 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Ian Hunter, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Robert Noble, Leonard Willey, Kenneth Hunter
Errol Flynn IS Robin Hood. Romance blooms between Robin and Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland) in the midst of sweeping sword fights in Sherwood Forest as Robin leads his band of merry men against Prince John (Claude Rains) and his efforts to tax the poor. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
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 Angel 1937  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Cossart, Laura Hope Crews, Herbert Mundin, Ivan Lebedeff, Dennie Moore, Lionel Pape, Gino Corrado, Michael Visaroff, Eric Wilton, Olaf Hytten, James Finlayson
Bored Maria (Marlene Dietrich) feels trapped in a loveless marriage with a British nobleman (Herbert Marshall). So off she goes to Paris for a vacation and falls in love with an American (Melvyn Douglas). Despite the fine cast, this is far from Lubitsch's or Dietrich's best.
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Another Dawn 1937 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Ian Hunter, Frieda Inescort, Mary Forbes, Herbert Mundin, Billy Bevan, Kenneth Hunter, Clyde Cook, Charles Irwin
In this story set in Africa, Captain Denny Roark (Errol Flynn) is grieving over the death of his lover when he falls in love with Julia Ashton (Kay Francis), the wife of his commanding officer.
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Cavalcade 1933  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Ursula Jeans, Herbert Mundin, Una O'Connor, Beryl Mercer, Irene Browne, Frank Lawton, Margaret Lindsay, Billy Bevan
This film, an Oscar winner for Best Picture, is Noel Coward's story of the effects of World War I on the British Marryot family (Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook) over a 30 year period–before, during, and after the war. Frank Lloyd also won an Oscar for Best Director. A third Oscar was received for Art Direction.
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Chandu the Magician 1932  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy
Director: Marcel Varnel
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi, Herbert Mundin, Henry B. Walthall, Nestor Aber, Virginia Hammond, Weldon Heyburn, June Lang, Michael Stuart, Dick Sutherland, John George, Nigel De Brulier, Charles Stevens
An insane man threatens the world with his death-ray machine until Chandu (Edmund Lowe) uses his powers of magic to stop the evil plot. A feature-length edition of a serial.
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Charlie Chan's Secret 1936  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gordon Wiles
Cast: Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Astrid Allwyn, Jonathan Hale, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman, Edward Trevor, Herbert Mundin, Egon Brecher, Gloria Roy
This is the 10th in the series of Charlie Chan adventures. In this entry, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) goes to San Francisco to search for a missing heir and discovers that the heir has been murdered. As usual, Chan solves the crime. Number One Son (Keye Luke) missed this episode.
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A Message to Garcia 1936 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Wallace Beery, John Boles, Barbara Stanwyck, Alan Hale, Mona Barrie, Herbert Mundin, Martin Garralaga, Warren Hymer, Frederick Vogeding, John Carradine
During the Spanish-American War, Lieutenant Rowan (John Boles) defeats all odds to faithfully carry a message from President McKinley to Cuban leader Garcia that announces the declaration of war by the United States.
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Ian Wolfe, Mamo Clark, Francis Lister, David Torrence, Percy Waram, DeWitt Jennings
This depiction of the 1787 mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty is a classic. The cruel Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) sails his ship, H.M.S. Bounty, from England to Tahiti where the crew, including Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) and his friend midshipman Byam (Franchot Tone), enjoy the island paradise. While Tahiti was a paradise, life on the Bounty proves anything but, and the overly strict discipline of Bligh becomes so intense that First Mate Fletcher Christian leads the crew in a mutiny and sends Bligh and a few crew members adrift at sea in an open boat. The film received an Academy Award for Best Picture. It also was nominated for seven others–including three for Best Actor (Laughton, Gable, and Tone) and Best Director (Frank Lloyd).
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One Way Passage 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Kay Francis, William Powell, Aline MacMahon, Warren Hymer, Frank McHugh, Herbert Mundin, Frederick Burton, Douglas Gerrard, Roscoe Karns, Dewey Robinson
A dying socialite (Kay Francis) finds love in the person of a condemned convict (William Powell) while both are passengers on an ocean liner. Remade in 1940 as "Til We Meet Again."
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Sherlock Holmes 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Clive Brook, Ernest Torrence, Reginald Owen, Miriam Jordan, Herbert Mundin, Howard Leeds, Alan Mowbray, C. Montague Shaw, Lucien Prival, Stanley Fields
Set in 1930s' England, Sherlock Holmes (Clive Brook) has finally brought his nemesis, Moriarty (Ernest Torrence), to justice as the master criminal is sentenced to death. From the dock, Moriarty warns all that the prosecutor, the Scotland Yard investigator, and Sherlock Holmes will hang before he does. Holmes heads for retirement and the country with his bride-to-be. Then comes word of Moriarty's escape and the murder of the prosecutor.
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| 1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
2. Angel (1937)
3. Another Dawn (1937)
4. Cavalcade (1933)
5. Chandu the Magician (1932)
6. Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
7. The Devil's in Love (1933)
8. Lord Jeff (1938)
9. A Message to Garcia (1936)
10. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
11. One Way Passage (1932)
12. Sherlock Holmes (1932)
13. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
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