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Director: Raoul Walsh    More Info
Starring: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr., Ward Bond, Helen Parrish, Frederick Burton, Ian Keith, Charles Stevens

 In John Wayne's first starring role, he plays Brick Coleman who guides a wagon train pioneering the Oregon Trail. Along the trek, the wagon train confronts desert heat, steep cliffs, a fierce storm, an Indian attack, and swollen rivers. Brick fearlessly leads the wagons while still finding time to romance Ruth Cameron (Marguerite Churchill)–despite competition from gambler Bill Thorpe (Ian Keith) and villain Red Flack (Tyrone Power Sr.).

Director: Howard Hawks    More Info
Starring: Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton, William Janney, James Finlayson, Clyde Cook, Edmund Breon, Frank McHugh

 British World War I aviators are enthralled with the romance of their missions. However, as talk turns into reality, the danger loses its romantic quality. In Director Howard Hawks' first talkie, he presents some dramatic aerial scenes. John Monk Saunders won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story).

Director: Alfred E. Green    More Info
Starring: George Arliss, H.B. Warner, Alice Joyce, Ralph Forbes, Reginald Sheffield, Nigel De Brulier, Ivan F. Simpson

 George Arliss won the Academy Award as Best Actor for his role of The Rajah of Rukh at whose disposal survivors of an airplane crash are forced to rely. Arliss re-creates his role in an earlier version of this film. The Oscar was for roles over a two-year period; the other film for which he won the Oscar was "Disraeli."

Director: James Whale    More Info
Starring: Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners, Robert Adair, Jack Pitcairn, Tom Whiteley

 Based on R.C. Sheriff's play, this film concerns British military men encountering and adapting to stress inherent in World War I missions.

Director: John Francis Dillon    More Info
Starring: Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners, Mary Duncan, Sidney Blackmer, Montagu Love, Ford Sterling, Theodore von Eltz, John St. Polis, Edmund Breese

 Baghdad beggar Haji (Otis Skinner) makes his way into the palace inner-circle where he romances Wazir Mansur's (Sidney Blackmer) "head wife" Zeleekha (Mary Duncan) while his daughter Marsinah (Loretta Young) falls in love with Caliph Abdallah (David Manners). Fate plays a big role in this captivating story.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, Paul Page, Walter McGrail, Stuart Erwin, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, George LeGuere, Charles K. Gerrard, Ben Hendricks Jr.

 Following a disabled submarine's descent to the ocean's floor, the desperate crew works out a rescue plan for their survival.

Director: Victor Fleming    More Info
Starring: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye, George Cooper, C. Henry Gordon, Bela Lugosi, Colin Chase, Noah Beery Jr., Claire Du Brey

 Four volunteers–Deucalion (Warner Baxter), Machwurth (Noah Beery), Mordiconi (C. Henry Gordon), and Biloxi (George Cooper)–leave their unit in the French Foreign Legion. They join forces with a beautiful spy, Eleanore (Myrna Loy), which is a decision that leads to tragic consequences.

Director: Arnold Fanck    More Info
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet, Fredrich Kaybler, Mathias Wieman, Alfred Beierle, Ernst Peterson, Harald Reinl

 Hannes (Sepp Rist) tends an isolated observatory on Mont Blanc, having contact with the outside world only by Morse code or from visits by pilot Ernst (Ernst Udet). Ernst brings Hella (Leni Riefenstahl), who lives at the bottom of the mountain with her astronomer father, and they fall in love. When Hannes loses his gloves in a storm, his hands become frozen and he calls for help via Morse code. Hella heads a rescue team to reach him. But, Ernst flies in and saves Hannes.

Director: John Cromwell    More Info
Starring: Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green, Lucien Littlefield, Tully Marshall, Clara Blandick, Jackie Searl, Ethel Wales, Dick Winslow, Jane Darwell

 Mark Twain's classic is given good treatment in this, the first "talkie" version of the story, with more to follow. The same starring cast (Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green, and Clara Blandick) took the same roles the following year in "Huckleberry Finn."

Director: William A. Wellman    More Info
Starring: Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Jean Arthur, Paul Lukas, Stuart Erwin, Frank Ross, Jack Luden

 A World War I pilot, Lieutenant Gene Banks ("Buddy" Rogers), experiences adventures in the air as a fighter as well as on the ground as a lover.

Director: Herbert Brenon    More Info
Starring: Frank McCormick, Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young, Irene Rich, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson, Don Alvarado, Bernard Siegel, Myrtle Stedman, John St. Polis

 Ralph Forbes, who starred in the 1926 silent film, "Beau Geste," returns to his role in this sequel that involves the desert reunion of childhood friends John Geste (Ralph Forbes) and Otis Madison (Lester Vail).

Director: Alfred Santell    More Info
Starring: Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, Myrna Loy, Don Dillaway, Crauford Kent, Pat Somerset, Ian Maclaren

 Believing Carla (Elissa Landi) to be his friend Jim's (Humphrey Bogart) lover, Mal Andrews (Charles Farrell) meets with Carla to tell her of Jim's death in military action.

Director: George Melford    More Info
Starring: Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, Noble Johnson

 Linda Randolph (Rose Hobart) searches for her long-lost husband, Allan (Charles Bickford), in the jungles east of Borneo and finds him serving as the court physician in the Prince of Marudu's (Georges Renavent) palace. Rose and Allan rekindle their love just as a smoking volcano is about to erupt.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke    More Info
Starring: Edwina Booth, Harry Carey, Olive Carey, Duncan Renaldo, C. Aubrey Smith, Mutia Omoolu, Riano Tindama

 Filmed on location in Africa, the plot involves Trader Horn's (Harry Carey) and Peru's (Duncan Renaldo) search for a missionary's lost daughter, Nina (Edwina Booth). They succeed in their quest but then are faced with the problem of reintroducing her to their civilization.

