Big City Blues 1932 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Inez Courtney, Evalyn Knapp, Humphrey Bogart, Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot, Walter Catlett, Grant Mitchell, J. Carrol Naish
When a young boy from the country experiences a three-day visit to NYC, he finds both love and murder on his itinerary.
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Criminals Within 1941 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Eric Linden, Ann Doran, Constance Worth, Donald Curtis, Weldon Heyburn, Ben Alexander, Dudley Dickerson, Bernice Pilot, I. Stanford Jolley, Emmett Vogan, Boyd Irwin, William Ruhl
Corporal Greg Carroll (Eric Linden) is accused of stealing secret plans for a weapon. He decides to find the real culprits and breaks out of prison to do so. A cheap ho-hummer.
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A Family Affair 1937 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Charley Grapewin, Spring Byington, Julie Haydon, Sara Haden, Allen Vincent, Selmer Jackson, Harlan Briggs, Margaret Marquis
This, the first in a series of 15 Andy Hardy films, stars Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington as Judge and Mrs Hardy. Their roles would be taken over by Lewis Stone and Fay Holden in following films. This story provides a sentimental view of American life in small towns during the Great Depression.
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Let 'Em Have It 1935 N/R, 96 min. Genre: Drama aka: False Faces
Director: Sam Wood Cast: Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Bruce Cabot, Harvey Stephens, Eric Linden, Joyce Compton, Gordon Jones, J. Farrell MacDonald, Bodil Rosing, Paul Stanton, Hale Hamilton
FBI agents (Richard Arlen, Harvey Stephens, and Gordon Jones) go through the rigors of training and then track down gang leader Joe Keefer (Bruce Cabot) who has resorted to plastic surgery in order to disguise himself. Car chases and gun fights abound.
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado 1936 N/R, 86 min. Genre: Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman Cast: Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Trowbridge, Francis McDonald, Edgar Kennedy, Soledad Jimenez, Carlos De Valdez, Eric Linden, Harvey Stephens, Ralph Remley, George Regas
Beautiful location shots enhance this definitely fictionalized biography of a real-life Mexican marauder, Joaquin Murrieta (Warner Baxter), who commits brutal crimes to avenge his wife Rosita's (Margo) death. Branded an outlaw, Joaquin joins forces with bandit Three-Fingered Jack (J. Carrol Naish), and they steal horses and guns for their army of Mexicans who join them on a rampage. Their brutality culminates in a deadly gun battle when Joaquin's friend Bill Warren (Bruce Cabot) leads a posse in pursuit of the marauders.
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The Silver Cord 1933 N/R, 74 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell Cast: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden, Frances Dee, Helen Cromwell, Perry Ivins, Reginald Pasch, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Paul Irving
Mrs. Phelps (Laura Hope Crews) is a domineering mother who tries all the tricks possible to keep her engaged son at home. Meanwhile, her married son (Joel McCrea) and his wife (Irene Dunne) return, and the tricks continue in a attempt to have the couple move in. Fine performance by Laura Hope Crews.
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| 1. Big City Blues (1932)
2. Criminals Within (1941)
3. The Crowd Roars (1932)
4. A Family Affair (1937)
5. Let 'Em Have It (1935) aka: False Faces
6. The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
7. The Silver Cord (1933)
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