast: Harold Lloyd as Harold Lamb, Jobyna Ralston as Peggy, Pat Harmon as The Football Coach, May Wallace as Harold's Mother
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Film
themoviedb.org
sensesofcinema.com
criterion.com
criterion.com
| Harold's Mom and Dad | With Dad | Dreaming about college | In the train with Peggy |
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| Arrival to the campus | Peggy in the mirror | With Peggy | At the party |
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| With the football coach | With the dog | Football adventures | |
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2025-11-09 Smouldering Fires (1925) imdb.com
Director: Clarence BrownSynopsis: A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
Cast: Pauline Frederick as Jane Vale, Laura La Plante as Dorothy Vale, Malcolm McGregor as Robert Elliott, Tully Marshall as Scotty
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Film
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silentfilm.org
web.stanford.edu
| Jane Vale | Scotty, Jane Vale, Robert | Jane Vale | Jane Vale, Robert |
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| Scotty, Robert, Jane Vale | Dorothy, Jane Vale | Jane Vale, Robert, Dorothy | Dorothy, Robert, Jane with young friends |
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2025-11-08 False Faces (1932) imdb.com
Director: Lowell ShermanSynopsis: The philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24 hours to vacate the state. He sets himself up in Chicago as a 'prestigious' plastic surgeon to the stars. However, Brenton's silver tongue can't cover up his dubious methods, and an investigation into his practice is launched by the examining board of plastic surgeons. A delirious film à clef based on the loathsome career of Henry J. Schireson, the self-styled “King of Quacks”.
Cast: Lowell Sherman as Dr. Silas Brenton, Peggy Shannon as Elsie Fryer, Lila Lee as Georgia Rand, Berton Churchill as Dr. J.B. Parker, Purnell Pratt as Jefferson Howe, Helene Millard as June Deering
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nytimes.com
pre-code.com
| Brenton, Parker | Georgia, Brenton | Brenton, Elsie | June Deering | |
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| Scandal news | Sisters Nation | Brenton, Jefferson Howe | At the court |
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2025-11-07 This Day and Age (1933) imdb.com
Director: Cecil B. DeMilleSynopsis: A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.
Cast: Charles Bickford as Louis Garrett, Richard Cromwell as Steve Smith, Judith Allen as Gay Merrick, Bradley Page as Toledo, Harry Green as Herman, Samuel S. Hinds as Mayor
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
variety.com
classicflix.com
obscurehollywood.net
| Herman, Louis Garrett | Steve Smith, Gay Merrick | Toledo, Gay Merrick | ||
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2025-04-19 Trouble in Paradise (1932) imdb.com
Director: Ernst LubitschSynopsis: Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
Cast: Miriam Hopkins as Lily, Kay Francis as Mariette Colet, Herbert Marshall as Gaston Monescu, Charles Ruggles as The Major
Links
Film
tcm.com
rogerebert.com
cinemaromantico.org
thefilmspectrum.com
| Mariette Colet | The Major, Mariette Colet | Gaston Monescu, Mariette Colet, Major | Mariette Colet, Gaston Monescu | |
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| Mariette Colet, Lily, Gaston Monescu | Lily, Mariette Colet | |||
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2024-12-10 Marked Woman (1937) imdb.com
Director: Lloyd BaconSynopsis: In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Cast: Bette Davis as Mary Strauber, Humphrey Bogart as David Graham, Isabel Jewell as Emmy Lou Eagan, Mayo Methot as Estelle Porter, Jane Bryan as Betty Strauber, Eduardo Ciannelli as Johnny Vanning, Damian O'Flynn as Ralph Krawford
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
tcm.com
variety.com
| Vanning | Vanning, Mary | Mary | Mary with drunk client | Estelle, Mary, Ralph Krawford | |
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| Emmy, Estelle, Mary | Mary, her sister Betty with girls | Mary, David Graham | Mary beaten up | At the court | |
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2024-08-13 Libeled Lady (1936) imdb.com
Director: Jack ConwaySynopsis: When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Cast: Jean Harlow as Gladys Benton, William Powell as William 'Bill' Stephens Chandler, Myrna Loy as Constance 'Connie' Allenbury, Spencer Tracy as Warren Haggerty, Walter Connolly as James B. Allenbury, E. E. Clive as Fishing Instructor
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Film
slantmagazine.com
rogersmovienation.com
silverscreenclassicsblog.wordpress.com
| Connie, Warren | Bill, Gladys, Warren | Gladys | Bill, Connie | Bill, Connie, James Allenbury | |
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| Connie, Bill | Fishing instructor, Gladys, Bill | Connie, Bill | Connie, James Allenbury | Bill, Connie | Bill, Warren |
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2024-07-27 Red Dust (1932) imdb.com
Director: Victor FlemingSynopsis: Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.
Cast: Clark Gable as Dennis Carson, Jean Harlow as Vantine Jefferson, Mary Astor as Barbara 'Babs' Willis, Gene Raymond as Gary Willis, Donald Crisp as Guidon, Tully Marshall as 'Mac' McQuarg
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filmsite.org
pre-code.com
fourstarfilmfan.com
| Gary, Dennis, Barbara | Dennis, Barbara | Vantine | ||
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| Mac, Vantine | Vantine, Dennis, Guidon | Vantine, Barbara | Vantine, Dennis | |
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2024-07-24 Dinner at Eight (1933) imdb.com
Director: George CukorSynopsis: An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Cast: Marie Dressler as Carlotta Vance, John Barrymore as Larry Renault, Lee Tracy as Max Kane, Wallace Beery as Dan Packard, Jean Harlow as Kitty Packard, Lionel Barrymore as Oliver Jordan, Billie Burke as Millicent Jordan, Madge Evans as Paula Jordan, Edmund Lowe as Dr. Wayne Talbot, Grant Mitchell as Ed Loomis, Louise Closser Hale as Hattie Loomis, Phillips Holmes as Ernest DeGraff, Hilda Vaughn as Tina
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
Tim Dirks. Flm
Tim Dirks. Great moments
pre-code.com
| Kitty | Dan Packard, Kitty | Kitty, Tina | Oliver Jordan, Millicent Jordan, Dr. Wayne Talbot | Carlotta Vance, Oliver Jordan | |
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| Carlotta Vance, Paula Jordan, Ernest DeGraff | Paula Jordan, Larry Renault | Max Kane, Larry Renault | Carlotta Vance, Paula Jordan | Hattie Loomis, Ed Loomis | |
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2024-07-17 Possessed (1931) imdb.com
Director: Clarence BrownSynopsis: Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer can make her dreams come true, but there is only one problem, he will give her everything but a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?
Cast: Joan Crawford as Marian Martin / 'Mrs. Moreland', Clark Gable as Mark Whitney, Wallace Ford as Al Manning, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Wally Stuart
Links
Film
The Mirage (play)
pre-code.com
aurorasginjoint.com
| Al, Marian | Marian at the trainstation | Wally, Marian | Mark, Marian | |
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| Mark, Al, maid, Marian | Al rejected by Marian | Marian defends Mark | ||
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2024-06-16 Hot Saturday (1932) imdb.com
Director: William A. SeiterSynopsis: A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
Cast: Cary Grant as Romer Sheffield, Nancy Carroll as Ruth Brock, Randolph Scott as Bill Fadden, Edward Woods as Conny Billop, Rose Coghlan as Annie Brock, William Collier Sr. as Mr. Brock, Jane Darwell as Mrs. Brock
Links
Film
bamfstyle.com
pre-code.com
videolibrarian.com
eriklundegaard.com
| Ruth, Romer | Romer, Connie | Conny, Ruth | |||
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| Bill, Ruth | Randolph Scott and Nancy Carroll | Mrs. Brock, Annie, Bill, Ruth, Mr. Brock | Bill, Ruth | Ruth breaks with Bill |
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2024-06-14 Pavement Butterfly (1929) imdb.com
Director: Richard EichbergSynopsis: In this, her second silent film with Eichberg, Wong plays Princess Butterfly, an exotic Parisian fan dancer whose “death leap through a circle of naked swords” act goes tragically wrong. Blamed for the impalement of a fellow performer, she runs away and takes shelter with a handsome but starving painter who she brings luck.
Cast: Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang, Alexander Granach as Coco, S.Z. Sakall as Paul Bennet, Elwood Fleet Bostwick as Mr. Working, Tilla Garden as Ellis Working - Mr. Working's daughter, Gaston Jacquet as Baron de Neuve, Fred Louis Lerch as Fedja Kusmin
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
letterboxd.com
| Hai-Tang | Hai-Tang, Coco | Fedja, Hai-Tang | Paul Bennet, Hai-Tang | Hai-Tang | |
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| Baron de Neuve, Hai-Tang | Ellis, Mr.Working, Fedja | Ellis, Fedja, Coco | Coco exposed | |
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2024-05-05 She Married Her Boss (1935) imdb.com
Director: Gregory La CavaSynopsis: A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.
