Oscar Apfel
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. Apfel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After a number of years in commerce, he decided to adopt the stage as a profession. He secured his first professional engagement in 1900, in his hometown. He rose rapidly and soon held a position as director and producer and was at the time noted as being the youngest stage director in America.[1] He spent eleven years on the stage on Broadway then joined the Edison Manufacturing Company. Apfel first directed for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911–12, where he made the innovative short film The Passer-By (1912). He also did some experimental work at Edison's laboratory in Orange, on the Edison Talking Pictures devices. After many years as a director, he gradually returned to acting. On March 21, 1938, Apfel died in Hollywood from a heart attack.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 16, 1878
Deathday: March 21, 1938
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Trouble in Morocco
1937-03-09
Trouble in Morocco
Overview: A newspaperman Paul Cluett (Jack Holt) gets rival reporter Linda Lawrence (Mae Clark) to admit that she is investigating a story in Morocco that guns are being smuggled illegally.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-09
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Five Star Final
1931-09-26
Five Star Final
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-26
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Hot Saturday
1932-10-28
Hot Saturday
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-28
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Are We Civilized?
1934-06-05
Are We Civilized?
Overview: 1934 drama of man's inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin Carewe, screenplay by Harold Sherman. This film was meant to denounce Hitler prior to US involvement in WWII
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-05
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High Pressure
1932-01-10
High Pressure
Overview: Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-10
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Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935-08-03
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Overview: Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-03
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Hell's Highway
1932-09-23
Hell's Highway
Overview: A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-23
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I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
I Dream Too Much
Overview: Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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Symphony of Six Million
1932-04-29
Symphony of Six Million
Overview: A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-29
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Bondage
1933-04-22
Bondage
Overview: Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution, when Dr. Nelson interrupts and tells her story to the court. (Mubi.)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-22
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Inspiration
1931-01-31
Inspiration
Overview: The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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The Last Alarm
1926-06-15
The Last Alarm
Overview: Firemen Tom and Joe each loves the other's sister, although neither is able to support a wife. Tom's troubles are compounded by a rival for his sweetheart's hand. In a drawn out fight he bests the rival, who steals the revenue from the firemen's ball (of which Tom is treasurer) and hides the money in the storage warehouse in which Tom's sister works as a stenographer. While Tom, Joe, and their sweethearts search for the money, the villain also returns for his loot, and, in his haste, he sets the building afire--trapping the foursome behind a steel door. Their calls for help reach the street, an alarm is turned in, firemen come to the rescue, and the money is found in a blazing desk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-15
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The Toast of New York
1937-07-22
The Toast of New York
Overview: After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-22
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Big Business Girl
1931-06-12
Big Business Girl
Overview: A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-12
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The Man Who Played God
1932-02-09
The Man Who Played God
Overview: While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royale returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously. He becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God" but his actions are without sincerity.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-09
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Before Dawn
1933-08-04
Before Dawn
Overview: After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-04
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The Impatient Maiden
1932-03-01
The Impatient Maiden
Overview: A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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The Heart of New York
1932-03-26
The Heart of New York
Overview: A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-26
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Pick-up
1933-03-24
Pick-up
Overview: The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-24
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Rainbow's End
1935-07-16
Rainbow's End
Overview: A rancher's son finds himself helping another rancher who is at odds with his father--all because of the father's crooked partner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-16
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The Nut Farm
1935-03-24
The Nut Farm
Overview: Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is taken in by a group of scam artists who promise to make her a star. Helen's brother Willie tries to prevent her and Bob from losing all their money to the scam artists.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-24
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Shadows of the Orient
1935-07-06
Shadows of the Orient
Overview: A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-06
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Way Back Home
1931-11-13
Way Back Home
Overview: A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-13
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Murder at Glen Athol
1936-02-27
Murder at Glen Athol
Overview: A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murde
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-27
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The Virtuous Sin
1930-10-24
The Virtuous Sin
Overview: Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-24
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Two Against the World
1932-09-03
Two Against the World
Overview: A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-03
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Romance in Manhattan
1935-01-11
Romance in Manhattan
Overview: Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank in a foster home.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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It's Tough to Be Famous
1932-04-02
It's Tough to Be Famous
Overview: Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of the public, his employer and his PR agent, which he hates. Although he and his long time girlfriend Janet love each other, they are pressured to marry before they are ready. The strain takes its toll on both of them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-02
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Bulldog Edition
1936-09-13
Bulldog Edition
Overview: Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also complicating matters is that one newspaper's editor and circulation director are competing for the affections of a pretty blonde reporter.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-13
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The Bridge of Sighs
1936-02-14
The Bridge of Sighs
Overview: Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the sister of the innocent man he sent to prison. Marion gets herself committed to a women's prison to get proof from inmate, Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane, that her brother is innocent. Powell learns of Marion's plight and believes she's in love with the man he sent to prison.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-14
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Overview: A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-27
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The Fire-Trap
1935-11-26
The Fire-Trap
Overview: An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are conspiring to commit insurance fraud by overvaluing a decrepit warehouse and its contents and burning the building to the ground.
