George Regas
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Birthday: November 09, 1890
Deathday: December 13, 1940
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Omar the Tentmaker
1922-12-22
Omar the Tentmaker
Overview: About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-22
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Blood Money
1933-11-17
Blood Money
Overview: The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-17
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938-11-25
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Overview: The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
Genres: Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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The Fighting Trooper
1934-11-01
The Fighting Trooper
Overview: When the Ranger Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets out to after LaFarge. Working undercover, he saves LaFarge's life and this gets him into LaFarge's gang. He then arrests LaFarge and brings him in only to learn that LaFarge is not only innocent but is now a prisoner of the real killer.
Genres: Western Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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The Mummy
1932-12-22
The Mummy
Overview: An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-22
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Overview: In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
Genres: Drama Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-20
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
1938-06-11
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Overview: In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-11
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Daniel Boone
1936-10-16
Daniel Boone
Overview: In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-16
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Rebellion
1936-10-27
Rebellion
Overview: In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her. Desperate, she sends an impassioned plea for help to Washington, who sends her is special aide to mediate.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-27
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The Red Blood of Courage
1935-06-01
The Red Blood of Courage
Overview: A man posing as Mark Henry is after Henry's oil land but Henry's niece is part owner and he needs to marry her off to his henchman Slager. Mountie Jim Sullivan arives posing as a wanted man and is soon caught up in the plot when Slager, wanting everything for himself, kills his boss and makes Jim a prisoner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-01
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Beau Geste
1926-08-24
Beau Geste
Overview: Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-24
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The Light That Failed
1939-12-24
The Light That Failed
Overview: A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-24
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The Legion of Missing Men
1937-07-28
The Legion of Missing Men
Overview: Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in ten years but is sorry that Don has joined the Legion. Bob, Don and Bob's buddies, Muggsy and Bilgey, go to a café and there Don falls for Nina, a singer in love with Bob. Bob doesn't know this and thinks she is Garccia's girl, and warns Don to have nothing to do with her. Don disregards the warning and Garcia discovers Nina and Don together and provokes Don into hitting him. Don is arrested and thrown into the company brig. Nina, with the aid of an Arabian sheik, Ul Ahmed, helps Don escape. Bob, Muggsy and Bilgey follow but are captured and taken to Ul Hamid's headquarters. The sheik tortures Don to force Bob to work some captured machine guns for him. Ah Hamid and his tribe attack the fort, but Bob manages to turn the machine guns against his captors, and the fort is saved.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-28
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Clipped Wings
1937-12-02
Clipped Wings
Overview: Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-02
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Rose Marie
1936-01-31
Rose Marie
Overview: An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
Genres: Romance Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-31
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The Love Light
1921-01-08
The Love Light
Overview: Angela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor washed ashore. However, the sailor turns out to be a German spy, and she is torn between her love for him and her realization that he is part of the enemy force that has destroyed her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-08
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Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931-11-22
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Overview: A western adventure serial in 12 episodes. Buffalo Bill battles gambler Jim Rodney who is trying to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike discovered in the area. A nearby Indian tribe is provoked to attack the town and the cavalry is called in.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-22
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The Mark of Zorro
1940-11-08
The Mark of Zorro
Overview: Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.
