Emma 1932  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Leila Bennett, George Meeker, Purnell Pratt, Barbara Kent, Kathryn Crawford, Dale Fuller, Wilfred Noy, Andre Cheron, Wade Boteler, Lee Phelps
An elderly nanny, Emma (Marie Dressler), raised the Smith children. Following the death of their mother, she marries their father Frederick Smith (Jean Hersholt). Frederick dies, and Emma is the sole inheritor of his fortune. The children then accuse Emma of murdering their father. Emma is put on trial and is acquitted. She leaves the Smith family and goes to work for another family. Dressler was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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Feet First 1930  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Barbara Kent, Alec B. Francis, Noah Young, Henry Hall, Arthur Housman, Willie Best, Noah Beery, Buster Phelps, Leo Willis, James Finlayson
While on a cruise to Honolulu, shoe salesman Harold Horne (Harold Lloyd) falls in love with heiress Barbara Carson (Barbara Kent) who believes that Harold is a millionaire. While trying to hide the deceit, Harold becomes tied up in a mail sack and lands on a builder's hoist near a skyscraper. Now, he must find a way to climb down the building–and the acrobatic fun begins.
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Flesh and the Devil 1926 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent, William Orlamond, George Fawcett, Eugenie Besserer, Marc McDermott, Marcelle Corday, Rolfe Sedan
The friendship of military cadets Leo von Harden (John Gilbert) and Ulrich von Eltz (Lars Hanson) is almost destroyed because of the immoral temptation of femme fatale Felicitas (Greta Garbo).
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Indiscreet 1931  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Barbara Kent, Monroe Owsley, Arthur Lake, Maude Eburne, Henry Kolker, Nella Walker, Harry Watson
Wealthy Jerry Trent (Gloria Swanson) tries to keep her past from current beau Tony (Ben Lyon). Enter sister with a former boyfriend of Jerry's, and the "fun" begins. Gloria got big bucks for this one, but even she couldn't bail it out from the weak script and songs.
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Oliver Twist 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William J. Cowen
Cast: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William "Stage" Boyd, Doris Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Lionel Belmore, Tempe Pigott, Virginia Sale, Harry Holman, Clyde Cook, George Nash, Alec B. Francis, Sonny Ray, George K. Arthur, Nelson McDowell
This is one of the less successful versions of "Oliver Twist." However, it is an interesting entry in the long list of "Oliver Twist" movies. Dickie Moore stars in the title role of young pickpocket Oliver Twist, and Irving Pichel is good as Oliver's tutor, the devious Fagin.
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Welcome Danger 1929 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Douglas Haig, Noah Young, Charles Middleton, Will Walling, James Wang, Nelson McDowell, Edgar Kennedy, Jim Mason, Eddy Chandler, Tetsu Komai, James B. Leong, Leo Willis
In silent-screen-films' comedian Harold Lloyd's first "talkie" film, he plays botany student Harold Bledsoe who reluctantly succeeds his father on the San Francisco police force. On the way to his new job, he meets Billie Lee (Barbara Kent), and, despite problems, romance blooms. He succeeds as a police officer when he teams up with Officer Patrick Clancy (Noah Young), and, together, they break up a drug-dealing ring in Chinatown.
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| 1. 4 Clowns (1970)
2. Emma (1932)
3. Feet First (1930)
4. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
5. Indiscreet (1931)
6. Oliver Twist (1933)
7. Welcome Danger (1929)
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