Berkeley Square 1933  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Lionel Belmore, Alan Mowbray, Samuel S. Hinds, Olaf Hytten, David Torrence
Based on a successful Broadway play, this film represents the first movie in which time travel is featured. Leslie Howard plays the scientist who travels back in time to 1784 London where he enters the body of his ancestor.
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Broken Dreams 1933  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper, Joseph Cawthorn, Beryl Mercer, Buster Phelps, Adele St. Mauer, Charlotte Merriam, Sidney Bracey, Phyllis Lee, Martin Burton, Clarence Geldart
Robert Morley (Randolph Scott) blames his young son (Buster Phelps) for the death of his wife during childbirth and sends the boy to live with relatives. Six years later, after re-marrying, Robert decides he wants his son back. After winning a contested battle, things still aren't as they should be as the new wife (Martha Sleeper) and the boy do not hit it off. Tears flow in the audience.
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Cavalcade 1933 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Ursula Jeans, Herbert Mundin, Una O'Connor, Beryl Mercer, Irene Browne, Frank Lawton, Margaret Lindsay, Billy Bevan
This film, an Oscar winner for Best Picture, is Noel Coward's story of the effects of World War I on the British Marryot family (Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook) over a 30 year period–before, during, and after the war. Frank Lloyd also won an Oscar for Best Director. A third Oscar was received for Art Direction.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Morton Lowry, E.E. Clive, Mary Gordon, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Eily Malyon, Lionel Pape, Nigel De Brulier
For the first time on film, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce take on their roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. A huge hound has been killing the Baskervilles, and, following the killing of Sir Charles Baskerville, Holmes and Watson are given the job of solving the murder when the deceased's nephew, Sir Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene), calls on them to for help. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to the Baskerville estate to investigate. Meanwhile, Holmes, under disguise, monitors events at the estate and encounters more than a few mysteries before solving the crime.
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Jane Eyre 1934  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer, Jameson Thomas, Aileen Pringle, David Torrence, Lionel Belmore, Edith Fellows, John Rogers, Jean Darling, Ethel Griffies, Claire Du Brey, William Burress, Richard Quine, Joan Standing
As an orphan, Jane (Jean Darling), is sent to an orphanage where she suffers cruel treatment from the headmaster Mr. Brocklehurst (David Torrence). The years pass, and the grown-up Jane (now played by Virginia Bruce) accepts the job of governess at the home of wealthy Edward Rochester (Colin Clive). Jane, at last, is happy, but that all changes when she hears unexplained screams at night and learns that Edward's insane wife Bertha (Claire Du Brey) is hidden in a room of the house. Meanwhile, Edward falls in love with Jane and asks her to marry him, but Bertha ruins their plans, and Jane moves away. Later, Bertha sets fire to the house, and Edward is blinded by the fire. When Jane learns about the fire, she returns to Edward and convinces him that she loves him.
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The Little Princess 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher, Sybil Jason, Miles Mander, E.E. Clive, Mary Nash, Marcia Mae Jones, Beryl Mercer, Deidre Gale, Ira Stevens, Eily Malyon
Sara Crewe (Shirley Temple) is left in an exclusive boarding school in England when her father Captain Reginald Crew (Ian Hunter) marches off to serve in the Boer War. After it is reported that he is killed in action, Sara is left penniless and must work as a servant–until her father returns alive.
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Magnificent Obsession 1935  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth, Betty Furness, Sara Haden, Ralph Morgan, Henry Armetta, Arthur Hoyt, Arthur Treacher, Lucien Littlefield, Gilbert Emery, Beryl Mercer, Theodore von Eltz, Sidney Bracey, Cora Sue Collins
After being involved in an accident that causes the death of Helen Hudson's (Irene Dunne) husband, alcoholic playboy Bobby Merrick (Robert Taylor) apologizes only to watch Helen turn away and walk into traffic. She is hit by a car and blinded. Now Bobby reforms, becomes an eye surgeon, finds Helen, restores her eyesight, and finds true love with her.
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The Miracle Woman 1931 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer, Russell Hopton, Charles Middleton, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Doran, Eddie Boland, Thelma Hill
A young Barbara Stanwyck stars in this film that is loosely based on the life of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.
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Night Must Fall 1937 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Dame May Whitty, Alan Marshal, Winifred Harris, Kathleen Harrison, Matthew Boulton, E.E. Clive, Eily Malyon, Beryl Mercer
Robert Montgomery and Dame May Whitty received Academy Award nominations for their roles in this drama about a psychotic killer, Danny (Robert Montgomery), masquerading as a charming young man. He cons his way into the Bransom home as a live-in companion for Mrs. Bransom (Dame May Whitty), but her niece, Olivia (Rosalind Russell), becomes suspicious of Danny's extracurricular activities.
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 The Public Enemy 1931  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke, Beryl Mercer, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Clark "Buddy" Burroughs, Frankie Darro, Frank Coghlan Jr., Tyrell Davis
This gangster film was the vehicle that catapulted James Cagney to the top as a portrayer of tough guys. Tom Powers (Cagney) rises from the slums of Chicago to become a vicious racketeer only to find that the fall from power is inevitable.
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Seven Days' Leave 1930 N/R, 53 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore, Nora Cecil, Tempe Pigott, Arthur Hoyt, Basil Radford, Arthur Metcalfe, Larry Steers, Mary Gordon
Kenneth Dowey (Gary Cooper) is taken in by Sarah Dowey (Beryl Mercer) and becomes her family during a short seven days leave from his army unit.
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Smilin' Through 1932 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Margaret Seddon, Forrester Harvey, David Torrence, Cora Sue Collins
John Carteret's (Leslie Howard) bride was killed on their wedding day; since then he led a lonely life until he agreed to raise his orphaned niece, Kathleen (Norma Shearer). As she grows to adulthood, Kathleen is the image of John's long-deceased bride, and John falls in love with his niece. But complications arise when Kenneth (Fredric March) enters the picture.
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Young America 1932 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Tom Conlon, Doris Kenyon, Ralph Bellamy, Beryl Mercer, Louise Beavers, Raymond Borzage, Robert Homans, Sarah Padden, Anne Shirley
It takes his role of preventing a robbery to allow orphaned Arthur Simpson (Tom Conlon) to gain a place of respect among his friends, relatives, and community.
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| 1. Berkeley Square (1933)
2. Broken Dreams (1933)
3. Cavalcade (1933)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
5. Jane Eyre (1934)
6. The Little Princess (1939)
7. Magnificent Obsession (1935)
8. The Miracle Woman (1931)
9. Night Must Fall (1937)
10. The Public Enemy (1931)
11. Seven Days' Leave (1930)
12. Smilin' Through (1932)
13. Young America (1932)
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