American Madness 1932  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings, Gavin Gordon, Arthur Hoyt, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Sterling Holloway, Walter Walker, Robert Ellis
During the 1890s depression, bank president Thomas Dickson (Walter Huston) is at odds with his board members who want to merge with Union Bank. One day the bank is robbed, and chief teller Matt Brown (Pat O'Brien) is accused of the theft. Brown has an alibi, but his loyalty to Dickson stands in his way of using it.
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The Battle of the Sexes 1960 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark, Ernest Thesiger, Donald Pleasence, Moultrie Kelsall, Sam Wanamaker, Alex Mackenzie, Patricia Hayes
A British textile plant accountant (Peter Sellers) contemplates murder when an efficiency expert infringes on his space.
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Blithe Spirit 1945 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: David Lean
Cast: Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jacqueline Clarke, Noel Coward, Marie Ault, Johnnie Schofield
Based on Noel Coward's play, this is a well-performed comedy about a first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond) being summoned back to this world during a seance. British novelist Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison) has invited a medium, Madame Arcati (Margaret Rutherford), to his home for dinner, and she manages to conjure up the ghost of Elvira. Now Elvira sticks around to create chaos in the lives of Charles and his new wife Ruth (Constance Cummings).
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Busman's Honeymoon 1940  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Haunted Honeymoon
Director: Arthur B. Woods
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks, Robert Newton, Googie Withers, Frank Pettingell, Louise Hampton
Lord Peter Wimsey (Robert Montgomery), a noted criminologist, weds Harriet Vane (Constance Cummings), a well-known mystery writer. They get involved in solving a murder, which isn't how they planned on spending their honeymoon.
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The Criminal Code 1931 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Mary Doran, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, John Sheehan, Otto Hoffman, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Porcasi
An innocent man (Phillips Holmes) is jailed, and the warden (Walter Huston) is faced with problems when his own daughter falls in love with his prisoner. This film was remade as "Convicted" in 1950, while film footage is used in 1968's "Targets."
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Dead Man's Folly 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Constance Cummings, Ralph Arliss, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jonathan Cecil, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Wooldridge, Christopher Guard, Jeff Yagher, Nicollette Sheridan, Caroline Langrishe, Margorie Yates, Leslie Schofield, Jack Ellis
A detective novelist, Ariadne Oliver (Jean Stapleton), has been asked to create a "Murder Hunt" game with a pretend murder for a fair at Nass House. She calls in friend Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) when she suspects problems. It's a good thing she called him because people are found dead during the hunt. Now, Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings (Jonathan Cecil), set out to solve the real murders.
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In the Cool of the Day 1963  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevens
Cast: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, Constance Cummings, Alexander Knox, Nigel Davenport, John Le Mesurier, George Coulouris, Alec McCowen
This is a dismal movie about two people trapped in loveless marriages who meet in Greece and discover each other.
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Movie Crazy 1932 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson, Sidney Jarvis, Eddie Fetherston, Robert McWade, Louise Closser Hale, Spencer Charters, Harold Goodwin, Lucy Beaumont, DeWitt Jennings, Mary Doran, Noah Young, Arthur Housman, Grady Sutton
Kansas boy Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd) is a big movie fan and sends a letter to Hollywood asking for a movie role. His letter is confused with another from a talented performer, and Harold soon gets an invitation to come for a screen test. Now the slapstick fun begins when the bungling Harold tries to break into the movie world.
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Night After Night 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Louis Calhern, Bradley Page, Al Hill, Harry Wallace, George Templeton, Marty Martyn, Tom Kennedy
Retired boxer Joe Anton (George Raft) owns a New York speakeasy when he decides that marriage to socialite Miss Jerry Healy (Constance Cummings) will provide his entrance into society. But, complications arise when his old flame Maudie (Mae West) appears on the scene. While catching a glimpse of Maudie's diamonds, a hatcheck girl shouts, "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds." Maudie replies, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie."
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| 1. American Madness (1932)
2. The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
3. Behind the Mask (1932)
4. Blithe Spirit (1945)
5. Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
aka: Haunted Honeymoon
6. The Criminal Code (1931)
7. Dead Man's Folly (1986)
8. In the Cool of the Day (1963)
9. Movie Crazy (1932)
10. Night After Night (1932)
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