13 Rue Madeleine 1946  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore, Walter Abel, Melville Cooper, Sam Jaffe, E.G. Marshall, Blanche Yurka, Karl Malden
This espionage thriller is a semi-documentary on the intelligence scene during World War II. Bob Sharkey (James Cagney), a spy chief, goes to France after one of his men is killed.
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La Bandera 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Escape from Yesterday
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Annabella, Robert Le Vigan, Raymond Aimos, Pierre Renoir, Gaston Modot, Margo Lion, Reine Paulet, Charles Granval, Viviane Romance
After committing a murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) flees France, joins the Spanish Foreign Legion, and ends up in North Africa. Detective Fernando Lucas (Robert Le Vigan) follows. Both fall in love with beautiful Arab Aischa (Annabella) and must eventually join forces to fight off attacking Arabs.
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 Napoleon 1927  N/R, 240 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Albert Dieudonne, Vladimir Roudenko, Gina Manes, Alexandre Koubitzky, Annabella, Antonin Artaud, Abel Gance, Edmond Van Daele, Suzanne Bianchetti, Nicolas Koline, Yvette Dieudonne, Philippe Heriat, Pierre Batcheff, Eugenie Buffet, Marguerite Gance
This masterpiece encompasses Napoleon's life from the time he was a young military school cadet (Vladimir Roudenko) enjoying pillow and snowball fights through his rise as a military officer (Albert Dieudonne) deciding to side with the Republic during the French Revolution. The story includes Napoleon's imprisonment during the Reign of Terror and his meeting with fellow-prisoner Josephine (Gina Manes). Their romance and subsequent marriage are also included in the film. The story ends when Napoleon rouses the French troops and advances into Italy where he stands on top of a mountain while an eagle flies nearby.
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Suez 1938  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Stephenson, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander
Ferdinand De Lesseps was the architect for the Suez Canal; that much is true. But the rest of the material for this film is pure fiction. As an art form, however, this Darryl F. Zanuck epic deserves high marks.
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Tonight We Raid Calais 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi, Blanche Yurka, Howard Da Silva, Marcel Dalio, Ann Codee, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Lewis, Richard Derr, Leslie Denison, William Edmunds, Lester Matthews, Reginald Sheffield
British Commando Geoffrey Carter (John Sutton) sneaks behind enemy lines to destroy a German munitions plant in Nazi-occupied France. While on his mission, Carter meets Odette (Annabella) whose father (Lee J. Cobb) is a patriotic farmer and is aiding Carter by allowing him to pose as a family member. But Odette fears reprisals against her relatives and wants her family out of the conflict. As a result, she represents a threat to the success of Carter's mission.
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Wings of the Morning 1937  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Annabella, Henry Fonda, John McCormack, Irene Vanbrugh, Philip Frost, Leslie Banks, Sam Livesey, Helen Haye, Evelyn Ankers
This is the first British attempt at filming in the process of Technicolor. Gypsies, horseracing, and a romance between Henry Fonda and Annabella don't add up to much, but the color is good.
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| 1. 13 Rue Madeleine (1946)
2. La Bandera (1935)
aka: Escape from Yesterday
3. The Million (1931)
4. Napoleon (1927)
5. Suez (1938)
6. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
7. Wings of the Morning (1937)
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