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Imitation of Life (1934)

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John M. Stahl
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Warren William  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Ned Sparks

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John M. Stahl
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Warren William  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Ned Sparks

In Old Chicago (1938)

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Alice Faye  •  Don Ameche  •  Alice Brady

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Alice Faye  •  Don Ameche  •  Alice Brady

Love Me Tonight (1932)

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Charles Butterworth

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Charles Butterworth

Lydia (1941)

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Alan Marshal  •  Joseph Cotten

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Alan Marshal  •  Joseph Cotten

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Allan Jones  •  Nancy Kelly

Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Allan Jones  •  Nancy Kelly

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Miriam Hopkins  •  Kay Francis  •  Herbert Marshall  •  Charles Ruggles

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Miriam Hopkins  •  Kay Francis  •  Herbert Marshall  •  Charles Ruggles

The Divorcee (1930)

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Chester Morris  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Conrad Nagel

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Chester Morris  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Conrad Nagel

Morning Glory (1933)

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lowell Sherman
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  C. Aubrey Smith

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lowell Sherman
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  C. Aubrey Smith

Sweepstakes (1931)

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Eddie Quillan  •  James Gleason  •  Marian Nixon  •  Lew Cody

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Eddie Quillan  •  James Gleason  •  Marian Nixon  •  Lew Cody

Here Comes the Band (1935)

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Ted Lewis  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Harry Stockwell  •  Ted Healy

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Ted Lewis  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Harry Stockwell  •  Ted Healy

Pacific Liner (1939)

An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Chester Morris  •  Wendy Barrie  •  Alan Hale

An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  Chester Morris  •  Wendy Barrie  •  Alan Hale

This Is My Affair (1937)

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President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Brian Donlevy

The Merry Widow (1934)

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Una Merkel

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernst Lubitsch
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Edward Everett Horton  •  Una Merkel

Lilies of the Field (1930)

Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Korda
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Ralph Forbes  •  John Loder  •  Eve Southern

Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Korda
CAST:  Corinne Griffith  •  Ralph Forbes  •  John Loder  •  Eve Southern

The Cradle Snatchers (1927)

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college boys-- Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley-- to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Louise Fazenda  •  J. Farrell MacDonald  •  Ethel Wales  •  Franklin Pangborn

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college boys-- Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley-- to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Louise Fazenda  •  J. Farrell MacDonald  •  Ethel Wales  •  Franklin Pangborn

To Mary - with Love (1936)

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Myrna Loy  •  Ian Hunter  •  Claire Trevor

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Myrna Loy  •  Ian Hunter  •  Claire Trevor

None But the Brave (1928)

College hero Charles Stanton fails miserably as an insurance agent; so he becomes a lifeguard, saves an injured swimmer and is rewarded for his valor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Ray
CAST:  Charles Morton  •  Sally Phipps  •  Sharon Lynn  •  J. Farrell MacDonald

College hero Charles Stanton fails miserably as an insurance agent; so he becomes a lifeguard, saves an injured swimmer and is rewarded for his valor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Ray
CAST:  Charles Morton  •  Sally Phipps  •  Sharon Lynn  •  J. Farrell MacDonald

New Moon (1930)

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to the old Governor Brusiloff. Petroff, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Lawrence Tibbett  •  Grace Moore  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Roland Young

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to the old Governor Brusiloff. Petroff, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Lawrence Tibbett  •  Grace Moore  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Roland Young

The Bees' Buzz (1929)

Two friends - Andy and Harry - get into trouble while they are trying to prevent the marriage of Andy's daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack Sennett
CAST:  Harry Gribbon  •  Andy Clyde  •  Barbara Leonard  •  Tyler Brooke

Two friends - Andy and Harry - get into trouble while they are trying to prevent the marriage of Andy's daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mack Sennett
CAST:  Harry Gribbon  •  Andy Clyde  •  Barbara Leonard  •  Tyler Brooke

Million Dollar Legs (1932)

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Jack Oakie  •  W.C. Fields  •  Ben Turpin  •  Lyda Roberti

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Jack Oakie  •  W.C. Fields  •  Ben Turpin  •  Lyda Roberti
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