Hold Your Man 1933 N/R, 86 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Elizabeth Patterson, Garry Owen, Paul Hurst, Theresa Harris, Inez Courtney, Blanche Friderici
Ruby (Jean Harlow) sticks by Eddie (Clark Gable) even through brushes with the law that will bring a jail term.
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In Old Arizona 1928 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Western
Director: Irving Cummings Cast: Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess, Warner Baxter, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Brown, John Webb Dillon, Ivan Linow, Roy Stewart, James Bradbury Jr., Fred Warren, Tom Santschi, Chris-Pin Martin, Henry Armetta, Frank Campeau, Soledad Jimenez
This tale of O. Henry's "The Cisco Kid" was the first Western talkie as well as the first sound film made outside of a studio. Army Sergeant Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe) is pursuing the bandit, The Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter), who is in love with Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess). While The Cisco Kid is away, Tonia falls in love with Mickey, and, together, they plot The Cisco Kid's demise. Warner Baxter received an Oscar for Best Actor in his role as the Cisco Kid. The film also received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Director.
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Ladies They Talk About 1933 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Maude Eburne, Harold Huber, Ruth Donnelly, Robert Warwick, Lillian Roth, Helen Ware
In prison for bank robbery, Nan (Barbara Stanwyck) finds salvation and love through the Reverend David Slade (Preston Foster).
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Lady for a Night 1941 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leigh Jason Cast: Joan Blondell, John Wayne, Philip Merivale, Blanche Yurka, Ray Middleton, Edith Barrett, Leonid Kinskey, Montague Love, Guy Usher, Ivan Miller, Hattie Noel, Carmel Myers, Dorothy Burgess, Lew Payton, Patricia Knox
Jenny (Joan Blondell) is the owner and singer on the gambling ship Memphis Belle that is moored just outside of New Orleans. Although Jenny loves her gambling partner Jack Morgan (John Wayne), she marries alcoholic Alan Alderson (Ray Middleton) to gain social status. When Alan turns up dead, Jenny is arrested and put on trial for his murder. Jack stands by her, and she finally sees the light. After being found innocent, Jenny returns to the Memphis Belle with her true love, Jack.
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Night Flight 1933 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown Cast: John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Frank Conroy, C. Henry Gordon, Leslie Fenton, Harry Beresford, Dorothy Burgess
This is the story behind the advent of "red-eye" flights. It involves an emergency flight that evolved into regular night flying.
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Taxi! 1932 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone, Guy Kibbee, Leila Bennett, Dorothy Burgess, David Landau, Ray Cooke, Matt McHugh, George Raft
Tough Matt Nolan (James Cagney) leads the fight for independent cabbies on the streets of New York City–to the dismay of his girlfriend (later his wife), Sue (Loretta Young). Interesting view of life in the depression era.
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| 1. Hold Your Man (1933)
2. In Old Arizona (1928)
3. Ladies They Talk About (1933)
4. Lady for a Night (1941)
5. Night Flight (1933)
6. Taxi! (1932)
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