The Case of the Lucky Legs 1935  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane, Peggy Shannon, Porter Hall, Craig Reynolds, Henry O'Neill
Margie (Patricia Ellis) wins the Lucky Lady contest, but the shady promoter probably has skipped town with the prize money. Perry Mason (Warren William) is called in to help find him, which he does–but the promoter is dead. Whodunit? Good, humorous entry.
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Kiss and Make Up 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harlan Thompson
Cast: Cary Grant, Genevieve Tobin, Helen Mack, Edward Everett Horton, Lucien Littlefield, Mona Maris, Katherine Williams, Lucille Lund, Rafael Storm
When Eve Caron (Genevieve Tobin) becomes obsessed with her physical attributes, her husband Marcel (Edward Everett Horton) loses all romantic interest in her.
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No Time for Comedy 1940 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Guy with a Grin
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Frank Faylen, Allyn Joslyn, Clarence Kolb, Robert Greig, J.M. Kerrigan
Gaylord and Linda Easterbrook (James Stewart and Rosalind Russell) are a playwright and actress who spar with each other while his play is being readied as a Broadway production.
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One Hour with You 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Josephine Dunn, Richard Carle, George Barbier, Barbara Leonard, Charles Judels, Eric Wilton, Donald Novis, Mae Questel
Andre and Colette (Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald) are happily married. Andre, a doctor, has had chances to be unfaithful due to come-on's by his female patients, but when he meets Colette's best friend, Mitzi (Genevieve Tobin), the matrimonial mix-ups begin. Lots of music in this good remake of 1924's "The Marriage Circle," also directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film received a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
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Perfect Understanding 1933 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cyril Gardner
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Sir Nigel Playfair, Michael Farmer, Peter Gawthorne, Genevieve Tobin
Gloria Swanson produced this tale of a triangle involving Nicholas (Laurence Olivier), his new bride, and a former lover. It is not one of Olivier's better-known efforts, and far from his best.
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The Petrified Forest 1936  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Joe Sawyer, Porter Hall, Charley Grapewin, Paul Harvey, Eddie Acuff, Adrian Morris, Constance Bergen, Arthur Aylesworth
Humphrey Bogart leads a gang that invades an Arizona cafe where they run into Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) who wants them to kill him so the cafe's waitress, Gabrielle (Bette Davis), can journey to France on the insurance money.
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| 1. The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
2. Kiss and Make Up (1934)
3. No Time for Comedy (1940)
aka: Guy with a Grin
4. One Hour with You (1932)
5. Perfect Understanding (1933)
6. The Petrified Forest (1936)
7. The Woman in Red (1935)
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