Friends and Lovers 1931  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, Hugh Herbert, Blanche Friderici, Frederick Kerr, Vadim Uraneff, Jean Del Val, Yvonne D'Arcy, Kay Deslys, Lal Chand Mehra, Dorothea Wolbert
In this film (Laurence Olivier's American debut), Olivier plays British Lieutenant Nichols who competes with fellow officer Captain Roberts (Adolphe Menjou) for the attentions of the beautiful Alva Saugrito (Lili Damita who is married to the cruel Colonel Victor Sangrito.
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Happy Go Lucky
The Heart of New York
Lazy Bones
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon, Chester Conklin, Edgar Connor, Tyler Brooke, Tammany Young, Louise Carver, Dorothea Wolbert
Bumper (Al Jolson) is a happy-go-lucky tramp in NYC's Central Park. When he rescues June (Madge Evans) from a suicide attempt, he finds she has amnesia, and she falls in love with him. His life is changed for the better, but when June comes out of her amnesia and realizes she is the mistress of the mayor (Frank Morgan), she has second thoughts. The film highlights the life and times of people during the Depression and is unusual in that nearly all dialogue is written in rhyme. The music of Rodgers and Hart is excellent. Some versions are edited.
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The Medicine Man 1930  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Scott Pembroke
Cast: Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, Eva Novak, E. Alyn Warren, Billy Butts, Adolph Milar, George E. Stone, Tom Dugan, Vadim Uraneff, Dorothea Wolbert, Caroline Rankin
The Medicine Man, Dr. John Harvey (Jack Benny), meets Mamie (Betty Bronson) and her brother, Buddy (Billy Butts), when they attend his medicine show as it passes through their town. Mamie's abusive father, Goltz (E. Alyn Warren), tries to force her into a marriage for money, and, when she asks Harvey for help, he comes to her aid.
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Three Husbands 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown, Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Kames, Emlyn Williams, Billie Burke, Louise Erickson, Jonathan Hale, Jane Darwell, Benson Fong, Frank Cady, Dorothea Wolbert
When playboy Maxwell Bard (Emlyn Williams) arrives in Heaven, he is granted one last wish. His request is to watch from above the reactions of his three poker playing pals (Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, and Robert Kames) after they read the letters he left for them when he died. The letters tell about his affairs with each of their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown), and the letters result in amusing reactions from the husbands.
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Two Seconds 1932 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Preston Foster, Vivienne Osborne, J. Carrol Naish, Guy Kibbee, Frederick Burton, Dorothea Wolbert, Edward McWade, Berton Churchill, William Janney
John Allen (Edward G. Robinson) contends he is being executed for the wrong murder. The switch is now thrown to send an electrical change into him as he sits in the Electric Chair. In the two seconds that it takes to kill him, his life is told in flashback.
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| 1. Friends and Lovers (1931)
2. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
aka: Happy Go Lucky
aka: The Heart of New York
aka: Lazy Bones
3. The Medicine Man (1930)
4. Three Husbands (1951)
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
5. Two Seconds (1932)
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