Genres: Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-26
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The Best Man Wins
1935-01-14
The Best Man Wins
Overview: A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-14
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Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Overview: Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
Genres: Mystery Action Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-05
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Crimson Romance
1934-10-12
Crimson Romance
Overview: After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force. There, both men fall in love with ambulance driver Alida Hoffman. When America enters the war, Bob is caught between loyalty to his home country and the threat of execution for desertion and treason to Germany. It remains for his friend Fred to extricate him from the dilemma - but at what cost?
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-12
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The Bowery
1933-10-07
The Bowery
Overview: "In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-07
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One Man's Journey
1933-08-31
One Man's Journey
Overview: Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-31
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The Finger Points
1931-04-11
The Finger Points
Overview: Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-11
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Crack-Up
1936-12-14
Crack-Up
Overview: Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-14
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Whirlpool
1934-04-10
Whirlpool
Overview: An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-10
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The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932-01-09
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Overview: On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-09
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Men in Her Life
1931-11-10
Men in Her Life
Overview: A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-10
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His Night Out
1935-10-01
His Night Out
Overview: When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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State's Attorney
1932-05-20
State's Attorney
Overview: Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-20
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I Am a Thief
1934-11-24
I Am a Thief
Overview: A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-24
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True Heaven
1929-02-17
True Heaven
Overview: Phillip Gresson is in the employ of the British secret service, while heroine Judith is a spy for the Enemy. Hoping to gain possession of the usual Secret Plans, Judith pretends to be in love with Phillip. Only after nursing the seriously wounded Phillip back to health does Judith come to the realization that she genuinely loves him.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-17
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Fifteen Wives
1934-07-15
Fifteen Wives
Overview: Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes investigates the case and although the cause of death is described as apoplexy, Dawes is convinced it as murder, especially after he learns that Humbolt had been married fifteen times.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-15
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Death Flies East
1935-02-28
Death Flies East
Overview: Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-28
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Abraham Lincoln
1930-11-08
Abraham Lincoln
Overview: A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-08
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Man Trouble
1930-08-24
Man Trouble
Overview: A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-24
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Hold the Press
1933-10-25
Hold the Press
Overview: When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting of a big-time gambler, he sets out to get his man with such determination that he ends up in jail. There, he discovers a "parole racket" which involves a crooked politician, and he faces death to get the story for his paper.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-25
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Tomorrow at Seven
1933-06-01
Tomorrow at Seven
Overview: People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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The Plot Thickens
1936-12-11
The Plot Thickens
Overview: A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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Huckleberry Finn
1931-08-07
Huckleberry Finn
Overview: A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-07
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Sidewalks of New York
1931-09-26
Sidewalks of New York
Overview: A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-26
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Skyscraper Souls
1932-07-16
Skyscraper Souls
Overview: After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-16
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Party Wire
1935-04-27
Party Wire
Overview: When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-27
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Wild Company
1930-07-05
Wild Company
Overview: The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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The Story of Temple Drake
1933-05-06
The Story of Temple Drake
Overview: The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-06
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We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
We Who Are About to Die
Overview: John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-08
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Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01
Sutter's Gold
Overview: Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-01
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36 Hours to Kill
1936-07-24
36 Hours to Kill
Overview: Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-24
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It's a Great Life
1929-12-06
It's a Great Life
Overview: Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As expected, things are going wrong with every act until Casey comes out to help Babe with her song. They are a hit, but in the final act, Casey again comes out and this time the president sees her act and fires both her and Babe on the spot. Benny is able to book Casey, Babe and Dean into Vaudeville and their act is popular. But before they have their shot at stardom, Dean and Babe leave Casey and the act.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-06
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Not Quite Decent
1929-07-02
Not Quite Decent