Director: Varick Frissell    More Info
Starring: Bob Bartlett, Louise Huntington, Charles Starrett, Arthur Vinton, Wilfred Grenfell

 Seal hunter Jed (Arthur Vinton) coerces the town jinx Luke (Charles Starrett) into going with him on an expedition off the Newfoundland coast aboard The Viking, which is commanded by Capt. Barker (Bob Bartlett). They join a hunting party on the ice floes where Jed tries to kill Luke. But, Jed is blinded by the snow, and Luke helps him find his way back to safety on the boat. Jed regains his sight and, from that moment on, becomes Luke's loyal defender.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Russell Hopton, Slim Summerville, Frank Albertson, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond, Leslie Fenton, David Landau

 Personal and public lives of the pilots involved in the early days of the United States Air Mail Service are highlighted in this John Ford film.

Director: William Nigh    More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, George "Gabby" Hayes, Niles Welch, Olive Carey, Albert J. Smith, Merrill McCormick, Art Mix, Tetsu Komai, Jack Gallagher

 Jim Gray (Harry Carey) is accused of murdering his friend Bud Brandon (Art Mix) and is arrested. He breaks out of jail with help from Neil Denham (Jack Gallagher) and sets out to prove his innocence. Later, Neil is killed, leaving Marcia (Kathleen Collins) a widow, and she becomes Jim's sidekick while Jim assumes Neil's identity. Jim joins forces with "Dude" Sanders (George "Gabby" Hayes), and they go off in search of the mysterious "The General" (Tetsu Komai) who is the Chinese leader of bandits. The bandits are vandalizing cattle hoping to stir up discontent among the ranchers so that they will not be noticed smuggling dynamite across the border. Surprises lie in wait–including who is the real leader of the bandits.

Director: George W. Hill    More Info
Starring: Wallace Beery, Clark Gable, Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Cliff Edwards, John Miljan, Marie Prevost, Robert Young

 Navy fliers compete for love while involved in the U.S. Navy's Naval Air program. Watch for a young Robert Young in the role of a sailor.

Director: Ford Beebe    More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Edwina Booth, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Bob Kortman, Walter McGrail, Nelson McDowell, Edward Hearn

 James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale is presented as a 12-chapter serial. Frontier guide Hawkeye (Harey Carey) and his Indian friends, Chingachgook and Uncas (Hobart Bosworth and Frank Coghlan Jr.), fight against the corrupt soldiers and the evil Indian Magua (Bob Kortman).

Director: A. Edward Sutherland    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum, Earle Browne, Maria Alba

 While on a cruise in the South Seas with friends William Belmont and Prof. Carmichael (William Farnum and Earle Browne), Steve Drewel (Douglas Fairbanks) bets them that he can live on a small, deserted island with nothing more than his toothbrush for one year. Then, Steve swims ashore, and begins his adventure. He builds a home, provides the means for getting food, and even builds a radio. When a woman (Maria Alba), escaping from her wedding, rows her canoe to Steve's island, Steve welcomes her and names her "Saturday." Meanwhile, Steve's yachting pal Belmont gets the natives on a nearby island to scare Steve so that he will leave and then lose the bet. And new adventures await.

Director: Josef von Sternberg    More Info
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard, Claude King

 In the midst of civil war, the notorious Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) meets and falls in love with Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook) during a trip on the Shanghai Express. One of the train's passengers is the warlord rebel leader, Henry Chang (Warner Oland), waiting for his rebels to ambush the train and take hostages. Among the hostages will be Shanghai Lily and her Captain Harvey.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke    More Info
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Doris Lloyd, Forrester Harvey, Ivory Williams, Johnny Eck

 This film is the first of the "Tarzan" entries. Champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller stars in the title role with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, the daughter of a British safari-leader. Good film.

Director: Merian C. Cooper    More Info
Starring: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, James Flavin, Paul Porcasi, Etta McDaniel, Vera Lewis

 This film about a huge ape that terrorizes New York City is a classic. It is worth watching for the exciting climax when King Kong takes the "light of his life" (Fay Wray) in his arms and climbs to the top of the Empire State Building where he is attacked by an airplane. Good viewing–even better the second time around.

Director: Ford Beebe    More Info
Starring: Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, William "Stage" Boyd, Lois Wilson, Henry B. Walthall, Regis Toomey, Ruth Hall, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dewey Robinson, Ivan Lebedeff

 With the police on his trail, soldier of fortune Dennis P. McHale a.k.a. Captain Dennis Patrick Easter (Victor McLaglen) leaves Panama and travels to South America where he organizes a band of revolutionaries. Later, he meets an engineer, living a life similar to his, who turns out to be his own son.

Director: Tay Garnett    More Info
Starring: Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Max Holzboer, Walter Riml, Ernst Udet, Nakinak

 Based on an actual ill-fated expedition–with two survivors of the expedition party as advisers–this film follows the journey to Greenland in search of lost records, and the party becomes stranded on an iceberg. The leader's (Rod la Rocque) wife (Leni Riefenstahl) is a pilot who comes to the rescue, but her plane crashes on landing, and she joins the expedition. Eventually, a group of Eskimos arrives by kayak, along with pilot Ernst Udet, to save their lives.