Anna Karenina 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Reginald Denny, Dennis O'Keefe, May Robson, Reginald Owen, Joan Marsh
Greta Garbo takes on the title role in this film, which tells Leo Tolstoy's story about a woman who gives up everything to be with Count Vronsky (Fredric March); but happiness is elusive.
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Charlie Chan on Broadway 1937  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Woods, Leon Ames, Marc Lawrence, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Lon Chaney Jr.
After two people are murdered, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) investigates and enters a world of political corruption and gossip columnists on the Broadway scene.
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Follow the Leader 1944  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: East of the Bowery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Durand, Buddy Gorman, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Jack La Rue, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mary Gordon
On leave from the Army, Muggs and Glimpy (Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall) find that one of their East Side Kids gang has wrongfully been jailed for a robbery. Suspicion falls on one of their new members, Spider (William "Billy" Benedict), who is killed by the bad guys. Now, Muggs and Glimpy take on the villains. One of the better "East Side Kids" entries
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Many Happy Returns 1934  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Joan Marsh, Franklin Pangborn, Ray Milland, William Demarest, Guy Lombardo, Stanley Fields, John Kelly, Johnny Arthur
Gracie's (Gracie Allen) father, Horatio Allen (George Barbier), makes a deal with Burns (George Burns) to marry his weird daughter to take her off his hands.
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Stone, Buddy Gorman, David Durand, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Betty Blythe, Halliwell Hobbes, Eddie Gribbon
To avoid reform school, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) takes a job with wealthy socialite Margaret Murray (Betty Blythe). He brings in his East Side Kids to be servants for Margaret's spoiled daughter's engagement party. When a valuable necklace is stolen, the East Side Kids are blamed, and they set out to find the real thief.
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Road to Zanzibar 1941 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Douglass Dumbrille, Iris Adrian, Lionel Royce, Ernest Whitman, Joan Marsh, Norma Varden
Searching for a South African diamond mine becomes the quest of con-men Chuck (Bing Crosby) and Fearless (Bob Hope). Along for the ride are chorus girls Donna Latoor (Dorothy Lamour) and Julia (Una Merkel).
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You're Telling Me 1934  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: W.C. Fields, Joan Marsh, Buster Crabbe, Adrienne Ames, Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Dell Henderson, Robert McKenzie, George Irving, Nora Cecil, Tammany Young, James B. "Pop" Kenton, Don Brodie, Eric Mayne, George MacQuarrie
W.C. Fields develops the complicated character of Sam Bisbee, an eccentric inventor, in this vintage film made great by Fields' acting and comedy skills. Sam has become nothing more than a joke in his town because of his inability to sell his inventions. But, when he meets Princess Lescaboura (Adrienne Ames) and tells her how he wants to market his inventions as the means to aid his family, Princess Lescaboura steps in. She tells the townsfolk how much she admires Sam, and Sam rises to new heights among the town's citizens and finally earns their respect.
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| 1. Anna Karenina (1935)
2. Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
3. Follow the Leader (1944)
aka: East of the Bowery
4. Many Happy Returns (1934)
5. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
6. Road to Zanzibar (1941)
7. You're Telling Me (1934)
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