Overview: On her way to New York for her first stage appearance, Linda Cunningham meets Mame Jarrow, a nightclub singer; Linda later drops by to hear Mame sing, accompanied by their angel, Paul Nicholson, a wealthy roué. Mame gradually comes to realize that Linda is her own daughter, from whom she was separated years before by pious relatives. Using all her wiles, Mame attempts to keep Linda from falling prey to Nicholson, and when all else fails, she sends for Jerry Connor, Linda's small town sweetheart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-02
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The Menace
1932-01-29
The Menace
Overview: A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-29
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Half Way to Heaven
1929-12-14
Half Way to Heaven
Overview: Odd little circus film about trapeze artists and obsessive love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-14
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Employees' Entrance
1933-02-11
Employees' Entrance
Overview: 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."
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-11
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Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Storm at Daybreak
Overview: Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-14
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Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
Page Miss Glory
Overview: A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-07
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Mary Jane's Pa
1935-04-27
Mary Jane's Pa
Overview: Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-27
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The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
The Famous Ferguson Case
Overview: A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-19
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You Said a Mouthful
1932-11-18
You Said a Mouthful
Overview: Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Liliom
1930-09-27
Liliom
Overview: A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Because of the robbery, he dies, and after spending time in hell, is sent back to earth for one day to try to make amends. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-27
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Our Blushing Brides
1930-07-19
Our Blushing Brides
Overview: Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marrying a scoundrel — Jerry is determined to remain practical. As she mothers her wounded, heartbroken friends, she stalwartly but foolishly resists the advances of the good-hearted and affluent Tony Jardine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-19
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Take the Stand
1934-08-07
Take the Stand
Overview: A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-07
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The Yellow Ticket
1931-10-30
The Yellow Ticket
Overview: A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-30
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Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
Hollywood Boulevard
Overview: With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-20
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Shopworn
1932-03-25
Shopworn
Overview: A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-25
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Bordertown
1935-01-23
Bordertown
Overview: An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-23
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Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
Make Me a Star
Overview: A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-01
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Call Her Savage
1932-11-24
Call Her Savage
Overview: A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage fails and she learns the errors of her ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-24
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Cappy Ricks Returns
1935-09-25
Cappy Ricks Returns
Overview: "Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also takes time, along the way, to smooth the rocky road to romance being traveled by Bill Peck and Barbara Blake.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-25
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The Woman in Room 13
1932-05-15
The Woman in Room 13
Overview: Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a business trip during which a murder is committed and he is accused of the crime.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-15
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The World and the Flesh
1932-04-22
The World and the Flesh
Overview: During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-22
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Quick Millions
1931-04-17
Quick Millions
Overview: A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-17
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Madame Spy
1934-02-10
Madame Spy
Overview: Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-10
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That Girl from Paris
1936-12-31
That Girl from Paris
Overview: Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-31
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Emergency Call
1933-06-24
Emergency Call
Overview: A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-24
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A Successful Calamity
1932-09-17
A Successful Calamity
Overview: Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-17
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Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
Gabriel Over the White House
Overview: A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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Street of Chance
1930-02-08
Street of Chance
Overview: 'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-08
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Angel of Mercy
1939-05-20
Angel of Mercy
Overview: This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-20
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The Old-Fashioned Way
1934-07-13
The Old-Fashioned Way
Overview: The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-13
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Marianne
1929-08-24
Marianne
Overview: At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-24
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Misbehaving Ladies
1931-04-16
Misbehaving Ladies
Overview: Ellen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is preparing to return to the US, after having paid off all the debts left by her now-deceased husband. However, when she returns early, no one recognizes her and even her aunt Kate mistakes her for the princess' dressmaker. Her ex-boyfriend Joe, who recognizes her immediately, suggests that Ellen continue with the charade and have some fun, but a series of misunderstandings causes trouble for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-16
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And Sudden Death
1936-06-16
And Sudden Death
Overview: An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-16
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Madame Racketeer
