And Now Tomorrow 1944   N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan, Beulah Bondi, Cecil Kellaway, Grant Mitchell, Helen Mack, Anthony Caruso, Jonathan Hale
Based on Rachel Field's novel, this is the story of two sisters (Loretta Young and Susan Hayward) who vie for the love of young Doctor Merek Vance (Alan Young).
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Fargo Express 1933  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Paul Fix, William Desmond, Jack Rockwell, Claude Payton, Joe Rickson, Charles King, Hank Bell, Pat Harmon, Ben Corbett
Ken (Ken Maynard) takes Helen's (Helen Mack) brother Mort (Paul Fix) under his wing to straighten him out. But Mort is set up in a crooked card game and taken to jail. Now Ken must bring the real culprits to justice in order to clear Mort.
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Fit for a King 1937 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack, Paul Kelly, Harry Davenport, Halliwell Hobbes, John Qualen, Donald Briggs, Frank Reicher, Russell Hicks, Charles Trowbridge, Robert Warwick, Charles(1) Lane
Cub reporter Virgil Jones (Joe E. Brown) is assigned to write a story about Archduke Julio (Harry Davenport) and, in the process, falls in love with a princess (Helen Mack). In a comedy of errors, Virgil uncovers a plot to kill the archduke and princess, foils the plot, and wins the heart of the princess who is now a queen.
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Four Hours to Kill 1935  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Joe Morrison, Helen Mack, Gertrude Michael, Dorothy Tree, Roscoe Karns, Ray Milland, Henry Travers, Paul Harvey, Noel Madison
A murderer eludes his guard and escapes into a theater where the lives of those in attendance are affected by the danger of his presence.
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 His Girl Friday 1940   N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns, Regis Toomey, Ernest Truex, Frank Jenks, Abner Biberman, Frank Orth, John Qualen
Newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) pulls out all stops to prevent the marriage of his star reporter–and ex-wife–Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) to insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Walter convinces Hildy to cover one last story about the execution of anarchist Earl Williams (John Qualen). When Williams escapes, with help from Walter and Hildy he hides in the prison press room. Hildy is set to write her big story, while Walter uses their time together to woo her back. A Grant classic, along with great cast and script. 1 User Review
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| | Verbal Comedy Doesn't Get Better Than This | 1fatts 07/23/2007 | Menjou and O'Brian did it in '31. Mathau and Lemmon in '74. Robert Ryan and George Grizzard did it on TV in 1970. And somebody even did it once somewhere as a musical. But this is the one. This one: 1940 with Cary Grant and Roz Russell.
A fast-paced play by McArthur and Hecht called "The Front Page" got kicked up several notches when someone decided to turn Hildy Johnson, the bitter, frustrated reporter looking for an escape from the newspaper game into a normal life, into a woman, ex-wife of fast-talking, vicious-but-lovable editor Walter Burns. Cary Grant as burns was never faster or funnier, but his pairing with Roz Russell as Hildy is nothing short of magic. The dialogue zings along, and every second line is a zinger.
But there is more to this than the very real verbal jousting. There is a glimpse into the world of newspapers which is illuminating and more than a little frightening. Anything for the story; it is never about fact, but about the lead, the scoop. Russell's scene with John Qualen's Earl Williams is sharp and tough and cold. The scenes with the veterans in the jailhouse newsroom captures an earlier time and speech pattern, but, one suspects, it has more to say about what media news is really about than All the President's Men could every have hoped to show.
There is an edge to the script that raises it about great comedy into something more important than that.
One of the best things Howard Hawks ever did. Not to be missed. |
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King of the Newsboys 1938 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Alison Skipworth, Victor Varconi, Sheila Bromley, Alice White, Horace McMahon, William "Billy" Benedict, Ray Cooke, Jack Pennick, Mary Cornman, Gloria Rich, Oscar O'Shea, Marjorie Main
After Jerry Flynn's (Lew Ayres) girlfriend Mary Ellen Stephens (Helen Mack) gives in to her materialism and leaves him for gangster Wire Arno (Victor Varconi) who can give her all that she thinks she wants, Jerry pours his time and energy into a newspaper trucking business. His efforts pay off, Jerry obtains wealth, and sets out to regain Mary's affections. By story's end, Jerry has lost the business–but not Mary.
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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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The Last Train from Madrid 1937 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland, Anthony Quinn, Lee Bowman, Karen Morley, Robert Cummings, Lionel Atwill, Alan Ladd, Olympe Bradna, Helen Mack, Lee Bowman
Set in the 1930s during the Spanish civil war, an assortment of characters board a train as their last-ditch-effort means for escaping the war-torn country.
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1934 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Marshall Nellan
Cast: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, Minna Gombell, Robert McWade, Henry B. Walthall, Kitty Kelly, Baby LeRoy, Clarence Wilson, Charles C. Wilson, Eddie Peabody, Edward LeSaint, Dell Henderson, Ann Sheridan, Lee Shumway
A reformed racetrack tipster (Lee Tracy) finds his past catching up with him as the legal system closes in. This film, based on a Damon Runyon story, was remade in 1951 with Bob Hope playing the title role.
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The Milky Way 1936 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Helen Mack, George Barbier, Lionel Stander, William Gargan, Charles(1) Lane, Marjorie Gateson, Milburn Stone, Anthony Quinn
Harold Lloyd is very amusing in his role of the milkman who rises in the ranks to become a champion boxer–mostly due to his manager's wheeling and dealing. A young Anthony Quinn is seen fleetingly.
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She 1935 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Samuel S. Hinds, Noble Johnson, Lumsden Hare, Jim Thorpe, Ray Corrigan
She (Helen Gahagan) has ruled over the lost land of Kor for 500 years, her immortality being maintained by the Flame of Life. Along comes a trio of people (Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, and Nigel Bruce) seeking this land and bringing problems as She falls for Scott. Based on the 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard (who also wrote "King Solomon's Mines") and was remade in 1965.
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 The Son of Kong 1933 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston, Victor(2) Wong, Ed Brady, Lee Kohlmar, Clarence Wilson, Kathrin Clare Ward, Noble Johnson
In this follow-on to the highly successful "King Kong," explorer Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) returns to the place where he found Kong. He also had to get away from the hassles of the aftermath of Kong's "visit" to New York City. Upon his return, he finds Kong's son who befriends the party after they save his life. Together, they fight the many beasts in the area. Lighthearted and comedic but cheaply made, and it shows.
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The Wrong Road 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, Horace McMahon, Russ Powell, Billy Bevan, Marjorie Main, Rex Evans, Joseph Crehan, Arthur Hoyt, Syd Saylor, Selmer Jackson, Chester Clute
Jimmy (Richard Cromwell) and Ruth (Helen Mack) are young and need money. Their solution: rob a bank, serve time, and spend the stolen money later. The plan works–until they are released from jail and have problems finding the hidden money. But, find it they do and, at the same time, come to their senses and turn the cache in to the authorities.
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| 1. And Now Tomorrow (1944)
2. Fargo Express (1933)
3. Fit for a King (1937)
4. Four Hours to Kill (1935)
5. His Girl Friday (1940)
6. King of the Newsboys (1938)
7. Kiss and Make Up (1934)
8. The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
9. The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
10. The Milky Way (1936)
11. She (1935)
12. The Son of Kong (1933)
13. The Wrong Road (1937)
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