Dark Victory 1939  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, Cora Witherspoon, Virginia Brissac, Dorothy Peterson, Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Richman, Leonard Mudie, Fay Helm, John Ridgely, David Newell
A young heiress (Bette Davis) learns that she has a fatal brain tumor. During the course of treatment, she falls in love with her doctor (George Brent) and finds new meaning in her life.
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Hell Below 1933 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Eugene Pallette, Robert Young, David Newell, Charles Irwin, Sterling Holloway, Paul Porcasi
Walter Huston is commander of a submarine in World War I in the midst of a secret and dangerous mission. He also feuds with one of his lieutenants (Robert Montgomery), who is after the skipper's daughter. After the lieutenant's best friend is left topside while diving to escape German destroyers, things get even tougher. Good action scenes.
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 The Letter 1940  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, David Newell, Gale Sondergaard, Victor Sen Yung, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Doris Lloyd, Elizabeth Inglis, Willie Fung, Tetsu Komai, Leonard Mudie, John Ridgely
Somerset Maugham's play is brought to the screen in this film about circumstances following Leslie Crosbie's (Bette Davis) supposed self-defense murder of her lover, Geoffrey (David Newell). Geoffrey's widow (Gale Sondergaard) appears on the scene and says she has a letter from Leslie inviting Geoffrey to visit and that he was Leslie's lover. Leslie pays the $10,000 in blackmail money that is being demanded for the letter. The trial convenes, and her lawyer's (James Stephenson) defense proves Leslie innocent. Now, her husband Robert (Herbert Marshall) discovers that $10,000 is missing from his bank account, Leslie confesses, and Robert forgives her. But, everyone has not forgiven her, and a surprise visitor is lurking in Leslie's garden. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Davis), Supporting Actor (Stephenson), and Director. Remade in 1947 as "The Unfaithful" and in 1982 as "The Letter" for TV.
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Ten Cents a Dance 1931  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Olive Tell, Pat Harmon, Martha Sleeper, David Newell, Phyllis Crane
Barbara (Barbara Stanwyck), a dance hall hostess, marries the wrong guy and lives to regret her choice of husbands.
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When Ladies Meet 1933 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Strange Skirts
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Luis Alberni, Sterling Holloway, Martin Burton, David Newell, Charles Winninger
A publisher and authoress, along with their spouses, spend a weekend together, and the two women discuss one's novel, which parallels the other's adventures as a member of upper-class society. Remade in 1941.
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| 1. Dark Victory (1939)
2. Hell Below (1933)
3. The Letter (1940)
4. Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
5. When Ladies Meet (1933)
aka: Strange Skirts
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