 Baby Take a Bow 1934  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart, Ray Walker, Ralf Harolde, James Flavin, Dorothy Libaire, Richard Tucker, Olive Tell
This is Shirley Temple's first film in which she has a starring role, and she made her name as a young girl who clears her ex-convict father (James Dunn) from the charge of stealing jewels.
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 Born to Dance 1936  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, Reginald Gardiner, Raymond Walburn, Alan Dinehart, Dennis O'Keefe, James Flavin, Jonathan Hale, Barnett Parker, Harry Strang
Sailors Ted (James Stewart), Mush (Buddy Ebsen), and Gunny (Sid Silvers) romance their girlfriends Nora (Eleanor Powell), Peppy (Frances Langford), and Jenny (Una Merkel) while on shore leave. This musical revue, highlighting the creative talents of the great Cole Porter, features delightful dance scenes. "I've Got You under My Skin" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
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The Brat 1931  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, Virginia Cherrill, June Collyer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mary Forbes, William Collier Sr., Louise Mackintosh, Margaret Mann
A wealthy high-society landowner takes in a poor chorus girl (Sally O'Neil). She changes the family's attitudes in this lesser John Ford film.
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Bureau of Missing Persons 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly, Alan Dinehart, George Chandler, Marjorie Gateson
Police officer Butch Saunders (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with fugitive Norma Phillips (Bette Davis) and helps prove her innocence in a murder charge.
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The Cat's-Paw 1934  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton, Grace Bradley, Alan Dinehart, Grant Mitchell, E. Alyn Warren, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, James Donlan, Edwin Maxwell, Frank Sheridan, David Holt, Fuzzy Knight
After spending 20 years in China, Ezekiel Cobb (Harold Lloyd) returns to his hometown of Stockport, California, and wins the election for mayor after corrupt politicians convince him to run. Now, he begins a campaign to reform the town and uses his recently gained Chinese wisdom to obtain confessions before running the tough guys out of town.
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 Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart, Gavin Muir, Paul Fix, Jonathan Hale, George Irving, Frankie Darro, Gloria Roy, G.P. Huntley, Frank Coghlan Jr., Harry Strang, Holmes Herbett
Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland), racehorse owner friend, Major Kent (George Irving), is found dead in the stall of his championship horse while traveling via steamship from Australia to California. The ship stops at Hawaii, Charlie investigates, and determines that Kent's death was murder. With help from his son Lee (Keye Luke), Charlie uncovers an international gambling ring involved in the drugging of racehorses to fix races.
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 Dante's Inferno 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart, Scotty Beckett, Rita Hayworth, George Humbert, Nella Walker, Dennis O'Keefe, Yakima Canutt
Carnival barker Jim Carter (Spencer Tracy) finds that his rise to riches via his midway attraction can only result in tragedy. Watch for Rita Hayworth–still using her real name, Rita Cansino–as a beautiful dancer.
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Everything Happens at Night 1939 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Maurice Moscovitch, Alan Dinehart, Fritz Feld, Jody Gilbert, Leonid Kinskey, Victor Varconi, William Edmunds
Two reporters, Geoffrey Thompson (Ray Milland) and Ken Morgan (Robert Cummings), try to find a missing Nobel Prize winner, and both fall in love with the man's daughter, Louise (Sonja Henie).
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Fifty Roads to Town 1937 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, John Qualen, Alan Dinehart, Stepin Fetchit, Oscar Apfel, Douglas Fowley, Allan Lane
While marooned in a mountain cabin during a snowstorm, Peter (Don Ameche) and Millicent (Ann Sothern) fall in love despite their ordeal.
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It's a Great Life 1943 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Blondie and Dagwood: It's a Great Life
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Hugh Herbert, Jonathan Hale, Danny Mummert, Alan Dinehart, Irving Bacon, Si Jenks, Douglas Leavitt
There are some good laughs in this Blondie entry, but not too many. Poor Dagwood is sent out to buy a house but ends up with a horse. Then there's the fox hunt.
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Jimmy the Gent 1934 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Alice White, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Hohl, Alan Dinehart, Philip Reed, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ralf Harolde, Dennis O'Keefe
This offbeat gangster comedy has Cagney trying to find heirs for unclaimed fortunes. The two stars invigorate a weak script.
