An American Tragedy 1931  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Claire McDowell, Frederick Burton, Wallace Middleton, Emmett Corrigan, Lucille La Verne, Charles Middleton
Based on Theodore Dreiser's novel, this is a drama about Roberta Alden's murder. Her story is told through flashbacks during the ensuing trial. The story was remade in 1951 as "A Place in the Sun." The remake is the better of the two versions.
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Anne of Green Gables 1919  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Desmond Taylor
Cast: Mary Miles Minter, Paul Kelly, Marcia Harris, Frederick Burton, F.T. Chailee, Leila Romer, Lincoln Stedman, Hazel Sexton, Russell Hewitt, Albert Hackett, Laurie Lovelle, Carolyn Lee, Jack B. Hollis, George Stewart
This is a story of a young girl's years in an era of innocent days in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Anne (Mary Miles Minter) is an orphan who is adopted by her uncle (Frederick Burton) and his sister (Marcia Harris) in this amusing tale. Anne is involved in many adventures while growing up, but after she graduates, she goes to work as a school teacher. One day, Anne whips gossipy Mrs. Pie's (Leila Romer) misbehaving son Anthony (Russell Hewitt). Later that day, Anthony falls from a hay wagon and breaks his arm. He tells people that Anne broke his arm, but after the Reverend Figtree (Jack B. Hollis) reveals that he saw Anthony fall from the wagon, and Anne is exonerated. All ends well when Anne marries the man she loves, Gilbert Blythe (George Stewart).
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Belle of the Nineties 1934  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown, John Miljan, Katherine DeMille, James Donlan, Stuart Holmes, Harry Woods, Edward Gargan, Libby Taylor, Warren Hymer, Benny Baker, Morrie Cohan, Frederick Burton, Fuzzy Knight
Despite attentions from many men, St. Louis cabaret blues singer Ruby Carter (Mae West) falls in love with boxer Tiger Kid (Roger Pryor). When Tiger's manager Kirby (James Donlan) wants Ruby out of Tiger's life, she agrees to go and moves to New Orleans. More problems between Ruby and Tiger lie ahead involving the theft of Ruby's jewels. But, by story's end, Ruby ends up with her true love. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform, and West sings; the songs include "My Old Flame," "St. Louis Woman," and "Memphis Blues."
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 The Big Trail 1930 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr., Ward Bond, Helen Parrish, Frederick Burton, Ian Keith, Charles Stevens, Louise Carver, Iron Eyes Cody, David Rollins, DeWitt Jennings, William V. Mong
In John Wayne's first starring role, he plays Brick Coleman who guides a wagon train pioneering the Oregon Trail. Along the trek, the wagon train confronts desert heat, steep cliffs, a fierce storm, an Indian attack, and swollen rivers. Brick fearlessly leads the wagons while still finding time to romance Ruth Cameron (Marguerite Churchill)–despite competition from gambler Bill Thorpe (Ian Keith) and villain Red Flack (Tyrone Power Sr.).
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The Man with Two Lives 1942 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Edward Norris, Frederick Burton, Addison Richards, Edward Keane, Hugh Sothern, Eleanor Lawson, Marlo Dwyer, Tom Seidel, Elliott Sullivan, Anthony Warde, Ernie Adams, Kenne Duncan
Philip (Edward Norris) and his fiancee, Helen (Marlo Dwyer), are involved in an automobile accident in which Philip is killed. Dr. Richard Clark (Edward Keane) is called in and succeeds in bringing Philip back to life. But, at the same moment, a criminal being executed takes over Philip's soul, and Philip finds himself being drawn into the criminal world.
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One Way Passage 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Kay Francis, William Powell, Aline MacMahon, Warren Hymer, Frank McHugh, Herbert Mundin, Frederick Burton, Douglas Gerrard, Roscoe Karns, Dewey Robinson
A dying socialite (Kay Francis) finds love in the person of a condemned convict (William Powell) while both are passengers on an ocean liner. Remade in 1940 as "Til We Meet Again."
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The Saint in New York 1938 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ben Holmes
Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale, Jack Carson, Paul Guilfoyle, Frederick Burton, Ben Welden, Charles Halton, Paul Fix
This is the first in a series of Saint films based on the novel by Leslie Charteris. Simon Templar, the Saint, is a cool, urbane detective who, in this entry is called in to deal with a major crime wave in New York. The entire series is generally well done. Hayward starred only in this and the final ("The Saint's Girl Friday") episodes.
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Silver on the Sage 1939 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ruth Rogers, Stanley Ridges, Frederick Burton, Roy Barcroft, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Wen Wright
Twin brothers use their saloon as a decoy for their more profitable business–cattle rustling. But, Hopalong Cassidy brings law and order to the town and ousts the brothers.
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Two Seconds 1932 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Preston Foster, Vivienne Osborne, J. Carrol Naish, Guy Kibbee, Frederick Burton, Dorothea Wolbert, Edward McWade, Berton Churchill, William Janney
John Allen (Edward G. Robinson) contends he is being executed for the wrong murder. The switch is now thrown to send an electrical change into him as he sits in the Electric Chair. In the two seconds that it takes to kill him, his life is told in flashback.
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The Working Man 1933 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John G. Adolfi
Cast: George Arliss, Bette Davis, Hardie Albright, J. Farrell MacDonald, Theodore Newton, Gordon Westcott, Charles E. Evans, Frederick Burton, Edward Van Sloan, Claire McDowell
Shoe manufacturer John Reeves (George Arliss) becomes bored with his work after his main competitor dies. He turns the company over to his bratty nephew (Hardie Albright) and heads off on a vacation. He meets the heirs (Bette Davis and Theodore Newton) of the competitor and finds out that the company is in financial trouble. Pretending to be a laborer, John takes a job with the company and turns it around and becomes a competitor with his nephew. In the process, he teaches the heirs a few lessons.
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| 1. An American Tragedy (1931)
2. Anne of Green Gables (1919)
3. Belle of the Nineties (1934)
4. The Big Trail (1930)
5. The Man with Two Lives (1942)
6. One Way Passage (1932)
7. Running Wild (1927)
8. The Saint in New York (1938)
9. Silver on the Sage (1939)
10. Two Seconds (1932)
11. The Working Man (1933)
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