Arsene Lupin 1932  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery / Romance
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, John Miljan, Tully Marshall, Henry Armetta, George Davis, John Davidson, James T. Mack, Mary Jane Irving, Roland Varno, Joe Sawyer, Georges Renavent
In their first joint screen appearance, John and Lionel Barrymore play a gentleman burglar, the Duke of Charmerace Arsene Lupin (John), and the French detective, Guerchard (Lionel), who is hot on Arsene Lupin's trail. Arsene is planning to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Will Guerchard catch Arsene before he can carry out his plot?
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Cafe Metropole 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Charles Winninger, Helen Westley, Christian Rub, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Georges Renavent, Leonid Kinskey, Hal K. Dawson, Louis Mercier, Gino Corrado, Jules Raucourt, Paul Porcasi
Monsieur Victor (Adolphe Menjou) owns the Cafe Metropole, but he faces a prison term if he does not replace the money he has embezzled from the cafe. He thinks he has the money when he wins at the casino, and playboy Alexander Brown (Tyrone Power) gives him a check, but the check bounces. Now, Victor forces Alexander to pretend to be a Russian prince, "Alexis Penayev," and woo a wealthy American, Laura Ridgeway (Loretta Young), so that they can use her money to pay off the debt. The courtship begins, Alexis and Laura fall in love, and then the real prince (Gregory Ratoff) makes himself known. Has Victor taken on more than he can handle?
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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber, Kay Linaker, Robert Kent, Edward Raquello, George Lynn, Louis Mercier, George Davis, George Sorel, John Bleifer, Georges Renavent, Eugene Borden
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his son Lee (Keye Luke) are vacationing in Monte Carlo when a million dollars in bonds from the famous Riviera casino are stolen, and the messenger who was carrying them is murdered. Charlie is asked to investigate and uncovers the work of bartender Al Rogers (George Lynn) who is blackmailing Mrs Karnoff (Kay Linaker) whose husband (Sidney Blackmer) is engaged in a bitter feud with Paul Savarin (Edward Raquello). Al turns up dead, but is Mrs. Karnoff really the murderess? Other suspects include Savarin and a woman with things to hide, Evelyn Gray (Virginia Field). This is Oland's last movie.
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East of Borneo 1931 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Melford
Cast: Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, Noble Johnson
Linda Randolph (Rose Hobart) searches for her long-lost husband, Allan (Charles Bickford), in the jungles east of Borneo and finds him serving as the court physician in the Prince of Marudu's (Georges Renavent) palace. Rose and Allan rekindle their love just as a smoking volcano is about to erupt.
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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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The Last Outpost 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Barton, Louis J. Gasnier
Cast: Cary Grant, Gertrude Michael, Claude Rains, Kathleen Burke, Colin Tapley, Akim Tamiroff, Billy Bevan, Georges Renavent, Jameson Thomas, Robert Adair, Claude King, Margaret Swope, Nick Shaid
Injured during the Kurdistan/British war, Captain Michael Andrews (Cary Grant) is brought back to good health by nurse Rosemary Haydon (Gertrude Michael). Although she is married to the man (Claude Rains) who saved Andrews' life, this plays only a small part in their thoughts of the moment.
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Mara Maru 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr, Richard Webb, Nestor Paiva, Paul Picerni, Dan Seymour, Georges Renavent, Michael Ross, Don C. Harvey
Salvage divers (Errol Flynn and Raymond Burr) vie for sunken treasure off the Philippines.
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Paris Calling 1941  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Arnt, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisabeth Risdon, Georges Renavent, William Edmunds
The courage of a Frenchwoman, Marianne (Elisabeth Bergner), who joins the Resistance movement during World War II, is depicted in this insightful film about espionage used to inhibit Nazi control of Paris.
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Queen Christina 1933  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Georges Renavent, David Torrence, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Ferdinand Munier, Akim Tamiroff, Edward Norris, C. Montague Shaw, Cora Sue Collins
Based on the life of 17th-century Queen of Sweden Christina (Greta Garbo), this story involves her love affair with a Spanish ambassador, Antonio (John Gilbert), that has the whole country questioning the wisdom of having a Catholic as a member of the royal family.