Cast: Claudette Colbert as Julia Scott, Melvyn Douglas as Richard Barclay, Michael Bartlett as Leonard 'Lennie' Rogers, Jean Dixon as Martha Pryor, Katharine Alexander as Gertrude Barclay, Edith Fellows as Annabel Barclay
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
nytimes.com
Youtube. Richard drunk
Youtube. Full movie
| Richard, Julia | Gertrude, Richard | Annabel | |
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2023-11-12 Clash of the Wolves (1925) imdb.com
Director: Noel M.SmithSynopsis: A fire in the mountains drives a wolf pack into the nearby desert where they terrorize the local residents. The leader of the wolf pack is Lobo, actually a halfbreed (Rin Tin Tin). When the pack is discovered hunting a herd of cows, a posse gives chase. Lobo leaves his pack to lead the posse away. He is injured and found by a local prospector, Dave Weston (Charles Farrell). The prospector nurses Lobo back to health and the two become close friends. Meanwhile, Weston has made a Borax find in the area. His girlfriend May Barstowe (June Marlowe), daughter of a wealthy rancher, is pleased. However, the local chemist, Borax Horton (Pat Hartigan), actually a claim jumper, plans to steal the claim.
Cast: Rin-Tin-Tin as Lobo - Leader of the Wolf Pack, Nanette as Lobo's Mate, Charles Farrell as Dave Weston, June Marlowe as May Barstowe, Heinie Conklin as Alkali Bill, Will Walling as Sam Barstowe, Pat Hartigan as William 'Borax' Horton
Links
Film
Library of Congress review
moviessilently.com
| Dave | Lobo sick | Lobo | Lobo's mate, Lobo | Dave, May, Bill |
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| May, Bill, Sam | Lobo, Bill | May, Dave | May, Horton, Lobo | Lobo, wounded Dave |
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2023-11-10 Our Hospitality (1923) imdb.com
Director: John G. BlystoneSynopsis: A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his.
Cast: Buster Keaton as William McKay, Joe Roberts as Joseph Canfield, Natalie Talmadge as Virginia Canfield, Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Clayton Canfield, Craig Ward as Lee Canfield
Links
Film
Plot Summary
rogerebert.com
slantmagazine.com
frenchfilms.org
Youtube. Full movie
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| Willie, Clayton Canfield | Wllie, Virginia | Joseph Canfield | Willie, Joseph Canfield |
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| Lee, Clayton, Joseph Canfield | Virginia | Willie, Virginia | The waterfall |
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| The waterfall | Willie's handshake with Joseph Canfield | ||
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2023-11-09 So This Is Paris (1926) imdb.com
Director: Ernst LubitschSynopsis: Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers in revealing outfits, she demands Paul speak to them about their lack of morality. Paul discovers that the woman is Georgette Lalle, an old flame.
Cast: Monte Blue as Dr. Paul Giraud, Patsy Ruth Miller as Mme. Suzanne Giraud, Lilyan Tashman as Mme. Georgette Lalle, A Dancer, George Beranger as M. Maurice Lalle, Georgette's Husband
Links
Film
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scottholleran.com
sensesofcinema.com
Youtube. Full movie
| Georgette, Maurice | Paul, Maurice, Georgette | Pual, Suzanne | Georgette, Paul | Paul, Georgette | |
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| Maurice, Suzanne | Georgette, Maurice | Georgette, Paul dancing | Police, Maurice | Suzanne, Paul | |
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2023-11-04 Safety Last! (1923) imdb.com
Director: Sam TaylorSynopsis: When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Cast: Harold Lloyd as The Boy - Harold, Mildred Davis as The Girl, Bill Strother as The Pal, Noah Young as The Law, Westcott Clarke as The Floorwalker, Roy Brooks as Man Laughing from Window
Links
Film
Tim Dirks
rogerebert.com
jaysclassicmovieblog.com
youtube.com
| The Girl, Harold | Harold's car adventures | Harold at the jeweller | In the store with customers | ||
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| The Floorwalker | Harold pretends he is the boss | The Law, Harold, the Pal | Harold, the Pal | ||
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| The Girl | City view below | Harold climbing | Man Laughing from Window | Girls looking from window | |
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| Birds | Climbing | The clock scene | On the roof | The Girl, Harold |
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2023-11-03 Within the Law (1923) imdb.com
Director: Frank LloydSynopsis: When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.
Cast: Norma Talmadge as Mary Turner, Jack Mulhall as Richard Gilder - son, Joseph Kilgour as Edward Gilder, Lew Cody as Joe Garson, Eileen Percy as Aggie Lynch
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Film
Play
themoviedb.org
tcm.com
Youtube. Full movie
| Mary Turner | Edward, Richard Gilder | ||
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| Mary Turner, Richard Gilder | Aggie Lynch, Mary Turner, Joe Garson | ||
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2023-05-29 Dark Victory (1939) imdb.com
Director: Edmund GouldingSynopsis: Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Cast: Bette Davis as Judith Traherne, George Brent as Dr. Frederick Steele, Humphrey Bogart as Michael O'Leary, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ann King, Ronald Reagan as Alec
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
tcm.com
filminquiry.com
vanguardofhollywood.com
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2023-05-27 The Old Maid (1939) imdb.com
Director: Edmund GouldingSynopsis: The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Cast: Bette Davis as Charlotte Lovell, Miriam Hopkins as Delia Lovell Ralston, George Brent as Clem Spender, Donald Crisp as Doctor Lanskell, Jane Bryan as Clementina, Marlene Burnett as Tina as a Child (uncredited)
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
Tim Dirks
tcm.com
frenchfilms.org
classicmoviefavorites.com
cometoverhollywood.com
| Charlotte | Charlotte, Delia | Delia | Charlotte, Clem | Charlotte, Clementina |
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| The nursery | Delia, Dr. Lanskell, Clementina | Delia, Charlotte | Charlotte | Clementina |
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2023-05-25 Employees' Entrance (1933) imdb.com
Director: Roy Del RuthSynopsis: Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her 'career move.'
