Follow the Fleet 1936 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn, Harry Beresford, Russell Hicks, Brooks Benedict, Lucille Ball, Ray Mayer
Professional dance partners Bake Baker (Fred Astaire) and Sherry Martin (Ginger Rogers) are separated when Baker joins the Navy. Now, they meet and stage a show for charity during Baker's shore leave.
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I Cover the Waterfront 1933 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze Cast: Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh, Maurice Black, Purnell Pratt, Harry Beresford, George Humbert, Wilfred Lucas, Rosita Marstini, Lee Phelps, Al Hill
While covering waterfront stories, reporter Joe Miller (Ben Lyon) zeroes in on fishing captain Eli Kirk (Ernest Torrence) who Joe believes is involved in a smuggling operation. But, after meeting and falling in love with Eli's daughter, Julie (Claudette Colbert), Joe must deal with conflicting loyalties.
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Klondike Annie 1936 N/R, 78 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Philip Reed, Helen Jerome Eddy, Harry Beresford, Harold Huber, Lucile Gleason, Conway Tearle, Esther Howard, Soo Yong
Mae West and the censors–the Legion of Decency–were fighting it out in the mid-1930s; the censors won with this one, taming down the final cut of the film. Mae plays "The Frisco Doll," who kills a man in self-defense and then takes off on a ship for Alaska. On the way, after the ship's captain, Bull (Victor McLaglen), finds that she is on the lam, he blackmails her into providing sexual favors. Taking the place of a missionary who died on the trip, Doll becomes a woman of God, who eventually decides to return to San Francisco to clear herself.
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Little Women 1933 N/R, 115 min. Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, John Lodge, Douglass Montgomery, Nydia Westman, Harry Beresford, Mabel Colcord, Marion Ballou
Four New England sisters–Meg (Frances Dee), Jo (Katharine Hepburn), Beth (Jean Parker), and Amy (Joan Bennett)–learn to grow and survive under the loving care of their mother, Marmee (Spring Byington) while their beloved father (Samuel S. Hinds) is serving as a chaplain for the Union forces during the Civil War. This is the first film version of Louisa May Alcott's famous book, and it was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director.
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Night Flight 1933 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown Cast: John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Frank Conroy, C. Henry Gordon, Leslie Fenton, Harry Beresford, Dorothy Burgess
This is the story behind the advent of "red-eye" flights. It involves an emergency flight that evolved into regular night flying.
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Postal Inspector 1936 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Brower Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Patricia Ellis, Michael Loring, Bela Lugosi, Wallis Clark, Arthur Loft, David Oliver, Guy Usher, Spencer Charters, Hattie McDaniel, Harry Beresford
Gambling debts force nightclub owner Gregory Benez (Bela Lugosi) into a life of crime. When he hires a beautiful singer (Patricia Ellis) to perform in his club, she and Benez are put under the watchful eye of U.S. Postal Inspector Bill Davis (Ricardo Cortez).
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Seven Keys to Baldpate 1935 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: William Hamilton Cast: Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Moroni Olsen, Henry Travers, Grant Mitchell, Harry Beresford, Emma Dunn, Walter Brennan
A writer makes a bet that he can complete his novel within 24 hours after checking into the Baldpate Inn. This story has been made numerous times–others in 1917, 1925, 1930, and 1947.
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The Sign of the Cross 1932 N/R, 118 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille Cast: Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Harry Beresford, John Carradine, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Arthur Hohl, Nat Pendleton
The fiddling of Roman Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton) while Rome burns and Christians seeking religious freedom while facing the threat of being fed to the lions are depicted in this Cecil B. DeMille drama, which was cut down and reissued in 1944 with a World War II prologue added.
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Sooky 1931 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Oscar Apfel, Tom Wilson, Gertrude Sutton, Harry Beresford
This sequel to "Skippy" again features boyhood friends Skippy (Jackie Cooper) and Sooky (Robert Coogan) in funny, yet sentimental, escapades around their neighborhood.
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| 1. Follow the Fleet (1936)
2. I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
3. Klondike Annie (1936)
4. Little Women (1933)
5. Night Flight (1933)
6. Postal Inspector (1936)
7. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
8. The Sign of the Cross (1932)
9. Sooky (1931)
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