Free and Easy 1930 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Easy Go
Director: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery, Fred Niblo, Edgar Dearing, Gwen Lee, John Miljan, Lionel Barrymore, William Haines, William Collier Sr., Dorothy Sebastian
Buster Keaton speaks for the first time in the movies. Elvira (Anita Page) wins the Gopher City, Kansas, beauty contest, and the prize is a trip to Hollywood that includes a screen test. She is accompanied by her mother (Trixie Friganza) and Elmer (Keaton), and it is Elmer who becomes the star after he crashes the MGM studio gates. But not all is lost for Elvira; she finds her true love (Robert Montgomery).
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The Intruder 1933 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Albert Ray Cast: Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman, Sidney Bracey, Mischa Auer, Harry Cording, William B. Davidson, Wilfred Lucas, Lynton Brent, John(2) Beck, Allan Cavan
Following a murder aboard a cruise ship, the ship itself sinks, and the survivors are shipwrecked on a jungle island. Now, a second murder takes place, which leaves the hero, John Brandt (Monte Blue), looking for clues to solve the crimes.
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Brenon Cast: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald, Nils Asther, Gwen Lee
Circus clown Tito Beppi (Lon Chaney) adopted and raised a young girl, Simonetta (Loretta Young), who has matured into a beautiful woman, and Tito's feelings toward her have changed from fatherly to amorous. Simonetta learns of his feelings, pities him, and declares her love for him. Matters come to a head when Simonetta falls in love with Count Luigi Ravelli (Nils Asther), and Tito performs a suicidal circus stunt leaving Simonetta free to marry the Count.
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| 1. Free and Easy (1930) aka: Easy Go
2. The Intruder (1933)
3. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
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