The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Fredric March, Nana Bryant, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine, Percy Kilbride, Thurston Hall, Monte Blue
This biography of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) stars Fredric March as the teller of tales about mid-19th-century America whose work reflects concerns with how human beings relate to one another.
|  | |
And Then There Were None 1945  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, June Duprez, Roland Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard, Harry Thurston
A mysterious host invites 10 people to spend a weekend in a house on a deserted island . Once assembled, the guests hear a record that accuses them all of past murders. Then the guests become murder victims, one by one. From an Agatha Christie story, this was remade several times as "Ten Little Indians." This one, however, remains one of the best.
| | |
Another Thin Man 1939 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Tom Neal, Sheldon Leonard, Marjorie Main
In this third in the series of "Thin Man" films, new parents Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) solve a murder case that took place in a New York mansion.
| | |
Bachelor Father 1931  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland, Doris Lloyd, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, David Torrence, Edgar Norton, Halliwell Hobbes
In this film adaptation of Edward Childs Carpenter's Broadway play, C. Aubrey Smith repeats his role of Sir Basil Winterton who seeks to find his three illegitimate children who are now adults.
| | |
The Barbarian 1933 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: A Night in Cairo
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Louise Closser Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, Edward Arnold, Hedda Hopper, Marcelle Corday, Leni Stengel, Blanche Friderici
While touring Egypt, Diana Standing (Myrna Loy) falls in love with her guide, Jamil (Ramon Novarro). While thinking that he is only a peasant, Diana soon learns that he is actually a prince.
| | |
Beyond Tomorrow 1940  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Alex Melesh, Maria Ouspenskaya, Helen Vinson, Richard Carlson, Jean Parker, Rod La Rocque, J. Anthony Hughes, Robert Homans, William Bakewell, Virginia McMullen, James Bush, Gino Corrado
Three old, rich men (Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, and Charles Winninger), who have been wrapped up in themselves all their lives, are lonely on Christmas, so they look for dinner guests. James and Jean (Richard Carlson and Jean Parker) are selected, and the couple falls in love. Later, tough times cause a parting of the ways. The three elderly men die in a plane wreck and return as spirits to help get the couple back together.
| | |
A Bill of Divorcement 1940 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall, Dame May Whitty, Patric Knowles, C. Aubrey Smith, Ernest Cossart, Kathryn Collier, Bunny Beatty
In this remake of the 1932 film, a mentally ill man (Adolphe Menjou) regains sanity and returns home after a long absence. He is confronted with divorce, but gets to know his now-grown daughter (Maureen O'Hara).
| | |
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Warner Oland, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, C. Aubrey Smith, E.E. Clive, Mischa Auer, Halliwell Hobbes, Creighton Hale
Retired British military officer Bulldog Drummond (Ronald Colman) uncovers the deception of a woman pretending to be an heiress.
| | |
China Seas 1935 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley, Akim Tamiroff, Hattie McDaniel, Dudley Digges
Chinese riverboat Captain Al Gaskell (Clark Gable) has his hands full with pirates as well as China Doll (Jean Harlow) and Sybil (Rosalind Russell).
| | |
 Cleopatra 1934  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Gertrude Michael, Joseph Schildkraut, Ian Keith, C. Aubrey Smith, Irving Pichel, Ian Maclaren, John Carradine, Arthur Hohl, Edwin Maxwell, Eleanor Phelps, Leonard Mudie, William Farnum
Good performances enhance this excellent film that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for Best Picture. Claudette Colbert easily handles the title role of the seductive Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, who uses her wiles on the Roman emperor Julius Caesar (Warren William). Then, after Caesar is killed, she turns her attentions to Caesar's rival, Marc Antony (Henry Wilcoxon), and enters into a romance destined for tragedy.
| | |
Cluny Brown 1946 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner, Reginald Owen, C. Aubrey Smith, Richard Haydn, Sara Allgood, Florence Bates, Margaret Bannerman, Ernest Cossart, Una O'Connor
Set in England during the late 1930s, this is the story of Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) who fills in for her plumber uncle and takes a job at a country estate where she meets and is attracted to a very charming Czech refugee, Adam Belenski (Charles Boyer). She is also attracted to a shopkeeper, Mr. Jonathan W. Wilson (Richard Haydn), who tries to break up Cluny's relationship with Adam. Believing that he has lost Cluny to Mr. Wilson, Adam leaves the estate–but not before leaving a special message in a gift for Cluny. Is it too late, or will Cluny catch up with Adam?
