 Babes in Toyland 1934  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
aka: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Director: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight, Henry Brandon, Florence Roberts, Ferdinand Munier, Virginia Karns, William Burress, Johnny Downs, Marie Wilson, Richard Alexander, Ellen Corby, Jack Hill, Alice Dahl
This very amusing film of Victor Herbert's "Mother Goose" operetta features Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy) as apprentice toymakers coming to the aid of Little Bo-Peep (Charlotte Henry). The evil Silas Barnaby (Henry Brandon) is threatening to force Bo-Peep into marrying him if she does not pay her rent. The wedding does occur, but it is Stannie, disguised as Bo-Peep, who marches down the aisle. Barnaby is humiliated and steals one of the Three Little Pigs making it look as if Bo-Peep's boyfriend Tom-Tom Piper (Felix Knight) did the dirty deed. When Stannie and Ollie step in and expose the plot, Barnaby attacks Toyland. But, never fear, the wooden soldiers come to the rescue and save Toyland.
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Kept Husbands 1931  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, Robert McWade, Ned Sparks, Florence Roberts, Clara Kimball Young, Mary Carr, Bryant Washburn, Freeman Wood, Lita Chevret
Steel mill engineer Dick Brunton (Joel McCrea) marries the mill owner's daughter, Dot (Dorothy Mackaill), and quickly becomes the spoiled girl's pawn. But, by story's end, Dick learns to deal with the problem, and Dot learns her lesson.
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Next Time We Love 1936 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell, Anna Demetrio, Robert McWade, Florence Roberts, Christian Rub, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Carr
The marriage of newspaper reporter Christopher Tyler (James Stewart) and his actress wife, Cicely (Margaret Sullavan), is threatened by their busy lifestyles and the amorous attentions of Tommy Abbott (Ray Milland).
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The Nut Farm 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florence Roberts, Spencer Charters, Oscar Apfel, Joan Gale, Bradley Page, Lorin Raker, Arnold Gray
Middle-aged couple Bob and Helen (Oscar Apfel and Betty Alden) make a fresh start in California where Bob wants to buy a nut farm. But plans change, and when they put their money and acting skills into a low-budget film directed by Bob's brother (Wallace Ford), more than a few misadventures ensue.
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Rocky Mountain Mystery 1935 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
aka: The Fighting Westerner
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Randolph Scott, Charles "Chic" Sale, George F. Marion, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Ann Sheridan, Kathleen Burke, James Eagles, Willie Fung, Florence Roberts, Howard Wilson
Larry Sutton (Randolph Scott) is called in to solve a series of murders at a radium mine with the help of the deputy sheriff (Charles "Chic" Sales). Based on a Zane Grey story with an early film appearance by Ann Sheridan.
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Song of Songs 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Brian Aherne, Lionel Atwill, Alison Skipworth, Hardie Albright, Helen Freeman, Morgan Wallace, Wilson Benge, Hans Schumm, Eric Wilton, James A. Marcus, Florence Roberts, Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Peasant girl Lily Czepanek (Marlene Dietrich) is orphaned but finds a short happiness with aspiring sculptor Richard Waldrow (Brian Aherne). Then, Baron von Merzbach (Lionel Atwill) enters the picture, talks Richard into leaving Lily, and marries her himself. Lily is soon disgusted with the hedonistic Baron, and when Richard visits the castle, she learns about the deal the two men made. Lily leaves the Baron and heads for Berlin where she becomes a cabaret singer. One night, Richard appears at the nightclub and tells Lily that he still loves her. But, will Lily allow Richard back into her life?
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The Storm 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Preston Foster, Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Andy Devine, Frank Jenks, Samuel S. Hinds, Florence Roberts, Milburn Stone
Lots of action at sea in this story centered on brothers Bob (Charles Bickford) and Jim (Tom Brown), who don't see eye-to-eye on many subjects. An emergency surgery at sea and a captain (Barton MacLane), who was responsible for the death of a friend of Jim's, help keep your attention.
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 Top Hat 1935  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Lucille Ball, Donald Meek, Leonard Mudie, Florence Roberts, Dennis O'Keefe, Edgar Norton, Tom Ricketts, Leonard Mudie
This is the "best of the best" of Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals in which they perform their exquisite dance, "Cheek to Cheek." American entertainer Jerry Travers (Astaire) and wealthy Dale Tremont (Rogers) meet and fall in love in London, but problems enter the scene when Dale thinks that Jerry is her best friend Madge's (Helen Broderick) new husband. Actually, Madge's new husband is Jerry's business manager Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). Will Dale's case of mistaken identity be cleared up in time for Dale and Jerry to live happily ever after? The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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Torch Singer 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Alexander Hall, George Somnes
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lyda Roberti, Baby LerRoy, Florence Roberts, Charley Grapewin, Sam Godfrey, Virginia Hammond, Mildred Washington, Ethel Griffies, Albert Conti, Cora Sue Collins, Helen Jerome Eddy, Albert Conti
Sally Trent (Claudette Colbert) works as a host on a children's radio show during the day and doubles as nightclub singer Mimi Benton at night. Sally has given up her daughter for adoption but wants to find her. Mike Gardner (David Manners) is the father of Sally's child, and, when he returns from China, he tries without success to reunite with Sally. Later, through her radio broadcast, Sally does find her daughter living with Michael, and they reconcile. Songs include "Don't Be a Cry Baby," "The Torch Singer," and "It's a Long Dark Night."
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What Price Hollywood? 1932  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers, Bryant Washburn, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Florence Roberts, Heinie Conklin
An alcoholic Hollywood producer, Maximilian Carey (Lowell Sherman), helps a waitress, Mary Evans (Constance Bennett), attain stardom and then sinks into his alcoholic abyss, which ends in suicide.
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| 1. Babes in Toyland (1934)
aka: March of the Wooden Soldiers
2. Kept Husbands (1931)
3. Next Time We Love (1936)
4. The Nut Farm (1935)
5. Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)
aka: The Fighting Westerner
6. Song of Songs (1933)
7. The Storm (1938)
8. Top Hat (1935)
9. Torch Singer (1933)
10. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
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