Babies for Sale 1940  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander, Joe De Stefani, Selmer Jackson, Georgia Caine, John Qualen, Mary Currier, Isabel Jewell, Eva Hyde
When babies are exploited by criminals who sell them to hopeful, would-be parents, reporter Steve Burton (Glenn Ford) tries to get the goods on the racketeers.
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Big Brown Eyes 1936  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon, Isabel Jewell, Lloyd Nolan, Alan Baxter, Marjorie Gateson, Douglas Fowley, Henry Brandon, Francis McDonald
Danny Barr (Cary Grant) is aided by his girlfriend (Joan Bennett) in capturing a gang of jewel thieves.
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Blessed Event 1932  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Isabel Jewell, George Meeker, Frank McHugh, Tom Dugan, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell
Newspaper columnist Alvin Roberts (Lee Tracy) specializes in reporting on "blessed events" which are started before marriage. When he announces the pregnancy of Dorothy (Isabel Jewell), it changes the lives of both Alvin and Dorothy. Behind the humor is a powerful story.
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Born to Kill 1947  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Lady of Deceit
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook Jr., Isabel Jewell, Esther Howard, Kathryn Card, Tony Barrett
Double murderer Sam Wild (Lawrence Tierney) marries Georgia (Audrey Long), but he prefers her sister (Claire Trevor) with whom he has an affair. Meanwhile, the police investigate the murders. A tough film–classic film noir.
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The Casino Murder Case 1935 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Byron, Ted Healy, Eric Blore, Isabel Jewell, Louise Fazenda, Leslie Fenton, Leo G. Carroll, Purnell Pratt
Paul Lukas, accent and all, becomes the fourth Philo Vance. After people are poisoned, Philo is brought in to sort through the suspects in this stretch-in-credibility plot. Rosalind Russell was just beginning to blossom into stardom at the time of this film.
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Ceiling Zero 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, James Bush, Henry Wadsworth, Barton MacLane, Bill Elliott, Isabel Jewell, Addison Richards
Howard Hawks spotlights pilots battling fog and poor communications to deliver the mail. Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) must atone for past mistakes in this action-oriented movie. One of the best of the Cagney-Pat O'Brien team-ups. Remade as "International Squadron" in 1941.
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The Crowd Roars 1938 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lionel Stander, Jane Wyman, William Gargan, Nat Pendleton, Don "Red" Barry, Isabel Jewell
Robert Taylor stars as a choirboy who grows up to become a light-heavyweight contender and finds that he cannot escape the influence of the mob.
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Design for Living 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Isabel Jewell, Helena Phillips Evans, James Donlan, Jane Darwell, Armand Kaliz
This is the film adaptation of Noel Coward's play about Gilda (Miriam Hopkins) who cannot choose between two men (Fredric March and Gary Cooper), so they decide to set up housekeeping together–with NO sex. Subsequent events provide good entertainment.
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Evelyn Prentice 1934 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel, Rosalind Russell, Harvey Stephens, Isabel Jewell, Frank Conroy, Henry Wadsworth, Edward Brophy, Jessie Ralph
Successful lawyer John Prentice (William Powell) and his wife Evelyn (Myrna Loy) unwittingly become involved in blackmail and murder.
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The Falcon and the Co-eds 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday, Lita Ward, Dorothy Malone, Isabel Jewell, Ian Wolfe, Cliff Clark, Edward Gargan, Olin Howland
A professor is murdered at his girls' school, and the Falcon (Tom Conway) is called in to solve the mystery. Look for Dorothy Malone amongst the students.
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Go West, Young Man 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Lyle Talbot, Isabel Jewell, Margaret Perry, Etienne Girardot, Maynard Holmes, John Indrisano, Nick Stewart, Charles Irwin, Walter Walker
Movie star Mavis Arden (Mae West), who expects to get her own way, ends up stranded at a remote boarding house where she decides to have fun with good-looking gas station mechanic Bud Norton (Randolph Scott). The attraction lasts–until Mavis fears commitment and backs off from the relationship.
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Irene 1940 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshal, May Robson, Billie Burke, Arthur Treacher, Marsha Hunt, Isabel Jewell, Ethel Griffies
This is the film adaptation of a 1919 Broadway musical in which an Irish lass, Irene O'Dare (Anna Neagle) rises from poverty into the arms of Don Marshal (Ray Milland). The song "Alice Blue Gown" was introduced in this pretty good musical.
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The Leopard Man 1943 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, James Bell, Margaret Landry, Abner Biberman, Ben Bard, Richard Martin, Ariel Heath, Fely Franquelli, Jacqueline deWit
In an effort to upstage the other acts, nightclub performer Kiki Walker (Jean Brooks) uses a leashed leopard in her own act. But when the leopard escapes, people are found dead, and the leopard is blamed. Kiki and her manager, Jerry Manning (Dennis O'Keefe), begin to question that the leopard is doing the killing and investigate other possibilities.
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Little Men 1940 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon, Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond, Richard Nichols, William Demarest, Sterling Holloway, Isabel Jewell, Casey Johnson, Francesca Santoro, Johnny Burke, Lillian Randolph, Sammy McKim
Louisa May Alcott's tale is again adapted to the screen as grown-up Jo (Kay Francis) opens a boarding school and attempts to tame a ruffian, Dan (Jimmy Lydon). Dan finally learns gentlemanly behavior–despite the influence of his crooked father, Major Burdle (George Bancroft). When Jo's school faces a bank foreclosure, the Major's cohort, Willie the Fox (Jack Oakie), turns himself in for the $5,000 reward and presents the money to Jo in order to save the school. Good comic relief from Jack Oakie.
