Evelyn Selbie

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A Night at the Opera (1935)

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood  •  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Kitty Carlisle

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood  •  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Kitty Carlisle

Tower of London (1939)

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Basil Rathbone  •  Boris Karloff  •  Barbara O'Neil  •  Ian Hunter

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Basil Rathbone  •  Boris Karloff  •  Barbara O'Neil  •  Ian Hunter

In Old Arizona (1928)

Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh  •  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Dorothy Burgess  •  Henry Armetta

Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh  •  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Edmund Lowe  •  Dorothy Burgess  •  Henry Armetta

Night Flight (1933)

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Helen Hayes  •  Clark Gable  •  Lionel Barrymore

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Helen Hayes  •  Clark Gable  •  Lionel Barrymore

Diamond Frontier (1940)

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold D. Schuster
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  John Loder  •  Anne Nagel  •  Cecil Kellaway

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold D. Schuster
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  John Loder  •  Anne Nagel  •  Cecil Kellaway

Girls Can Play (1937)

The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Charles Quigley  •  Julie Bishop  •  Rita Hayworth  •  John Gallaudet

The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Charles Quigley  •  Julie Bishop  •  Rita Hayworth  •  John Gallaudet

I'll Tell the World (1934)

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Roger Pryor  •  Onslow Stevens

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Roger Pryor  •  Onslow Stevens

Paddy O'Day (1936)

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Pinky Tomlin  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Jane Darwell

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Jane Withers  •  Pinky Tomlin  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Jane Darwell

Dangerous Paradise (1930)

Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Nancy Carroll  •  Richard Arlen  •  Warner Oland  •  Gustav von Seyffertitz

Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Nancy Carroll  •  Richard Arlen  •  Warner Oland  •  Gustav von Seyffertitz

Name the Man (1924)

Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes involved in an intrigue with local girl Bessie Collister, becomes the deemster on his father's death, and is forced to try Bessie for killing her illegitimate child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Sjöström
CAST:  Mae Busch  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Hobart Bosworth  •  Creighton Hale

Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes involved in an intrigue with local girl Bessie Collister, becomes the deemster on his father's death, and is forced to try Bessie for killing her illegitimate child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Sjöström
CAST:  Mae Busch  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Hobart Bosworth  •  Creighton Hale

Eternal Love (1929)

In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Camilla Horn  •  Victor Varconi  •  Hobart Bosworth

In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Camilla Horn  •  Victor Varconi  •  Hobart Bosworth

Faithless (1932)

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Tallulah Bankhead  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Louise Closser Hale

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Tallulah Bankhead  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Louise Closser Hale

Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)

Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Roy Rogers  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Eddie Acuff

Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Roy Rogers  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Eddie Acuff

Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)

Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie's insistence to Mexico. Renee is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Mae Murray  •  John St. Polis  •  Paul Weigel  •  Earl Schenck

Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie's insistence to Mexico. Renee is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Mae Murray  •  John St. Polis  •  Paul Weigel  •  Earl Schenck

The Great Commandment (1939)

Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Pichel
CAST:  John Beal  •  Albert Dekker  •  Maurice Moscovitch  •  Marjorie Cooley

Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Pichel
CAST:  John Beal  •  Albert Dekker  •  Maurice Moscovitch  •  Marjorie Cooley

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)

The villainous master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu sets out to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Warner Oland  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Jean Arthur  •  Neil Hamilton

The villainous master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu sets out to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Warner Oland  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Jean Arthur  •  Neil Hamilton

Winners of the West (1940)

Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe  •  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Dick Foran  •  Anne Nagel  •  Harry Woods  •  Tom Fadden

Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe  •  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Dick Foran  •  Anne Nagel  •  Harry Woods  •  Tom Fadden

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Warner Oland  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Jean Arthur  •  O. P. Heggie

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Warner Oland  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Jean Arthur  •  O. P. Heggie

The Devil-Doll (1936)

Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Frank Lawton  •  Rafaela Ottiano

Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Frank Lawton  •  Rafaela Ottiano

Seventh Heaven (1937)

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Simone Simon  •  James Stewart  •  Jean Hersholt  •  Gregory Ratoff

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Simone Simon  •  James Stewart  •  Jean Hersholt  •  Gregory Ratoff
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