20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1933  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Lyle Talbot, Sheila Terry, Louis Calhern, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Warren Hymer, Spencer Charters, Harold Huber
Life in Sing Sing prison is depicted as Bette Davis plays the role of Fay, the loyal woman who gives her life and love to Tom Connors (Spencer Tracy).
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The Casino Murder Case 1935  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Byron, Ted Healy, Eric Blore, Isabel Jewell, Louise Fazenda, Leslie Fenton, Leo G. Carroll, Purnell Pratt
Paul Lukas, accent and all, becomes the fourth Philo Vance. After people are poisoned, Philo is brought in to sort through the suspects in this stretch-in-credibility plot. Rosalind Russell was just beginning to blossom into stardom at the time of this film.
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College Coach 1933  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald Meek, John Wayne, Ward Bond
Corruption in college sports is part of the theme of this film in which Phil Sargent (Dick Powell) is a young chemistry major AND football player who wins the big game for Coach Gore (Pat O'Brien). Watch for USC player John Wayne in a bit part.
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Fog Over Frisco 1934  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Alan Hale, William Demarest, Arthur Byron, Douglass Dumbrille, Hugh Herbert, Robert Barrat
An offbeat daughter (Bette Davis) of a wealthy man (Arthur Byron) manages to get herself in the middle of a securities-fraud scheme.
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Marie Galante 1934 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan, Sig Ruman, Leslie Fenton, Arthur Byron, Jay C. Flippen, Frank Darien, Stepin Fetchit
Down-on-her-luck Marie (Ketti Gallian) is kidnapped, tossed from a ship, and ends up in the Panama Canal Zone. While working in a dance hall, she meets undercover agent Crawbett (Spencer Tracy) who is investigating a plot to blow up the canal, and she is drawn into the fray. Helen Morgan sings a couple of songs.
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 The Mummy 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Karl Freund
Cast: Boris Karloff, David Manners, Zita Johann, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron, Bramwell Fletcher, Noble Johnson, Leonard Mudie, Eddie Kane, Henry Victor, Kathryn Byron, James Crane, Tony Marlow, C. Montague Shaw, Leyland Hodgson
Boris Karloff takes on the title role in this classic horror film about a third-millennium Egyptian mummy who comes to life. A curse had been placed on anyone who disturbs his tomb when he was buried alive. Now, the tomb is disturbed, the mummy comes to life in the persona of an Egyptologist, and sets out to reincarnate his lover from 3000 years before. He falls in love with Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann) who he believes is the shadow of his lost love. He abducts her and plots to kill her so they can be reunited forever in the Hereafter. Only Frank Whemple (David Manners) and Dr. Muller (Edward Van Sloan) can save her, but will they arrive in time?
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The Notorious Sophie Lang 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Murphy
Cast: Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Byron, Leon Errol, Norman Ainsley, Arthur Hoyt, Ben Taggart, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Edward McWade
Sophie (Gertrude Michael) is a jewel thief who has been successful in England and now returns home to New York City. The police use the services of a European thief (Paul Cavanagh) to follow her, hoping she will lead them to bigger game. The nonstop chase is on in this so-so film, which was followed by two sequels.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, John Carradine, Harry Carey, Arthur Byron, Ernest Whitman, Joyce Kay, Paul Fix, Fred Kohler Jr., Francis McDonald, O.P. Heggie, Francis Ford
This film is based on the true experience of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter) who was sentenced to life imprisonment because he set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) during Booth's escape attempt following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Private Detective 62 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Man Killer
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, James Bell, Arthur Byron, Arthur Hohl, Irving Bacon, George Brent, Sheila Terry
A former undercover man (William Powell) is hired to frame a gambler (Margaret Lindsay) in Paris. As he sets out to perform his task, he finds himself falling in love with his victim.
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The Secret Bride 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Henry O'Neill, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Aylesworth, William B. Davidson, Russell Hicks
Not until AFTER his secret wedding to the governor's daughter (Barbara Stanwyck) does the state's attorney general (Warren William) learn about evidence linking his new father-in-law, the governor (Arthur Byron), to illegal activities. Together, the couple works to help clear the governor's name.
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The Whole Town's Talking 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Ford
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek, Arthur Hohl, Edward Brophy, Arthur Byron, Etienne Girardot
A quiet, retiring clerk, Arthur Jones (Edward G. Robinson) is mistaken for a mobster, "Killer" Mannion (Edward G. Robinson), and his whole life changes. A good John Ford effort.
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| 1. 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1933)
2. The Casino Murder Case (1935)
3. College Coach (1933)
4. Fog Over Frisco (1934)
5. Marie Galante (1934)
6. The Mummy (1932)
7. The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
8. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
9. Private Detective 62 (1933)
aka: Man Killer
10. The Secret Bride (1934)
11. The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
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