Breakfast for Two 1937 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Frank M. Thomas, Donald Meek
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 by the end of the story they live happily ever after.
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A Feather in Her Hat 1935 N/R, 72 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Pauline Lord, Louis Hayward, Basil Rathbone, Billie Burke, Wendy Barrie, Thurston Hall, J.M. Kerrigan, David Niven, Victor Varconi, Nydia Westman
In an attempt to ensure her son (Louis Hayward) a better chance in life, Clarissa Phipps (Pauline Lord) falsifies his identity to make it appear that he did not come from a humble heritage.
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Internes Can't Take Money 1937 N/R, 77 min. Genre: Drama aka: You Can't Take Money
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman, Irving Bacon, Steve Pendleton, Pierre Watkin, Charles(2) Lane, Fay Holden
In this, the first in a series of Dr. Kildare stories, a young intern (Joel McCrea) helps a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) find and retrieve her missing daughter.
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Jack London 1943 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Drama aka: The Adventures of Jack London The Life of Jack London
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport, Frank Craven, Virginia Mayo, Ralph Morgan, Louise Beavers, Jonathan Hale, Leonard Strong
Fiction reigns in this loosely based biography of American author Jack London. This is a disappointing film that wastes potential talent.
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The Life of Vergie Winters 1934 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, Lon Chaney Jr., Ben Alexander, Donald Crisp, Walter Brennan, Sara Haden
Based on Louis Bromfield's novel, this is the story of a woman (Ann Harding) who rises above petty gossip and makes a go of her life. A handkerchief may be needed for some.
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Our Leading Citizen 1939 N/R, 89 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Gene Lockhart, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Patterson, Clarence Kolb, Paul Guilfoyle, Fay Helm, Kathleen Lockhart
A young lawyer, Clay (Joseph Allen), returns to his hometown to work with his deceased father's partner, Lem (Bob Burns). Lem's daughter, Judith (Susan Hayward), and Clay hit it off, but when he starts representing a factory owner who suppresses his workers for the sake of more money for himself, problems loom on the horizon.
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People Will Talk 1935 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Leila Hyams, Dean Jagger, Ruthelma Stevens, Edward Brophy, Stanley Andrews, Cecil Cunningham, Jack Mulhall, Sam Flint
Parents lovingly interfere in their daughter's marriage to get things back the way they were.
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Polly of the Circus 1932 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton, David Landau, Maude Eburne, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ray Milland, Ruth Selwyn, Lillian Elliott
When a very-proper minister, The Reverend John Hartley (Clark Gable), marries a circus performer, Polly (Marion Davies), problems from his superiors are inevitable.
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Winterset 1936 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell Cast: Burgess Meredith, Margo, Eduardo Ciannelli, Paul Guilfoyle, John Carradine, Maurice Moscovitch, Edward Ellis, Stanley Ridges, Mischa Auer, Willard Robertson, Myron McCormick, Helen Jerome Eddy
Based on Maxwell Anderson's Broadway play–and bringing Burgess Meredith, Margo, and Eduardo Ciannelli to the screen to recreate their Broadway roles–this film is a fictionalized account of the famous Sacco/Vanzetti case. Fifteen years after his father (John Carradine) was found guilty of murder and executed, his son (Burgess Meredith) sets out to prove his father's innocence. This is Burgess Meredith's film debut. Look for a young Lucille Ball.
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| 1. Body and Soul (1931)
2. Breakfast for Two (1937)
3. Cocoanut Grove (1938)
4. A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
5. The Hairy Ape (1944)
6. Internes Can't Take Money (1937) aka: You Can't Take Money
7. Jack London (1943) aka: The Adventures of Jack London aka: The Life of Jack London
8. The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
9. Our Leading Citizen (1939)
10. People Will Talk (1935)
11. Polly of the Circus (1932)
12. Winterset (1936)
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