 42nd Street 1933  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, George E. Stone, Allen Jenkins, Ned Sparks, Edward J. Nugent, Robert McWade, Louise Beavers, George Irving
Busby Berkeley's musical numbers highlight this entertaining film about what goes on behind the scenes of the Broadway musical show, "Pretty Lady." The show's director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is in poor health but wants to enjoy one more hit before he retires. When the show's temperamental star, Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) breaks her ankle on the night of the show's opening, chorus girl Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler) fills in and takes over the lead. Featured numbers include" "You're getting to Be a Habit with Me," "Shuffle off to Buffalo," and "42nd Street." The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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Lost in the Stratosphere 1934  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: William Cagney, Edward J. Nugent, June Collyer, Edmund Breese, Lona Andre, Cactus Mack, Russ Clark, Matt McHugh, June Gittelson, Hattie McDaniel, Pauline Garon, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Military pilots Lt. Tom "Soapy" Cooper and Lt. Richard "Woody" Wood (William Cagney and Edward J. Nugent) are also pranksters–until one of their practical jokes misfires, and they find themselves in a weather balloon "lost in the stratosphere." (William Cagney is James Cagney's brother.)
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A Man Betrayed 1937  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John H. Auer
Cast: Edward J. Nugent, Kay Hughes, Lloyd Hughes, John Wray, Edwin Maxwell, Theodore von Eltz, Thomas E. Jackson, William Newell, Smiley Burnette, John Hamilton, Ralf Harolde, Carleton Young
Oil company executive Frank Powell (Edward J. Nugent) is framed for a murder and teams up with a group of thieves–led by Sparks (John Wray)–who helps prove his innocence.
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Night Nurse 1931 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon, Charles Winninger, Clark Gable, Edward J. Nugent, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail, Ralf Harolde, Vera Lewis, Charlotte Merriam, Marcia Mae Jones, Jed Prouty, Allan Lane, Betty Jane Graham
Student nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) learns of a plot to starve her young patients Nanny (Marcia Mae Jones) and Desney (Betty Jane Graham) who are heirs to a large inheritance. The family chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable) plans to marry the children's mother (Charlotte Merriam), and he wants to take control of the inheritance. Now it is up to Lora's nurse friend B. Maloney (Joan Blondell) and bootlegging boyfriend Mortie (Ben Lyon) to come to Laura's aid and save the children.
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The Old Homestead 1935  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Eddie Kane, Edward J. Nugent, Mary Carlisle, Dorothy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Bob Nolan, Roy Rogers, Willard Robertson, Lawrence Gray, Willard Robertson
This Western musical finds a young couple heading to the City in search of fame and fortune. One finds the fame via radio. Roy Rogers makes a brief singing appearance.
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She Loves Me Not 1934 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bing Crosby, Miriam Hopkins, Kitty Carlisle, Edward J. Nugent, Henry Stephenson, Warren Hymer, Lynne Overman, George Barbier, Henry Kolker, Judith Allen
After witnessing a murder, Curly Flagg (Miriam Hopkins), hides out at a men's college where she tries to evade the Mob. This film was remade as "True to the Army" and "How to be Very, Very Popular."
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Star Witness 1931 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Walter Huston, Charles "Chic" Sale, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane, Edward J. Nugent, Ralph Ince, Dickie Moore, Tom Dugan, Russell Hopton
After a family witnesses a crime committed by gangsters and offers to testify in court, gang members intimidate them into committing perjury to defeat the legal system.
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This Day and Age 1933 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Edward J. Nugent, Ben Alexander, Harry Green, Fuzzy Knight, Samuel S. Hinds, Wade Boteler, Billy Gilbert
Following a gangster killing, local teens take the law into their own hands and mete out justice. Interesting Cecil B. DeMille effort.
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The Vagabond Lover 1929 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Marshall Neilan
Cast: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker, Danny O'Shea, Alan Roscoe, Malcolm Waite
College senior Rudy Bronson (Rudy Vallee) talks his way out of a tight spot by claiming to be his saxophone teacher: the famous Ted Grant. Believing he is Ted Grant, wealthy Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler) hires Rudy and his band, and Rudy goes along with the ploy–but not without worrying about risking losing the love of his life (Sally Blane) because of the deception.
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| 1. 42nd Street (1933)
2. Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
3. A Man Betrayed (1937)
4. Night Nurse (1931)
5. The Old Homestead (1935)
6. Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
7. She Loves Me Not (1934)
8. Star Witness (1931)
9. This Day and Age (1933)
10. Untamed (1929)
11. The Vagabond Lover (1929)
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