Cast: Warren William as Kurt Anderson, Loretta Young as Madeleine, Wallace Ford as Martin West, Alice White as Polly, Charles Sellon as Higgins
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Film
themoviedb.org
prod-www.tcm.com
immortalephemera.com
pre-code.com
Youtube. Alice White
| Kurt Anderson | Kurt Andersom, Miss Hall | Kurt Anderson, Polly | Higgins | Kurt Anderson, Martin West | |
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2023-05-19 The Petrified Forest (1936) imdb.com
Director: Archie MayoSynopsis: Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Cast: Leslie Howard as Alan Squier, Bette Davis as Gabby Maple, Porter Hall as Jason Maple, Dick Foran as Boze Hertzlinger, Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee, Genevieve Tobin as Mrs. Chisholm, Paul Harvey as Mr. Chisholm, Joe Sawyer as Jackie
Links
Film
Petrified Forest National Park
themoviedb.org
wikiwand.com
classicfilmnoir.com
youtube.com
| The diner | Gabby | Jason | Boze, Gabby | ||
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| Alan, Gabby, Jason, Boze | Alan, Gabby | Duke | Alan, Boze, Gabby, Duke | Gabby, Jackie, Boze, Alan, Duke (behind) | |
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| Jackie | Gabby, Alan, Duke | Duke, Alan, Gabby | Gabby, Alan | Duke, Alan | Mrs. Chisholm, Mr. Chisholm |
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2023-05-03 The Public Enemy (1931) imdb.com
Director: William A. WellmanSynopsis: Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Cast: James Cagney as Tom Powers, Jean Harlow as Gwen Allen, Edward Woods as Matt Doyle, Joan Blondell as Mamie, Donald Cook as Mike Powers, Beryl Mercer as Ma Powers, Robert Emmett O'Connor as Paddy Ryan, Mae Clarke as Kitty, Rita Flynn as Molly Doyle
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
filmsite.org
kozaksclassiccinema.com
rogerebert.com
Youtube. Meeting Gwen
Youtube. Under attack
| Tom, Matt | Matt, Mamie, Tom, Kitty | |||
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| Mike, Paddy Ryan | Molly, Mike, Matt, Tom | Tom, Matt under attack | In the hospital: Mike, Ma, Molly, Tom | Tom's corpse brought home |
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2023-05-01 Five Star Final (1931) imdb.com
Director: Mervyn LeRoySynopsis: Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Cast: Edward G. Robinson as Joseph W. Randall, Marian Marsh as Jenny Townsend, H.B. Warner as Michael Townsend, Anthony Bushell as Phillip Weeks, George E. Stone as Ziggie Feinstein, Frances Starr as Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend, Ona Munson as Kitty Carmody, Boris Karloff as T. Vernon Isopod, Aline MacMahon as Miss Taylor, Oscar Apfel as Bernard Hinchecliffe
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Film
themoviedb.org
tcm.com
sensesofcinema.com
immortalephemera.com
| Joseph Randall | Bernard Hinchecliffe, Joseph Randall | Kitty, Joseph Randall | Ziggie Feinstein, Joseph Randall | Kitty, Miss Taylor, T. Vernon Isopod | |
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| T. Vernon Isopod | Michael Townsend, Jenny, Nancy, Phillip | Jenny, Phillip, Michael Townsend | Jenny, Phillip | ||
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2023-05-01 The Star Witness (1931) imdb.com
Director: William A. WellmanSynopsis: A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
Cast: Walter Huston as District Attorney Whitlock, Sally Blane as Sue Leeds, Ralph Ince as 'Maxey' Campo, George Ernest as Donny Leeds, Charles 'Chic' Sale as Grandpa Summerill
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
prod-www.tcm.com
trailersfromhell.com
frenchfilms.org
| Sue | Grandpa Summerill, Donny | Grandpa, DA Whitlock | Grandpa, Donny, DA Whitlock | 'Maxey' Campo, Grandpa, DA Whitlock |
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2022-11-04 Man with a Movie Camera (1929) imdb.com
Director: Dziga VertovSynopsis: A cameraman wanders around Moscow, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Cast: Mikhail Kaufman as The Cameraman
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
rogerebert.com
news.yale.edu
Youtube. Full movie
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2022-07-27 My Man Godfrey (1936) imdb.com
Director: Gregory La CavaSynopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a 'forgotten man' to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Cast: William Powell as Godfrey, Carole Lombard as Irene Bullock, Alice Brady as Angelica Bullock, Gail Patrick as Cornelia Bullock, Eugene Pallette as Alexander Bullock, Jean Dixon as Molly, Mischa Auer as Carlo, Robert Light as Faithful George
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
tcm.com
criterion.com
framerated.co.uk
4columns.org
| Godfrey in the dump | Mrs. Bullock, Carlo | Mrs.Bullock, Irene, Godfrey | Molly | Molly, Godfrey | Mr. Bullock |
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| Mrs. Bullock | Carlo | Carlo playing gorilla | Cornelia, Mr. Bullock, Irene, Carlo, Mrs. Bullock | ||
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2021-11-20 For Heaven's Sake (1926) imdb.com
Director: Sam TaylorSynopsis: An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
Cast: Harold Lloyd as J.Harold Manners, Jobyna Ralston as Hope, Noah Young as Bull Brindle,The Roughneck
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2021-11-12 The Boat (1921) imdb.com
Director: Buster KeatonSynopsis: Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
Cast: Buster Keaton as The Boat Builder, Sybil Seely as Wife
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2020-11-29 A Woman's Face (1938) imdb.com
Cast: Ingrid Bergman as Anna Holm, Anders Henrikson as Dr. Wegert, Karin Kavli as Mrs. Wegert, Tore Svennberg as Magnus Barring, Gunnar Sjöberg as Harald Berg, Göran Bernhard as Lars-Erik BarringLinks
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2020-07-01 Neighbors (1920) imdb.com
Director: Buster KeatonSynopsis: Buster Keaton stars in the short black-and-white silent comedy The Neighbors, also known as Backyard and Mailbox. The story is basically a variation on Romeo & Juliet set in a regular working-class neighborhood. Keaton falls in love with his neighbor, played by Virginia Fox. Joe Roberts and Joe Keaton play their battling fathers. Their families fight over the fence that separates their buildings. The Neighbors was released in 2000 by Kino Video on the DVD Seven Chances, along with the short The Balloonatic. - By Andrea LeVasseur
Cast: Buster Keaton as Boy, Virginia Fox as Girl, Joe Roberts as Girl's Father, Joe Keaton as Boy's Father
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2020-06-23 The General (1926) imdb.com
Director: Buster KeatonSynopsis: Buster Keaton plays Johnny Gray, a Southern railroad engineer who loves his train engine, The General, almost as much as he loves Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack). When the opening shots of the Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter, Johnny tries to enlist -- and he is deemed too useful as an engineer to be a soldier. All Johnny knows is that he's been rejected, and Annabelle, thinking him a coward, turns her back on him. When Northern spies steal the General (and, unwittingly, Annabelle), the story switches from drama and romance to adventure mixed with Keaton's trademark deadpan humor as he uses every means possible to catch up to the General, thwart the Yankees, and rescue his darling Annabelle -- for starters. As always, Keaton performs his own stunts, combining his prodigious dexterity, impeccable comic timing, and expressive body language to convey more emotion than the stars of any of the talkies that were soon to dominate cinema. - By Emru Townsend
Cast: Buster Keaton as Johnnie Gray, Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee
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2019-11-20 Easy Living (1937) imdb.com
Director: Mitchell LeisenSynopsis: Financier J.B. Ball (Edward Arnold) -- known in the press as 'the Bull of Broad Street' -- may be one of the wealthiest investment bankers in the country, but he also knows the value of a dollar. And when his wife (Mary Nash) spends 50,000 of them on a sable coat, he is driven into such a fury in the ensuing argument on the roof of their Fifth Avenue townhouse, that he throws the coat into the street -- where it promptly lands on the head of Mary Smith (Jean Arthur), a clerk-typist on her way to work, riding on the upper deck of a double-decker bus, ruining her hat in the process. She jumps off the bus to try to return the coat, but Ball insists that she keep it. What she really needs, however, is not a 50,000-dollar sable coat so much as a ride to work -- as she doesn't even have a dime for bus fare -- and perhaps a new hat. Ball obliges, taking her to one of the top clothing stores in New York, buying her an expensive fur hat to go with the coat, and then dropping her at work in his limo. Her superiors, seeing her decked out in a sable coat and a new hat, and getting out of the chauffeured car, conclude that Mary is a kept woman, and, therefore, unfit to work for the boys magazine where she is employed, and they fire her. Now out of work and virtually broke, she seems to have become a victim of random fate, but suddenly the scales start to tip the other way from the very same misunderstanding that got her fired. Having been seen in the company of J.B. Ball -- whose name she didn't even get -- she is rumored to be his mistress; the prissy clothing store proprietor (Franklin Pangborn) spreads this story, and that turns Mary into the object of attention for Mr. Louis Louis (Luis Alberni), the owner of a failed luxury hotel on which Ball's bank holds the mortgage, and is about to foreclose. For reasons that she can't begin to understand, since there is nothing going on between her and J.B. Ball (whose name she doesn't even know), or between her and anyone, Louis moves her into the most luxurious suite in his hotel for a dollar a day, asking her only to inform "that certain someone" of how she loves living there. Mary has no idea of who "that certain someone" is, or what Louis is talking about, but she needs a place to live, and Louis is insistent. She still needs to eat, and, while trying to get a meal at the automat, she crosses paths with a handsome, well-meaning, but inept waiter (Ray Milland), who gets fired for helping her. She takes him into her suite so he has a place to stay, and the two fall in love in the course of finding out about each other. She knows that he is John Ball Jr., but doesn't realize that he is the son of J.B. Ball, trying to make it on his own, nor does she yet realize who J.B. Ball is, in terms of being the man who gave her the coat and the new hat, or one of the wealthiest men in the country. But after the elder Ball spends an innocent night at the Hotel Louis, a gossip columnist named "Wallace Whistling" (William Demarest) prints that he is keeping a woman at the hotel, and suddenly the Hotel Louis, perceived as a fashionable playground for the upper-crust, is filled with guests. This multiple case of mistaken identity plunges through two or three new layers, eventually bringing about an impending stock market crash to rival 1929, before Mary discovers who her would-be benefactor and her would-be fiance are. She bails them out of the jam that they're in, also restoring the Ball's marriage, her own reputation, and her romance with Ball's son in the process. - By Bruce Eder
Cast: Jean Arthur as Mary Smith, Edward Arnold as J.B. Ball, Ray Milland as John Ball, Jr., Luis Alberni as Mr. Louis Louis
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2019-11-08 The Oyster Princess (1919) imdb.com
Director: Ernst LubitschSynopsis: An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.