1932-07-23
Madame Racketeer
Overview: International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-23
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Attorney for the Defense
1932-05-21
Attorney for the Defense
Overview: A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-21
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The Road to Reno
1931-09-25
The Road to Reno
Overview: Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-25
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Carnival
1935-02-15
Carnival
Overview: "Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-15
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Helping Grandma
1931-01-03
Helping Grandma
Overview: The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-03
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930-10-10
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Overview: Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes to her rescue and they become sweethearts. Meanwhile, Jean Du Barry, a shrewd roué, takes note of her at the millinery shop and tricks her into staying at La Gourda's, where she soon becomes a favorite among the men.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-10
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Blondie of the Follies
1932-09-01
Blondie of the Follies
Overview: New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-01
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The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
The Soldier and the Lady
Overview: In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
Genres: Adventure History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-09
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The Texan
1930-05-10
The Texan
Overview: Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-10
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You Bring the Ducks
1934-11-24
You Bring the Ducks
Overview: Irvin takes the governor on a duck hunting trip in the hopes of securing a plumb job, but his annoying nephew has other plans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-24
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The Right to Love
1930-12-27
The Right to Love
Overview: A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-27
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Fifty Roads to Town
1937-06-03
Fifty Roads to Town
Overview: A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-03
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Wicked
1931-10-04
Wicked
Overview: Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-04
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Every Saturday Night
1936-03-13
Every Saturday Night
Overview: First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-13
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Back to Nature
1936-08-14
Back to Nature
Overview: The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-14
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The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928-02-19
The Valley Of Hunted Men
Overview: Story of revenue agent Tom Mallory, who wagers that he can catch a gang of rum runners operating from the other side of the border to Mexico. Disguised as a drifter, Mallory noisily arrives at the gang's headquarters, aggravating the villains to the point where they chase him across the border and into American jurisdiction.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-19
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Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
Only Yesterday
Overview: On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-01
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The Big Shakedown
1934-01-06
The Big Shakedown
Overview: Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-06
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The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935-12-10
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Overview: Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-10
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The Perfect Tribute
1935-08-15
The Perfect Tribute
Overview: The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.
Genres: History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-15
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Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04
Manhattan Melodrama
Overview: The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-04
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Another Face
1935-12-20
Another Face
Overview: The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-20
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Born to Gamble
1935-07-09
Born to Gamble
Overview: A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-09
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The Bargain
1931-07-23
The Bargain
Overview: A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-23
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Conspiracy
1930-08-10
Conspiracy
Overview: Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their father's death. Young reporter John Howell and eccentric mystery writer Winthrop Clavering help unravel the truth about the murder.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-10
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Romance of the Underworld
1928-11-10
Romance of the Underworld
Overview: When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of that life. While waitressing to earn money for college, she meets a wealthy and handsome young man and they fall in love--but he doesn't know about her somewhat shady past and her relationship with the gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-10
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Beloved
1934-01-22
Beloved
Overview: Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-22
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Sooky
1931-12-26
Sooky
Overview: Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boone Boys, a boys' club that costs thirty dollars to join and has uniforms that Sooky admires, refuses to admit him because he is poor. Sooky and Skippy form their own club called the Beagle Boys.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-26
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When a Feller Needs a Friend
1932-04-30
When a Feller Needs a Friend
Overview: A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-30
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It Happened One Day
1934-07-07
It Happened One Day
Overview: Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-07
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You Said a Hatful!
1934-10-13
You Said a Hatful!
Overview: When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banker J.P. Anderson sets in motion a plan to purchase the Tippycanoe Tuckahoe & Tehachapi Railroad.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-13
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Smiling Irish Eyes
1929-07-22
Smiling Irish Eyes
Overview: A 1929 film directed by William A. Seiter.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-22
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