| | |
The Crusades 1935 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, Katherine DeMille, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale, C. Henry Gordon, George Barbier, Montagu Love
In this Cecil B. DeMille historical epic, Richard the Lionhearted (Henry Wilcoxon) leads a crusade to the Holy Land to wrest control from the infidels.
| | |
 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Sara Allgood, Peter Godfrey, William Tannen, Frederick Worlock, Frances Robinson, Billy Bevan, Denis Green, Forrester Harvey
The focus of this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is on the psychological problems involved with Jekyll's two personalities. After the good Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) drinks his potion and the evil Mr. Hyde emerges, his violent and sexual side is drawn to floozy barmaid Ivy Peterson (Ingrid Bergman). Later, when the father (Donald Crisp) of Beatrix (Lana Turner) gives permission for Dr. Jekyll to marry her, Dr. Jekyll decides that he must tell them about his evil side of Mr. Hyde. But, his decision may be too late when he discovers that Mr. Hyde is taking over his personality.
| | |
East Side of Heaven 1939 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey, C. Aubrey Smith, Jerome Cowan, Robert Kent, J. Farrell MacDonald, Arthur Hoyt, Brandon Hurst
Taxi driver Denny (Bing Crosby) discovers a baby abandoned on the back seat of his cab, and he determines to care for the infant with the help of fiancee Mary (Joan Blondell) and his best friend, Nicky (Mischa Auer). Crosby croons, of course.
| | |
Eternally Yours 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, Zasu Pitts, Broderick Crawford, Virginia Field, Eve Arden, Ralph Graves, Lionel Pape
Anita (Loretta Young) looks forward to a comfortable life when she marries wealthy, stable Don (Broderick Crawford). But when she meets a magician, "The Great Arturo" (David Niven), she falls in love with him, the two marry, and they head out on his travels around the world. Despite her new adventures, she yearns for home, and–after several years of traveling with the flirtatious magician–she decides to leave him and return to the simple life.
| | |
Five Came Back 1939 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins, Joseph Calleia, C. Aubrey Smith, Patric Knowles, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Faylen
This is an interesting, if somewhat dated, film concerning passengers who attempt survival in a jungle full of headhunters after their plane crashes. This was remade as "Back from Eternity."
| | |
Flesh and Fantasy 1943 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley
This film consists of three intriguing stories–each connected through a supernatural theme.
| | |
Forever and a Day 1943 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Claude Rains, C. Aubrey Smith, Dame May Whitty, Robert Cummings, Edmund Gwenn, Ida Lupino, Cedric Hardwicke, Gladys Cooper
Many directors and about 80 actors (mostly British) made this film to boost the morale of the people at home during World War II. The listed actors are but a sampling of the big names that contributed to this fine effort. It is the episodic tale of the families who lived in a house from the early 1800s to World War II. Each episode had a different director.
| | |
Four Men and a Prayer 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery
Director: John Ford
Cast: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith, J. Edward Bromberg, John Carradine, Alan Hale, Reginald Denny, Barry Fitzgerald, William Henry, Berton Churchill, Claude King, Cecil Cunningham, Frank Dawson
Four brothers (Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, and William Henry) suspect foul play in the murder of their father after he was dishonorably discharged from the British military. They begin an investigation to clear his name and discover more than they had bargained for.
| | |
Gambling Lady 1934 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Pat O'Brien, Claire Dodd, Joel McCrea, C. Aubrey Smith, Arthur Treacher, Philip Reed, Robert Barrat, Arthur Vinton, Ferdinand Gottschalk
Barbara plays the cardsharp daughter of a gambler who proves her honesty when her wealthy husband (Joel McCrea) gets into trouble.
| | |
The Garden of Allah 1936  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Basil Rathbone, Charles Boyer, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine, Tilly Losch, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Brandon, Lucile Watson, Helen Jerome Eddy
Set in Algeria, this is the story of a monk, Boris Androvsky, who has forsaken his calling and settles into a marriage with Domini Enfilden (Marlene Dietrich). He begins to question the wisdom of his choice.
| | |
The Gilded Lily 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith, Luis Alberni, Eddie Craven, Donald Meek, Grace Bradley, Tom Dugan, Claude King
Marilyn David (Claudette Colbert) must decide between two potential husbands: English duke Charles Gray (Ray Milland) and American Pete Dawes (Fred MacMurray). Good performance by MacMurray helped him reach stardom.