Cast: Victor Janson as Mr Quaker, the American Oyster King, Ossi Oswalda as Ossi, his daughter, Harry Liedtke as Prince Nucki, Julius Falkenstein as Josef
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2019-11-02 Girl Shy (1924) imdb.com
Director: Fred C.Newmeyer, Sam TaylorSynopsis: In this riotous silent comedy, hilarious bespectacled "everyman" Harold Lloyd plays an introverted, speech-impaired, awkward tailor's assistant who secretly writes a book, The Secrets of Making Love and decides to leave his small-town home to get it published in the big city. While aboard the train, he helps a lovely girl smuggle her doggy past a conductor. Afterward, romantic sparks fly between the shy guy and the gal. Their blossoming love is nearly nipped in the bud when Harold's manuscript gets rejected by the publisher. Devastated, he suddenly feels himself beneath the girl's love and abandons her. Poor Harold's broken confidence is instantly mended when the publisher decides to publish the book after all and hands him a healthy advance. Elated, Harold rushes off to find his girl. Unfortunately, he learns she is about to marry another. In the story's riotous, thrill-packed climax, the determined lover uses every means of transportation available in his frantic rush to get to the alter in time to stop her. The film's other highlights involve inventive fantasy excerpts from his lovemaking book. - By Sandra Brennan
Cast: Harold Lloyd as Harold Meadows the Poor Boy, Jobyna Ralston as Mary Buckingham the Rich Girl, Carlton Elliott Griffin as Ronald DeVore the Rich Man
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2019-04-14 Finishing School (1934) imdb.com
Director: George Nichols Jr., Wanda TuchockSynopsis: The trials and tribulations in a private, snobbish girls school.
Cast: Frances Dee as Virginia Radcliff, Ginger Rogers as Cecilia 'Pony' Ferris, Beulah Bondi as Miss Van Alstyne, Bruce Cabot as Ralph McFarland, intern
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2019-03-31 The Whole Town's Talking (1935) imdb.com
Director: John FordSynopsis: The film that revived Edward G.Robinson's career after a string of flops, along with A Slight Case of Murder (1938), it was one of the few comedies on his lengthy list of credits. The gangster-comedy was unusual in the composition of its writing staff, which included frequent Frank Capra collaborators Robert Riskin and Jo Swerling, as well as tough-guy scribe W.R. Burnett, who wrote Little Caesar (1931) and High Sierra (1941). The plot centers on the confusion surrounding the uncanny resemblance of a mild-mannered advertising clerk, Arthur Jones (Robinson), to escaped convict "Killer" Manning. After the police mistakenly arrest the clerk, they give him a passport to avoid repeating the error. As a novelty, newspaper man Healy (Wallace Ford) hires the clerk, an aspiring writer, to do a series on his impressions of Manning. But later, the convict appears at Jones' apartment and demands the passport for his own protection, threatening the fearful clerk if he reveals anything about his visit. The criminal also orders Jones to write the series of articles based on his reminiscences, which alerts the police that something strange is going on. Although the district attorney finally places Jones in jail under protective custody, for his safety, Manning switches places with him in order to kill another inmate. - By Michael Costello
Cast: Edward G.Robinson as Jones, Manning, Jean Arthur as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark, Etienne Girardot as Seaver
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2019-03-30 The Affairs of Cellini (1934) imdb.com
Director: Gregory La CavaSynopsis: The Affairs of Cellini is based on Edwin Justus Mayer's popular stage play The Firebrand, which in turn was based on the life and times of Renaissance artist/political reactionary Benvenuto Cellini. Fredric March plays the tempestuous, amorous Cellini, who spends as much time in swordplay with jealous husbands as he does in his artist's loft. When the duke of Florence (Frank Morgan) falls for Cellini's beautiful model (Fay Wray), Cellini is presented in court, whereupon he revives an ongoing affair with the duchess of Florence (Constance Bennett). Though a bumbling buffoon, the duke nonetheless holds the power of life and death over everyone in his domain, including Cellini. Thanks to his political activities and his overactive libido, Cellini is nearly executed, but a series of farce-like complications allows the plotline to turn out to the artist's advantage. Though hardly reliable as history, The Affairs of Cellini scores on its comic content, including the hilarious performances of Frank Morgan as the cuckolded duke and Fay Wray as the monumentally stupid artist's model. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Constance Bennett as Duchess of Florence, Fredric March as Benvenuto Cellini, Frank Morgan as Alessandro, Duke of Florence, Fay Wray as Angela
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2018-06-23 Transatlantic (1931) imdb.com
Director: William K.HowardSynopsis: Adhering to a formula that would later be popularized further in Grand Hotel, Transatlantic is one of the best of the "multi-story" films of the early 1930s. As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy (Lois Moran), the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer (Jean Hersholt). In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham (John Halliday), Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay (Myrna Loy) with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline (Greta Nissen), is murdered by person or persons unknown. And that's only three of the plot strands in this marvelously complex shipboard thriller. In almost constant reissue well into the 1940s, Transatlantic was also very nearly transformed into a TV series in the late 1950s; though this project never flew, vestiges of the original can be detected in the popular all-star TV weekly of the 1970s, The Love Boat. Of special interest is the Oscar-winning art direction by Gordon Wiles and the cinematography of James Wong Howe, both of whom employ techniques that anticipated Orson Welles' Citizen Kane by ten years. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Edmund Lowe as Monty Greer, Lois Moran as Judy Kramer, John Halliday as Henry Graham, Greta Nissen as Sigrid Carline, Jean Hersholt as Rudolph Kramer, Myrna Loy as Kay Graham
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2016-11-27 Anna Christie (1930) imdb.com
Director: Jacques FeyderCast: Greta Garbo as Anna Christie, Theo Shall as Matt Burke, Hans Junkermann as Chris Christofferson
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2016-02-26 Beau Geste (1939) imdb.com
Director: William WellmanSynopsis: Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Cast: Gary Cooper as Michael 'Beau' Geste, Ray Milland as John Geste, Robert Preston as Digby Geste, Susan Hayward as Isobel Rivers, Brian Donlevy as Sgt. Markoff
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2014-12-25 A Night at the Opera (1935) imdb.com
Director: Sam WoodSynopsis: Although some purists hold out for Duck Soup (1933), many Marx Brothers fans consider A Night at the Opera the team's best film. Immediately after the credits roll, we are introduced to Groucho Marx as penny-ante promoter Otis B. Driftwood. After a sumptuous dinner with a beautiful blonde at a fancy Milan restaurant, Driftwood tries to cadge another free meal from his wealthy patroness, Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont). The dignified dowager complains that Driftwood had promised to get her into high society, but has done nothing so far. Otis B. counters by introducing Mrs. C to pompous opera entrepreneur Gottleib (Sig Rumann); all Mrs. Claypool has to do is invest several hundred thousand dollars in Gottleib's opera company, and her entree into society is in the bag. Contingent upon this plan is Driftwood's signing of Rodolfo Lassparri (Walter Woolf King), a self-important tenor. Backstage at the opera, Driftwood meets Fiorello (Chico Marx), who poses as a manager and offers to sell Driftwood the "world's greatest tenor"-not Lassparri, as Driftwood assumes, but Fiorello's pal Ricardo Baroni (Allan Jones). Instantly the two sharpsters try to draw up a contract ("The party of the first part shall hereafter be known as the party of the first part..."), which they proceed to tear up piece by piece whenever coming across a clause that displeases them (Driftwood: "That's a sanity clause"; Fiorello: "You no foola me. There ain't no Sanity Claus"). Having lost Lassparri to Gottleib, Driftwood sails back to America with Mrs. Claypool and the opera company. Gottleib arranges for Driftwood to get the tiniest, least accessible stateroom on the ship. Unpacking his trunk, Driftwood discovers that he's got to share his postage-stamp quarters with Ricardo Baroni, who has stowed away because he's in love with the opera troupe's leading lady Rosa (Kitty Carlisle). Also hiding out in Driftwood's trunk is Fiorello, who's come along because he's still Ricardo's manager, and the wacky Tomasso (Harpo Marx), Lassparri's former dresser, who has come along for the hell of it. Anxious to arrange a tete-a-tete with Mrs. Claypool in his stateroom, Otis finds out that his unwelcome guests won't leave until they're fed ("Do you have any stewed prunes? Well, give them some black coffee, that'll sober 'em up"). After ordering a huge dinner, Otis and his new friends are crowded even farther by a steady stream of intruders, including an engineer and his assistant, a cleaning lady, a manicurist, a girl looking for her Aunt Minnie, and a dozen waiters. The celebrated "stateroom scene" comes to a rollicking conclusion when Mrs. Claypool has the misfortune of opening the door. On the last night of the voyage, Fiorello, Tomasso and Ricardo sneak out of their stateroom to enjoy an impromptu ethnic festival in steerage. Ricardo sings, Fiorello "shoots the keys" on the piano, and Tomasso plays the film's theme song Alone on the harp. The stowaways are caught and thrown in the brig, but with Driftwood's help they escape. To avoid recapture, the stowaways don heavy beards and pose as three famed Russian aviators. After making a shambles of a public reception, the three reprobates hide out in Driftwood's New York apartment, where everyone conspires to drive an investigating detective (Robert Emmet O'Connor) crazy. Driftwood is fired from the opera company for associating with the stowaways, while Rosa is dismissed for refusing Lassparri's affections. In order to restore Rosa's job and put the deserving Ricardo in Lassparri's place during the opening performance of La Traviata, Driftwood, Fiorello and Tomasso concoct a scheme that will reduce the opera to comic chaos. The actual night at the opera in A Night at the Opera must be seen to be believed, but the spirit of the scene can be summed up by Gottleib's anguished cry "A battleship in Il Trovatore!" Opera was the Marx Brothers' first film for MGM, and they dearly coveted a hit after the disappointing box-office showing of their final Paramount films. With the blessing of MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, the Marxes went on the road with their brilliant writing staff (including George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind and Al Boasberg) to test their comedy material before live audiences. As a result of this careful preplanning, Night at the Opera was a smash-hit gigglefest, grossing over $3 million and putting the Marxes back on top in the hearts and minds of filmgoers everywhere. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Groucho Marx as Otis B. Driftwood, Harpo Marx as Tomasso, Chico Marx as Fiorello, Kitty Carlisle as Rosa Castaldi, Walter Woolf King as Rodolpho Lassparri
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Tim Dirks
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Dave Kehr
NYT. Andre Sennwald
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Youtube. Dinner with philantropist
Youtube. The Sanity Clause
Youtube. Aviators
Youtube. At the piano
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2014-12-25 Babes in Toyland (1934)
Director: Charley RogersSynopsis: There's trouble in Toyland. The dastardly Barnaby is causing wicked mischief and mayhem as he tries to force Bo Peep to marry him, raze the old woman's shoe, and make sure that brave Tom-Tom never escapes exile in Bogeyland. Fortunately Laurel and Hardy, playing clumsy toymakers Stanley Dum and Oliver Dee, are there to stop him in this delightful adaptation of Victor Herbert's enduringly popular operetta. A highlight of the film is the attack on Toyland by the Bogeymen.
