The Death Kiss 1932  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi, John Wray, Edward Van Sloan, Vince Barnett, Wade Boteler, Harry Strang, Paul Porcasi, Harold Minjir, Alexander Carr, Edward Van Sloan, Barbara Bedford, Al Hill, Harold Waldridge
During the filming of a mystery, one of the actors is murdered. When the film's leading lady Marcia Lane (Adrienne Ames) is arrested for the crime, the film's screenwriter Franklin Drew (David Manners) begins to investigate. The suspects include the studio chief Leon A. Grossmith (Alexander Carr), studio executive Joseph Steiner (Bela Lugosi), and the film's director Tom Avery(Edward Van Sloan).
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Fog Over Frisco 1934  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Alan Hale, William Demarest, Arthur Byron, Douglass Dumbrille, Hugh Herbert, Robert Barrat, Henry O'Neill, Irving Pichel, George Westcott, Charles C. Wilson, Harold Minjir
An offbeat daughter, Arlene Bradford (Bette Davis), of wealthy Everett Bradford (Arthur Byron) manages to get herself in the middle of a securities-fraud scheme.
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The Great Commandment 1939  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: John Beal, Maurice Moscovitch, Albert Dekker, Marjorie Cooley, Warren McCollum, Lloyd Corrigan, Ian Wolfe, Olaf Hytten, Anthony Marlowe, Lester Sharpe, Marc Loebell, Harold Minjir, George Rosener
Judean scholar Joel (John Beal) revolts against the Romans, but with the arrival of Jesus of Nazareth, Joel puts down his sword in favor of a higher calling.
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It's Tough to Be Famous 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Brian, Emma Dunn, Walter Catlett, Oscar Apfel, J. Carrol Naish, David Landau, Claire McDowell, Louise Beavers, Harold Minjir
Scotty (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) is a young submarine officer who saves the crew after his submarine sinks. Expecting to sacrifice his life, he is rescued instead and now is a MAJOR media celebrity, causing great disruption in his day-to-day activities. A good study of our obsession with heroes, at least in the 1930s.
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The Oil Raider 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Gloria Shea, George Irving, Max Wagner, Emmett Vogan, Harold Minjir, Hal Taliaferro, Tom London, Tetsu Komai, Chuck Morrison
Dave Warren's (Buster Crabbe) crew is drilling for oil in Oak Glenn Basin when they run into trouble caused by the corrupt financier, J.T. Varley (George Irving), who is plotting to delay drilling so that he can foreclose on the loan for the oil rig.
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| 1. The Death Kiss (1932)
2. Fog Over Frisco (1934)
3. The Great Commandment (1939)
4. It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
5. Love Affair (1932)
6. The Oil Raider (1934)
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