Genres: Adventure Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-08
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Pursuit
1935-08-09
Pursuit
Overview: "Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Rush, the secretary of the head of a private-detective agency who has been hired to care for the kid until the suit is over. (Overview written by Les Adams )
Genres: Romance Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-09
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Overview: In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Genres: Action History Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-17
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The Cat and the Canary
1939-10-27
The Cat and the Canary
Overview: Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-27
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Isle of Fury
1936-10-10
Isle of Fury
Overview: An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-10
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Code of the Secret Service
1939-05-27
Code of the Secret Service
Overview: Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-27
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Waikiki Wedding
1937-03-23
Waikiki Wedding
Overview: Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-23
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Sworn Enemy
1936-09-11
Sworn Enemy
Overview: A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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Gunga Din
1939-01-26
Gunga Din
Overview: British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Genres: Adventure War Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-26
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The Oklahoma Kid
1939-03-11
The Oklahoma Kid
Overview: McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
Genres: Western History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-11
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Union Pacific
1939-05-05
Union Pacific
Overview: One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-05
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Beau Geste
1939-07-24
Beau Geste
Overview: When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-24
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939-09-01
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-01
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The Rains Came
1939-09-15
The Rains Came
Overview: Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-15
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Hawaiian Buckaroo
1938-01-14
Hawaiian Buckaroo
Overview: Cowboys live amidst Hawaiian scenery and song.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-14
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Trapped
1931-04-13
Trapped
Overview: A police captain investigating a ring of bank robbers falls in love with a nightclub entertainer suspected of being involved with the gang.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-13
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The Girl from Mandalay
1936-04-19
The Girl from Mandalay
Overview: John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Foster's fiancée, Mary Trevor, writes him that their engagement is off, he goes off to Mandalay.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-19
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Gaucho Soul
1930-06-07
Gaucho Soul
Overview: Elsa, a young girl from Buenos Aires, visits her aunt and uncle, Don Alfredo and Doña Cristina, at their ranch. While playing golf, Elsa meets a gaucho, Antonio, and is enchanted by his exquisite singing voice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-07
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Beau Ideal
1931-01-25
Beau Ideal
Overview: An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
Genres: War Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-25
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Virginia City
1940-03-23
Virginia City
Overview: Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
Genres: Western Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-23
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The Californian
1937-07-18
The Californian
Overview: Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-18
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North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
North West Mounted Police
Overview: Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
Genres: Action Western Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-22
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Here's to Romance
1935-10-04
Here's to Romance
Overview: Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Torrid Zone
1940-05-18
Torrid Zone
Overview: A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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'Til We Meet Again
1940-04-20
'Til We Meet Again
Overview: Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-20
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Scouts to the Rescue
1939-01-17
Scouts to the Rescue
Overview: Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-17
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Night Cargo
1936-01-07
Night Cargo
Overview: While in Singapore, a man and a pretty young girl find themselves mixed up in blackmail and murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-07
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Left-Handed Law
1937-03-31
Left-Handed Law
Overview: An army colonel tries to bring peace to a lawless community.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-31
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The Wanderer
1925-08-19
The Wanderer
Overview: Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to the city of Babylon, where he lavishes Tisha with gifts and spends his share of his father's wealth on riotous living.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-19
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Wolf Song
1929-03-29
Wolf Song
Overview: In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.
Genres: Romance Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-29
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Four Men and a Prayer
1938-04-29
Four Men and a Prayer
Overview: The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
Genres: Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-29
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Torchy Blane in Panama
1938-05-07
Torchy Blane in Panama
Overview: Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Genres: Crime Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-07
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Hell-Ship Morgan
1936-02-08
Hell-Ship Morgan
Overview: A fishing-boat captain's bride eyes his first mate at sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-08
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Redskin
1929-09-22
Redskin
Overview: Wing Foot is a Navajo educated in an otherwise all-white school. He experiences prejudice from both the whites (because of his race) and the Navajos (who disown him because of his upbringing). Thus, Wing Foot is looked upon as neither Indian nor white, but simply a "redskin".
Genres: Western Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-22
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Overview: Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
Genres: Action Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-15
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Newly Rich
1931-07-02
Newly Rich
Overview: Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-02
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The Way to Love
1933-10-20
The Way to Love
Overview: Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets Madeleine, who works at a circus.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-20
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The Mad Empress
1939-12-16
The Mad Empress
Overview: The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-16
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That Royle Girl
1925-12-07
That Royle Girl
Overview: Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of a dance band. When Fred's estranged wife Adele is murdered, Fred is arrested and convicted of the crime. Joan believes that the real murderer is Baretta, a gangster who was keeping Adele as his mistress
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-07
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Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934-01-01
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Overview: A sponge diver hopes to make enough money to buy his own boat and marry his girlfriend. A rival diver, however, has other plans for him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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Riders of the North
1931-04-05
Riders of the North
Overview: In a trapper's cabin, Sergeant Stone finds a fellow Mountie murdered and is given the assignment of locating the killer.
Genres: Romance Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-05
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Acquitted
1929-11-15
Acquitted
Overview: A doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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