Cast: Stan Laurel as Stanley Dum, Oliver Hardy as Oliver Dee, Charlotte Henry as Bo-Peep, Felix Knight as Tom-Tom, Henry Kleinbach as Bamaby, Florence Roberts as Mother Peep
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2014-09-10 The Story of Temple Drake (1933) imdb.com
Director: Stephen R. RobertsSynopsis: William Faulkner's novel Sanctuary was a notorious bestseller upon its publication in 1931, and while it was successful enough that Paramount Pictures quickly snapped up the film rights, they were forced to change enough of the story to make it fit for the screen (even in the "pre-code" era) that by the time it reached theaters the title had been changed to The Story of Temple Drake. Temple (Miriam Hopkins) is a free-spirited girl being raised by a well-respected judge (Guy Standing) after the death of her mother. Temple has a wild streak and a taste for liquor and men she can bend to her will, and while principled lawyer Stephen Benbow (William Gargan) wants to marry her, she's not willing to settle down. While joyriding with Toddy Gowan (William Collier Jr.), a young man with more bravado than sense who wrecks their car, Temple ends up in the decaying home of Lee Goodwin (Irving Pichel), who with leering, sharp suited gangster Trigger (Jack La Rue) makes and sells moonshine. While Lee's life Ruby (Florence Eldridge) and dim-witted helper Tommy (James Eagles) try to protect Temple, cold-hearted Trigger shoots Tommy, rapes Temple and takes her away to the city, where she falls into a relationship with the gangster governed by both attraction and fear. While the most sordid aspects of Sanctuary were excised by screenwriter Oliver H.P. Garrett and director Stephen Roberts, The Story of Temple Drake was still quite controversial on its initial release, and within a few months of its release, Will Hayes and Joseph Breen overhauled the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America's production code and strengthened enforcement of its guidelines on content, making it virtually impossible for a major studio to make a film like it again until the 1960s. - By Mark Deming
Cast: Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, Jack LaRue as Trigger, William Gargan as Stephen Benbow, Guy Standing as Judge Drake, Florence Eldridge as Ruby Lemar
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2014-09-03 Baby Face (1933) imdb.com
Director: Alfred E.GreenSynopsis: Baby Face is a good example of the kind of spitfire lead female characters that appeared in the cinema of pre-code Hollywood. Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck) works as a barmaid in her father's factory-town saloon where she learns to deal with the unwanted advances of male customers. When her father dies, she moves to New York City with her maid, Chico (Theresa Harris), to become a ruthless gold digger. First she meets office boy Jimmy McCoy (a young John Wayne in an uncharacteristically clean-cut role) who helps her get a job at the Gotham Trust Company. From there, she seduces and discards various men (George Brent, Donald Cook, Henry Kolker) as she sleeps her way to the top of the company. Jealously between the men causes a murder scene, so Lily takes her furs and jewels and moves to Paris with Chico. The production code censors tacked on an ending that featured Lily giving away her money and returning to her home town with Brent. - By Andrea LeVasseur
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck as Lily "Baby Face" Powers, George Brent as Trenholm, Donald Cook as Stevens, Henry Kolker as Mr. Carter, Margaret Lindsay as Ann Carter, Douglas Dumbrille as Brody, Theresa Harris as Chico
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Mordaunt Hall
Ty Burr
Mick LaSalle
Youtube. Nietzsche lecture
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2014-08-31 The Public Enemy (1931) imdb.com
Director: William A. WellmanSynopsis: William Wellman's landmark gangster movie traces the rise and fall of prohibition-era mobster Tom Powers. We are first shown various episodes of Tom's childhood with the corrupting influences of the beer hall, pool parlor, and false friends like minor-league fence Putty Nose. As young adults, Tom (James Cagney) and his pal, Matt Doyle (Edward Woods), are hired by ruthless but innately decent bootlegger Paddy Ryan (Robert Emmett O'Connor). The boys quickly rise to the top of the heap, with all the accoutrements of success: custom-tailored tuxedoes, fancy cars, and gorgeous girls. All the while, Tom's loving (and somewhat addlepated) mother (Beryl Mercer) is kept in the dark, believing Tommy to be a good boy, a façade easily seen through by his older brother Mike (Donald Cook). Tommy's degeneration from brash kid to vicious lowlife is brought home in a famous scene in which he smashes a grapefruit in the face of his latest mistress (Mae Clarke). Some dated elements aside, The Public Enemy is as powerful as when it was first released, and it is far superior to the like-vintage Little Caesar. James Cagney is so dynamic in his first starring role that he practically bursts off the screen; he makes the audience pull for a character with no redeeming qualities. The film is blessed with a superior supporting cast: Joan Blondell is somewhat wasted as Matt's girl, Mamie; Jean Harlow is better served as Tom's main squeeze, Gwen (though some of her line readings are a bit awkward); and Murray Kinnell is slime personified as the deceitful Putty Nose, who "gets his" in unforgettable fashion. Despite a tacked-on opening disclaimer, most of the characters in The Public Enemy are based on actual people, a fact not lost on audiences of the period. Current prints are struck from the 1949 reissue, which was shortened from 92 to 83 minutes (among the deletions was the character of real-life hoodlum Bugs Moran). - By Hal Erickson
Cast: James Cagney as Tom Powers, Edward Woods as Matt Doyle, Donald Cook as Mike Powers, Joan Blondell as Mamie, Jean Harlow as Gwen Allen, Beryl Mercer as Ma Powers, Robert E. O'Connor as Paddy Ryan, Leslie Fenton as Nails Nathan, Murray Kinnell as Putty Nose, Mia Marvin as Jane
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| Matt, Tom as kids | First shooting | With Paddy | Intoduction to Nails | Mike returns from WW1 |
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| Jane, Tom | Matt shot | Tom wounded | Tom in the hospital | Mike gets Tom's corpse |
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2014-08-25 Heroes for Sale (1933) imdb.com
Director: William A.WellmanSynopsis: What isn't Heroes for Sale about? Within its 71-minute time frame, this film (co-written by "professional cynic" Wilson Mizner) tackles such issues as disenfranchised war veterans, misguided hero worship, drug addiction, the Depression, capitalism, labor relations and communism. Richard Barthelmess plays a wounded war hero whose hospital stay has turned him into a morphine junkie. He wanders from town to town looking for work during the Depression, only to be turned away with a "we've got our own to watch out for!" Eventually, Barthelmess befriends millionaire-in-the-making Robert H. Barrat, who has invented a revolutionary washing machine. Becoming Barrat's partner, Barthelmess attempts to quell a strike by workers who've been stirred up by Red agitators. With all this going on, Barthelmess still finds time to romance Loretta Young. Heroes for Sale is very much a product of its time, though its entertainment value has remained solid for well over six decades. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Richard Barthelmess as Thomas "Tom" Holmes, Loretta Young as Ruth Loring, Aline MacMahon as Mary Dennis, Gordon Westcott as Roger Winston, Robert H.Barrat as Max Brinker
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| Tom, Roger meet after the war | Tom in the bank | Roger's father on firing Tom | Tom, doc | Roger, his father on firing Tom |
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| Ruth killed | Saying good-by to son before the trial | With Mary after jail | Mary's kitchen for the poor | Tom, Roger as tramps |
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2014-08-11 The Lost Patrol (1934) imdb.com
