The Bishop Murder Case 1930  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, Carroll Nye, George F. Marion, Bodil Rosing, Delmer Daves, Charles Quatermaine, Zelda Sears, Richard Cramer, James Donlan, Sidney Bracey, Clarence Geldart, Nellie Bly Baker
The body of "Cock Robin" is discovered with an arrow through his heart. He is one of a series of murder victims in which the killer leaves nursery rhymes in his wake. Detective Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) goes to work and finds the psychopathic killer.
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Breakfast for Two 1937  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Frank M. Thomas, Donald Meek, Etienne Girardot, Pierre Watkin, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey
A Texas heiress, Valentine Ransom (Barbara Stanwyck), and a playboy, Jonathan Blair (Herbert Marshall), enjoy an on-again off-again romance because of their differences in life styles, but, despite problems from his crazy fiancee Carol Wallace (Glenda Farrell), by the end of the story they live happily ever after.
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Broken Dreams 1933 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper, Joseph Cawthorn, Beryl Mercer, Buster Phelps, Adele St. Mauer, Charlotte Merriam, Sidney Bracey, Phyllis Lee, Martin Burton, Clarence Geldart, Edward LeSaint, Sam Flint, Finis Barton
Robert Morley (Randolph Scott) blames his young son (Buster Phelps) for the death of his wife during childbirth and sends the boy to live with relatives. Six years later, after re-marrying, Robert decides he wants his son back. After winning a contested battle, things still aren't as they should be as the new wife (Martha Sleeper) and the boy do not hit it off. Tears flow in the audience.
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 The Cameraman 1928  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Harry Gribbon, Sidney Bracey, Edward Brophy, Richard Alexander, Bert Moorhouse, Ray Cooke
This was Buster Keaton's last classic comedy of the silent era. In this film, Keaton plays tintype photographer Luke Shannon who desperately wants to impress Sally (Marceline Day) and earn credit as a newsman in the process. Sally works as a secretary for MGM's newsreel department, and Luke decides that the way to impress her is to get a job with the newsreel department. Pitfalls lie ahead when Luke discovers that his lack of experience with the movie camera stands in the way of finding success with this method of photography, and the result is chaos.
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 The Dawn Patrol 1938  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Barry Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Carl Esmond, Peter Willes, Morton Lowry, Michael Brooke, Herbert Evans, James Burke, Stuart Hall, Sidney Bracey, Leo Nomis
In this remake of the 1930 film, Basil Rathbone plays the squadron commander, Major Brand, who must send young British World War I aviators to their possible deaths. Flight commander, Capt. Courtney (Errol Flynn) leads his men on their fatal missions and resents Brand's ruthlessness in sending them to their deaths. But, when Courtney replaces Brand as squadron commander, he is the one blamed–until he performs a suicidal bombing mission and is killed. Now, the cycle continues when Courtney's best friend, Lt. Scott (David Niven), becomes squadron commander and must deal with taking the blame.
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 Flying Down to Rio 1933 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Blanche Friderici, Walter Walker, Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Paul Porcasi, Franklin Pangborn, Lucile Browne, Mary Kornman, Betty Furness, Sidney Bracey
While performing in Miami, band leader Roger Band (Gene Raymond) flirts with Brazilian Heiress Belinha de Rezende (Dolores del Rio), which results in his band, Yankee Clippers, being fired. When the band is hired by the Hotel Atlantico in Rio, Belinha joins Roger on his private plane, and, after mechanical problems, they land on a beach, and romance blooms. But, more problems lie in store because Belinha is engaged to marry Roger's best friend Julio Ribeiro (Paul Roulien). This is the first pairing of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire who play dancers Honey Hale and Fred Ayres. Novelty numbers include dancing on the wings of airplanes.
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Forsaking All Others 1934  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth, Billie Burke, Frances Drake, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Treacher, Eily Malyon, Greta Meyer, Tom Ricketts, Harold Huber, Jan Duggan, Sidney Bracey
Although Mary (Joan Crawford) and Dill (Robert Montgomery) are getting married, Jeff (Clark Gable) pines for his lost love, Mary. Events turn out happily ever after when Dill marries another woman, and Jeff and Mary discover their true love.
