Bolero 1934   N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Frances Drake, William Frawley, Ray Milland, Gertrude Michael, Ann Sheridan, Dell Henderson, Phillips Smalley, Gloria Shea
A nightclub owner and dancer, Raoul De Baere (George Raft), and his partner Helen Hathaway (Carole Lombard) part during World War I when he joins the military. At the end of the film, they reunite and dance the "Bolero." 2 User Reviews
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| | Best none gangster movie he made, | eddie 06/26/2010 | | Movie showed the dance talent Raft had. The final scene is an outstanding dance scene |
| | nana 05/03/2007 | | great movie, dance sequel fantastic |
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Forsaking All Others 1934 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth, Billie Burke, Frances Drake, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Treacher, Eily Malyon, Greta Meyer, Tom Ricketts, Harold Huber, Jan Duggan, Sidney Bracey
Although Mary (Joan Crawford) and Dill (Robert Montgomery) are getting married, Jeff (Clark Gable) pines for his lost love, Mary. Events turn out happily ever after when Dill marries another woman, and Jeff and Mary discover their true love.
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I Take This Woman 1940  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale, Kent Taylor, Laraine Day, Mona Barrie, Louis Calhern, Marjorie Main, Frances Drake, Jack Carson
After Karl Decker (Spencer Tracy) saves the life of Georgi Gragore (Hedy Lamarr), they marry. Although Karl is determined to make Georgi happy, there are many obstacles in the way. Good cast can't save.
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The Invisible Ray 1936 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Beulah Bondi, Walter Kingsford, Nydia Westman, Georges Renavent, Frank Reicher, Paul Weigel
After being exposed to a radioactive meteor containing Radium X, research scientist Dr. Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff) discovers that his touch is enough to kill. With this knowledge, his intended victims are his wife and her lover.
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It's a Wonderful World 1939  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton, Frances Drake, Edgar Kennedy, Ernest Truex, Sidney Blackmer, Hans Conried, Richard Carle
A writer (Claudette Colbert) joins up with a fugitive (James Stewart), and together they outwit the police (Nat Pendleton and Edgar Kennedy).
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Ladies Should Listen 1934 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Cary Grant, Frances Drake, Edward Everett Horton, Charles Arnt, Nydia Westman, Ann Sheridan, Rosita Moreno, George Barbier, Charles Ray, Rafael Corio
After listening in on a hotel telephone conversation, the switchboard operator, Anna (Frances Drake), gets involved in the life of the caller, Julian de Lussac (Cary Grant).
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 Les Miserables 1935 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Florence Eldridge, Rochelle Hudson, Marilyn Knowlden, Frances Drake, Jessie Ralph, John Carradine, Ferdinand Gottschalk, John Beal, Jane Kerr, Mary Forbes, Florence Roberts, John Bleifer
This excellent movie deals with a starving man, Jean Valjean (Fredric March), who steals a loaf of bread and is sent to prison. After 10 years, he escapes from prison and is taken in by Bishop Bienvenu (Cedric Hardwicke) who helps him reform. Valjean becomes a respected businessman and, under an assumed name of Champmathieu, moves to a new town where he is elected mayor. Problems ensue when the town's chief of police, Javert (Charles Laughton), is suspicious of Champmathieu and then realizes who he really is. Valjean moves to Paris with his daughter Eponine (Frances Drake)–only to have further run ins with Javert when Javert has an assignment in Paris, and a final confrontation is a certainty. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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The Lone Wolf in Paris 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Walter Kingsford, Leona Maricle, Olaf Hytten, Albert Dekker, Bess Flowers, Eddie Fetherston, Dick Curtis
Francis Lederer takes on the role of the jewel-thief-turned-sleuth in this second of the series, three years after the first entry. Weaker that the original, the Lone Wolf helps a Princess in retrieving the crown jewels from the dastardly Grand Duke.
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Mad Love 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Karl Freund
Cast: Peter Lorre, Colin Clive, Frances Drake, Ted Healy, Keye Luke, Edward Brophy, Sara Haden, Henry Kolker, Ian Wolfe, Isabel Jewell
Doctor Gogol (Peter Lorre) is in love with the wife (Frances Drake) of a gifted pianist, Stephen Orlac (Colin Clive). Following the loss of Orlac's hands in an accident, he undergoes surgery by Doctor Gogol who gives him the hands of a guillotine victim.
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| 1. Bolero (1934)
2. Forsaking All Others (1934)
3. I Take This Woman (1940)
4. The Invisible Ray (1936)
5. It's a Wonderful World (1939)
6. Ladies Should Listen (1934)
7. Les Miserables (1935)
8. The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
9. Mad Love (1935)
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