Flamingo Road 1949  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian, Gladys George, Fred Clark, Gertrude Michael, Virginia Huston, Alice White, Tristram Coffin, Sam McDaniel, Tito Vuolo, Iris Adrian, Pierre Watkin, James Flavin
Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) is stranded in a small, Florida town where she gets a job as a waitress. She falls in love with Deputy Sheriff Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott), but Sheriff Titus Semple (Sidney Greenstreet), who will have none of their romance, frames Lane on a prostitution charge and sends her to jail. Later, after being released from prison, Lane returns to town and seeks revenge against the sheriff–an act that will bring death or destruction to all.
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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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King of the Newsboys 1938  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Alison Skipworth, Victor Varconi, Sheila Bromley, Alice White, Horace McMahon, William "Billy" Benedict, Ray Cooke, Jack Pennick, Mary Cornman, Gloria Rich, Oscar O'Shea, Marjorie Main
After Jerry Flynn's (Lew Ayres) girlfriend Mary Ellen Stephens (Helen Mack) gives in to her materialism and leaves him for gangster Wire Arno (Victor Varconi) who can give her all that she thinks she wants, Jerry pours his time and energy into a newspaper trucking business. His efforts pay off, Jerry obtains wealth, and sets out to regain Mary's affections. By story's end, Jerry has lost the business–but not Mary.
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Murder at Midnight 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, Brandon Hurst, Leslie Fenton, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Ellis
During a parlor game, Jim (Kenneth Thomson) pretends to shoot his secretary, but his gun was loaded with real bullets. The police call in Phillip Montrose (Hale Hamilton) to help in the investigation. When Jim is soon killed, the police believe that it was a murder/suicide. But we (and Phillip) know there is a ruthless killer on the loose. Oh, by the way, did you know that Phillip was Jim's wife's (Aileen Pringle) lover?
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Picture Snatcher 1933 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Patricia Ellis, Alice White, Ralph Bellamy, Ralf Harolde, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Robert Barrat, G. Pat Collins, Tom Wilson, Renee Whitney, Arthur Vinton, Gino Corrado, Don Brodie, Sterling Holloway, George Chandler
After his release from prison, gangster Danny Kean (James Cagney) decides to go straight. He talks to his friend, newspaper editor Al McLean (Ralph Bellamy), who gets him a job as a tabloid photographer after he takes pictures of a fireman in the process of murdering his wife and lover. Now, Al's girlfriend Allison (Alice White) falls for Danny, but he falls in love with Patricia (Patricia Ellis) who happens to be the daughter of police Lt. Casey Nolan (Robert Emmett O'Connor) who had put him in jail. Danny continues to get unique pictures, including one of a woman dying in the electric chair that was facilitated by Casey. Problems develop when one of Danny's former gang members (Ralf Harolde) enters the scene, but Danny manages to save the day. Fast paced and has its funny moments.
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| 1. Flamingo Road (1949)
2. Jimmy the Gent (1934)
3. King of the Newsboys (1938)
4. Murder at Midnight (1931)
5. Picture Snatcher (1933)
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