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Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Three Broadway Girls
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Madge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Phillips Smalley, Sidney Bracey, Betty Grable, Louise Beavers, Ward Bond, Creighton Hale
Three New York City women–Polaire (Madge Evans), Schatze (Joan Blondell), and Jean (Ina Claire)–set out to find wealthy husbands. This story has been made several times, including "How to Marry a Millionaire."
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The Intruder 1933 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Albert Ray
Cast: Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman, Sidney Bracey, Mischa Auer, Harry Cording, William B. Davidson, Wilfred Lucas, Lynton Brent, John(2) Beck, Allan Cavan
Following a murder aboard a cruise ship, the ship itself sinks, and the survivors are shipwrecked on a jungle island. Now, a second murder takes place, which leaves the hero, John Brandt (Monte Blue), looking for clues to solve the crimes.
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Isle of Fury 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, Paul Graetz, Gordon Hart, E.E. Clive, George Regas, Sidney Bracey, Tetsu Komai, Houseley Stevenson
This screen adaptation of Somerset Maugham's "The Narrow Corner" stars Humphrey Bogart as Val Stevens, a fugitive who, while hiding out on a South Seas island, falls in love.
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Magnificent Obsession 1935  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth, Betty Furness, Sara Haden, Ralph Morgan, Henry Armetta, Arthur Hoyt, Arthur Treacher, Lucien Littlefield, Gilbert Emery, Beryl Mercer, Theodore von Eltz, Sidney Bracey, Cora Sue Collins
After being involved in an accident that causes the death of Helen Hudson's (Irene Dunne) husband, alcoholic playboy Bobby Merrick (Robert Taylor) apologizes only to watch Helen turn away and walk into traffic. She is hit by a car and blinded. Now Bobby reforms, becomes an eye surgeon, finds Helen, restores her eyesight, and finds true love with her.
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The Monster Walks 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Monster Walked
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Sheldon Lewis, Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Sidney Bracey, Willie Best
Ruth (Vera Reynolds) inherits an estate from her scientist father who also left her an ape used in his experiments. Ruth and Ted (Rex Lease) arrive at the estate to claim the inheritance. But, nasty Uncle Robert (Sheldon Lewis) wants the estate for himself. So, he plots to have the mentally challenged son (Mischa Auer) of his housekeeper (Martha Mattox) and the ape take care of Ruth. But things go wrong in this "Old Dark House" tale.
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Monte Carlo 1930 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald, Zasu Pitts, Claud Allister, Lionel Belmore, Tyler Brooke, John Roche, Albert Conti, Helen Garden, Donald Novis, Billy Bevan, Sidney Bracey, Frances Dee, Rolfe Sedan
Countess Vera von Conti (Jeanette MacDonald) is engaged to Prince Otto von Seibenheim (Claud Allister), but she does not love him. So, just before the scheduled wedding, Vera heads for Monte Carlo where she loses, time after time, at the casinos. She meets a mysterious man (Jack Buchanan) who asks if he may touch her hair for luck. He strokes her hair, but it is Vera's luck that changes, and she asks him to stay by her side. What Vera does not know is that he is actually the very wealthy Count Rudolph Falliere who is posing as a commoner in order to be near Vera. The Count plays his game until he ends up winning her heart, and they live happily ever after. Among the songs MacDonald sings is, "Beyond the Blue Horizon."
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The Old Maid 1939  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Lundigan, Rand Brooks, Cecilia Loftus, Janet Shaw, William Hopper, Sidney Bracey
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is the story of the aftermath of a love affair between Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Clem (George Brent). When Clem dies while fighting in the Civil War, Charlotte is left alone to face unmarried motherhood. Her solution is to give their daughter (Jane Bryan) to a cousin (Miriam Hopkins) to raise as her own. Now, Charlotte watches as her daughter grows up but must remain as an outsider. 1 User Review
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| | Bette Davis Fan | Movie Lover 05/15/2012 | | This is a very good movie, especially to watch on a Saturday or early morning movie. |
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Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 1931 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Romeo in Pyjamas
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards, Dorothy Christy, Joan Peers, Sally Eilers, Natalie Moorhead, Edward Brophy, Walter Merrill, Sidney Bracey, Eugene Pallette
Jeff (Reginald Denny) wants to marry Ginny (Sally Eilers), but she will not consider a marriage proposal until after her sister, Angie (Dorothy Christy), gets married. So, Jeff schemes to get Angie interested in shy Reggie (Buster Keaton) who he passes off as a great lover.