Director: John FordSynopsis: Previously filmed in 1929, Philip MacDonald's novel Patrol was lensed by director John Ford as The Lost Patrol in 1934. Sergeant Victor McLaglen is in charge of a World War I-era British cavalry regiment, stranded somewhere in the Mesopotamian desert. McLaglen hasn't asked for the responsibility: the commanding officer has been killed by an Arab sniper, leaving McLaglen to take over. One by one, McLaglen's men are picked off as they desperately fend off the enemy, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. The most spectacular death scene goes to Boris Karloff, playing a religious zealot who goes insane and begins marching towards the Arabs while bearing a makeshift cross. Max Steiner's relentless musical theme for The Lost Patrol would later be adapted into his score for Warner Bros' Casablanca. Lost Patrol would itself be adapted as the 1939 western Bad Lands. Originally running 74 minutes, Lost Patrol is now generally available only in its 69-minute reissue form. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Victor McLaglen as The Sergeant, Boris Karloff as Sanders, Wallace Ford as Morelli
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2014-08-07 Scarface (1932) imdb.com
Director: Howard HawksSynopsis: Completed in mid-1930, Scarface, based on Armitage Trail's novel of the same name, might have been the first of the great talkie gangster flicks, but it was held up for release until after that honor was jointly usurped by Little Caesar and Public Enemy. Paul Muni stars as prohibition-era mobster Tony Camonte, a character obviously patterned on Al Capone (whose nickname was "Scarface"). The homicidal Camonte ruthlessly wrests control of the bootlegging racket from his boss, Johnny Lovo (Osgood Perkins), and claims Lovo's mistress, Poppy (Karen Morley), in the bargain. But while Poppy satisfies him sexually, Tony has a soft spot in his heart only for his sister Cesca (Ann Dvorak). The film's finale is one of the longest and bloodiest of the 1930s, maintaining suspense and concern for the characters involved even though Muni has deliberately done nothing to make Tony likeable to audience. The grimness of Scarface is leavened by a few choice moments of black humor. Forced to leave a stage production of Rain in order to commit a murder, Tony returns to his theater seat and anxiously asks his buddies how the play came out. Some of the film's funniest moments belong to Vince Barnett as the mentally deficient, illiterate gangster secretary, who at one juncture gets so mad at a caller on the phone that he shoots the receiver. Scarface features a famous "'X' Marks The Spot" logo, inspired by news photos of gangland murders: whenever a character is killed, the letter "X" appears on screen in one form or another. Example: When a rival gangster (played by Boris Karloff) is killed at a bowling alley, the camera cuts to his bowling ball knocking down all the pins -- a strike, denoted, of course, by an "X." Producer Howard R. Hughes couldn't release Scarface until he toned down some of the violence, reshot certain scenes to avoid libel suits, added the subtitle "The Shame of the Nation" to the opening credits, and shoehorned in new scenes showing upright Italian-Americans banding together to wipe out gangsterism. After its first run, Scarface was completely withdrawn from distribution on Hughes' orders; the film would not be seen again on a widespread basis until it was reissued by Universal in 1979, shorn of 8 of its original 99 minutes. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Paul Muni as Tony Camonte, Ann Dvorak as Cesca Camonte, Karen Morley as Poppy, George Raft as Guino Rinaldo, Boris Karloff as Gaffney, Osgood Perkins as Johnny Lovo
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2014-04-27 Jezebel (1938) imdb.com
Director: William WylerSynopsis: In 1938, Jezebel was widely regarded as Warner Bros.' "compensation" to Bette Davis for her losing the opportunity to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Resemblances between the two properties are inescapable: Jezebel heroine Julie Marsden (Davis) is a headstrong Southern belle not unlike Scarlett (Julie lives in New Orleans rather than Georgia); she loves fiancé Preston Dillard (played by Henry Fonda) but loses him when she makes a public spectacle of herself (to provoke envy in him) by wearing an inappropriate red dress at a ball, just as Scarlett O'Hara brazenly danced with Rhett Butler while still garbed in widow's weeds. There are several other similarities between the works, but it is important to note that Jezebel is set in the 1850s, several years before Gone With the Wind's Civil War milieu; and we must observe that, unlike Scarlett O'Hara, Julie Marsden is humbled by her experiences and ends up giving of her time, energy, and health during a deadly yellow jack outbreak. Bette Davis won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Julie; an additional Oscar went to Fay Bainter for her portrayal of the remonstrative Aunt Belle (she's the one who labels Julie a "jezebel" at a crucial plot point). The offscreen intrigues of Jezebel, including Bette Davis' romantic attachment to director William Wyler and co-star George Brent, have been fully documented elsewhere. Jezebel was based on an old and oft-produced play by Owen Davis Sr. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Bette Davis as Julie Marsden, Henry Fonda as Preston Dillard, George Brent as Buck Cantrell, Margaret Lindsay as Amy Bradford Dillard, Donald Crisp as Dr. Livingstons, Fay Bainter as Aunt Belle Bogardus
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2014-04-10 Trouble in Paradise (1932) imdb.com http:
Director: Ernst LubitschSynopsis: Ernst Lubitsch used Laszlo Aladar's play The Honest Finder as a springboard for one of his most delightful early-'30s Paramount confections. Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins play Gaston and Lily, a pair of Parisian thieves, both disguised as nobility, who decide to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis); Gaston gets a job as Mariette's confidential secretary, while Lily installs herself as the woman's typist. Love rears its head, forcing Gaston to choose between marriage to Mariette and a fast getaway with Lily. Filled with marvelous throwaway gags and sophisticated innuendo, Trouble in Paradise was described by one critic as "as close to perfection as anything I have ever seen in the movies." - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Miriam Hopkins as Lily Vautier, Kay Francis as Mariette Colet, Herbert Marshall as Gaston Monescu (LaValle)
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Youtube. At the empty safe
| Lily, Gaston | Gaston, Mariette | Lily to Gaston: I want the necklace | Lily, Mariette | Gaston, Lily: rob Mariette |
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2013-09-30 The Life of Emile Zola (1937) imdb.com
Director: William DieterleSynopsis: The second of Paul Muni's biographical films for Warner Bros., the Oscar-winning The Life of Emile Zola is by far the best, even allowing for the dramatic license taken with the material. When first we meet French novelist and essayist Zola, he is starving in a Parisian garret with his painter friend, Paul Cezanne. Each time Zola attempts to write "the truth," he is stymied by governmental censors. Still, he is able to achieve both fame and fortune with the publication of "Nana," an unardorned and best-selling tale of a prostitute (whom we can safely assume was not quite as likeable or attractive as Erin O'Brien-Moore, who plays the novel's "role model"). The lion's share of the film is devoted to Zola's attempts to clear the reputation of Army captain Alfred Dreyfus (Joseph Schildkraut), who has been framed on a charge of treason by his superiors and condemned to Devil's Island. Publishing his famous manifesto "J'accuse," Zola leaves himself wide open for public condemnation and criminal prosecution. Though he delivers a brilliant self-defense in court, Zola is found guilty. Forced to flee to England, he continues railing against the unjust, corrupt military establishment, eventually forcing a retrial and exoneration of Dreyfus. Alas, Zola is killed in a freak accident at home before he can meet the liberated Dreyfus. At his funeral, Emile Zola is eulogized by Anatole France (Morris Carnovsky), who refers to the fallen crusader as "a moment of the conscience of man." For various reasons -- some dramatic, some legal -- the actual facts of "L'affaire Dreyfus" are altered by the Norman Reilly Raine/Heinz Herald/Geza Herczeg screenplay.