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1944 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: And So They Were Married
Director: Joe May
Cast: Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Minna Gombell, Robert Mitchum, Chick Chandler, Alan Dinehart, Gladys Blake, Grady Sutton, Milton Kibbee
When Johnny's (William Terry) girlfriend (Simone Simon) needs a Washington, D.C. apartment, he hands over the keys to his lodgings. The only problem is that he has also given keys to a number of his friends who manage to arrive day and night.
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Second Fiddle 1939 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, Stewart Reburn, Spencer Charters, Charles(2) Lane, George Chandler, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal
Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) is looking for an unknown actress to star in a big film and finds Minnesota teacher Trudi (skating star Sonja Henie). He brings Trudi to Hollywood, and Jimmy manufactures a romance between Trudi and her leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). Amusing twists and turns ensue, ending when it turns out that Jimmy is the one who really does love Trudi who, by now, has become a big star.
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Slightly Honorable 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Broderick Crawford, Edward Arnold, Ruth Terry, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Bernard Nedell, Eve Arden, Douglass Dumbrille, Phyllis Brooks, Douglas Fowley, Ernest Truex
Corrupt politician Russ Sampson (Edward Arnold) frames lawyer John Webb (Pat O'Brien) for the murder of a woman involved in a scandal. Webb and law partner Russ (Broderick Crawford) set out to find the real murderer.
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A Study in Scarlet 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Warburton Gamble, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes
Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) is asked by a widow to investigate a secret society where the members leave their fortunes to the society when they die. Unfortunately, members are being killed right and left, and Sherlock sets out to uncover the culprit.
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady 1943 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou, Reginald Gardiner, Virginia Grey, Phil Regan, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jonathan Hale
This time around Tyrone Power takes on the role of the reporter who exposes the former burlesque queen, Rosie O'Grady (Betty Grable), when she tries to improve her station in life. Good music and talent make this film enjoyable fare. It was previously made as "Love Is News" and later remade as "That Wonderful Urge."
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Thanks a Million 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Raymond Walburn, David Rubinoff, Benny Baker, Andrew Tombes, Alan Dinehart, Paul Harvey, Edwin Maxwell, Margaret Irving, Charles Richman, Lynn Bari, Harry Stubbs
Eric Land (Dick Powell) is the leading man in a traveling musical show whose manager Ned Lyman (Fred Allen) talks him into taking the place of an alcoholic candidate and running for the office of Governor of Pennsylvania. The campaigning proves disastrous for Eric's relationship with his girlfriend Sally (Ann Dvorak), and Eric wants out of politics. However, the people now love Eric, and he wins the election–and Sally as well.
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This Is My Affair 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, John Carradine, Frank Conroy, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Fowley
Lieutenant Perry (Robert Taylor) is a federal agent who becomes involved in the assassination of President McKinley. Nightclub singer Lil Duryca (Barbara Stanwyck) is his love interest.
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Up the River 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Arthur Treacher, Alan Dinehart, Jane Darwell, Sidney Toler, Eddie Collins, Bill Robinson, Edward Gargan, Robert Allen, Charles D. Brown, Irving Bacon, Ben Welden
In this remake of the 1930 film, con men Chipper Morgan (Preston Foster) and Darby Randall (Arthur Treacher) star on the prison football team. When they learn about a raw deal that a fellow teammate (Tony Martin) has been given, they agree to escape from prison and help him confront the racketeers. The plan does not set well with the warden (Alan Dinehart) who has bet a fortune on the upcoming football game and needs his stars to win. The duo does escape, but, fortunately for the warden, they return to win the game in its final moments.
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| 1. Baby Take a Bow (1934)
2. Born to Dance (1936)
3. The Brat (1931)
4. Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
5. The Cat's-Paw (1934)
6. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
7. Dante's Inferno (1935)
8. Everything Happens at Night (1939)
9. Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
10. It's a Great Life (1943)
aka: Blondie and Dagwood: It's a Great Life
11. Jimmy the Gent (1934)
12. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
aka: And So They Were Married
13. Second Fiddle (1939)
14. Slightly Honorable (1940)
15. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
16. Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
17. Thanks a Million (1935)
18. This Is My Affair (1937)
19. Up the River (1938)
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