J. Walter Ruben

After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper stories about the crime front-page news. Eric Linden, Dorothy Jordan, Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Ates, Roscoe Karns and Purnell Pratt star in this 1932 thriller, directed ...  (more)

A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.  (more)

Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son. Drama.  (more)

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.  (more)

A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.  (more)

A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to get to know each other better and reconsider their plans. They learn a lot about each other, and themselves.  (more)

An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.  (more)

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.  (more)

The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy ...  (more)

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.  (more)

A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.  (more)

Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.  (more)

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.  (more)

Life changes in surprising ways when a lazy, unemployed husband and father finds a box containing thousands of dollars in cash.  (more)

A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.  (more)

A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.  (more)

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.  (more)

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a ...  (more)

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, ...  (more)

In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.  (more)