The fact that Dreyfus was railroaded because he was Jewish is obscured; in fact, except for a very brief visual reference, the word "Jew" is never mentioned. Only those villains whose names were a matter of public record (Major Dort, Major Esterhazy) are specifically identified. Others are referred to as the Chief of Staff, the Minister of War, etc. to avoid lawsuits from their descendants (remember that the events depicted in the film, most of which take place between 1894 and 1902, were still within living memory in 1937). As for Dreyfus himself, he was not freed and restored to rank in 1902, the year of Zola's death, but in 1906-after being found guilty again in an 1899 retrial (Dreyfus died in 1935, outliving everyone else involved in the case). These historical gaffes can be forgiven in the light of the film's overall message: that a single small, clear voice can fight City Hall. If for nothing else, The Life of Emile Zola deserves classic status due to Paul Muni's towering performance, most notably in the unforgettable summation scene: "By all that I have done for France, by my works -- by all that I have written, I swear to you that Dreyfus is innocent. May all that melt away -- may my name be forgotten, if Dreyfus is not innocent. He is innocent." - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Paul Muni as Emile Zola, Gloria Holden as Alexandrine Zola, Gale Sondergaard as Lucie Dreyfus, Joseph Schildkraut as Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, Henry O'Neill as Col.Picquart, Harry Davenport as Chief of Staff, Ralph Morgan as Commander of Paris, Vladimir Sokoloff as Paul Cezanne, Erin O'Brien-Moore as Nana
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2013-09-22 Come And Get It (1936) imdb.com
Director: William WylerSynopsis: Set in the woodlands of Wisconsin, Come and Get It stars Edward Arnold as a logger-turned-lumber tycoon. In his rise to the top, Arnold loses out on a chance for lasting happiness by spurning earthy dance hall girl (Frances Farmer), who marries his best pal (Walter Brennan) on the rebound. Marrying for position rather than love, Arnold becomes a society leader in Milwaukee. His son (Joel McCrea) falls in love with the daughter of Arnold's first love (Frances Farmer plays both mother and daughter). Himself smitten by the daughter, Arnold battles with his son over the girl's affection, only to be shocked back into his senses when the girl reprimands his son, "Don't hit him! He's an old man!" Based on a novel by Edna Ferber, Come & Get It carries two directorial credits: William Wyler was dismissed early on by producer Sam Goldwyn, and when Howard Hawks took over, it was on the proviso that Wyler be given co-directing billing. For his performance as Edward Arnold's Scandinavian cohort, Walter Brennan won the first-ever "best supporting actor" Oscar. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Edward Arnold as Barney Glasgow, Joel McCrea as Richard Glasgow, Frances Farmer as Lotta Morgan/Lotta Bostrom, Walter Brennan as Swan Bostrom, Andrea Leeds as Evvie Glasgow, Mary Nash as Emma Louise Glasgow
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2013-07-02 Only Angels have Wings (1939) imdb.com
Director: Howard HawksSynopsis: At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air freight company is forced to risk his pilots' lives in order to win an important contract.
Cast: Cary Grant as Geoff Carter, Jean Arthur as Bonnie Lee, Richard Barthelmess as Bat McPherson, Rita Hayworth as Judith McPherson, Thomas Mitchell as Kid Dabb
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Youtube. Bonnie's breakfast
| Bonnie with pilots | Geoff Carter | Dutchy, Geoff Carter | Geoff Carter, Bonnie playing | Geoff Carter, Bonnie |
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2013-05-19 It Happened One Night (1934) imdb.com
Director: Frank CapraSynopsis: Frank Capra's seminal screwball comedy, which won all five major Academy Awards for 1934, is still as breezy and beguiling today. Claudette Colbert plays Ellie Andrews, a spoiled heiress who has married fortune-hunting aviator King Westley (Jameson Thomas), despite her father (Walter Connolly)'s objections. To keep Ellie from marrying this lothario, her father has been holding her prisoner aboard his yacht. But Ellie bolts from the yacht, swims ashore in her clothes, and eventually slips onto a Greyhound bus bound for New York. Aboard the bus is newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable), who has recently been fired for drinking on the job. Peter gets the last seat on the bus -- but when he gets up to argue with the bus driver, Ellie takes his seat. Since it is the last seat on the bus, they have to share it. When Ellie has her purse stolen and she refuses to report it, Peter begins to suspect something. The next morning, they both miss the bus after a leisurely breakfast, and Peter reveals that he knows her identity. She makes a deal with him: if he helps her get to New York, he can write a scoop about her for his paper. Peter thinks she is a spoiled brat, however, and refuses a monetary bribe: "I'm not interested in your money or your problem. You, King Westley, your father -- you're all a lot of hooey to me!" But as they travel northward and engage in a series of misadventures, the gruff newspaperman and the spoiled rich girl, thrown together by circumstances, fall in love with each other. This movie set the pace for the "screwball" comedy, the witty and romantic clash of temperaments between a man and a woman mismatched in both personality and social position, a type of movie often associated with Katherine Hepburn in such classics as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), and, with Spencer Tracy, Adam's Rib (1949), Pat and Mike (1952), and Desk Set (1957), among others. The only other movies to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay) were One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). - By Paul Brenner
Cast: Clark Gable as Peter Warne, Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews, Walter Connolly as Alexander Andrews, Roscoe Karns as Oscar Shapeley, Jameson Thomas as King Westley
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2013-05-03 Platinum Blonde (1931) imdb.com
Director: Frank CapraSynopsis: A rather bleak comedy-drama from Frank Capra, Platinum Blonde basically starts where Capra's later and much more buoyant It Happened One Night (1934) ends: the marriage between a brash newspaperman and a society dame. But where the latter comedy was enhanced by the director's patented optimism, Platinum Blonde, produced at the height of the Great Depression, expresses no faith in a common ground between the classes. Star reporter Stew Smith (Robert Williams) falls in love with the sister (Jean Harlow) of his latest victim (Donald Dillaway). They marry despite the misgivings of Ann Schuyler's blue-nosed mother (Louise Closser Hale) and Stew's cynical colleagues ("Ann Schuyler's in the blue book. You're not even in the phone book!"). Unable to stand life in a gilded cage for long, Stew upsets the Schuyler mansion by inviting his friends to a wild and woolly party. Returning home unexpected in the middle of the drunken revelry, Ann lays down the law and Stew bolts -- right into the arms of girl reporter Gallagher (Loretta Young), whom he has loved all along without realizing it. Jean Harlow is surprisingly realistic as the callous society girl but Robert Williams' wisecracking reporter comes across as rather grating. An up-and-coming comic lead, Williams died after an operation for appendicitis on November 3, 1931, less than a month after Platinum Blonde had premiered to mostly positive reviews. Ironically, Loretta Young, who received top billing, had demanded to star in this film when it was still known as "Gallagher," the name of her character. Harlow, needless to stay, stole the limelight completely and Capra changed the title much to Young's chagrin. - By Hans J. Wollstein
Cast: Loretta Young as Gallagher, Robert Williams as Stew Smith, Jean Harlow as Anne Schuyler, Louise Closser Hale as Mrs. Schuyler, Donald Dilloway as Michael Schuyler, Walter Catlett as Bingy Baker, Reginald Owen as Dexter Grayson, Edmund Breese as Conroy, The Editor, Claud Allister as Dawson, The Valet, Halliwell Hobbes as Smythe, The Butler, Olaf Hytten as Radcliffe, Rychard Cramer as Speakeasy Proprietor, Tom London as Reporter, William "Wild Bill" Elliott as Dinner Guest, Charles Jordan as Reporter, Hal Price as Reporter, Eddy Chandler as Reporter, Harry Semels as Waiter, Dick Pritchard, Wilson Benge as Butler
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2013-03-30 Holiday (1938) imdb.com
Director: George CukorSynopsis: Engaged to wealthy Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), freethinker Johnny Case (Cary Grant) discovers that her family wants to remake him into their idea of the perfect son-in-law -- and he's beginning to consider compromising his values. But as he gets to know Julia's headstrong sister (Katharine Hepburn), he realizes he has more in common with her. Directed by George Cukor, this witty romantic comedy earned an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn as Linda Seton, Cary Grant as Johnny Case, Doris Nolan as Julia Seton, Lew Ayres as Ned Seton, Edward Everett Horton as Nick Potter
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Youtube. New year scene
| Johnny, Julia | Johnny, Julia, Linda | At the Church. Julia tells Mr.Seton about her plans | At Linda's room. Johnny, Linda | At Linda's room. Ned, Johnny, Linda |
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2013-03-16 Wizard of Oz (1939) imdb.com
Director: Victor FlemingSynopsis: There's no place like home for young Dorothy who's been swept away from her farm in Kansas to a wonderland of munchkins, flying monkeys and different-colored horses. She must follow the Yellow Brick Road to the all-knowing Wizard of Oz to find her way home. Along the way, she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, who help her fend off the Wicked Witch of the West.
Cast: Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as Prof. Marvel, Ray Bolger as Hunk, Bert Lahr as The Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as Hickory
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Youtube. Somewhere over the rainbow
Youtube. Tornado
Youtube. Wicked Witch of the West
2013-02-26 The Dawn Patrol (1938) imdb.com
Director: Edmund GouldingSynopsis: Errol Flynn and David Niven co-star as beleaguered British fighter pilots coming to grips with the realities of combat in this soaring wartime drama -- a remake of the 1930 classic starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. -- directed by Edmund Goulding. Facing enemy fire, open-air cockpits and ballooning casualties, the flyers look to their stern squadron commander (Basil Rathbone) for leadership and support.