| | |
House of Rothschild 1934 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Harvey, Reginald Owen, Holmes Herbert, Helen Westley, Alan Mowbray
During the era of Napoleon, the Rothschilds were a very powerful banking family. This is their family saga. It is a well-told tale, and the film was nominated for an Oscar.
| | |
 The Hurricane 1937 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, John Carradine, Jerome Cowan, Al Kikume, Spencer Charters, Kuulei De Clercq, Layne Tom Jr., Mamo Clark, Movita, Chris-Pin Martin
Sentenced to prison by the stern Imperial Governor DeLaage (Raymond Massey), Terangi (Jon Hall) cannot bear captivity, and he escapes prison to return to his bride Marama (Dorothy Lamour). Life on his South Seas island, however, continues to be turbulent as Terangi arrives home just in time for a giant hurricane.
| | |
 An Ideal Husband 1947 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Glynis Johns, C. Aubrey Smith, Hugh Williams, Michael Medwin, Constance Collier, Christine Norden, Michael Anthony
This Oscar Wilde story features a blackmail attempt on politician Sir Robert Chiltern by Mrs. Cheveley (Paulette Goddard). The plot is foiled when Lord Goring (Michael Wilding) comes to the rescue of his friend.
| | |
Kidnapped 1938 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, John Carradine, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander, E.E. Clive, Halliwell Hobbes
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, this is the story of David Balfour (Freddie Bartholomew) who inherits a fortune and is kidnapped by his evil uncle. David meets Alan Breck (Warner Baxter),and the two travel across Scotland to regain what is rightfully his.
| | |
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, C. Aubrey Smith, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Mickey Rooney, Constance Collier, E.E. Clive, Una O'Connor, Jessie Ralph
This is a well-done version of the classic where a boy from New York becomes a British lord.
| | |
 Little Women 1949 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Astor, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Lucile Watson, C. Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth Patterson, Leon Ames, Harry Davenport, Ellen Corby, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Wyler
Louisa May Alcott's story relates the good and bad times of young sisters–Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor), and Beth (Margaret O'Brien)–growing up during the Civil War. They are home in New England with their mother Marmee (Mary Astor) and waiting for news from their father (Leon Ames) who is serving as chaplain for the Union forces at the war front. The story continues on after the war with Beth's death, Meg's and Amy's marriages, and Jo finding her true love in Professor Bhaer (Rossano Brazzi).
| | |
Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Sir Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Monte Blue, Douglass Dumbrille, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Colin Tapley
Camaraderie among the British Bengal Lancers of India is evident when MacGregor (Gary Cooper) and Forsythe (Franchot Tone) attempt the rescue of their fellow Lancer (Richard Cromwell). The film won an Oscar for Best Assistant Directors and received six nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
| | |
Love Me Tonight 1932 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, C. Aubrey Smith, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Elizabeth Patterson, George "Gabby" Hayes, Blanche Friderici, Joseph Cawthorn, Ethel Griffies, Robert Greig, Bert Roach, Tyler Brooke, Mary Doran
This Rogers and Hart musical is a delight. It is the story of a tailor Maurice Courtelin (Maurice Chevalier) who pretends to be a Baron in order to gain the romantic attentions of the beautiful Princess Jeanette (Jeanette MacDonald). Chevalier sings the classics "Mimi," "Lover," and "Isn't it Romantic."
| | |
Madame Curie 1943 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Walker, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, C. Aubrey Smith, Albert Bassermann, Victor Francen, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson
This biography of Marie Curie (Greer Garson) and her discovery of radium is both educational and entertaining. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor (Walter Pidgeon), and Actress (Garson).
| | |
Maisie Was a Lady 1941 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith, Joan Perry, Paul Cavanagh, Edward Ashley, Hans Conried, Edgar Dearing, Charles D. Brown
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie (Ann Sothern) goes to work as a maid for a wealthy–but troubled–family and gets their lives back in order.
| | |
 Morning Glory 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Duncan, Don Alvarado, Fred Santley, Richard Carle, Tyler Brooke, Robert Greig, Geneva Mitchell, Helen Ware
Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for her role in this film about young actress Eva Lovelace who comes to New York City seeking fame and fortune.
