Adapted from a French movie entitled Un Carnet de Bal, this is a story of love unrequited. In one of her best performances,...
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1941
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We open on Philadelphia socialite C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) as he's being tossed out of his palatial home by his wife,...
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1940
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The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is...
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John Morgan
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1940
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Thomas Stenborg
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1939
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In this romance, a young woman journeys from Syracuse to New York to see her sweetheart, a prominent architect. She is...
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1939
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In this musical romantic comedy of 1938, Deanna Durbin plays Alice Fullerton, a young woman of a "certain age" who is prone...
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1938
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Count De Grissac
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1938
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Since the United States was officially neutral in the Spanish Civil War, the struggle of the Loyalists against Franco's...
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Andre Gallinet
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1938
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In this frothy romantic adventure, Marlene Dietrich plays Madeleine de Beaupre, a devious jewel thief. After sneaking a...
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Carlos Margoli
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1936
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In this musical, a young lady is sent to an East coast finishing school. She doesn't realize that it is a bogus school run by...
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Charles Dormant
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1936
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Hollywood Boulevard is a trenchant look at the underside of Tinseltown. Though the nominal hero is a disillusioned...
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John Blakeford
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1936
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Mary Ellis, Paramount's answer to Columbia's Grace Moore, stars in the title role in this musical melodrama/whodunit. When...
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1936
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"I'll See You in My Dreams" could well have been the theme music of Peter Ibbetson, the second film version of...
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Duke of Towers
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1935
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Lifelong mystery buff Samantha Kinsey (Kellie Martin) is thrilled when she inherits a bookstore that sells only "whodunits."...
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Dr. Theodore Van Wyke
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1935
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Sir George Barton
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1935
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American opera baritone George Houston, who later gained a measure of fame as a western hero, made his film debut in The...
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Marco Turina
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1935
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An Edgar Wallace yarn was the basis for the uncharacteristic Warner Bros. melodrama Return of the Terror. Hoping to escape...
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Dr. Redmayne
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1934
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This drama examines the rivalry between a mother and the daughter she is too vain to acknowledge. The mother is a famous...
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1934
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Josephine Hutchinson is a beautiful heiress bored by her stifling lifestyle. She bolts her family mansion on New Years' Eve...
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Henry Bradford
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1934
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In this courtroom thriller, a hypnotic psychic uses his gift for dubious ends by running a gambling den. The trouble begins...
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1934
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A pre-stardom Bette Davis struggles mightily as the "other woman" in this rather obvious divorce court drama from Warner...
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Paul Duprey
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1934
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In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband...
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Dr. Hedwig
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1934
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Stephen Bessemer
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1933
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This melodrama chronicles three decades in the life of the New York located title house beginning at the turn of the century...
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Lindon Fiske
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1933
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The scandalous doings behind the high-toned exterior of a private school for rich young women provides the framework for...
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Mr. Radcliff
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1933
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In this suspenseful mystery, a murderous psychopath aboard a luxury liner begins a series of grisly but creative murders....
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1933
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In this sassy dramatic comedy, two reform-school girls finally graduate and as soon as they get out decide to board a New...
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Stephen Paige
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1933
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Star Gloria Swanson also co-produced this British film, a romantic comedy/drama that teamed her with a young Laurence...
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Ivan Ronnson
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1933
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Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called...
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St. Clair
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1932
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Ruth Robbins (Mae Clarke) is already a cynic about marriage, and well she should be -- at age 19, she's the...
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Albert Hartman
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1932
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Men of Chance refers to those well-dressed gentlemen who stake their fortunes upon the outcome of horse races....
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Dorval
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1932
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In this romance, a recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she...
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Arthur Ladden
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1932
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Prof. David Matthews
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1932
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Mac
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1932
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In this marital drama, a wife fears that her checkered past will be revealed when she and her husband move to the city to...
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Richard Kent
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1931
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1931
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This British remake of 1923's Captain Applejack follows the courageous exploits of a mild mannered citizen who fights back...
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1931
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In this comedy drama, a young wife returns from a vacation abroad and learns that her sleazy husband is playing around with...
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1931
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Burroughs
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1931
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Adhering to a formula that would later be popularized further in Grand Hotel, Transatlantic is one of the best of the...
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Henry Graham
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1931
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Yet another variation on the already then-ancient Madame X theme, this early talkie stars Helen Twelvetrees in the title...
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Jimmy Daimer
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1931
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Cole Porter's Broadway musical 50 Million Frenchmen was brought to the screen in 1931 with one minor alteration -- all of the...
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Michael Cummings
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1931
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Based on a story by Booth Tarkington, Father's Son stars juvenile actor Leon Janney in the title role. Thanks to his...
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Dr. Franklin
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1931
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Jeff Hunter
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1931
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In this drama, a married woman's life is destroyed when her husband falls in love with a pretty chorine and divorces her. He...
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Brentwood Parr
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1930
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In rare film appearance, Broadway luminary Elsie Ferguson repeats her 1929 stage role in the 1930 film version of Scarlet...
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John Remington
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1930
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In this romantic drama, a Jewish sweatshop girl works her fingers to the bone to help her boyfriend get through college....
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1929
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In this comedy, Constance Talmadge plays Babs, a girl who is thrown out of boarding school because she's more interested in...
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1920
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