Cast: Errol Flynn as Capt. Courtney, David Niven as Lieut. Douglas Scott, Basil Rathbone as Major Brand, Donald Crisp as Phipps, Melville Cooper as Watkins
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2013-02-18 The Dawn Patrol (1930) imdb.com
Synopsis: During WW I, British pilot Dick Courtney (Richard Barthelmess) is ordered to replace his commander and send his co-pilots out in unsafe aircraft. His new authority alienates Courtney from his fellow pilots, and the tension comes to a head. Now, the brother of his best friend, Douglas Scott (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), is on a suicide mission. This compelling drama won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.Cast: Richard Barthelmess as Dick Courtney, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Douglas Scott, James Finlayson as Field Sergeant, Neil Hamilton as Major Brand, James Gardner as Ralph Hollister
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2013-02-03 Criminal Code (1931) imdb.com
Howard Hawksen.wikipedia.org
rottentomatoes.com
sensesofcinema.com
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Walter Huston as Mark Brady, Phillips Holmes as Robert Graham, Constance Cummings as Mary Brady, Boris Karloff as Ned Galloway
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2012-09-05 Dishonored (1931) imdb.com
Director: Josef von SternbergSynopsis: Contemporary viewers who go into Dishonored expecting a musty, dated espionage melodrama will be in for a surprise. Marlene Dietrich delivers a subtle and witty performance as a Viennese prostitute who offers her services as a spy during WWI. As "Agent X-27" our heroine proves invaluable to her superiors, seducing and betraying enemy officers with the greatest of ease. But when she falls in love with Russian spy Lt. Kranau (Victor McLaglen), she permits him to escape her clutches, and as a consequence is sentenced to be executed. Ever the mistress of her own fate, "X-27" stands proud and tall before the firing squad, even comforting the officer in charge (Barry Norton) who can't bring himself to shoot a woman. The scenes between Dietrich and bemedalled general Warner Oland are in themselves worthy of the admission price; equally as entertaining is the brief sequence in which the jaded heroine disguises herself as a zaftig peasant girl. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Marlene Dietrich as X-27, Victor McLaglen as Lieutenant Kranau, Lew Cody as Col. Kovrin, Gustav von Seyffertitz as Secret Service Chief
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2012-07-27 Queen Christina (1933) imdb.com
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Greta Garbo as Queen Christina, John Gilbert as Antonio, Lewis Stone as Axel, Elizabeth Young as Countess Ebba Sparre
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2011-07-20 M (1931) imdb.com
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2011-05-30 Camille (1936) imdb.com
George CukorTim Dirks
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Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier, Robert Taylor as Armand Duval, Lionel Barrymore as Monsieur Duval, Henry Daniell as Baron de Varville
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2011-03-05 Libeled Lady (1936) imdb.com
Jack Conwayen.wikipedia.org
monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com
2011-02-16 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) imdb.com
Henry Hathawayclassicfilmfreak.com
variety.com
epinions.com
Gary Cooper as Lt. Alan McGregor, Franchot Tone as Lt. Forsythe, Richard Cromwell as Lt. Donald Stone, Guy Standing as Col. Tom Stone
2010-12-13 Test Pilot (1938) imdb.com
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2010-12-11 The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) imdb.com
Victor FlemingWiki
Janet Gaynor as Molly Larkins, Henry Fonda as Dan Harrow
2010-12-03 Bombshell (1933) imdb.com
Victor Flemingen.wikipedia.org
crazy4cinema.com
Jean Harlow as Lola Burns, Lee Tracy as E.J."Space" Hanlon
2010-02-07 The Whole Town's Talking (1935) imdb.com
John FordWiki
Edward G. Robinson as Arthur Ferguson 'Jonesy' Jones / 'Killer' Mannion
Jean Arthur as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
2009-05-16 Made for each other (1939) imdb.com
John Cromwelltcm.com
Carole Lombard as Jane Mason, James Stewart as John Horace 'Johnny' Mason
Carole Lombard as Jane Mason
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2009-03-08 Everybody's Woman (1934) imdb.com
Max Ophulsen.wikipedia.org
cinepassion.org
2009-02-24 Twentieth Century (1934) imdb.com
Howard Hawksen.wikipedia.org
popmatters.com
afilmcanon.com
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2009-02-08 Liebelei - Flirtation (1933) imdb.com
Max Ophulseyeweekly.com
Gustaf Grundgens as Baron v. Eggersdorff, Olga Tschechowa as his wife
Carl Esmond as Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser, Luise Ullrich as Mizzi Schlager, Magda Schneider as Christine Weyring, Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Leutnant Fritz Lobheimer
2005-12-11 Big Business (1929) imdb.com
James W.Horne, Leo McCareyen.wikipedia.org
Stan Laurel as Stan, Oliver Hardy as Ollie
americanphoto.co.jp
2005-12-04 Babes in Toyland (1934) imdb.com
Gus Meins, Charley RogersWiki on the movie
Wiki on the bogeyman
Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum, Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee
2005-12-04 Three Little Pigs (1933) imdb.com
en.wikipedia.orgsandcastlevi.com
2005-11-13 Hold Your Man (1933) imdb.com
Anita LoosClark Gable as Eddie Hall, Jean Harlow as Ruby Adams crazy4cinema.com
2005-10-02 The Black Cat (1934) imdb.com
Edgar G. Ulmerclassic-horror.com
members.aol.com
Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig, Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast brightlightsfilm.com
Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig
The embalmed corpse
2005-10-02 The Raven (1935) imdb.com
Lew Landersclassic-horror.com
Bela Lugosi as Dr. Richard Vollin, Boris Karloff as Edmond Bateman community-2.webtv.net
2005-09-18 Each Dawn I Die (1939) imdb.com
William Keighleymovies2.nytimes.com
James Cagney as Frank Ross imdb.com
James Cagney as Frank Ross, George Raft as 'Hood' Stacey
2005-09-11 Kid Galahad (1937) imdb.com
Michael Curtizsan.beck.org
movies2.nytimes.com
Edward G. Robinson as Nick Donati
2005-09-04 The Big House (1930) imdb.com
George W. HillPrisonflicks review
The prison
Robert Montgomery as Kent Marlowe
Robert Montgomery as Kent Marlowe, Wallace Beery as 'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt
Wallace Beery as 'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt, Chester Morris as John Morgan
Prison riot prisonflicks.com prisonflicks.com
2005-06-26 Of Mice and Men (1939) imdb.com
Lewis MilestoneSparknotes summary
2005-06-12 It's a Wonderful World (1939) imdb.com
W.S. Van Dykecrazy4cinema.com
classicfilmguide.com
James Stewart as Guy Johnson, Claudette Colbert as Edwina Corday crazy4cinema.com
2005-06-05 Another Thin Man (1939) imdb.com
W.S. Van Dykecrazy4cinema.com
Thin Man script
Another Thin Man story
William Powell as Nick Charles, Myrna Loy as Nora Charles crazy4cinema.com crazy4cinema.com
2005-04-29 Lost Horizon (1937) imdb.com
Frank CapraTim Dirks
2005-04-22 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) imdb.com
Frank Caprasan.beck.org
eeweems.com
film.guardian.co.uk
en.wikipedia.org
Barbara Stanwyck as Megan Davis, Nils Asther as Gen. Yen
2004-06-19 Ninotchka (1939) imdb.com
Ernst LubitschTim Dirks
2004-06-12 The Roaring Twenties (1939) imdb.com
Raoul WalshTim Dirks
James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart as Eddie Bartlett, George Hally
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) imdb.com
Michael CurtizTim Dirks
Camille (1936) imdb.com
George CukorTim Dirks
answers.com
Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier stanford.edu
Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier, Robert Taylor as Armand Duval things-and-other-stuff.com
Comrades of 1918 (1930) imdb.com
Georg Wilhelm PabstDer Blaue Engel (1930) imdb.com
Josef von SternbergDuck Soup (1933) imdb.com
Leo McCareyR.Ebert
filmsite.org
homevideos.com
cinema16.mty.itesm.mx
filmfestival.gr
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938) imdb.com
Leni RiefenstahlThe Last Ball (1934) imdb.com
Mikheil ChiaureliThe Testament of Dr.Mabuse (1933) imdb.com
Fritz LangMichael Koller
Dennis Schwartz
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr. Mabuse
Otto Wernicke as Kriminalkomissar Lohmann, Oscar Beregi Sr. as Prof. Dr. Baum
The Thin Man (1934) imdb.com
Tim DirksHelen Stringer. The 10 Best Christmas Films Ever
William Powell as Nick Charles, Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, Maureen O'Sullivan as Dorothy Wynant
William Powell as Nick Charles, Myrna Loy as Nora Charles