The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss 1936  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Amazing Adventure
Romance and Riches
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall, Leon M. Lion, John Turnbull, Garry Marsh, Andreas Malandrinos, Charles Farrell, Ralph Richardson
A young man (Cary Grant) decides that he will not touch his inheritance for one year while he proves he can make it on his own.
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The Barbarian and the Lady 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss
Re-cut and shortened to 70 minutes, this film was made from "The Rebel Son," an English language version of the 1936 French film "Tarass Boulba." It tells the story that includes battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The story was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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The Big Shakedown 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Francis Dillon
Cast: Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Henry O'Neill, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Dewey Robinson, John Wray, Renee Whitney
When a young pharmacist (Charles Farrell) is drawn into the drug kingdom, his wife (Bette Davis) decides she cannot live in his new world.
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Change of Heart 1934 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Mischa Auer, Jane Darwell, Bess Flowers, Dick Foran, Leonid Kinskey
Following college, four graduates head for New York in search of fame and fortune.
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Just Around the Corner 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Bill Robinson, Bert Lahr, Franklin Pangborn, Claude Gillingwater
When Jeff Hale (Charles Farrell) loses his fortune during 1929's Great Depression, his daughter Penny (Shirley Temple) must return home from boarding school. Temple's dance routines with Bill Robinson are highlights of many of her films, and this one is no exception.
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Moonlight Sonata 1937 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lothar Mendes
Cast: Ignace Jan Paderewsky, Charles Farrell, Marie Tempest, Barbara Greene, Eric Portman, W. Graham Brown, Queenie Leonard, Laurence Hanray, Binkie Stuart, Bryan Powley
The plane in which famed pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (playing himself) is flying is forced to land on a Swedish estate on which Ingrid (Barbara Greene) and her grandmother (Marie Tempest) live. The story revolves around the attraction between one of the plane's passengers (Eric Portman) and Ingrid. The romance ends when Paderewski intervenes and gives her true love (Charles Farrell) the opportunity to come back into her life.
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 Night and the City 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Googie Withers, Gene Tierney, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Charles Farrell, Mike Mazurki, James Hayter, Edward Chapman
Fight promoter Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) unsuccessfully tries to stay ahead of his debtors by hustling in the wrestling world.
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Old Ironsides 1926  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Charles Farrell, Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, Charles Hill Mailes, Eddie Fetherston, Johnnie Walker, George Godrey, Boris Karloff
Barbary pirates, in the early 1800s, often raided America's merchant marine ships before the U.S. Navy became a force to be reckoned with. This is the action-filled, silent-screen version of those days. Look for sailor Boris Karloff in a small part.
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The Rebel Son 1939 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss
This is the English-language version of the French "Tarass Boulba" and tells the story and battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The film was later re-edited and renamed "The Barbarian and the Lady" and was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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Seventh Heaven 1927 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: 7th Heaven
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Ben Bard, Charles Farrell, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Albert Gran, Brandon Hurst, George E. Stone, Emile Chautard, Lillian West, Gladys Brockwell, Jessie Haslett
This story is about Diane (Janet Gaynor), a Parisian waif who, after being exploited by her sister Nana (Gladys Brockwell), finds a life with Chico (Charles Farrell), a sewer worker. When World War I begins, Chico has fallen in love with Diane, but he is sent to the front. Diane gets a report that Chico has been killed, but the report is wrong, and Chico, now blind, finds his way back to Diane. This film won Best Actress (Gaynor), Director, and Screenplay Academy Award honors. This was the first year for the Oscars and covered a two-year period (1927-28).
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Graham Cutts
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Isla Bevan, Ian Hunter, Graham Soutten, Gilbert Davis, Herbert Lomas, Miles Malleson, Kynaston Reeves, Clare Greet, Roy Emerton, Edgar Norfolk, Margaret Yarde, Moore Marriott, Edgar Norfolk, Charles Farrell
Mary Morrison (Isla Bevan) has been given a huge pearl by a mysterious stranger. Her father has disappeared and the stranger terrifies her, so Mary asks for help from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Arthur Wontner and Ian Hunter). Their trail leads to the carnival underworld and the mysterious peg-legged crook and his pygmy aide.
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Street Angel 1928 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guido Trento, Natalie Kingston, Henry Armetta, Louis Liggett, Alberto Rabagliati, Cino Conti, Milton Dickinson, Helena Herman
Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress (1927-28) for three films: "Sunrise," "Seventh Heaven," and this one in which Gaynor portrayed a circus performer who became the muse for a struggling artist.
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They Made Me a Fugitive 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: I Became a Criminal
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Cast: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Rene Ray, Mary Merrall, Charles Farrell, Michael Brennan, Jack McNaughton, Cyril Smith, Vida Hope
Clem (Trevor Howard), an ex-RAF pilot, is bored in postwar England, so he joins a gang. He is framed by the gang leader after a failed heist and sent to jail. After escaping, he heads to London for revenge.
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 The Vampire Lovers 1970 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Peter Cushing, Madeline Smith, George Cole, Dawn Addams, Kate O'Mara, Douglas Wilmer, Ferdy Mayne, Jon Finch, Kirsten Lindholm, Janet Key, John Forbes-Robertson, Charles Farrell, Harvey Hall
Hammer Films gets into more sex and violence in this first of three films based on Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla," the tale of a lesbian vampire. Our vampire heroine (Ingrid Pitt) awakens from her death sleep and, using the name of Marcilla, heads to a European town to exact revenge on those responsible for killing off her family. She starts having lesbian encounters and then drains the blood of her "partner." It's time to bring in the vampire killer! Followed by "Lust for a Vampire" and "Twins of Evil."
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| 1. The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
aka: The Amazing Adventure
aka: Romance and Riches
2. The Barbarian and the Lady (1939)
3. The Big Shakedown (1934)
4. Body and Soul (1931)
5. Change of Heart (1934)
6. Just Around the Corner (1938)
7. Moonlight Sonata (1937)
8. Night and the City (1950)
9. Old Ironsides (1926)
10. The Rebel Son (1939)
11. Seventh Heaven (1927)
aka: 7th Heaven
12. The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
13. Street Angel (1928)
14. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
aka: I Became a Criminal
15. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
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