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Seventh Heaven 1937 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Henry King
Cast: Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, Gregory Ratoff, Gale Sondergaard, J. Edward Bromberg, John Qualen, Victor Kilian, Sig Ruman, Thomas Beck, Georges Renavent, Mady Christians, Rafaela Ottiano, Rollo Lloyd, Edward Keane
Diane (Simone Simon) is exploited as a prostitute by her sister Nana (Gale Sondergaard) and then thrown out of the house. A Parisian sewer worker, Chico (James Stewart), rescues Diane, and she moves into his slum apartment. World War I breaks out just as Chico realizes that he is in love with Diane, but he is drafted and leaves for the front. Four years later, Chico, blinded during the war, returns to a loving Diane who is waiting for him.
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Son of Ali Baba 1952  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, William Reynolds, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Morris Ankrum, Philip Van Zandt, Gerald Mohr, Robert Barrat, Leon Belasco, Jeff Chandler, Henry Corden, Harry Guardino, Georges Renavent
When the evil Caliph (Victor Jory) wants to steal Ali Baba's (Morris Ankrum) treasures, he schemes to ruin the reputation of Ali Baba's son, Kashma Baba (Tony Curtis), and forces Princess Kiki (Piper Laurie) to pretend to be a slave girl. Kashma falls in love with Kiki, they flee, and Kashma and his friends set out to rescue the treasures.
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The Son of Monte Cristo 1940 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates, Lionel Royce, Montagu Love, Ian Wolfe, Clayton Moore, Ralph Byrd, Georges Renavent, Michael Visaroff, Rand Brooks, Theodore von Eltz, Henry Brandon, James Seay
In 1865, when Grand Duchess Zona (Joan Bennett) seeks aid from France to regain her family's rule of Lichtenberg, the son of the Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes Jr. (Louis Hayward), falls in love with her and helps save the country by toppling the regime of General Gurko Lanen (George Sanders).
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That Night in Rio 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, S.Z. Sakall, J. Carrol Naish, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Bando da Lua, Frank Puglia, Maria Montez, Lillian Porter, Georges Renavent, Fortunio Bonanova, Eddie Conrad
Baron (Don Ameche) and Baroness (Alice Faye) Duarte head for South America, but, in order to save his business, the Baron must slip out of the country. He hires entertainer Larry Martin (also Don Ameche) to impersonate him and allow time for him to complete the deal. But, Larry treats the Baroness so nicely that when the Baron returns he knows that he must be more attentive to his wife.
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Whipsaw 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan, Clay Clement, Robert Gleckler, Robert Warwick, Georges Renavent, Paul Stanton, Wade Boteler
Ross McBride (Spencer Tracy) investigates jewel thefts and is recognized as a detective by a gang member, Vivian Palmer (Myrna Loy). When Vivian decides to play along and not reveal his identity, she gets more than she bargained for when she falls in love with Ross.
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Whistlin' Dan 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner, Georges Renavent, Hank Bell, Frank Ellis, Merrill McCormick, Artie Ortego, Jessie Arnold, Jack Rockwell, Lon Poff, Art Mix, Iron Eyes Cody
Whistlin' Don Savage's (Ken Maynard) sidekick is kidnapped and $5,000 is demanded before sunset–or else. When Dan doesn't come up with the money in time, his pal is killed. Now it's revenge time as Dan infiltrates the killer's gang. But more problems lie ahead for our hero.
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| 1. Arsene Lupin (1932)
2. Cafe Metropole (1937)
3. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
4. East of Borneo (1931)
5. The Invisible Ray (1936)
6. The Last Outpost (1935)
7. Mara Maru (1952)
8. Paris Calling (1941)
9. Queen Christina (1933)
10. Seventh Heaven (1937)
11. Son of Ali Baba (1952)
12. The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
13. That Night in Rio (1941)
14. Whipsaw (1935)
15. Whistlin' Dan (1932)
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