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.
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Beloved Enemy 1936  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Jerome Cowan, David Niven, Henry Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Theodore von Eltz, David Torrence, Don "Red" Barry
An English woman, Helen Drummond (Merle Oberon), and an Irish insurrectionist, Dennis Riordan (Brian Aherne), are in love, but political problems threaten their romance.
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Berkeley Square 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Lionel Belmore, Alan Mowbray, Samuel S. Hinds, Olaf Hytten, David Torrence
Based on a successful Broadway play, this film represents the first movie in which time travel is featured. Leslie Howard plays the scientist who travels back in time to 1784 London where he enters the body of his ancestor.
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Bonnie Scotland 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anne Grey, David Torrence, June Lang, William Janney, James Finlayson, Vernon Steele, James T. Mack, Mary Gordon, Maurice Black, Daphne Pollard, Lionel Belmore
Stan MacLaurel (Stan Laurel) and Oliver Hardy (Oliver Hardy) stow away on a cattle boat headed for Scotland so that Stan can claim his share of an inheritance left by his uncle. Stan's inheritance amounts only to a set of bagpipes and a snuff box. Penniless, Stan and Oliver make a wrong move and end up enlisted in the British Army on their way to India. All ends well when they put an end to a native uprising–but not without the help of a number of overturned bee hives.
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The Dark Angel 1935  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall, Janet Beecher, John Halliday, Frieda Inescort, Claud Allister, David Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Henrietta Crosman
This film received the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, and Merle Oberon was nominated for Best Actress. It is a remake of the 1925 movie about Alan Trent's (Fredric March) attempts to conceal his blindness from his lover, Kitty Vane (Merle Oberon).
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Disraeli 1929 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence, Ivan F. Simpson, Doris Lloyd, Michael Visaroff
"Disraeli" was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture, and George Arliss won the Oscar for Best Actor in his role of the British prime minister who acquired rights to the Suez Canal, among many successes.
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Ebb Tide 1937 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Oskar Homolka, Frances Farmer, Ray Milland, Lloyd Nolan, Barry Fitzgerald, Charles Judels, David Torrence, Charles Stevens, Lina Basquette, Harry Field
Shipwreck survivors are marooned on an island where they must contend with a psychopath who rules their sanctuary. This film was remade in 1947 as "Adventure Island."
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Five Star Final 1931 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, George E. Stone, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence, Frances Starr
This insightful offering examines the effects of yellow journalism in which the search for sensational news to sell newspapers ignores the responsibilities of the journalism profession.
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Jane Eyre 1934 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer, Jameson Thomas, Aileen Pringle, David Torrence, Lionel Belmore, Edith Fellows, John Rogers, Jean Darling, Ethel Griffies, Claire Du Brey, William Burress, Richard Quine, Joan Standing
As an orphan, Jane (Jean Darling), is sent to an orphanage where she suffers cruel treatment from the headmaster Mr. Brocklehurst (David Torrence). The years pass, and the grown-up Jane (now played by Virginia Bruce) accepts the job of governess at the home of wealthy Edward Rochester (Colin Clive). Jane, at last, is happy, but that all changes when she hears unexplained screams at night and learns that Edward's insane wife Bertha (Claire Du Brey) is hidden in a room of the house. Meanwhile, Edward falls in love with Jane and asks her to marry him, but Bertha ruins their plans, and Jane moves away. Later, Bertha sets fire to the house, and Edward is blinded by the fire. When Jane learns about the fire, she returns to Edward and convinces him that she loves him.
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 Lost Horizon 1937  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, George Chan, David Torrence, Carl Stockdale, Hugh Buckler, Wyrley Birch, Darby Clark
British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and his brother George (John Howard) help British citizens–Henry Bernard (Thomas Mitchell), Gloria (Isabel Jewell), and "Lovey" Lovett (Edward Everett Horton)–evacuate from China during a revolution. Their plane crashes in Tibet, and a rescue team, led by Chang (H.B. Warner), leads them to Shangri-La where they discover a tranquility that they have never before experienced. This wonderful city is ruled by an aging 200 year-old High Lama (Sam Jaffe) who is impressed with Robert and wants him to succeed him after his death. Now, Robert is torn between leaving for England or remaining in Shangri-La with his new-found love Sondra (Jane Wyatt). A winner of two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Film Editing), it also received five nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Warner).
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Mary of Scotland 1936 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton, John Carradine, Robert Barrat, Gavin Muir, Ian Keith, Moroni Olsen, Ralph Forbes, William Stack, Alan Mowbray, Frieda Inescort, Donald Crisp, David Torrence
In the 16th century, Mary was the Roman-Catholic Queen of Scotland and had many battles with her Protestant cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. This is the story of Mary's (Katharine Hepburn) martyrdom when Elizabeth's (Florence Eldridge) allies ensure Mary's demise.