| | |
Polly of the Circus 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton, David Landau, Maude Eburne, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ray Milland, Ruth Selwyn, Lillian Elliott
When a very-proper minister, The Reverend John Hartley (Clark Gable), marries a circus performer, Polly (Marion Davies), problems from his superiors are inevitable.
| | |
 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, David Niven, Montagu Love, Byron Foulger, Spencer Charters, Wilhelm von Brincken, Philip Sleeman, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Charles Halton, Torben Meyer
This is an excellent version of the classic story of an Englishman Rudolph Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) who travels to a mythical European country where he is a distant cousin of Prince Rudolf V (also played by Colman). The cousins greatly resemble each other, and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven) and Colonel Zapt (C. Aubrey Smith) take Rudolph to the Prince's hunting lodge where they meet. The next day, it is discovered that the Prince has been kidnapped, and now Rudolph becomes involved in palace intrigue and romance–with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Madeleine Carroll)–when he is asked to impersonate the Prince.
| | |
 Queen Christina 1933 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Georges Renavent, David Torrence, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Ferdinand Munier, Akim Tamiroff
Based on the life of 17th-century Queen of Sweden Christina (Greta Garbo), this story involves her love affair with a Spanish ambassador, Antonio (John Gilbert), that has the whole country questioning the wisdom of having a Catholic as a member of the royal family.
| | |
 Rebecca 1940 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Leo G. Carroll, Melville Cooper, Lumsden Hare, Leonard Carey, Edward Fielding, Forrester Harvey
In this film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Joan Fontaine plays a naive woman married to a brooding widower (Laurence Olivier). After moving into his country estate, she finds that she must live in the shadow of Rebecca, his first wife. Based on Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel. The film also won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for nine other awards, including Best Actor (Olivier), Actress (Fontaine), Supporting Actress (Judith Anderson) and Director.
| | |
Rendezvous with Annie 1946 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Philip Reed, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, William Frawley, Wallace Ford, Will Wright, Lucien Littlefield
When a GI (Eddie Albert) went AWOL and visited his wife, she became pregnant. Now, nine months later, he tries to prove that he did indeed go AWOL and is the baby's father.
| | |
Romeo and Juliet 1936 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Andy Devine, Reginald Denny, Ralph Forbes, Henry Kolker
This is a good version of Shakespeare's tragedy about star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet (Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer). Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actress (Shearer), and Supporting Actor (Basil Rathbone).
| | |
The Scarlet Empress 1934 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon, Olive Tell, Jameson Thomas, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ruthelma Stevens, Davison Clark, Erville Alderson, Maria Riva, Akim Tamiroff
To improve the royal bloodline, the Empress Elizabeth (Louise Dresser) of Russia imports German Princess Sophia (Marlene Dietrich) as the bride for her dull-witted son, the Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe). When the Empress dies, Sophia leads her troops to the palace and ascends to the throne as Catherine the Great. While this story is not historically accurate, it represents one of the best biographical efforts of the 1930s.
| | |
Secrets 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Friderici, Doris Lloyd, Herbert Evans, Ned Sparks, Allan Sears, Mona Maris, Huntley Gordon, Ethel Clayton, Bessie Barriscale, Lyman Williams, Virginia Grey, Ellen Johnson
Mary and John (Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard) leave New England and join a group of pioneers heading West across America in their covered wagons. They settle in California and become cattle ranchers. When tragedies occur–including Indian attacks, the death of Mary's child, and John's philandering–Mary still remains a loyal wife and mother.
| | |
Sensations of 1945 1944 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Sensations
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, Eugene Pallette, Mimi Forsythe, Lyle Talbot, Marie Blake, W.C. Fields, Sophie Tucker, Bert Roach
This is really a showcase for vaudeville acts and lacks much of a plot. There are some pretty good acts and musical numbers, which includes W.C. Fields' last film appearance.
| | |
The Squaw Man 1931 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Warner Baxter, Paul Cavanagh, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dickie Moore, Julia Faye, C. Aubrey Smith
This remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 and 1918 silent films is excellent fare as it again relates the tale of racial biases encountered in settling the Old West.
| | |
The Sun Never Sets 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Barbara O'Neil, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia Field, Melville Cooper, Mary Forbes, Theodore von Eltz
Two brothers, John (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Clive (Basil Rathbone), perform a patriotic act to prevent a war in Africa that threatens British colonies in the area.