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Queen Kelly 1932 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Sidney Bracey, Wilhelm von Brincken, Sylvia Ashton, Tully Marshall, Gordon Westcott, Wilson Benge, Florence Gibson, Madge Hunt, Lucille Van Lent, Rae Daggett, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Originally completed in 1932 this film, financed by Gloria Swanson, was not released in the U.S. until it was restored in 1985. A convent inhabitant, Patricia (Swanson), is kidnapped and seduced by the betrothed prince Wolfram (Walter Byron) of mad Queen Regina (Seena Owen), the ruler of a small country in Europe. Wolfram is imprisoned while Patricia eventually inherits a string of brothels from her aunt in East Africa. Patricia marries a lecherous old man, and tragedy eventually follows. A treatise on the degradation of the human race and the last silent film by Erich von Stroheim.
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Smashing the Money Ring 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown, Elliott Sullivan, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Donald Douglas, Joe King, John Hamilton, Sidney Bracey, Jack Wise, Jack Mower, Don Turner
This is the third in a series of Secret Service stories starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft. This time around "Brass" leads his agents in an attempt to stop illegal action at sea.
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Speak Easily 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Ruth Selwyn, Thelma Todd, Hedda Hopper, William Pawley, Sidney Toler, Lawrence Grant, Henry Armetta, Edward Brophy, DeWitt Jenninsg, Oscar Apfel, Sidney Bracey, Fred Kelsey, Inez Palange
Professor Timoleon Zanders Post (Buster Keaton) has inherited a fortune and decides to enjoy life when he meets and falls in love with a dancer, Eleanor Espere (Thelma Todd). So, he buys her show–including the piano player Jimmy Dodge (Jimmy Durante)–and plans to bring it to Broadway. But, does he have the ability to carry off his plan?
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The Sun Never Sets 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Barbara O'Neil, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia Field, Melville Cooper, Mary Forbes, Theodore von Eltz, John Burton, Arthur Mulliner, Douglas Walton, Sidney Bracey, Walter McGrail
The Randolph brothers, John (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Clive (Basil Rathbone), perform a patriotic act to prevent a war in Africa that threatens British colonies in the area.
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Tangled Destinies 1932 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Lloyd Whitlock, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Sidney Bracey, Gene Morgan, Ethel Wales, Syd Saylor, Monaei Lindley, James B. Leong, William P. Burt, Henry Hall
After a forced landing in the desert, passengers and crew of a plane bound for Los Angeles find refuge in an old house. Then the lights go out, one passenger is murdered, and his bag of diamonds is missing. An insurance investigator (Sidney Bracey) has his work cut out for him to identify the killer before more murders and mayhem ensue.
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Wild Company 1930 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Frank Albertson, H.B. Warner, Sharon Lynn, Joyce Compton, Claire McDowell, Bela Lugosi, George Fawcett, Richard Keene, Frances McCoy, Kenneth Thomson, Mildred Van Dorn, Bob Callahan, Oscar Apfel, Grady Sutton, Sidney Bracey
Following an argument with his girlfriend, Larry Grayson (Frank Albertson) heads for a nightclub, owned by Felix Brown (Bela Lugosi), where he meets Sally (Sharon Lynn) who proves to be the last thing he needs because she's a gangster's moll, and the gangster uses Larry for his own purposes.
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| 1. The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
2. Breakfast for Two (1937)
3. Broken Dreams (1933)
4. The Cameraman (1928)
5. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
6. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
7. Forsaking All Others (1934)
8. Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
aka: Three Broadway Girls
9. The Intruder (1933)
10. Isle of Fury (1936)
11. Magnificent Obsession (1935)
12. The Monster Walks (1932)
aka: The Monster Walked
13. Monte Carlo (1930)
14. The Old Maid (1939)
15. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
aka: Romeo in Pyjamas
16. Queen Kelly (1932)
17. Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
18. Speak Easily (1932)
19. The Sun Never Sets (1939)
20. Tangled Destinies (1932)
21. Wild Company (1930)
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