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The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Brabin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Torrence, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Lawrence Grant, Herbert Bunston
Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) plots to obtain the mask of Genghis Khan, which will give him the necessary means to rule the world. Falling into his torture chamber are Terrence Granville (Charles Starrett) and Sheila (Karen Morley), but Scotland Yard's Investigator Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) enters the picture and saves both the hapless couple and the world from the influence of Fu Manchu.
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The Masquerader 1933 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elissa Landi, Halliwell Hobbes, Helen Jerome Eddy, Juliette Compton, David Torrence, Creighton Hale, Eric Wilton, C. Montague Shaw, Claude King
Ronald Colman takes on two roles in this film: a drug addict member of Parliament and his look-alike journalist cousin who takes his place.
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Ian Wolfe, Mamo Clark, Francis Lister, David Torrence, Percy Waram, DeWitt Jennings
This depiction of the 1787 mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty is a classic. The cruel Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) sails his ship, H.M.S. Bounty, from England to Tahiti where the crew, including Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) and his friend midshipman Byam (Franchot Tone), enjoy the island paradise. While Tahiti was a paradise, life on the Bounty proves anything but, and the overly strict discipline of Bligh becomes so intense that First Mate Fletcher Christian leads the crew in a mutiny and sends Bligh and a few crew members adrift at sea in an open boat. The film received an Academy Award for Best Picture. It also was nominated for seven others–including three for Best Actor (Laughton, Gable, and Tone) and Best Director (Frank Lloyd).
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 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.
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Raffles 1930 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast
Cast: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Bramwell Fletcher, Frances Dade, David Torrence, Alison Skipworth, John Rogers, Wilson Benge, Virginia Bruce
Based on E.W. Hornung's story of an ex-policeman (Ronald Colman) who finds thievery more profitable than that of his former profession, this is an entertaining film.
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Rulers of the Sea 1939 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft, Montagu Love, David Torrence, Alan Ladd, Mary Gordon, Vaughan Glaser, Lester Matthews
In this historical drama, John Shaw (Will Fyffe) and David Gillespie (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) search for financial support to produce a steam engine for use on transatlantic voyages that will cut the time at sea in half.
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Smilin' Through 1932 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Margaret Seddon, Forrester Harvey, David Torrence, Cora Sue Collins
John Carteret's (Leslie Howard) bride was killed on their wedding day; since then he led a lonely life until he agreed to raise his orphaned niece, Kathleen (Norma Shearer). As she grows to adulthood, Kathleen is the image of John's long-deceased bride, and John falls in love with his niece. But complications arise when Kenneth (Fredric March) enters the picture.
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Tess of the Storm Country 1922 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John S. Robertson
Cast: Mary Pickford, Lloyd Hughes, Gloria Hope, David Torrence, Forrest Robinson, Jean Hersholt, Danny Hoy, Robert(2) Russell, Gus Saville, Madame DeBodamere, Milton Berle, Jeanne Carpenter
Mary Pickford plays the role of Tessibel for the second time, but this time she was in charge of the production, having not been satisfied with the directing of the first. Squatters have taken up residence on Elias Graves' (David Torrence) land, who, of course tries to get rid of them. Tess, who is devoted to her father (Forrest Robinson), is among the squatters and gets wrapped up in several situations, including a blossoming love for Elias' son Frederick (Lloyd Hughes).
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The Third Degree 1926 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Louise Dresser, Dolores Costello, Tom Santschi, Rockliffe Fellowes, Jason Robards Sr., David Torrence, Kate Price, Harry Todd, Michael Vavitch, Fred Kelsey
Circus performer Alicia Daley (Louise Dresser) ends up with her back to the wall and no way out when her past (she deserted her husband and baby daughter) catches up with her.
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| 1. Bachelor Father (1931)
2. Beloved Enemy (1936)
3. Berkeley Square (1933)
4. Bonnie Scotland (1935)
5. The Dark Angel (1935)
6. The Devil to Pay (1930)
7. Disraeli (1929)
8. Ebb Tide (1937)
9. Five Star Final (1931)
10. Jane Eyre (1934)
11. Lost Horizon (1937)
12. Mary of Scotland (1936)
13. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
14. The Masquerader (1933)
15. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
16. Queen Christina (1933)
17. Raffles (1930)
18. Rulers of the Sea (1939)
19. Smilin' Through (1932)
20. Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
21. The Third Degree (1926)
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