By Appointment Only 1933  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Sally O'Neil, Marceline Day, Edward Morgan, Edward Martindel, Wilson Benge, Claire McDowell, Pauline Garon, Gladys Blake
Dr. Michael Travers (Lew Cody) gains legal custody of teenager Judy (Sally O'Neil) after her mother dies. Although he is engaged to Diane (Aileen Pringle), Michael leaves on a three-year business trip to Europe, and on his return he falls in love with the now-17-year-old Judy. Whatever will become of Diane?
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Check and Double Check 1930 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Amos 'N' Andy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Sue Carol, Irene Rich, Ralf Harolde, Charles Morton, Edward Martindel, Rita La Roy, Russ Powell, Roscoe Ates, Duke Ellingon, Robert Homans
In this, their only film appearance, the White comedians of radio fame, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, bring their Black characters of Amos 'n' Andy to the screen. Although their radio show had been a hit, seeing them in blackface was a different matter. Years later, the characters were brought to TV and were readily accepted when Black men took on the roles of Amos 'n' Andy.
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Garden of Eden 1928  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Maude George, Charles Ray, Edward Martindel
Talented operatic student Toni (Corinne Griffith) leaves her aunt and uncle's home and heads to Budapest after receiving a job offer. Finding out that this job is no more than a high-priced girlie show, she is distraught until taken under the wing of a wardrobe assistant, Rosa (Louise Dresser), who is more than she appears to be. Rosa invites Toni to accompany her to Monte Carlo, and the adventures begin in this fun, elaborate silent film, which was "lost" for many years.
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| 1. By Appointment Only (1933)
2. Check and Double Check (1930)
aka: Amos 'N' Andy
3. Garden of Eden (1928)
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