August Weekend 1936  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Weekend Madness
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Valerie Hobson, G.P. Huntley, Paul Harvey, Betty Compson, Claire McDowell, Frank Melton, Dorothea Kent, Maynard Holmes, Gigi Parrish, Howard C. Hickman, Edgar Norton, Paul Irving
Despite his wealthy lifestyle, George Washburne (Paul Harvey) is restless and bored, so he leaves his family behind to go off on a weekend party with beautiful and sexy Claire (Valerie Hobson). But, it doesn't take long before George learns the value of his love for family–especially when he gets mixed up in a tax scandal and the IRS investigates his records. Director Charles Lamont made over 225 movies throughout his career and directed feature comedies such as Ma and Pa Kettle and Abbott & Costello.
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False Pretenses 1935  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Russell Hopton, Betty Compson, Edward Gargan, Herbert Clifton, Lucy Beaumont, Marshall Ruth, John Picorri, Dot Farley, William Humphrey, Wilson Benge
Pretty waitress Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) yearns to find a wealthy husband and work her way up the social ladder. She convinces millionaire Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer), who is secretly in love with her, to help her find the man of her dreams. In a comedy of errors, Mary ends up with retired bootlegger Pat Brennan (Russell Hopton) who has used his own social deceptions and believes Mary is the daughter in a wealthy family.
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The Great Gabbo 1929 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson, Donald Douglas, Marjorie Kane, Harry Ross
Ventriloquist "The Great Gabbo" (Erich von Stroheim), slowly going mad, finds that his dummy is his only avenue for expression. He even drives his assistant (Betty Compson) away through verbal abuse, though she loves Gabbo. Now Gabbo is driven even further toward the edge of total destruction. Stroheim's first talkie.
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Hollywood Boulevard 1936  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon, Frieda Inescort, Esther Ralston, Esther Dale, Betty Compson, Albert Conti, Gary Cooper
John Blakeford (John Halliday) is a former Hollywood star who tries to sell his memoirs to get out of debt. Problems ensue when the publisher (C. Henry Gordon) learns that his wife had an affair with Blakeford. Gary Cooper's appearance is brief.
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The Invisible Ghost 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Bela Lugosi, John McGuire, Polly Ann Young, Clarence Muse, Terry Walker, George Pembroke, Betty Compson, Fred Kelsey, Jack Mulhall, Ernie Adams, Ottola Nesmith, Lloyd Ingraham, Robert Strange, Fred Aldrich
Gentle Dr. Kessler (Bela Lugosi) lives with his adult daughter Virginia (Polly Ann Young) and household staff in his large mansion. He grieves the loss of his wife (Betty Compson) who was believed killed in an auto accident. But she did not die, and the butler (Clarence Muse) has kept her locked away until she recovers from her amnesia that resulted from the accident. She routinely gets out, and when she looks in the doctor's window, he is put in a trance and kills people he runs across. Cheap, but the good direction helps keep an eerie atmosphere.
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Roar of the Press 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren, Robert Frazer, Harland Tucker, Evalyn Knapp, Dorothy Lee, John Holland, Paul Fix, Maxine Leslie, Betty Compson
Honeymoon plans are put on hold when newspaper reporter Wally Williams (Wallace Ford) begins an investigation into a series of murders that were originally written off as suicides. Within a few days both the bride (Jean Parker) and the groom are kidnapped, but Wally's gangster acquaintances arrive to save the day.
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The Spoilers 1930   N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western / Action
Director: Edwin Carewe
Cast: Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, Betty Compson, William "Stage" Boyd, Oscar Apfel, James Kirkwood, Slim Summerville, Harry Green, Lloyd Ingraham, George Irving, Knute Erickson, Merrill McCormick, John Beck, Jack Holmes, Charles K. French
In this early Western film, gold prospector Roy Glenister (Gary Cooper) meets and falls in love with Helen (Kay Johnson) while voyaging to the Yukon. When Glenister arrives in Alaska, his partners Slapjack Simms and Joe Dextry (Slim Summerville and James Kirkwood) inform him that they are in danger of losing their mine because U.S. marshal Voorhees (Jack Holmes), Judge Stillman (Lloyd Ingraham), and politician Alec McNamara (William "Stage" Boyd) are conspiring to gain ownership of the mines in the area. Helen suggests that they take the matter to court, but that turns out to be impossible. Finally, Glenister takes matters into his own hands and whips McNamara in a powerful fistfight. 1 User Review
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| | orlalobo1 01/30/2007 | i would be happy to rate this movie if i could ever see it. i am 65 & this is the only
gary cooper movie i have never(of sound pictures). why isn't it ever shown on
tv or out on dvd. i like the john wayne version but i really want to see the 1930 version with gary cooper.
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Strange Cargo 1940 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, Victor Varconi, Paul Fix, John Arledge, Frederick Worlock, Bernard Nedell, Betty Compson, Francis McDonald
Convicts escape from a penal colony off the coast of South America. They board a sloop commandeered by another escapee Andre Verne (Clark Gable), and his girlfriend Julie (Joan Crawford) joins the group. Another in the group is a mystic, Cambreau (Ian Hunter), and, one-by-one, the escapees come under his spell as they die. Few survive the trip, but at the end, Verne believes that Cambreau is God, and he repents. Now, Verne returns to serve out the rest of his sentence, and Julie agrees to be there for him when he is released.
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Under the Big Top 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Karl Brown
Cast: Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue, Grant Richards, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Betty Compson, Herbert Rawlinson, Rolfe Sedan, Charlene Wyatt, Harry Harvey, Speed Hansen
The "Three Flying Pennies" trapeze act–featuring Penny (Anne Nagel), Pablo Le Grande (Grant Richards), and Ricardo Le Grande (Jack La Rue)–draws big crowds to the circus owned by Penny's Aunt Sara Post (Marjorie Main). Problems arise when Penny and her partners do not abide by Sara's strict rules. But by story's end, they sort out their complicated relationships, and the act goes on.
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| 1. August Weekend (1936)
aka: Weekend Madness
2. False Pretenses (1935)
3. The Great Gabbo (1929)
4. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
5. The Invisible Ghost (1941)
6. Roar of the Press (1941)
7. The Spoilers (1930)
8. Strange Cargo (1940)
9. Under the Big Top (1938)
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