Arsene Lupin 1932  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, John Miljan, Tully Marshall, Henry Armetta, George Davis, John Davidson, James T. Mack
In their first joint screen appearance, John and Lionel Barrymore play a gentleman rogue, Arsene Lupin (John), and the French detective, Guerchard (Lionel), who is hot on Arsene Lupin's trail.
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Boom Town 1940 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Chill Wills, Lionel Atwill, Minna Gombell, Sara Haden, Marion Martin
Love among the excitement of wildcatters and oil captures an earlier era in America. Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy play oilmen whose luck in the fields is as much of a roller coaster ride as their personal lives.
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 Crossroads 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, Felix Bressart, Margaret Wycherly, Reginald Owen, Sig Ruman, Fritz Leiber, Frank Conroy
This American version of the original French film takes place in pre-World War II France where an amnesia victim (William Powell) is convinced by the actual perpetrators (Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor) that he was the one who committed murder.
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Dragon Seed 1944  N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Agnes Moorehead, Philip Ahn, Turhan Bey, Hurd Hatfield, Henry Travers
This is the film adaptation of Pearl Buck's story about Chinese villagers who must adapt to the Japanese invasion if they expect to survive the brutalities inflicted on them.
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Hell Below 1933  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Eugene Pallette, Robert Young, David Newell, Charles Irwin, Sterling Holloway, Paul Porcasi
Walter Huston is commander of a submarine in World War I in the midst of a secret and dangerous mission. He also feuds with one of his lieutenants (Robert Montgomery), who is after the skipper's daughter. After the lieutenant's best friend is left topside while diving to escape German destroyers, things get even tougher. Good action scenes.
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 Honky Tonk 1941 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Frank Morgan, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Main, Albert Dekker, Chill Wills, Henry O'Neill, John Maxwell, Morgan Wallace
A wily gambler, Candy Johnson (Clark Gable), meets a lovely lady, Elizabeth (Lana Turner), on the train traveling to Nevada. Over the years, Candy becomes a corrupt politician, but he does marry the fair Elizabeth. Remade in 1974.
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The Hucksters 1947 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold, Frank Albertson, Aubrey Mather, Richard Gaines
The immorality found in the advertising business is depicted in this film about Victor Norman (Clark Gable) coming to grips with reality during an intense campaign for a beauty soap.
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Julia Misbehaves 1948 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero, Nigel Bruce, Mary Boland, Lucile Watson, Reginald Owen, Ian Wolfe
When Susan (Elizabeth Taylor) is preparing for her marriage, her mother, Julia (Greer Garson), returns after a 20-year absence and upsets the bride AND the father of the bride (Walter Pidgeon).
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Libeled Lady 1936  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, William Powell, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Charles Trowbridge, Spencer Charters, Otto Yamaoka, Bunny Beatty, George Chandler, Greta Meyer, Hal K. Dawson
After newspaper editor Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy) prints a story about wealthy Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) stealing the husband of another woman, Connie sues the paper for printing a false story. Warren is about to marry Gladys (Jean Harlow) but now postpones the wedding and hires Bill Chandler (William Powell) to marry Gladys in name only and then pursue Connie. The plan is for Gladys to sue Connie for alienation of affections and get her to drop the lawsuit against Warren. But, plans backfire when true love enters the picture. Remade in 1946 as "Easy to Wed."
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Love Crazy 1941 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson, Florence Bates, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Vladimir Sokoloff, Kathleen Lockhart, Donald MacBride
While preparing for their fourth-anniversary celebration, Steve and Susan Ireland (William Powell and Myrna Loy) are stopped short by a stumbling block in the form of Steve's old girlfriend (Gail Patrick). But, comedy reigns, and all ends well.
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 Saratoga 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Cliff Edwards, Hattie McDaniel, George Zucco, Jonathan Hale
The racetrack at Saratoga Springs, New York is the setting for this comedy about sly gambler Duke Bradley (Clark Gable) falling in love with the beautiful Carol Clayton (Jean Harlow) whose grandfather (Lionel Barrymore) is a horse breeder. Harlow died during filming at the age of 26.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1935 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Woods, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, H.B. Warner, Mitchell Lewis, Claude Gillingwater, Billy Bevan, Lucille La Verne
This is the best film version of Charles Dickens' story of love and death during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. Ronald Colman takes on the role of weary London lawyer Sydney Carton who selflessly saves Charles Darnay (Donald Woods) from the guillotine by taking his place and allowing him to return to Lucie (Elizabeth Allan)–the woman who both men love. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Tarzan and His Mate 1934 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, William Stack, Desmond Roberts, Paul Porcasi, Ray Corrigan, Nathan Curry
This is the best of the "Tarzan" films with Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. The couple encounters danger from ivory hunters who search for an elephant graveyard.
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Too Hot to Handle 1938  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Henry Kolker, Marjorie Main, Robert Emmett Keane, Gregory Gaye
Everything goes wrong when newsreel photographer Chris Hunter (Clark Gable) fakes an event–and he is caught by a rival. Love saves the day–with pilot Alma Harding (Myrna Loy)–when all is said and done. 1 User Review
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A Yank at Oxford 1938 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Gillingwater, C.V. France, Griffith Jones, Tully Marshall, Edward Rigby
American track star Lee Sheridan (Robert Taylor) finds pitfalls when he adapts to life as an Oxford student.
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| 1. Arsene Lupin (1932)
2. Boom Town (1940)
3. Crossroads (1942)
4. Dragon Seed (1944)
5. Hell Below (1933)
6. High Barbaree (1947)
7. Honky Tonk (1941)
8. The Hucksters (1947)
9. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
10. Libeled Lady (1936)
11. Love Crazy (1941)
12. Saratoga (1937)
13. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
14. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
15. Too Hot to Handle (1938)
16. Untamed (1929)
17. A Yank at Oxford (1938)
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