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 Lost Horizon 1937  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, George Chan, David Torrence, Carl Stockdale, Hugh Buckler, Wyrley Birch, Darby Clark
British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and his brother George (John Howard) help British citizens–Henry Bernard (Thomas Mitchell), Gloria (Isabel Jewell), and "Lovey" Lovett (Edward Everett Horton)–evacuate from China during a revolution. Their plane crashes in Tibet, and a rescue team, led by Chang (H.B. Warner), leads them to Shangri-La where they discover a tranquility that they have never before experienced. This wonderful city is ruled by an aging 200 year-old High Lama (Sam Jaffe) who is impressed with Robert and wants him to succeed him after his death. Now, Robert is torn between leaving for England or remaining in Shangri-La with his new-found love Sondra (Jane Wyatt). A winner of two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Film Editing), it also received five nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Warner).
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Mad Love 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Karl Freund
Cast: Peter Lorre, Colin Clive, Frances Drake, Ted Healy, Keye Luke, Edward Brophy, Sara Haden, Henry Kolker, Ian Wolfe, Isabel Jewell
Doctor Gogol (Peter Lorre) is in love with the wife (Frances Drake) of a gifted pianist, Stephen Orlac (Colin Clive). Following the loss of Orlac's hands in an accident, he undergoes surgery by Doctor Gogol who gives him the hands of a guillotine victim.
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Man in the Attic 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory, Leslie Bradley, Harry Cording, Isabel Jewell, Lester Matthews, Tita Phillips, Lisa Daniels, Lilian Bond, Stuart Holmes, Ben Wright
In this tale of horror, Jack Palance takes on the role of Slade who just might be psychotic killer Jack the Ripper who kills showgirls in London during the 19th century. Slade rents a flat from Helen and William Harley (Frances Bavier and Rhys Williams) and falls in love with their daughter Lily (Constance Smith), but she ignores his advances. Now, Helen begins to suspect that Slade is Jack the Ripper and gives information to Scotland Yard Inspector Paul Warner (Byron Palmer) who attempts to uncover the facts about who Jack the Ripper really is. This is the second remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 film, "The Lodger."
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Manhattan Melodrama 1934 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo, Mickey Rooney, Nat Pendleton, George Sidney, Frank Conroy, Isabel Jewell, Herman Bing
This is the film that John Dillinger watched, at the Biograph Theater in Chicago, moments before police shot him to death and ended his life of crime. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Story; the plot is about gangster Blackie Gallagher (Clark Gable) and honest politician Jim Wade (William Powell) who, although childhood friends, ended up leading directly opposed lives.
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Marked Woman 1937 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Isabel Jewell, Allen Jenkins, Lola Lane, Ben Welden, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Damian O'Flynn, Raymond Hatton, Frank Faylen
Mary Dwight (Bette Davis) works at a nightclub, owned by mob boss Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli), where she performs as a hostess and prostitute. After one of the customers is killed, Mary swears to turn states evidence to help prosecutor David Graham (Humphrey Bogart). But when she appears in court, Mary clams up. Later her sister Betty (Jane Bryan) joins the group and is killed by a gangster for not submitting to his advances. Mary again threatens to testify but is beaten and scarred for life. Finally, from her hospital bed, she begs fellow prostitutes to testify. The five women–including Mary–appear in court, testify, and help bring Vanning to his knees.
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Northwest Passage 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Addison Richards, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Donald MacBride, Robert Barrat, Lumsden Hare, Isabel Jewell
In this historical saga about 18th-century America, Major Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy) leads his men on an expedition to map out a northwest passage to the sea.
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The Seventh Victim 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Tom Conway, Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Hugh Beaumont, Evelyn Brent, Erford Gage, Ben Bard, Chef Milani, Marguerita Sylva, Mary Newton, Milton Kibbee
After nuns at her boarding school tell Mary (Kim Hunter) that her sister, Jacqueline (Jean Brooks), is missing, Mary heads for NYC's Greenwich Village to find answers, and, in the process, is drawn into a coven of witches who are also looking for Jacqueline.
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Small Town Girl 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1948 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence, Rudy Vallee, Lionel Stander, Edgar Kennedy, Kurt Kreuger, Al Bridge, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Robert Greig, Isabel Jewell, Georgia Caine, Evelyn Beresford, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rex Harrison is brilliant as symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter whose brother-in-law August (Rudy Vallee) tells him that Alfred's wife, Daphne (Linda Darnell), is having an affair. Alfred obsesses with the thought that Daphne would have another lover and even plots her demise while conducting the orchestra. As he comes up with ways to solve the problem, Alfred sets each solution to a different classical number, and options change with the mood of the music. But, later, his efforts to physically carry out those plans result in slapstick gags, which end in a fiasco. This film was remade in 1984 starring Dudley Moore as the conductor and Nastassja Kinski as the "unfaithful" wife.
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| 1. Babies for Sale (1940)
2. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
3. Blessed Event (1932)
4. Born to Kill (1947)
aka: Lady of Deceit
5. The Casino Murder Case (1935)
6. Ceiling Zero (1935)
7. The Crowd Roars (1938)
8. Design for Living (1933)
9. Evelyn Prentice (1934)
10. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
11. Go West, Young Man (1936)
12. Irene (1940)
13. The Leopard Man (1943)
14. Little Men (1940)
15. Lost Horizon (1937)
16. Mad Love (1935)
17. Man in the Attic (1954)
18. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
19. Marked Woman (1937)
20. Northwest Passage (1940)
21. The Seventh Victim (1943)
22. Small Town Girl (1936)
aka: One Horse Town
23. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
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