Proof positive that Reliable Pictures' Skull and Crown was filmed several years before its 1938 New York premiere is the...
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Brent
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1935
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Though the names have been changed to protect the guilty, this romantic crime drama offers a relatively factual account of...
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1934
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In this sentimental drama, a race-car driver falls for a lovely lady reporter. Together, they begin caring for a crippled...
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1933
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What isn't Heroes for Sale about? Within its 71-minute time frame, this film (co-written by "professional cynic"...
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1933
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Baby Face is a good example of the kind of spitfire lead female characters that appeared in the cinema of pre-code Hollywood....
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1933
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Quite a bit of stock footage accompany this aerial melodrama from Columbia, which was directed by low-budget action...
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Ted Hunter
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1933
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In this grim drama, a conniving young man is brought up on charges of reckless driving. To "prove" his innocence and good...
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1933
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Jenny (Ruth Chatterton) becomes pregnant by a young man who is killed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Bearing her child...
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1933
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Aerial footage distinguishes this romantic-triangle melodrama set among pilots in a flying circus. Jill (Sally Eilers) loves...
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1933
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1932
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In this light-hearted musical, an early color film, a successful actress tires of the bustle and hustle of her tawdry life...
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1931
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Efficiently assembled by low-budget Monogram Pictures, In the Line of Duty is a serviceable melodrama completely dominated by...
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1931
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Previously filmed in 1917 and 1922, Willard Mack's barnstorming stage melodrama Kick In was exhumed again in 1931 as a...
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Benny LaMarr
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1931
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The dank underbelly of suburban youth is revealed in this dark drama based on a sensational 1930 novel written by an 18-year...
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1930
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In this drama, a convict breaks out of jail and winds up going to college. There he joins the rowing team and helps them to...
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1930
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This melodrama is the last silent film of Lon Chaney. There is a soundtrack, but it only contains sound effects. The plot...
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1929
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Mary Nolan, whose own private life was as sensationally scandalous as any of her screen roles, starred in this...
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1929
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Director William Wyler made the move up to talking pictures with this blend of action and comedy. Dave Roberts (James Murray...
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1929
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As was the case with every film project that he cared deeply about, filmmaker King Vidor had to fight long and hard with his...
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John
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1928
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Curly
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1928
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Jim Kenyon
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1928
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Released in both silent and part-talkie versions, The Little Wildcat starred James Murray, late of The Crowd, as barnstorming...
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1928
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Legendary (and, to some, infamous) African-American comedian Stepin Fetchit made his first screen appearance in...
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1927
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The Lovelorn was inspired by the popular "advice" column by Beatrice Fairfax, here played by Dorothy Cumming. Heroine Georgie...
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1927
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