| | |
 Tarzan, the Ape Man 1932 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Doris Lloyd, Forrester Harvey, Ivory Williams, Johnny Eck
This film is the first of the "Tarzan" entries. Champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller stars in the title role with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, the daughter of a British safari-leader. Good film.
| | |
Trouble in Paradise 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig, Luis Alberni, George Humbert, Rolfe Sedan
World-class thief Gaston (Herbert Marshall) teams up with pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) and they are not only successful but also fall in love. However, when they get employed by the rich and beautiful Madame Colet (Kay Francis) and it appears that love is blooming on that front, there is Lily's jealousy to contend with. This sophisticated comedy is very well done.
| | |
Unconquered 1947 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Ward Bond, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Bridges, Marc Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Campbell, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon, Victor Varconi, Richard Gaines
During the French and Indian War, Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard) is sentenced to slavery in America. Slave master Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva) covets Abby and tries to buy her, but Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) outbids him. The treacherous Garth conspires with the Indians to rid the wilderness of the settlers, and, in turn, he will gain a monopoly on the fur trade. Many problems ensue and are settled before Abby and Holden realize that they are in love with each other and plan to live happily ever after. Another Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza.
| | |
Waterloo Bridge 1940  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, C. Aubrey Smith, Janet Shaw, Leo G. Carroll, Maria Ouspenskaya, Leonard Mudie, Halliwell Hobbes, Janet Waldo, Steffi Duna, Virginia Carroll, Eleanor Stewart, Wyndham Standing
Set amidst the bombings of London during World War II, this is the love story of ballerina Myra (Vivien Leigh) and soldier Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor). They fall in love instantly and make plans to marry. When Roy leaves for the battlefront, Myra misses a dance recital in order to bid him farewell and loses her job. Soon, the newspaper reports that Roy has been killed, and Myra turns to prostitution to support herself. Roy wasn't killed, but when he returns to Myra a tragic end to their romance lies ahead.
| | |
We Live Again 1934  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Anna Sten, Fredric March, Jane Baxter, C. Aubrey Smith, Ethel Griffies, Jessie Ralph, Sam Jaffe
This film is based on Tolstoy's "Resurrection" about a Russian nobleman, Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov (Fredric March), who falls in love with Katusha Maslova (Anna Sten), a woman beneath his social station.
| | |
Wee Willie Winkie 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Ford
Cast: Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Cesar Romero, Willie Fung, Constance Collier, Douglas Scott, Gavin Muir
Priscilla (Shirley Temple) charms grandfather Colonel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith) and others when she and her widowed mother (June Lang) visit the frontier of India where British troops are stationed.
| | |
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan, Van Johnson, C. Aubrey Smith, Dame May Whitty, Gladys Cooper, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor
Based on a poem by Alice Duer, this is a sentimental tale of Susan Dunn Ashwood's (Irene Dunne) personal losses–her husband was killed in World War I and, now, her son is lost during World War II.
| | |
| 1. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
2. And Then There Were None (1945)
3. Another Thin Man (1939)
4. Bachelor Father (1931)
5. The Barbarian (1933)
aka: A Night in Cairo
6. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
7. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
8. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
9. China Seas (1935)
10. Cleopatra (1934)
11. Cluny Brown (1946)
12. The Crusades (1935)
13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
14. East Side of Heaven (1939)
15. Eternally Yours (1939)
16. Five Came Back (1939)
17. Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
18. Forever and a Day (1943)
19. The Four Feathers (1939)
20. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
21. Gambling Lady (1934)
22. The Garden of Allah (1936)
23. The Gilded Lily (1935)
24. House of Rothschild (1934)
25. The Hurricane (1937)
26. An Ideal Husband (1947)
27. Kidnapped (1938)
28. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
29. Little Women (1949)
30. Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
31. Love Me Tonight (1932)
32. Madame Curie (1943)
33. Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
34. Morning Glory (1933)
35. Polly of the Circus (1932)
36. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
37. Queen Christina (1933)
38. Rebecca (1940)
39. Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
40. Romeo and Juliet (1936)
41. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
42. Secrets (1933)
43. Sensations of 1945 (1944)
aka: Sensations
44. The Squaw Man (1931)
45. The Sun Never Sets (1939)
46. Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
47. Trader Horn (1931)
48. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
49. Unconquered (1947)
50. Waterloo Bridge (1940)
51. We Live Again (1934)
52. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
53. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
In The News
|
